American Wars and the Fates of Enemy Leaders in Those Wars
The United States has fought many wars, both large and small, since the first war against Britain, the American Revolutionary War. With killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Bahgdadi, and the subsequent killings of his successors in the current War on ISIS, the question came up of how many enemy leaders have been killed as a result of fighting against the United States?
To that end, we put together the following chart, showing all major American wars, along with a few smaller, more recent conflicts, that show the war, the years America was involved, the nation or foe the U.S. fought, the names of the enemy leaders, and what was the fate of those leaders. The chart shows (in boldface type) those enemy leaders who died, and in italics, those that survived, but were deposed as a result of the war.
The conflicts listed are all foreign wars. Internal American conflicts, like the Civil War and the American Indian Wars
, are not listed. Let us know what you think of this Historyguy.com chart.
| War (Years) | Nation/Foe | Leader(s) | What Was Their Fate? | |
| American Revolution (1775-1783) | Britain | King George III ——————— Lord Frederick North (Prime Minister) |
Eventually went insane, died in 1820 ——————————————— Following the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown, Lord North resigned. |
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| War of 1812 (1812-1815) | Britain | King George III ———————- Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Prime Minister) |
Eventually went insane, died in 1820 —————————————— Continued in office until 1827. |
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| Mexican-American War (1846-1848) | Mexico | Antonio López de Santa Anna | Overthrown by Mexican coup after the war, went into exile for a while, returned to lead Mexico later, overthrown again, goes into exile again, and lives in the United States for awhile. Believed to be the first importer of chicle, the base ingredient for chewing gum in the U.S. | |
| Spanish-American War (1898) | Spain | Queen Maria Christina ——————- Prime Minister Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
Continued to act as Queen Regent until her son took the throne in 1902. ——————————— Lost his job as a result of losing the war and the colonies. Later returned as Prime Minister |
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| World War One (1917-1918) |
Germany | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Forced to resign and go into exile due to German Revolution, a direct result of losing the war. | |
| Germany | Adolf Hitler | Committed suicide in his bunker as Soviet troops closed in on him. | ||
| Italy | Benito Mussolini | Captured and executed by Italian partisans as he attempted to flee in the last days of the war. His body was hung by its heels and publicly displayed. | ||
| Japan | Emperor Hirohito ———————- Prime Minister Hidecki Tojo |
Allowed to remain on the Japanese throne by the Allies. He remained emperor until his death in 1989. ——————————————— Convicted of war crimes and executed by the Allies in 1948 |
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Korean War (1950-1953)
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North Korea | Kim Il-Sung | Continued to rule North Korea until his death in 1994. His grandson is the current ruler of North Korea | |
| People’s Republic of China | Mao Tse Tung | Continued to rule China until his death in 1976. | ||
| Vietnam War (1957-1975) |
North Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh ———– Ph¡m Văn ĐÓng (Prime Minister) |
Died of natural causes in 1969 ———————————— Led North Vietnam to victory in the war and then served as the first Prime Minister of a united Vietnam until his retirement in 1987 |
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| U.S. Invasion of Panama (1989) | Panama | Manuel Noreiga | Arrested by U.S. forces, Noriega stood trial in the U.S. He was an inmate in prisons in the U.S., France, and Panama until his death in 2017. | |
| Persian Gulf War [1st Iraq War] (1991) | Iraq | Saddam Hussein | Saddam continued in power after his defeat in this 1991 war. | |
| War on Terror/War in Afghanistan (2001-Present) |
Afghanistan | Mullah Omar (leader of Afghan Taliban) ——————— Osama bin Laden (leader of al-Qaida) |
Mullah Omar escaped the U.S. invasion, and continued to lead Taliban resistance to the new Afghan government. He died of natural causes in 2013. ———————————— Osama bin Laden escaped the U.S. invasion, and continued to lead al-Qaida’s world wide war on the West. Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in 2011 inside his compound in Pakistan. |
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| Iraq War (2003-2011) | Iraq | Saddam Hussein | During the invasion of Iraq, Saddam escaped initial capture, but was found by U.S. troops on Dec. 13, 2003. The new Iraqi government put him on trial, and executed Saddam on Dec. 30, 2006. | |
| Libyan War (2011) | Libya | Col. Moammar Khadaffy | The U.S. and NATO intervened to aid Libyan rebels overthrow Khadaffy. He was captured by rebels and killed. | |
| ISIS War (2006-Present) | Iraq, Syria, and other locations around the globe | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (founder of ISIS) ———————- Abu Ayyub al-Masri ——————— Nu’man Salman Mansour ——————— Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi |
al-Zarqawi founded al-Qaida in Iraq, which later became known as ISIS/ISIL/Daesh. He was killed by U.S. forces on June 7, 2006. —————————————– al-Masri took over ISIS after Zarqawi’s death. Masri was killed by American and Iraqi forces on April 16, 2010. —————————————— Mansour succeeded al-Masri, and was himself killed by iraqi forces on Feb. 24, 2011. ——————————————– Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi took over ISIS and declared himself Caliph. U.S. forces killed him in a raid on Oct. 27, 2019. |
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