This is a list of conflicts involving the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

and its predecessor states (the

Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain, also known as the Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the Kingd ...

( and Ireland)). Notable

militarised interstate dispute Militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) are conflicts between states that do not involve a full-scale war. These include any conflicts in which one or more states threaten, display, or use force against one or more other states. They can vary in in ...

s are included. For a list of wars before the

Acts of Union 1707 The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. They put into effect the international Treaty of Union agree ...

merging the

Kingdom of England The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the late 9th century, when it was unified from various Heptarchy, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland to f ...

and

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, please see List of wars involving England & List of wars involving Scotland. For a list of wars involving the predecessors of both states and a broader list of wars fought on the Island of Great Britain, see the list of wars in Great Britain. Historically, the United Kingdom relied most heavily on the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

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 The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

. 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 The United Nations comprise sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of ...

, or nine out of ten of all countries. : : : : *e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, ''

status quo ante bellum The term is a Latin phrase meaning 'the situation as it existed before the war'. The term was originally used in treaties to refer to the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of prewar leadership. When used as such, it means that no ...

'', result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive

Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)

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

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(1801–1807) , Susu tribes , Kingdom of Koya , style="Background:#AF9", British–allied victory * Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya , - ,

Second Anglo-Maratha War Second Anglo-Maratha War (from 1803 –1805) was a large conflict within the Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire involving the British East India Company. It resulted in major loss of territory for the Marathas, including regions around Delhi a ...

(1802–1805) ,

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...

, , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire , - , First Kandyan War
(1803–1805) , ,

Kandy Kandy (, ; , ) is a major city located in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy. The city is situated in the midst of ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Territory captured from Kandy , - , ''Civil War:''
Emmet's Insurrection
(1803) , , Forces of

Robert Emmet Robert Emmet (4 March 177820 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Prote ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Rebellion defeated , - , British Expedition to Ceylon
(1803) ,
, Chiefdom of Vanni
, style="background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Vanni region lost to the British * The last Tamil resistance against colonial rule was crushed. , - ,

War of the Third Coalition The War of the Third Coalition () was a European conflict lasting from 1805 to 1806 and was the first conflict of the Napoleonic Wars. During the war, First French Empire, France and French client republic, its client states under Napoleon I an ...

(1805–1806) ,

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

and

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

, French Empire
Batavia

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Etruria Etruria ( ) was a region of Central Italy delimited by the rivers Arno and Tiber, an area that covered what is now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and north-western Umbria. It was inhabited by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization that f ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...

, style="Background:#F88", French Allied victory * Fourth Peace of Preßburg: * French victory * Austria surrenders to France * Pro-French

Confederation of the Rhine The Confederated States of the Rhine, simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states established at the behest of Napoleon some months after he defeated Austrian Empire, Austria ...

formed , - , Vellore Mutiny (1806) ,

, Indian rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

War of the Fourth Coalition The War of the Fourth Coalition () was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's First French Empire, French Empire, subsequently being defeated. The main coalition partners were Kingdom of Prussia, ...

(1806–1807) ,

, French Empire

* * Polish Legions

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...

Swiss Confederation Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerlan ...

, style="Background:#F88", French Allied victory

Treaties of Tilsit The Treaties of Tilsit (), also collectively known as the Peace of Tilsit (; ), were two peace treaties signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland, at the end of the War o ...

: * French victory * Half of Prussia ceded to French allies * Russia exits the war * Anglo-Russian War begins , - ,

Ashanti–Fante War The Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) was a war fought between the Ashanti Empire and the Fante Confederacy in the region of what is currently the Republic of Ghana. Background and the course of the war In 1806, the Asantehene, Osei Bonsu, bro ...

(1806–1807) , Fante Confederacy
,

Dutch Empire The Dutch colonial empire () comprised overseas territories and trading posts under some form of Dutch control from the early 17th to late 20th centuries, including those initially administered by Dutch chartered companies—primarily the Du ...

, style="Background:#F88", Dutch victory , - , Anglo-Turkish War
(1807–1809) , , , style="Background:#BBF", Disputed *

Treaty of the Dardanelles The Treaty of the Dardanelles (also known as the Dardanelles Treaty of Peace, Commerce, and Secret Alliance, the Treaty of Çanak, the Treaty of Chanak or ) was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ...

* Commercial and legal concessions to British interests within the Ottoman Empire * Promise to protect the empire against French encroachment , - ,

Gunboat War The Gunboat War (, , Swedish: ''Kanonbåtskriget''; 1807–1814) was a naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and Great Britain supported by Sweden during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing sm ...

(1807–1814) , ,

Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway (Danish language, Danish and Norwegian language, Norwegian: ) is a term for the 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (includ ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory *

Treaty of Kiel The Treaty of Kiel () or Peace of Kiel ( Swedish and or ') was concluded between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden on one side and the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway on the other side on 14 January 1814 ...

