List of wars involving the United Kingdom

This is a list of wars involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1922 to the present day, those involving the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707–1801 and those involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801–1922.

During its history, British 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 (or 89% of UN Nations).[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)
      Ongoing conflict

Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)

Conflict Britain & Her Allies Belligerents Opposing Britain Outcome
The Great Northern War
(1700–1721)
Russia Tsardom of Russia

Cossack Hetmanate

Denmark Denmark–Norway

 Electorate of Saxony

Poland–Lithuania

 Prussia

Province of Hanover Hanover

Sweden Swedish Empire

 Ottoman Empire

 United Provinces

Brunswick-Lüneburg

Coalition victory:
The War of the Spanish Succession
(1701–1714)

including

Holy Roman Empire Austria

 Dutch Republic

 Savoy

 Prussia

Portugal Portugal

 France

 Spain

Bavaria Bavaria

Hungarians

Grand Alliance Victory:
  • Treaty of Utrecht:
  • Territory in Canada and the West Indies ceded from France
  • Territory in Europe ceded from Spain
Civil War:
(1715–1716)

Jacobite rising of 1715

including

Government forces Jacobites

 France

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)

Quadruple Alliance Victory:
  • Jacobite restoration attempt defeated
  • Treaty of The Hague:
  • Spanish attempt at expansion fails.
Dummer's War
(1721–1725)
"The Pine Tree flag of New England" New England Colonies
Mohawk
 France
Wabanaki Confederacy
Victory
  • Britain recognises the rights of the region's indigenous inhabitants.
The War of the Austrian Succession
(1740–1748)

including

Holy Roman Empire Austria

Province of Hanover Hanover

 Dutch Republic

 Saxony

 Sardinia

 Russia

East India Company

 France

 Prussia

Spain Spain

Bavaria Bavaria

 Saxony

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily

 Genoa

Sweden Sweden

Kingdom of France French East India Company

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle:
Civil War:

Jacobite rising of 1745
(1741–1745)

Government forces
Jacobites

 France

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

Kingdom of France French East India Company
  Forces of Chanda Shahib

  Forces of Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat

Victory

Treaty of Pondicherry:

Seven Years' War
(1756–1763)
 Prussia

Province of Hanover Hanover

Iroquois

Portugal and her colonies

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Hesse Hesse-Kassel

Schaumburg-Lippe

 France

 Holy Roman Empire

 Russian Empire

 Sweden

Spain Spain

 Saxony

 Sardinia

Victory

Treaty of Paris:

  • Extensive North American lands (incl. all of
    Canada) ceded from France
  • Caribbean colonies ceded from France
  • Senagal River colony (excluding Gorée) ceded
    from France
  • Florida ceded from Spain
The Third Carnatic War
(1757–1763)
East India Company  France

Kingdom of France French East India Company

Victory

Treaty of Paris:

  • French trading posts in India administered by British
  • Sumatra ceded from France
Anglo-Cherokee War
(1758–1761)
 United Kingdom Cherokee Victory

Pro-British Attakullakulla becomes Cherokee leader

Tacky's War
(1760)
 Great Britain
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Jamaica Jamaican Maroons
Ashanti Slaves Victory
  • Slave defeat
  • Death of Tacky
  • Tacky's men committed suicide
Pontiac's Rebellion
(1763–1766)
Confederation of First Nation Tribes Stalemate
  • British policy change
  • British suzerainty over First Nation Tribes
  • Niagara Falls area ceded from Seneca Nation
First Anglo-Mysore War
(1766–1769)
East India Company

 Maratha Empire

Hyderabad State

Kingdom of Mysore British defeat, Hyderabad cedes territory to Mysore
First Anglo-Maratha War
(1774–1783)
East India Company  Maratha Empire Indecisive

Pre-war status quo remained.[2][3] Treaty of Salbai:

