List of wars involving the United Kingdom
This is a list of wars and humanitarian conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included. For a list of wars that have been fought on the United Kingdom mainland, see the list of wars in Great Britain.
Historically, the United Kingdom relied most heavily on the Royal Navy and maintained relatively small land forces. Most of the episodes listed here deal with insurgencies and revolts in the various colonies of the British Empire.
During its history, the United Kingdom's forces (or forces with a British mandate) have invaded, had some control over or fought conflicts in 171 of the world's 193 countries that are currently UN member states, or nine out of ten of all countries.[1]
- British victory
- British defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive)
- Ongoing conflict
England, Scotland and Wales to 1707[]
- List of battles between Scotland and England
- Anglo-Scottish Wars
- Anglo-Welsh Wars
- Tudor conquest of Ireland
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639–1660
Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)[]
Conflict | Britain & allies | Britain's opposition | Outcome |
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The Great Northern War (1700–1721) |
Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Denmark–Norway Electorate of Saxony Poland–Lithuania Prussia Hanover Great Britain | Swedish Empire Ottoman Empire United Provinces | British Allied victory:
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The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) including |
Austria Dutch Republic Savoy Great Britain Prussia Portugal | France Spain Bavaria | British Allied victory
|
Civil war: Post-Spanish Succession Caribbean Piracy (1715–1726) |
Great Britain | Anglo-American-Caribbean privateers | British victory
|
Civil war: (1715–1716) Jacobite rising of 1715 including
|
Great Britain | Jacobites
France |
British victory
Jacobite restoration attempt defeated |
The War of the Quadruple Alliance
including
|
Holy Roman Empire France Dutch Republic Savoy | Spain
Jacobites (against the British Crown and government only) |
British Allied victory:
|
Dummer's War (1721–1725) |
New England Colonies Mohawk |
France Wabanaki Confederacy |
British victory
|
The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748) Location: New Granada, Caribbean, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pacific and Atlantic |
Great Britain | Spain
|
Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) including |
Austria
Great Britain
Hanover
Dutch Republic
Saxony
Sardinia
Russia
East India Company |
France
Prussia
Spain
French East India Company |
Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
Civil War:
Jacobite rising of 1745 |
Great Britain | Jacobites
France |
British victory
Jacobite restoration attempt defeated |
The Second Carnatic War (1749–1754) |
East India Company
Forces of Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad
Forces of Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan |
French East India Company Forces of Chanda Shahib
Forces of Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat |
British Allied victory
|
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) including
|
Great Britain
Schaumburg-Lippe |
France
Spain
|
British Allied victory
Treaty of Paris:
|
Anglo-Cherokee War (1758–1761) |
Great Britain | Cherokee | British victory
Pro-British Attakullakulla becomes Cherokee leader |
Tacky's War (1760) |
Great Britain Jamaican Government Jamaican Maroons |
Ashanti Slaves | British Allied victory
|
Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766) |
Great Britain | Confederation of First Nation Tribes | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
First Anglo-Mysore War (1766–1769) |
East India Company
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad State |
Kingdom of Mysore | Mysore victory
Hyderabad cedes territory to Mysore |
First Anglo-Maratha War (1774–1783) |
East India Company | Maratha Empire | Inconclusive
|
|
Great Britain Iroquois Cherokee Hanover Loyalists | United States France
Spain
Dutch Republic
Vermont Republic
Kingdom of Mysore
Oneida tribe
Tuscarora tribe
Watauga Association
Catawba tribe |
American Allied victory
|
2nd Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) |
East India Company
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad State |
Kingdom of Mysore France | Inconclusive/Other Outcome |
Northwest Indian War (1785–1795) |
Western Confederacy | United States | American Allied victory
Treaty of Greenville
|
3rd Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) |
East India Company
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad State
Travancore |
Kingdom of Mysore France |
British Allied victory
|
War of the French Revolution (1793–1802) |
Austria Great Britain Prussia French Royalists Dutch Republic Spain Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Sardinia Naples and Sicily Italian states Ottoman Empire Russia | French Republic
Polish Legions
Denmark–Norway
Spain
|
French Allied victory
|
Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion (1793) |
Kuwait Great Britain
|
Emirate of Diriyah | British Allied victory
|
Second Maroon War (1795–1796) |
