Significant1846 – 1848 · 2 years

Mexican-American War

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Mexico · United States · Texas

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

War resulting in United States acquisition of southwestern territories including California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

Belligerents2

United States
Mexico

ON THE MAPUnited States (1848)Mexican Republic (1824)

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 24

Battle of Brazito1846
Battle of Fort Texas1846
Battle of Monterey1846
Battle of Monterrey1846
Battle of Palo Alto1846
Battle of Rancho Dominguez1846
Battle of Resaca la Palma1846
Battle of San Pascual1846
Battle of Thorntons Ambush1846
Battle of Atlixco1847
Battle of Buenavista, Mexico1847
Battle of Cerro Gordo1847

+ 12 more in the atlas.

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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