  • Maratha support for Britain against Mysore
Iroquois

Cherokee

Hanover

Loyalists

 United States
 France

Spain Spain

 Dutch Republic

Vermont Republic

Kingdom of Mysore

Oneida tribe

Tuscarora tribe

Watauga Association

Catawba tribe

Defeat

Treaty of Paris:

  • 13 North American colonies recognised as the independent United States of America
  • Territory in North America ceded to the newly independent United States of America
  • Senegal River colony returned to France
  • French recognises British suzerainty over the Gambia river
  • Territory in India returned to France
  • Minorca ceded to Spain
  • East & West Florida ceded to Spain
    • All British settlers to be expelled from Florida
  • De-militarisation of British Honduras
  • Territory in India ceded by the Dutch
2nd Anglo-Mysore War
1780–1784)
East India Company

 Maratha Empire

Hyderabad State

Kingdom of Mysore

 France

Treaty of Mangalore:
Northwest Indian War
(1785–1795)
Western Confederacy United States United States Treaty of Greenville
3rd Anglo-Mysore War
(1789–1792)
East India Company

 Maratha Empire

Hyderabad State

Travancore

Kingdom of Mysore
 France
Victory

Treaty of Seringapatam:

  • Half of Mysore territory ceded to East India Company
War of the French Revolution
(1793–1802)
Holy Roman Empire Austria

 Prussia

Kingdom of France French Royalists

 Dutch Republic

Spain Spain

Kingdom of Portugal

 Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily

Italian states

 Ottoman Empire

 Russia

France French Republic

Poland Polish Legions

Denmark Denmark–Norway

Spain Spain

Sister republics:

Defeat

Treaty of Amiens:

  • General French victory
  • Britain recognises the French Republic
  • Cape Colony returned to the Batavian Republic
  • British withdrawal from Egypt
  • French withdrawal from the Papal States
  • Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France
  • Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic
Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion
(1793)
Kuwait
Kingdom of Great Britain
Emirate of Diriyah Victory
  • Saudi retreat from Kuwait.
Second Maroon War
(1795–1796)
 Great Britain
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Jamaica Jamaican Maroons Victory
  • Maroon defeat
  • Treaty signed established that the Maroons would beg on their knees for the King's forgiveness, return all runaway slaves, and be relocated elsewhere in Jamaica
  • Breach of treaty caused deportation of several Maroons to Nova Scotia and later to Sierra Leone in Africa
Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
(1795–1816)
United Kingdom Loyalists
Burrberongal Tribe
Dharug
Eora
Tharawal
Gandangara
Irish-convict sympathisers
Victory

Displacement of Aborigines from their land

Kandyan Wars
(1796–1818)
 United Kingdom Kingdom of Kandy Victory
  • End of 2357 years of Sinhalese independence
Irish Rebellion of 1798
(1798)
Kingdom of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland United Irishmen

Defenders

France French Republic

Victory

Rebellion defeated

1801 Act of Union

4th Anglo-Mysore War
(1798–1799)
East India Company

 Maratha Empire

Hyderabad State

Kingdom of Mysore

France French Republic

Victory

Complete annexation of Mysore by Britain and allies

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)

Conflict Britain & Her Allies Belligerents Opposing Britain Outcome
Temne War
(1801–1807)
Susu tribes Kingdom of Koya Victory

Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya

Second Anglo-Maratha War
(1802–1805)
East India Company  Maratha Empire Victory

Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire

First Kandyan War
(1803–1805)
Kandy Victory

Territory captured from Kandy

Civil War:

Emmet's Insurrection
(1803)

Forces of Robert Emmet Victory

Rebellion defeated

British Expedition to Ceylon
(1803)
 Dutch Republic
 British Empire
Chiefdom of Vanni
 Kingdom of Kandy
Victory
  • Vanni region lost to the British
  • The last Tamil resistance against colonial rule was crushed.
War of the Third Coalition
(1803–1805)
 Austrian Empire