Great Britain British Jamaica |
Jamaican Maroons | British victory
|
Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (1795–1816) |
Burrberongal Tribe Great Britain from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Dharug Eora Tharawal Gandangara Irish-convict sympathisers | British victory
Displacement of Aborigines from their land |
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) Location: Newfoundland, English Channel, Straits of Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata |
Great Britain from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Spain French Republic |
Inconclusive/Other Outcome |
Kandyan Wars (1796–1818) |
Great Britain from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Kingdom of Kandy | British victory
|
Irish Rebellion of 1798 (1798) |
Kingdom of Ireland Great Britain | United Irishmen Defenders French Republic | British victory
|
4th Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) |
East India Company
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad State |
Kingdom of Mysore
French Republic |
British Allied victory
Complete annexation of Mysore by Britain and allies |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)[]
Conflict | Britain & allies | Britain's opposition | Outcome |
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(1801–1807) |
Susu tribes | Kingdom of Koya | British Allied victory
Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya |
Second Anglo-Maratha War (1802–1805) |
East India Company | Maratha Empire | British victory
Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire |
First Kandyan War (1803–1805) |
Kandy | British victory
Territory captured from Kandy | |
Civil War: Emmet's Insurrection |
Forces of Robert Emmet | British victory
Rebellion defeated | |
British Expedition to Ceylon (1803) |
Dutch Republic United Kingdom |
Chiefdom of Vanni Kingdom of Kandy |
British Allied victory
|
War of the Third Coalition (1803–1805) |
Austrian Empire
Russian Empire
Naples and Sicily
Portugal
Sweden |
French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Spain Bavaria | French Allied victory
|
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) |
Prussia
Russia
Saxony
Sweden
Sicily |
French Empire
Confederation of the Rhine
Spain |
French Allied victory
|
Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) |
Ashanti Empire
Dutch Empire |
Fante Confederacy United Kingdom |
Dutch victory |
Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809) |
United Kingdom | Ottoman Empire | Turkish victory
|
Gunboat War (1807–1814) |
United Kingdom | Denmark-Norway | British victory
Treaty of Kiel:
|
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) |
United Kingdom | Russian Empire | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
Peninsular War (1807–1814) |
Spain
Portugal |
French Empire | British Allied victory
Treaty of Paris:
|
Travancore rebellion (1808-1809) |
East India Company | Travancore Kingdom of Cochin |
British victory |
Persian Gulf campaign of 1809 (1809) |
United Kingdom | Al Qasimi | British victory |
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) |
Austrian Empire
Tyrol
Hungary
Black Brunswickers
Sicily
Sardinia |
French Empire
Warsaw
Confederation of the Rhine
Holland |
French Allied victory
|
(1810–1817) |
Merina Kingdom | Rival tribes | British victory
Merina control of Madagascar Merina pro-British policies |
4th Xhosa War (1811–1812) |
Xhosa tribes | British victory
Xhosa tribes pushed beyond the Fish River, reversing their gains in the previous Xhosa wars | |
Ga-Fante War (1811) |
Ashanti Empire
Ga tribes
Dutch Empire |
Fante Confederacy
Akwapim tribes
Akim tribes |
Tantamkweri ceded to Akwapim tribes |
War of 1812 (1812–1815) |
United Kingdom
|
United States | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes
|
War of the Sixth Coalition (1812–1814) |
Original Coalition Russian Empire Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Sweden Spain Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia After Battle of Leipzig
|
First French Empire
Until January 1814
|
British Allied victory
|
Second Kandyan War (1815) |
Kandy | British victory
| |
Hundred Days (1815) War of the Seventh Coalition |
Prussia
France
Hanover
German Confederation
Austria
Russia
Sweden
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Tuscany |
French Empire
Naples |
British Allied victory
Treaty of Paris:
|
Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) |
East India Company | Maratha Empire | British victory
Virtually all territory south of the Sutlej River controlled by Britain |
5th Xhosa War (1818–1819) |
Khoikhoi Forces | Forces of Xhosa Chief Maqana Nxele | British Allied victory
Xhosa pushed beyond Keiskama River |
Greek War of Independence (1820–1830) |
Greek revolutionaries
Ionian Islands |
Ottoman Empire | British Allied victory
Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece |
First Ashanti War (1823–1831) |
Ashanti Empire | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
| |
First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826) |
East India Company
Native tribes |
Kingdom of Burma | British Allied victory
|
Revolt of the Mercenaries (1828) |
Brazil United Kingdom France |
German Mercenaries Irish Mercenaries |
British Allied victory
