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This is all dependant on what you consider a war and who declares it. You're talking about congressionally sanctioned wars.
I believe World War II held at least 3 separate decalarations of war by the Sentate alone.
Resolution 119 was Germany and 120 was Italy. I don't remember Japan, but I'd bet it was resolution 118.
Congress hasn't declared a war since those 3 declarations (I think December 11).
Thus the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Laos/Cambodia, Bay of Pigs invasion, the Iraq Wars (I and II), along with any other action taken in Panama as well our citizens serving foreign militaries were conducted under a policy of neutrality without congressional declaration of war.
Once a war without congressional declaration is in motion and troops are on the ground, the only thing that Congress can do is to move to cut funding for the military in that region. The only time this was ever done was in 1973, when Congress did the unthinkable and tacked a liquidation of funding for troops (in North/South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) to a Social Security Bill.
-Rudey
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