 Russian Empire

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily

Portugal

 Sweden

France French Empire

Netherlands Batavia

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Italy

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Etruria

 Spain

Bavaria Bavaria

Kingdom of Württemberg Württemberg

??
War of the Fourth Coalition
(1806–1807)
 Prussia

 Russia

 Saxony

 Sweden

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily

France French Empire

Confederation of the Rhine

Polish Legions

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Italy

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Etruria

Netherlands Holland

Switzerland Swiss Confederation

 Spain

Treaties of Tilsit:
  • French victory
  • Half of Prussia ceded to French allies
  • Russia exits the war
  • Anglo-Russian War begins
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
(1806–1807)
 Spain Invasion defeated
Ashanti-Fante War
(1806–1807)
 Ashanti Empire Fante Confederacy

Netherlands Dutch Empire

Anglo-Turkish War
(1807–1809)
 Ottoman Empire Treaty of the Dardanelles:
  • Turkish Military victory
  • Commercial and legal concessions to British interests within the Ottoman Empire
  • Promise to protect the empire against French encroachment
Gunboat War
(1807–1814)
 United Kingdom Denmark Denmark-Norway Victory

Treaty of Kiel:

  • Denmark and Norway split up
  • Heligoland ceded from Denmark
Anglo-Russian War
(1807–1812)
 United Kingdom  Russian Empire Treaty of Örebro:
  • Anglo-Russian-Swedish pact against France
Peninsular War
(1807–1814)
 Spain

Portugal

France French Empire Victory

Treaty of Paris:

  • Bourbon dynasty restored
  • Tobago, St. Lucia, Mautitius ceded from France
  • All other French possessions restored as per 1792 borders
  • Abolition of French Slave Trade
  • Swiss independence
War of the Fifth Coalition
(1809)
 Austrian Empire

Tyrol

Hungary

Kingdom of Prussia Black Brunswickers

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily

 Sardinia

France French Empire

Warsaw

Confederation of the Rhine

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy

Naples

SwitzerlandSwiss Confederation

Netherlands Holland

??
Conquest of French Guiana
(1809)
Portugal Portugal
Colonial Brazil
 United Kingdom
France France Victory
Merina Conquest of Madagascar
(1810–1817)
Merina Kingdom France French Empire Victory

Merina control of Madagascar Merina pro-British policies

4th Xhosa War
(1811–1812)
Xhosa tribes Victory

Xhosa tribes pushed beyond the Fish River, reversing their gains in the previous Xhosa wars

Ga-Fante War
(1811)
 Ashanti Empire

Ga tribes

Netherlands Dutch Empire

Fante Confederacy

Akwapim tribes

Akim tribes

Tantamkweri ceded to Akwapim tribes
War of 1812
(1812–1815)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America
United States United States Stalemate
War of the Sixth Coalition
1812–1814
Original Coalition
 Russian Empire
 Prussia
 Austrian Empire
United Kingdom United Kingdom
 Sweden
 Spain
 Portugal
 Two Sicilies
 Kingdom of Sardinia

After Battle of Leipzig

 First French Empire

Until January 1814

Victory
Second Kandyan War
(1815)
Kandy Victory

Kandyan Convention:

  • Dissolution of the Kandy royal line
  • British King declared King of Kandy
Hundred Days
(1815)

War of the Seventh Coalition

 Prussia

France France

Hanover

German Confederation

 Austria

 Russia

 Sweden

 Netherlands

 Spain

Portugal

 Sardinia

 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Tuscany

France French Empire

Naples

Victory

Treaty of Paris:

  • General French defeat
  • Restoration of the House of Bourbon
  • Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories)
  • ₣100,000,000 compensation from France
Third Anglo-Maratha War
(1817–1818)
East India Company  Maratha Empire 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 Victory

Xhosa pushed beyond Keiskama River

Greek War of Independence
(1820–1830)
Greece Greek revolutionaries

Ionian Islands

 Ottoman Empire

Egypt Egypt

Victory

Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece

First Ashanti War
(1823–1831)
 Ashanti Empire British retreat to Sierra Leone
First Anglo-Burmese War
(1824–1826)
East India Company