|
Portuguese Civil War (1828–1834) |
Liberal Forces of Queen Maria II
Spain |
Absolutist Forces of King Miguel | British Allied victory
|
Baptist War (1831–1832) |
United Kingdom Colony of Jamaica |
Rebel slaves | British victory
|
First Carlist War (1833–1840) |
Forces of Queen Isabella II French Kingdom Forces of Queen Maria II Auxiliary Legion | Carlists:
|
Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
The 6th Xhosa War (1834–1836) |
Free Khoikhoi | Xhosa tribes | British victory
Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa |
Rebellions of 1837 (1837–1838) |
United Kingdom Province of Upper Canada Province of Lower Canada
|
Patriotes Hunters' Lodges Reform Movement |
British victory
|
Pastry War (1838–1839) also known First Franco–Mexican War |
Mexico | France United Kingdom |
British Victory
|
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842) |
East India Company | Emirate of Afghanistan | Afghan victory
|
First Opium War (1839–1842) |
Qing dynasty | British victory
| |
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839–1841) |
Ottoman Empire British Empire |
Egypt Eyalet Kingdom of the French Spain |
British Allied victory
|
Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) |
Colorados Argentine Unitarians French Kingdom Riograndense Republic Brazil | Blancos Federalist Party (Argentina) | British victory |
First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846) |
East India Company Patiala State |
Sikh Empire | British Allied victory
|
Flagstaff War (1845–1846) |
Forces of Tāmati Wāka Nene | Ngāpuhi Iwi | Inconclusive/Other Outcome |
Hutt Valley Campaign (1846) |
Te Āti Awa Iwi | Ngāti Toa Iwi | British Allied victory
Ngāti Toa Iwi retreat |
The 7th Xhosa War (1846–1847) The War of the Axe |
Xhosa tribes | British victory
Territory ceded from Xhosa | |
Wanganui Campaign (1847) |
Māori Kupapa | Māori Iwis | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901) |
Mexico Republic of Yucatán Guatemala United Kingdom British Honduras |
Maya | British Allied victory
|
Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) |
East India Company | Sikh Empire | British victory
Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company |
Battle of Tysami (1849) |
United Kingdom | Chui A-poo's pirates | British victory |
The 8th Xhosa War (1850–1853) Mlanjeni's War |
Xhosa tribes
Khoikhoi tribes
Native Kafir Police |
British victory
Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated Status quo ante bellum | |
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) |
Qing dynasty France United Kingdom |
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | British Allied victory
|
Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852–1853) |
Kingdom of Burma | British victory
Burmese revolution ended fighting Lower Burma annexed | |
Crimean War (1853–1856) |
French Empire
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Sardinia |
Russian Empire | British Allied victory |
The National War in Nicaragua (1856–1857) |
Costa Rica
Honduras
Rebel Forces of Patricio Rivas
Mosquito Coast
Guatemala
El Salvador
United States |
Sonora
Nicaragua |
British Allied victory
Sonora/Nicaraguan government defeat. |
Second Opium War (1856–1860) Arrow War |
French Empire
United States |
Qing dynasty | British Allied victory
The Treaty of Tientsin:
|
Anglo-Persian War (1856–1857) |
Afghanistan
East India Company |
Persia | British Allied victory
Persian withdrawal from Herat |
Indian Mutiny (1857–1858) |
East India Company
Nepal
Jammu and Kashmir
Princely states: |
Sepoys of the East India Company
Mughal Empire
Awadh
Jhansi
7 Princely states |
British Allied victory
Act for the Better Government of India:
|
First Taranaki War (1860–1861) Second Māori War |
Māori Iwis | Inconclusive/Other Outcome | |
Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863) |
British Empire | Satsuma Domain | British victory
|
Second Ashanti War (1863–1864) |
Ashanti Empire | Inconclusive/Other Outcome | |
Invasion of Waikato (1863–1866) Third Māori War |
Māori Kupapa | Māori King Movement | British victory
Māori King Movement defeated, confined to King Country |
Bhutan War (1864–1865) |
India | Bhutan | British victory
Treaty of Sinchula:
|
British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) |
United Kingdom | Ethiopia | British victory |
Klang War (1867–1874) Selangor Civil War |
Forces of Raja Abdullah of Klang
British Straits Settlements |
Forces of Raja Mahadi | British Allied victory |
Titokowaru's War (1868–1869) Part of the New Zealand Wars |
Māori Kupapa | Ngāti Ruanui Iwi | British Allied victory
Ngāti Ruanui Iwi withdrawal |
Te Kooti's War
Part of the New Zealand Wars |
Māori Kupapa | Māori Iwis | British Allied victory
End of New Zealand Wars Territory ceded by Māori iwi |
Red River Rebellion (1869–1869) |
Dominion of Canada | Métis Forces of Louis Riel | British Allied victory
Defeat of rebellion Manitoba Act:
|
Third Ashanti War (1873–1874) |
Ashanti Empire | British victory
Treaty of Fomena:
| |
The 9th Xhosa War (1877–1879) |
Mfengu Tribe | Xhosa Gcaleka Tribe | British victory
All Xhosa territory annexed to the Cape Colony |
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) |
India | Afghanistan | British victory |
Anglo-Zulu War (1879) |
