American War
(UK, obsolete) The American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence.
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Indeed. I'm sure there's a Department who is memory-holing every American war, and police action, EVER, as we speak. The Wedding of 1812. The Spanish-American Fiesta. The Civil Cookout... 😭😭
The Last Samurai (2003) 2hr 34m [15] [Streaming Again] An American war veteran hired to teach modern military tactics in 1870s Japan becomes caught up in the conflict between the emperor and the samurai. #NowStrea…
Why does every American war so quickly turn into a sunk cost fallacy?
California and the Western US have relied on immigrant farm labor since, well, the US won the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1848.
The fact that a 2000 person Mexican force defeated a 6000 person French force at Puebla is important, but it's not the equivalent of Gettysburg in the US Civil War. The US did not like foreign involvement in Mexico,…
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(UK, obsolete) The American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence.
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(military, history) In English language usage, any of several wars involving the United States of America, in non-U.S. local contexts.
“Indeed. I'm sure there's a Department who is memory-holing every American war, and police action, EVER, as we speak. The Wedding of 1812. The Spanish-American Fiesta. The Civil Cookout... 😭😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Last Samurai (2003) 2hr 34m [15] [Streaming Again] An American war veteran hired to teach modern military tactics in 1870s Japan becomes caught up in the conflict between the emperor and the samurai. #NowStreaming #Netflix #NetflixUK”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Why does every American war so quickly turn into a sunk cost fallacy?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“California and the Western US have relied on immigrant farm labor since, well, the US won the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1848.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The fact that a 2000 person Mexican force defeated a 6000 person French force at Puebla is important, but it's not the equivalent of Gettysburg in the US Civil War. The US did not like foreign involvement in Mexico, especially after the Mexican-American war ended in 1848.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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