Native tribes

Kingdom of Burma Victory

Treaty of Yandabo:

  • Assam, Manipur, Rakhine, and Taninthayi coast south of Salween river ceded from Burmah
  • £1,000,000 compensation from Burma
Revolt of the Mercenaries
(1828)
Empire of Brazil Brazil
United Kingdom
France
Germany German Mercenaries
Republic of Ireland Irish Mercenaries
Victory
  • Mutiny suppressed
Portuguese Civil War
(1828–1834)
Liberal Forces of Queen Maria II

Spain Spain

Absolutist Forces of King Miguel Victory

Concession of Evoramonte:

  • Defeat and exile of King Miguel
Baptist War
(1831–1832)
 United Kingdom
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Rebel Slaves Victory
  • Slave defeat
  • Rebellion suppressed
First Carlist War
(1833–1840)
Spain Forces of Queen Isabella II

France French Kingdom

Portugal Forces of Queen Maria II

Carlists: Victory

British mediated Convention of Vergara

The 6th Xhosa War
(1834–1836)
United Kingdom Free Khoikhoi Xhosa tribes Victory

Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa

Rebellions of 1837
(1837–1838)
United Kingdom Great Britain
United Kingdom Province of Upper Canada

United Kingdom Province of Lower Canada

Supported by:
United States United States

Patriotes
Hunters' Lodges
Reform Movement
Victory
First Anglo-Afghan War
(1839–1842)
East India Company Emirate of Afghanistan British retreat from Afghanistan
First Opium War
(1839–1842)
 Manchu-China Victory

Treaty of Nanking:

  • Five Chinese ports open to foreign trade
  • $21,000,000 compensation from the Qing Empire
  • Hong Kong Island ceded from the Qing Empire
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
(1839–1841)
Ottoman Empire
 British Empire
Egypt Eyalet
France Kingdom of the French
Spain Spain
Victory
  • Egypt renounced its claim to Syria.
1839–1851

Uruguayan Civil War

Colorados

Argentina Argentine Unitarians

France French Kingdom

Riograndense Republic

 Brazil

Italian Legion

Blancos

 Argentine Confederation

British and French withdrawal before war's conclusion
Peace treaty with the Argentine Confederation[4][5]

Eventual Colorados victory

First Anglo-Sikh War
(1845–1846)
East India Company
Patiala State
Sikh Empire Victory

Treaty of Lahore:

  • Extensive territory ceded from the Sikh Empire
  • Partial control over Sikh foreign affairs
Flagstaff War
(1845–1846)
Forces of Tāmati Wāka Nene Ngāpuhi Iwi Stalemate
Hutt Valley Campaign
(1846)
Te Āti Awa Iwi Ngāti Toa Iwi Victory

Ngāti Toa Iwi retreat

The 7th Xhosa War
(1846–1847)

The War of the Axe

Xhosa tribes Victory

Territory ceded from Xhosa

Wanganui Campaign
(1847)
Māori Kupapa Māori Iwis Stalemate

12 year peace and trade

Second Anglo-Sikh War
(1848–1849)
East India Company Sikh Empire Victory

Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company

The 8th Xhosa War
(1850–1853)

Mlanjeni's War

Xhosa tribes

Khoikhoi tribes

United Kingdom Native Kafir Police

Victory

Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated Status quo ante bellum

Taiping Rebellion
(1850–1864)
 Qing dynasty
 France
 United Kingdom
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Victory
Second Anglo-Burmese War
(1852–1853)
Kingdom of Burma Victory

Burmese revolution ended fighting Lower Burma annexed

Crimean War
(1853–1856)
France French Empire

 Ottoman Empire

 Kingdom of Sardinia

 Russian Empire

Bulgaria Bulgarian Legion

Victory

Treaty of Paris

The National War in Nicaragua
(1856–1857)
 Costa Rica

 Honduras

Nicaragua Rebel Forces of Patricio Rivas

The Mosquito Coast

 Guatemala

 El Salvador

 United States

Sonora

 Nicaragua

Victory

Sonora/Nicaraguan government defeat.
Slavery outlawed.
William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the U.S. Navy.