Natal | Zulu Kingdom | British victory
Zululand annexed to Natal |
‘Urabi Revolt (1879–1882) |
United Kingdom Khedivate of Egypt |
Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi | British Allied victory
|
First Boer War (1880–1881) |
South African Republic | South African victory
| |
Mahdist War (1884–1889) |
Egypt
Italy
Belgium |
Mahdist Sudan | British Allied victory
Sudan ruled by Britain and Egypt |
Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) |
Kingdom of Burma | British victory
Upper Burma annexed to British Raj | |
Sikkim Expedition (1888) |
India | Tibet | British victory
Tibet recognizes British suzerainty over Sikkim |
Anglo-Manipur War (1891) |
Kingdom of Manipur | British victory | |
Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) |
Zanzibar | British victory
Pro-British Sultan installed | |
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 | British victory
| |
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary | Righteous Harmony Society Qing dynasty | British Allied victory
|
Second Boer War (1899–1902) |
Orange Free State South African Republic Foreign volunteers | British victory
| |
Mahsud Waziri blockade (1900–1902) |
India | Mahsud rebels | British victory |
Anglo-Aro War (1901–1902) |
Aro Confederacy | British victory
Aro Confederacy destroyed | |
British expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) |
India | Tibet | British victory |
Bazar Valley campaign (1908) |
India | Rebel tribes | British victory |
First World War (1914–1918) |
Allied Powers
France
British Empire
Other Allies |
Central Powers
Germany
|
British Allied victory
Treaty of Versailles:
Treaties of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Trianon:
Russia pulls out in 1917
Creation of League of Nations:
|
Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920) |
Estonia United Kingdom Latvia White Movement Baltic German volunteers[8] Danish volunteers Finnish volunteers Swedish volunteers |
Russian SFSR
Baltische Landeswehr |
British Allied victory
|
Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920) |
Latvia Estonia White Movement Poland Lithuania United Kingdom |
German Empire West Russian Volunteer Army Russian SFSR |
British Allied victory
|
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920) |
White Movement
British Empire
|
Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists | Bolshevik victory
|
Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) |
Greece France Armenia (in 1920) United Kingdom Ottoman Empire (until 1922)
Italy |
Turkish National Movement
Supported by: |
Turkish Allied victory
Treaty of Lausanne
|
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) |
India | Afghanistan | Inconclusive/Other Outcome[10][11]
|
Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) |
Kuwait British Empire
|
Sultanate of Nejd
|
British Allied victory |
Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) |
Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) | Irish Republic | Irish Republic victory
|
Somaliland campaign (1920) (1920) |
Somaliland British East Africa | Dervish State | British victory
Demise of the Dervish State |
Great Iraqi Revolution of 1920 (1920) |
Iraqi rebels | British victory
| |
1922 Burao Tax Revolt (1922) |
United Kingdom • British Somaliland |
Habr Yunis tribesmen | Tribal victory
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present)[]
Conflict | Britain & allies | Britain's opposition | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Adwan Rebellion (1923) |
United Kingdom Emir Abdullah's forces Hashemite allied tribesmen:
|
's forces | British Allied victory
Sultan al-Adwan's defeat and exile |
Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) |
Kuwait Nejd and Hejaz RAF |
Ikhwan | British Allied victory
|
Great Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) |
United Kingdom Yishuv |
Arab Higher Committee | British Allied victory
Revolt suppressed |
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine (1939–1948) |
United Kingdom | Yishuv | Yishuv victory[14]
|
S-Plan 16 January 1939 – March 1940 |
United Kingdom | Irish Republican Army | British victory
|
Second World War (1939–1945) |
Allied Powers United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Gorkha Kingdom | Axis Powers Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Independent State of Croatia Slovakia Vichy France Finland Iraq Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang | British Allied victory
Nazi Germany formally surrenders 8 May 1945, ending the Second World War in Europe. British (and Commonwealth), French, American, and Soviet troops occupy Germany until 1955, Italy and Japan lose their colonies, Europe is divided into 'Soviet' and 'Western' spheres of interest. |
Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 (1944–1947) |
Afghanistan • Allied Nuristani tribesmen British Empire • India |
Rebel tribes: | Afghan government & British victory
|
1944–45 Insurgency in Balochistan (1944–1945) |
United Kingdom | Badinzai rebels | British victory
|
Northern Campaign 2 September 1942 – December 1944 |
Royal Ulster Constabulary | Irish Republican Army | British victory
|
Greek Civil War (1944–1948) |
Kingdom of Greece
United Kingdom
United States |
D.S.E. (Δ.Σ.Ε.)
