List of wars involving Italy
This is a list of wars involving the Italian Republic since the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861, but does not include wars fought by the historic states of Italy. The result of these conflicts follows this legend:
- Italian victory
- Italian defeat
- Another result (e.g., a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
Ancient Rome[]
Italian Wars of Unification[]
The Risorgimento movement emerged to unite Italy in the 19th century. Piedmont-Sardinia took the lead in a series of wars to liberate Italy from foreign control. Following three Wars of Italian Independence against the Habsburg Austrians in the north, the Expedition of the Thousand against the Spanish Bourbons in the south, and the Capture of Rome, the unification of the country was completed in 1871 when Rome was declared capital of Italy.
Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
1848 | 1849 | First Italian War of Independence | Kingdom of Sardinia
Supported by:
|
Austrian Empire Lombardy–Venetia French Republic Kingdom of Two Sicilies Papal States Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
Austrian-French Victory |
1859 | 1859 | Second Italian War of Independence | French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Support: United Principalities |
Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia |
Italian Victory, Armistice of Villafranca (12 July 1859) |
1860 | 1861 | Expedition of the Thousand | Sardinia | Two Sicilies Supported by Papal States France Spain |
Italian Victory:
|
1861 | 1865 | Brigandage in Southern Italy | Italy | Southern Italian Briganti Bourbon legitimists Spanish partisans |
Italian Victory |
1866 | 1866 | Third Italian War of Independence | Italy | Austrian Empire | Austrian withdrawal after defeat in the northern front:[1]
Armistice of Cormons and Treaty of Vienna:
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1866 | 1866 | The Seven and a Half Days Revolt | Italy | Palermitan Rebels | Italian Victory, rebellion suppressed |
1870 | 1870 | Capture of Rome | Italy | Papal States | Italian Victory, Debellation of the Papal States. |
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)[]
Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
1885 | 1895 | Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889[2] | Italy | Ethiopia Mahdist Sudan |
Italian Victory, establishment of Italian Eritrea. |
1889 | 1920 | [3] | Italy | Various rebels Dervish State |
Italian Victory, consolidation of Italian Somaliland. |
1890 | 1894 | Mahdist War | Italy | Mahdist Sudan | Italian Victory All Sudanese invasions repulsed Italians take Kassala |
1895 | 1896 | First Italo-Ethiopian War | Italy | Ethiopia | Ethiopian Victory, Treaty of Addis Ababa:
|
1896 | 1925 | Bīmāl revolt | Italy | Bimaal Rebels | Italian Victory
|
1897 | 1898 | Cretan revolutionaries Kingdom of Greece British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898) German Empire (until March 16th, 1898) |
Ottoman Empire | Italian Victory
| |
1899 | 1901 | Boxer Rebellion | United Kingdom Japan |
Righteous Harmony Society Manchu-China |
Italian Allied Victory, Boxer Protocol:
|
1900 | 1920 | Somaliland Campaign | Italy United Kingdom |
Dervish movement Ethiopian Empire |
Italian-British Victory
|
1902 | 1903 | Venezuelan naval blockade | United Kingdom Germany Italy |
Venezuela | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
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1911 | 1912 | Italo-Turkish War | Italy | Ottoman Empire | Italian Victory:
|
1911 | 1917 | Italo-Senussi War | Italy | Senussi Order | Italian Victory:
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1912 | 1913 | First Balkan War | Balkan League: Bulgaria Serbia Greece Montenegro Italian volunteers Russia |
Ottoman Empire Austria-Hungary |
Balkan League Victory: |
1914 | 1918 | World War I | Allied Powers France
Russia |
Central Powers Germany |
Italian Allied Victory:
Russia pulls out in 1917
Creation of League of Nations |
1918 | 1920 | Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War |
White Movement
United States |
Russian SFSR |
Bolshevik Victory:
|
1918 | 1923 | Occupation of Constantinople | United Kingdom France Italy |
Ottoman Empire | Temporary occupation
|
1919 | 1923 | Turkish War of Independence | Ottoman Empire Russia Italy[4] |
United Kingdom France Greece Armenia Georgia |
Italian Allied Victory |
1920 | 1920 | Vlora War | Italy | Principality of Albania | Italian withdrawal after Bersaglieri riots; Armistice
|
1920 | 1920 | Bloody Christmas | Italy | Italian Regency of Carnaro | Italian Victory:
|
1921 | 1921 | Anti-fascist uprising in Albona | Italy | Labin Republic | Italian Victory:
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1923 | 1932 | Pacification of Libya | Italy | Senussi Order | Italian Victory:
|
1924 | 1927 | Pacification of Italian Somaliland | Italy | Somali rebels | Italian Victory:
|
1924 | 1940 | Italian conquest of the Horn of Africa | Italy | Sultanate of Hobyo Majeerteen Sultanate |
Italian Victory:
|
1935 | 1936 | Second Italo-Abyssinian War | Italy | Ethiopian Empire | Italian Victory:
|
1936 | 1939 | Spanish Civil War | Nationalist Italy |
Republican Foreign volunteers |
Italian Allied Victory
|
1939 | 1939 | Invasion of Albania | Italy | Albania | Italian Victory, Italian occupation of Albania. |
1939 | 1945 | World War II | Axis Powers Germany |
Allied Powers United States |
'United Nations' Allied victory:
|
Italian Republic (1946-present)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
1982 | 1984 | Multinational Force in Lebanon | Italy United States |
Islamic Jihad Organization Iran Syria Progressive Socialist Party Amal Movement |
Syrian Allied Victory
|
1991 | 1991 | Gulf War | Kuwait United States |
Iraq | Italian Allied Victory
|
1992 | 1996 | Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States |
Republika Srpska | Italian Allied Victory
|
1992 | 1995 | Somali Civil War | United States United Kingdom Italy Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Spain India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia |
Various Somali factions | UN withdrawal
|
1997 | 1997 | Albanian Civil War (Operation Alba) |
Government of Sali Berisha
|
Rebels | Italian Allied Victory
New Parliamentary Elections. |
1998 | 1999 | Kosovo War | United States France |
FR Yugoslavia | Italian Allied Victory
|
2001 | 2001 | 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia | National Liberation Army NATO |
Republic of Macedonia Supported by: |
Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
2001 | 2021 | Afghanistan War | United States United Kingdom Italy Germany France Canada Australia Georgia Poland Romania Turkey Afghanistan Northern Alliance ISAF
|
Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan HI-Gulbuddin Hezb-e Islami Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed East Turkestan Islamic Movement Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic Emirate of Waziristan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Islamic Jihad Union |
Defeat
|
2003 | 2006 | Iraq War | Multi-National Force – Iraq: United States |
Iraq under Saddam Hussein Islamic State of Iraq Various insurgents |
Italian Allied Victory
|
2011 | 2011 | Libyan Intervention | Many NATO members acting under UN mandate, including: United States |
Pro-Gaddafi forces | Italian Allied Victory
|
See also[]
- History of Italy
- Military history of Italy
References[]
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- ^ Indro Montanelli, Storia d'Italia, vol. 6 1861 - 1919, RCS Libri S.p.A., 2006
- ^ Pacification of Somalia.
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