Second Opium War
(1856–1860)

Arrow War

France French Empire

 United States

 Manchu-China Victory

The Treaty of Tientsin:

  • Kowloon ceded from the Qing Empire
  • Peking opened to foreign trade
  • 11 more Chinese ports opened to foreign trade
  • Yangtze River opened to foreign warships
  • 4,000,000 taels of silver compensation
  • China banned from referring to subjects of the crown as barbarians
Anglo-Persian War
(1856–1857)
Afghanistan

East India Company

Persia

Herat

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

Victory

Act for the Better Government of India:

First Taranaki War
(1860–1861)

Second Māori War

Māori Iwis

Māori King Movement

Stalemate
Bombardment of Kagoshima
(1863)
 British Empire Satsuma Domain Victory
  • Tactical stalemate and mitigated British victory
Second Ashanti War
(1863–1864)
 Ashanti Empire Stalemate
Invasion of Waikato
(1863–1866)

Third Māori War

Māori Kupapa Māori King Movement Victory

Māori King Movement defeated, confined to King Country

Bhutan War
(1864–1865)
 India Bhutan Victory

Treaty of Sinchula:

  • Bhutan cedes Assam Duars and Bengal Duars to India
  • Bhutan cedes territory in Dewangiri to India
British Expedition to Abyssinia
(1867–1868)
 United Kingdom Ethiopia Victory
Klang War
(1867–1874)

Selangor Civil War

Forces of Raja Abdullah of Klang

British Straits Settlements

Forces of Raja Mahadi Victory
Titokowaru's War
(1868–1869)

Part of the New Zealand land wars

Māori Kupapa Ngāti Ruanui Iwi Victory

Ngāti Ruanui Iwi withdrawal

1868 Expedition to Abyssinia
(1868)
 India  Abyssinia Victory

British hostages freed War of the Abyssinian Succession begins

Te Kooti's War

Part of the New Zealand land wars
(1868–1872)

Māori Kupapa Māori Iwis Victory

End of New Zealand land wars Territory ceded by Māori Iwis

Red River Rebellion
(1869–1869)
 Dominion of Canada

Métis Loyalists

Métis Forces of Louis Riel Victory

Defeat of rebellion Manitoba Act:

Third Ashanti War
(1873–1874)
 Ashanti Empire Victory

Treaty of Fomena:

  • 50,000 oz of gold compensation from Ashanti Empire
  • Ashanti withdrawal from coastal areas
  • Ashanti banned from practicing human sacrifice
The 9th Xhosa War
(1877–1879)
Mfengu Tribe Xhosa Gcaleka Tribe Victory

All Xhosa territory annexed to the Cape Colony

Second Anglo-Afghan War
(1878–1880)
 India Afghanistan Victory

British control over Afghan foreign affairs

Anglo-Zulu War
(1879)
United Kingdom Natal Zulu Kingdom Victory

Zululand annexed to Natal

‘Urabi Revolt
(1879–1882)
United Kingdom
Khedivate of Egypt
Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi Victory
  • ‘Urabi forces defeated and exiled
First Boer War
(1880–1881)
 South African Republic Defeat

Pretoria Convention:

  • South African Republic granted self-government
Mahdist War
(1884–1889)
 Egypt

 Italy

 Belgium

Mahdist Sudan Victory

Sudan ruled by Britain and Egypt

Third Anglo-Burmese War
(1885)
Kingdom of Burma Victory

Upper Burma annexed to British Raj

Sikkim Expedition
(1888)
 India TibetTibet Victory

Tibet recognizes British suzerainty over Sikkim

Anglo-Zanzibar War
(1896)
Zanzibar Victory

Pro-British Sultan installed

Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)
 Japan

 Russia

France France

 United States

 Germany

 Italy

 Austria-Hungary

Righteous Harmony Society

 Manchu-China

Victory

Boxer Protocol:

