List of wars involving Italy

This is a list of wars fought by independent Italy from 1861:

Kingdom of Italy (1861-1945)

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
			Combatant 1	Combatant 2
1870	1870	Capture of Rome	Italy	Papal States	Italian victory, Debellation of the Papal States.
1885	1895	Eritrean War[1]	Italy	Ethiopia Mahdist Sudan	Italian victory, establishment of Italian Eritrea.
1889	1920	Pacification of Somalia[2]	Italy	Various rebels Dervish State	Italian victory, consolidation of Italian Somaliland.
1895	1896	First Italo-Ethiopian War	Italy	Ethiopia  Russia  France  United Kingdom	Ethiopian victory, Treaty of Addis Ababa: Ethiopia recognised as independent country by Italy. Italy abrogates the Treaty of Wuchale.
1899	1901	Boxer Rebellion	Italy United Kingdom  Japan  Russia France  United States  Germany  Italy  Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society  Manchu-China	Allied victory, Boxer Protocol: Anti-foreign societies banned in China.
1902	1903	Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03	Italy United Kingdom German Empire	Venezuela	Compromise: Venezuelan debt dispute resolved
1911	1912	Italo-Turkish War	Italy	Ottoman Empire	Italian victory: Italy gains Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan and the Dodecanese Islands.
1914	1918	World War I	Italy United Kingdom  Indian Empire  Dominion of Canada  Australia  New Zealand  South Africa  Newfoundland  Belgium  France  Russia  Japan United States  Serbia  Greece Other Allies	Austria-Hungary  Germany German Empire  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria	Italian victory: Annexation of Trentino-Alto Adige, Gorizia and Gradisca, Istria, Trieste, Zara and the Julian March to the Kingdom of Italy. Armistice of Villa Giusti Treaty of Versailles: German demobilisation Russia pulls out in 1917 Russian Civil War Creation of the Soviet Union Josef V. Stalin Rises to power Creation of League of Nations
1918	1920	Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War	British Empire  Italy France  United States  Japan  Greece	Soviet Russia  Far Eastern Republic	Inconclusive: Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army Soviet Union new Russian Power.
1918	1923	Occupation of Adalia	Italy	Ottoman Empire	Italian victory: Italian occupation of Antalya until becoming part of the Republic of Turkey.
1920	1920	Vlora War	Italy	Principality of Albania	Albanian victory, Italy withdraws from Albania.
1923	1923	Corfu incident	Italy	Kingdom of Greece	Italian victory: Corfu is successfully occupied by Italy. Agreement between Italy and Greece under the auspices of the League of Nations. Most of Italy's demands are met by the Greek government.
1923	1932	Pacification of Libya	Italy	Senussi rebels	Italian victory: Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya.
1935	1936	Second Italo-Abyssinian War	Italy Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland	Ethiopian Empire	Italian victory: Debellation of Ethiopia, foundation of Italian East Africa.
1936	1939	Spanish Civil War	Nationalist  Italy Nazi Germany Portugal Foreign volunteers	Republican Foreign volunteers  Soviet Union (1936–1938)  Mexico	Nationalist victory: Defeat of the Second Spanish Republic Beginning of Franco's dictatorship
1939	1939	Invasion of Albania	Italy	Albania	Italian victory, Italian occupation of Albania.
1939	1945	World War II/Italian Civil War	Axis Powers  Germany  Italy  Hungary  Japan  Bulgaria  Romania  Manchukuo  Mengjiang  Finland  Thailand	The Allies British Empire France Poland  Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Norway  Greece  Yugoslavia  Soviet Union  United States  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Indian Empire    Nepal  South Africa  Brazil  China  Ethiopian Empire	Allied victory: Italian Social Republic, co-belligerent of the Axis from 1943-1945, is defeated in the Italian Civil War; Kingdom of Italy, co-belligerent of the Allies from 1943-1945, is victorious. Italy officially is among the victors, but is forced to cede much of its territory and pay reparations to several countries.

Italian Republic

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
			Combatant 1	Combatant 2
1982	1984	Multinational Force in Lebanon	Italy  United States  France  United Kingdom	Islamic Jihad Organization	Victory Multinational forces supervise withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization.
1991	1991	Gulf War	Kuwait  United States  Saudi Arabia  France  Egypt  Syria  United Kingdom  Italy Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Kuwait regains its independence
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	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
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	Ongoing conflict: UN withdrawal.
1997	1997	Operation Alba	Government of Sali Berisha Italian Armed Forces Greece	Rebels	Victory New Parliamentary Elections.
1998	1999	Kosovo War	United States  France  Canada  Denmark  Germany  Italy Kosovo Liberation Army	Yugoslavia	Victory Kosovo occupied by Nato forces Kosovo administered by UNMIK
2001	2001	2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia	National Liberation Army  NATO	Macedonia Supported by:  Ukraine[3][4][5](main arms supply) FR Yugoslavia (arms supply)  Bulgaria (arms supply)  Russia (arm supply and Contractors)	Ceasefire Ohrid Agreement Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement Ceasefire established The majority of Albanian insurgents agree to disarm in exchange for greater ethnic rights Low intensity resurgence since November 2001
2001		Afghanistan War (2001–2014)	United States  United Kingdom  Italy  Germany  France  Canada  Australia  Georgia  Poland  Romania  Turkey  Afghanistan Northern Alliance ISAF  Albania  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  El Salvador  Estonia  Finland  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Jordan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malaysia  Mongolia  Montenegro  Netherlands  New Zealand  Norway  Portugal  Republic of Macedonia  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Tonga  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates	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 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Victory Invasion of Afghanistan Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished Occupation of Afghanistan Establishment of a new Afghan Government and Security Force Taliban insurgency Killing of Osama bin Laden
2003	2006	Iraq War	Multi-National Force – Iraq:  United States  United Kingdom  Italy  Australia  Spain  Netherlands  Poland  South Korea  Ukraine  Georgia Other Allies  Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein  Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq under Saddam Hussein Various insurgents	Victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Deployment in Dhi Qar Province Italian withdrawal in 2006, conflict ended in 2011
2011	2011	Libyan intervention	Many NATO members acting under UN mandate, including:  United States  France  Denmark  Italy  Canada and Anti-Gaddafi forces several Arab League states Sweden	Pro-Gaddafi forces	Victory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control

See also

• History of Italy
• Military history of Italy

References

1. Indro Montanelli, Storia d'Italia, vol. 6 1861 - 1919, RCS Libri S.p.A., 2006
2. Pacification of Somalia.
3. Zerkalo Nedeli (28 February 2002). "Paper critical of Western call on Ukraine to stop selling arms to Macedonia". Free Republic. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
4. Carlotta Gall (23 July 2001). "Rebels Secure a Base in Macedonian Town". New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
5. Taras Kuzio (31 October 2001). "UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA". The Jamestown. Retrieved 5 May 2015.