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria |
British Allied victoryCommunist forces defeated, many D.S.E. soldiers exiled in Eastern Europe.Battalion of UK troops still in Greece till 1948 |
1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion (1945) |
United Kingdom • British Somaliland |
Armed Habr Je'lo tribesmen | British Pyrrhic VictorySheikh Bashir killed, unrest continues, anti-colonialist and nationalist sentiment increases in Somaliland |
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949) |
United Kingdom Netherlands Japan (until 1945) | Indonesia | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
United Kingdom
|
Viet Minh | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
Corfu Channel incident (1946–1948) |
United Kingdom | People's Socialist Republic of Albania | British victory
|
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) |
British Commonwealth
|
Malayan Communist Party Malayan Races Liberation Army | British Allied victory
|
Korean War (1950–1953) |
United Nations Command
South Korea
United States
British Commonwealth Forces Korea
|
North Korea China Soviet Union | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
[15] (1951–1952) |
United Kingdom | Egypt | British victory
|
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) |
United Kingdom
|
Mau Mau | British victory
|
Jebel Akhdar War (1954–1959) |
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman United Kingdom |
Imamate of Oman
|
British Allied victory
|
Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959) |
United Kingdom | EOKA
|
Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
Suez Crisis (1956–1957) |
United Kingdom France Israel | Egypt | Inconclusive/Other Outcome
Coalition military victory[16][17][18]
|
Border Campaign (1956–1962) |
United Kingdom | Irish Republican Army | British victory
IRA campaign fails |
First Cod War (1958–1961) |
United Kingdom | Iceland | Icelandic victory[nb 2] Iceland expands its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles |
[22] (1959) |
British Empire | Rebels | British victory |
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (1962–1966) |
Commonwealth of Nations
|
Indonesia | Inconclusive
Indonesia recognises Malaysian rule over former North Borneo |
Dhofar Rebellion (1962–1975) |
Oman United Kingdom Iran
Jordan |
Various insurgents | British Allied victory Insurgency defeatedModernisation of Oman |
Aden Emergency (1963–1967) |
Federation of South Arabia United Kingdom |
NLF FLOSY |
Yemeni NLF victory People's Republic of South Yemen established |
The Troubles (1968–1998) |
United Kingdom | Loyalist paramilitaries:
Provisional Irish Republican Army Official Irish Republican Army Irish National Liberation Army Irish People's Liberation Organisation Continuity Irish Republican Army Real Irish Republican Army |
Inconclusive/Other Outcome Good Friday Agreement:
|
Second Cod War (1972–1973) |
United Kingdom | Iceland | Icelandic victory[nb 2] UK accept Iceland's 50 nautical mile exclusive fishery zone |
Third Cod War (1975–1976) |
United Kingdom | Iceland | Icelandic victory[nb 2] Iceland expands its exclusive fishery zone to 200 nautical miles |
Falklands War (1982) |
United Kingdom | Argentina | British victory
British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands re-established. |
Multinational Force in Lebanon (1982–1984) |
United Kingdom France United States Italy | Islamic Jihad Organization Iran Syria Progressive Socialist Party Amal Movement |
Syrian Allied victory[23]
|
Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria | Iraq | British Allied victory Kuwait regains its independence |
Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
UNPROFOR
NATO |
Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia | British Allied victory
Dayton Accords |
Operation Desert Fox (1998) |
United States
United Kingdom |
Iraq | British Allied victory
Objectives largely achieved |
Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
United States
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Kosovo Liberation Army |
FR Yugoslavia | British Allied victory Kosovo occupied by Nato forces Kosovo administered by UNMIK |
Sierra Leone Civil War (2000–2002) |
Sierra Leone
United Kingdom |
Rebels
Liberia |
British Allied victory