  • Anti-foreign societies banned in China
Second Boer War
(1899–1902)
 Orange Free State

 South African Republic
Foreign volunteers

Victory

Treaty of Vereeniging:

  • All Boers to surrender arms and swear allegiance to the Crown
  • Dutch language permitted in education
  • Promise to grant Boer republics self-government
  • £3,000,000 compensation "reconstruction aid" to Afrikaners
Anglo-Aro War
(1901–1902)
Aro Confederacy Victory

Aro Confederacy destroyed

British expedition to Tibet
1903–1904)
 India  Tibet Victory

Status quo ante bellum

World War I
(1914–1918)
 India

 Dominion of Canada

 Australia

 New Zealand

 South Africa

 Newfoundland

 Belgium

 France

 Greece

 Portugal

 Romania

 Russia

 Italy

 Japan

United States United States

 Serbia

 Montenegro

Other Allies

 Austria-Hungary

 Germany

 Ottoman Empire

 Bulgaria

Victory

Treaty of Versailles:

  • German demobilisation

Treaties of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Trianon:

Russia pulls out in 1917

  • Russian Civil War
    • Creation of the Soviet Union

Creation of League of Nations:

Estonian War of Independence
(1918–1920)
 Estonia
 United Kingdom
 Finland
 Denmark
 Latvia
Russia White movement
Sweden Swedish volunteers
 Soviet Russia

Baltische Landeswehr

Victory
  • Independence of Estonia
  • Vidzeme gained by the Republic of Latvia
Latvian War of Independence
1918–1920)
 Latvia
 Estonia
Russia White Movement
 Poland
 Lithuania
 United Kingdom
 German Empire
West Russian Volunteer Army

 Russian SFSR
 Latvian SSR

Victory
  • Independence of Latvia
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918–1920)
United Kingdom British Empire

France France

 United States

 Japan

 Greece

 Soviet Russia

 Far Eastern Republic

Defeat
  • Allied withdrawal from Russia
  • Bolshevik victory over White Army
  • Soviet Union new Russian Power
Turkish War of Independence
(1919–1923)
 Ottoman Empire

 Greece

France France

 Italy

Armenia Armenia

Turkey Turkish Nationalists
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia
Soviet Georgia
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
British withdrawal before war's conclusion

Treaty of Lausanne

  • Turkish Nationalist victory
  • End of the Ottoman Empire
Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919–1919)
 India  Afghanistan Partial victory, Full Afghan independence
Irish War of Independence
(1919–1920)
United Kingdom Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Republic of Ireland Irish Republic Anglo-Irish Treaty:
Somaliland campaign (1920)
(1920)
 British Somaliland

East Africa Protectorate British East Africa

Dervish State Victory

Demise of the Dervish State

Great Iraqi Revolution of 1920
(1920)
Iraqi rebels Victory
  • Revolt suppressed, greater autonomy given to Iraq

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present)

Conflict Britain & Her Allies Belligerent Opposing Britain Outcome
Adwan Rebellion
(1923)
 United Kingdom
Jordan Emir Abdullah's forces
Jordan Hashemite allied tribesmen:
  • Sheykh Minwar al-Hadid
Jordan Sultan al-Adwan's forces Victory

Sultan al-Adwan's defeat and exile

Ikhwan Revolt
(1927–1930)
Kuwait
Nejd and Hejaz
RAF
Ikhwan Victory
  • Ikhwan attack on Kuwait repelled.
  • The remnants of the Ikhwan incorporated into regular Saudi units.
  • The Ikhwan leadership was either slain or imprisoned.
Great Arab Revolt in Palestine
(1936–1939)
Jewish Settlement Police
Jewish Supernumerary Police
Haganah
Special Night Squads
FOSH
Peulot Meyuhadot
Irgun
Peace Bands
Arab Higher Committee Victory

Revolt suppressed

British–Zionist conflict
(1938–1948)
 United Kingdom Haganah
Palmach
Irgun
Lehi
British withdrawal and creation of Israel
S-Plan
16 January 1939 – March 1940
 United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Irish Republican Army Victory
  • IRA failure
World War II
(1939–1945)
The Allies
Axis Powers
Victory

Nazi Germany formally surrenders 8 May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
On August 15, 1945, following the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan announces its surrender, ending World War II

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.

