This timeline of US wars is based on data from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Wars and subsequent pages. It dislays the military conflicts that are "most often considered to be major conflicts by historians and the general public" using the Simile Timeline framework.

More information about building this timeline can be found at the original weblog post discussing it: Simile Timelines. Another version of this timeline showing Timeline's zooming capabilities can be found here.