Rebels defeated |
War in Afghanistan(2001–2021) | Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Canada Germany Italy France Denmark Poland Romania Turkey Australia Spain Netherlands ISAF | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Taliban Victory
|
Iraq War (2003–2009) |
United States
United Kingdom
Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein
Australia
Poland
Denmark
Iraqi Kurdistan |
Iraq under Saddam Hussein
Islamic State of Iraq
Various insurgents |
British Allied victory:
|
First Libyan Civil War (2011) |
Many NATO members acting under UN mandate, including:
United States
United Kingdom
France
Denmark
Italy
Canada
and
Anti-Gaddafi forces
several Arab League states
Sweden |
Pro-Gaddafi forces | British Allied victory
|
Operation Shader (2014–present) |
United States United Kingdom Iraq Syrian Opposition Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Turkey Bahrain Jordan Morocco Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Rojava Egypt Libya Nigeria Cameroon Chad Niger Russia |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham |
Ongoing
|
2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis (2019–present) |
United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia |
Iran Popular Mobilization Forces |
Ongoing
|
See also[]
- List of wars involving England
- List of wars in Great Britain
- Military history of the United Kingdom
- Declaration of war by the United Kingdom
Notes[]
References[]
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Further reading[]
- Barnett, Correlli. Britain and her army, 1509–1970: a military, political and social survey (1970).
- Black, Jeremy. A military history of Britain: from 1775 to the present (2008).
- Bradford, James C. ed. International Encyclopedia of Military History (2 vol. 2006).
- Brownstone, David and Irene Franck. Timelines of War: A Chronology of Warfare from 100,000 BC to the Present (1996), Global coverage.
- Cannon, John, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History (2003)
- Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels.
- Chandler, David G., and Ian Frederick William Beckett, eds. The Oxford history of the British army (Oxford UP, 2003).
- Cole, D. H and E. C Priestley. An outline of British military history, 1660–1936 (1936). online
- Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (1993).
- Fortescue, John William. History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes. Available online for downloading; online volumes; The standard highly detailed full coverage of operations.
- Haswell, Jock, and John Lewis-Stempel. A Brief History of the British Army (2017).
- Higham, John, ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (1971) 654 pages excerpt; Highly detailed bibliography and discussion up to 1970; includes local and naval forces.
- James, Lawrence. Warrior Race: A History of the British at War (Hachette UK, 2010). excerpt
- Johnson, Douglas, et al. Britain and France: Ten Centuries (1980)
- Mulligan, William, and Brendan Simms, eds. The Primacy of Foreign Policy in British History, 1660–2000 (Palgrave Macmillan; 2011) 345 pages
- Neville, Peter (2013). Historical Dictionary of British Foreign Policy. Scarecrow Press. pp. xix–xxxi. ISBN 9780810873711. timeline pp xix to xxxi
- Otte, T.G. The Makers of British Foreign Policy: From Pitt to Thatcher (2002)
- Ranft, Bryan. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy (Oxford UP, 2002).
- Rodger, N. A.M. The safeguard of the sea: A naval history of Britain, 660–1649 (Vol. 1. 1998). excerpt
- Rodger, N.A.M.The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815 (vol 2 2006) excerpt
- Sheppard, Eric William. A short history of the British army (1950). online
- Ward, A.W. and G.P. Gooch, eds. The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy, 1783–1919 (3 vol, 1921–23), old detailed classic; vol 1, 1783–1815 ; vol 2, 1815–1866; vol 3. 1866–1919
Historiography[]
- Messenger, Charles, ed. Reader's Guide to Military History (2001) pp 55–74 etc.; annotated guide to most important books.
- Schroeder, Paul W. "Old Wine in Old Bottles: Recent Contributions to British Foreign Policy and European International Politics, 1789–1848." Journal of British Studies 26.01 (1987): 1–25.
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