Northern Campaign
2 September 1942 – December 1944
United Kingdom Royal Ulster Constabulary Republic of Ireland Irish Republican Army Victory
  • IRA campaign failure
Indonesian National Revolution
(1945–1949)
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands

Japan Empire of Japan (Until 1945)

 Indonesia
Hand over to Dutch in 1946
  • Netherlands recognises Indonesian Independence
Greek Civil War
(1944–1948)
Kingdom of Greece Kingdom of Greece

 United Kingdom

 United States

D.S.E. (Δ.Σ.Ε.)

Albania Albania

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Communist forces defeated, many D.S.E. soldiers exiled in Eastern Europe. A Battalion of UK troops still in Greece till 1948
Operation Masterdom
(1945–1946)
 United Kingdom

France France

Japan Empire of Japan

North Vietnam Viet Minh
Hand over to French

First Indochina War begins

Corfu Channel incident
(1946–1948)
 United Kingdom  People's Socialist Republic of Albania Victory
  • ICJ awards compensation to Britain, which is not settled till 1992. Britain breaks off talks aimed at establishing diplomatic relations with Albania.
Malayan Emergency
(1948–1960)
British Commonwealth Malayan Communist Party

Malayan Races Liberation Army

Victory
  • Communist retreat from Malaya
  • Malayan independence
Korean War
(1950–1953)
United Nations United Nations Command  North Korea

 People's Republic of China

 Soviet Union

Ceasefire
  • Communist invasion of South Korea defeated
  • UN invasion of North Korea repulsed
1951 Anglo-Egyptian War[6]
(1951–1952)
 United Kingdom Egypt Egypt Victory
Mau Mau Uprising
(1952–1960)
 British East Africa

 United Kingdom

Kenya Mau Mau Victory

Defeat of Mau Mau

Kenyan independence

Jebel Akhdar War
(1954–1959)
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
 United Kingdom
Imamate of Oman Victory
Cypriot intercommunal violence
(1955–1960)
 United Kingdom EOKA

Turkey TMT

Defeat
  • Cyprus became an independent republic in 1960 with Britain retaining control of two Sovereign Base Areas, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Suez Crisis
(1956–1957)
 United Kingdom
France France

 Israel

Egypt Egypt Coalition military victory[7][8][9]
Egyptian political victory[7]
  • Anglo-French withdrawal following international pressure (December 1956)
  • Israeli occupation of Sinai (until March 1957)
  • UNEF deployment in Sinai[10]
  • Straits of Tiran re-opened to Israeli shipping
Border Campaign
(1956–1962)
 United Kingdom Irish Republican Army Victory

IRA campaign fails

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
(1962–1966)
Commonwealth of Nations  Indonesia Victory

Indonesia recognises Malaysian rule over former North Borneo

Dhofar Rebellion
(1962–1975)
 Oman
 United Kingdom
Iran Iran

 Jordan

Various insurgents Victory

Insurgency defeated

Modernisation of Oman

Aden Emergency
(1963–1967)
Federation of South Arabia Federation of South Arabia
 United Kingdom
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen NLF
FLOSY
Defeat
People's Republic of South Yemen established
Nigerian Civil War
(1967–1970)
 Nigeria
 Egypt
 United Kingdom
 Biafra Victory
  • Biafra rejoins Nigeria
The Troubles
(1968–1998)
 United Kingdom 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


Loyalist paramilitaries:

Ulster Volunteer Force Ulster Defence Association Red Hand Commando Ulster Resistance Loyalist Volunteer Force

Good Friday Agreement:
  • Devolution in Northern Ireland
  • Power-sharing deal
  • Disarming of paramilitary groups
  • Demilitarisation
Falklands War
(1982)
 United Kingdom  Argentina Victory

The Falklands are retaken from Argentina

Multinational Force in Lebanon
(1982–1984)
 United Kingdom

 France

 United States

 Italy

Islamic Jihad Organization Victory

Multinational Force withdrawal
Lebanese Civil War continued until 1990 Britain provides smaller contribution than other 3 powers from Feb 1983, while the 3 others had intervened in Aug 1982, Britain, US, and Italy left in Feb 1984, with the French leaving by March 31, 1984.

Gulf War
(1991)
 Kuwait

 United States

 United Kingdom

 Saudi Arabia

 France

 Egypt

 Syria

Other Allies

Iraq Victory

Kuwait regains its independence

Operation Desert Fox
(1998)
 United States

 United Kingdom

 Iraq Victory

Objectives largely achieved

Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
 United States

 United Kingdom

 France

 Canada

 Denmark

 Germany

 Italy

Kosovo Liberation Army

 Yugoslavia Victory

Kosovo occupied by Nato forces

Kosovo administered by UNMIK

Sierra Leone Civil War
(2000–2002)
 Sierra Leone

 United Kingdom

Sierra Leone Rebels

 Liberia

Victory

Rebels defeated

War in Afghanistan

Fourth Anglo-Afghan War[11]
(2001–2014)
 Afghanistan

 United States

 United Kingdom

 Canada

 Germany

 Italy

 France

 Denmark

 Poland

 Romania

 Turkey

 Australia

 Spain

ISAF

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Victory

Fall of Taliban régime and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Osama bin Laden killed

Taliban insurgency

Iraq War
(2003–2009)
 United States

 United Kingdom

 Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein

 Australia

 Poland

 Denmark

 Iraqi Kurdistan

 Iraq under Saddam Hussein

Various insurgents

Victory

Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq

Occupation of southern Iraq

British withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011

Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Many NATO NATO members acting under United Nations UN mandate, including:

 United States

 France

 Denmark

 Italy

 Canada

and

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Arab League several Arab League states

Sweden Sweden

Libya Pro-Gaddafi forces Victory
Military intervention against ISIL
(2014–present)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Iraq
Syria 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
 Egypt
 Libya
 Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Chad
 Niger
 Russia
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Boko Haram

al-Nusra Front
Khorasan


Ahrar ash-Sham

Ongoing

See also

References

  1. Laycock, S. (2012). All the Countries We've Ever Invaded – And the Few We Never Got Round To. The History Press.
  2. M. R. Kantak, The First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783: A Military Study of Major Battles, quote: "Inspite of British superiority in the military science, the British troops could not force a decisive win over the Maratha troops in the First Anglo-Maratha War. The ultimate result of the War showed that the two sides remained evenly balanced.", p. 226
  3. John Bowman, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture, quote: "First Anglo-Maratha War...The war ends inconclusively.", Columbia University Press, p. 290
  4. Rosa, José María (1974) [1970]. Historia Argentina [History of Argentina] (in Spanish) V. Buenos Aires: Editorial Oriente S.A. pp. 279–288.
  5. Abad de Santillán, Diego. Historia Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: TEA (Tipográfica Editora Argentina). p. 383.
  6. Egypt 1951 War with Britain, Globalsecurity.org
  7. 1 2 Tal (2001) p 203
  8. Mart, Michelle. Eye on Israel: How America Came to View the Jewish State as an Ally. p. 159. ISBN 0791466876.
  9. Stewart (2013) p 133
  10. Kunz, Diane B. The Economic Diplomacy of the Suez Crisis. p. 187. ISBN 0-8078-1967-0.
  11. The Fourth Afghan War is lost The Daily Telegraph, 4 September 2009
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Notes

  1. Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, though most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon
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