* Denmark and Norway split up *

Heligoland Heligoland (; , ; Heligolandic Frisian: , , Mooring Frisian: , ) is a small archipelago in the North Sea. The islands were historically possessions of Denmark, then became possessions of the United Kingdom from 1807 to 1890. Since 1890, the ...

ceded from Denmark , - , Anglo-Russian War
(1807–1812) , , , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome * Treaty of Örebro * Anglo-Russian-Swedish pact against France , - ,

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French ...

(1807–1814) ,

, French Empire
Napoleonic Spain

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...

Kingdom of Holland The Kingdom of Holland ( (contemporary), (modern); ) was the successor state of the Batavian Republic. It was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in March 1806 in order to strengthen control over the Netherlands by replacing the republican governmen ...

Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw (; ; ), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a First French Empire, French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. It initially comprised the ethnical ...

Commemorative Medal of the Rhine Confederation

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Treaty of Paris *

Bourbon dynasty The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the 16th century. A br ...

restored * Tobago, St. Lucia, Mauritius ceded from France * All other French possessions restored as per 1792 borders * Abolition of French Slave Trade * Swiss independence , - , Travancore Rebellion
(1808–1809) ,

Kingdom of Cochin The kingdom of Cochin or the Cochin State, named after its capital in the city of Kochi (Cochin), was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state. It originated in the early part of the 12th century and continued to rule until i ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

War of the Fifth Coalition The War of the Fifth Coalition was a European conflict in 1809 that was part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars. The main conflict took place in Central Europe between the Austrian Empire of Francis I and Napoleon's French Emp ...

(1809) ,

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

Black Brunswickers The Brunswick Ducal Field-Corps (), commonly known as the Black Brunswickers, was a volunteer military unit raised by Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel during the Napoleonic Wars. The Duke was a strong opponent of Napoleon's occ ...

, French Empire

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

* *

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

* *

Westphalia Westphalia (; ; ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the region is almost identical with the h ...

, style="Background:#F88", French–allied victory *

Treaty of Schönbrunn The Treaty of Schönbrunn (; ), sometimes known as the Peace of Schönbrunn or the Treaty of Vienna, was signed between France and Austria at Schönbrunn Palace near Vienna on 14 October 1809. The treaty ended the Fifth Coalition during the N ...

: * Complete Austrian surrender * Peninsular War continued , - , Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution
(1809) , ,

Revolutionaries A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society. Definition The term—bot ...

, style="background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Persian Gulf campaign of 1809
(1809) , , Qawasim Flag

Al Qasimi The Al Qasimi (, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Emirate of Sharjah, Sharjah and Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, today for ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Fourth Xhosa War
(1811–1812) ,
,

Xhosa Xhosa may refer to: * Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa * Xhosa language, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, principally spoken by the Xhosa people See als ...

tribes , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Xhosa tribes pushed beyond the Fish River, reversing their gains in the previous Xhosa wars , - ,

War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...

(1812–1815) , *

British North America British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, ...

Tecumseh's confederacy ,

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome

Treaty of Ghent The Treaty of Ghent () was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now in ...

; ''

Status quo ante bellum The term is a Latin phrase meaning 'the situation as it existed before the war'. The term was originally used in treaties to refer to the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of prewar leadership. When used as such, it means that no ...

'' with no boundary changes * United States invasions of

British Canada British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and cultur ...

repulsed. All Pre-War borders restored under the Treaty of Ghent * British invasions of the United States repulsed. All pre-war borders restored under the Treaty of Ghent , - , Sack of Yogyakarta
(1812) ,
Mangkunegaran ,

Yogyakarta Sultanate The Sultanate of Yogyakarta, officially the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat ( ; ), is a Javanese monarchy in Yogyakarta Special Region, in the Republic of Indonesia. The current head of the sultanate is Hamengkubuwono X. Yogyakart ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Sambas expeditions
(1812–1813) , , Sultanate of Sambas , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

War of the Sixth Coalition In the War of the Sixth Coalition () (December 1812 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation (), a coalition of Austrian Empire, Austria, Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, Russian Empire, Russia, History of Spain (1808– ...

(1812–1814) , Original Coalition

After Battle of Leipzig *

* * * United Netherlands , * * * Flag of the Duchy of Warsaw

Until January 1814 *

(Many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig) , style="Background:#AF9", British–allied victory * Coalition victory, Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris * Bourbon Restoration;

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

's exile to

Elba Elba (, ; ) is a Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino on the Italian mainland, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park, a ...

* Various territorial changes * Beginning of the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon, Napol ...

* Hostilities resume with the return of Napoleon to power in 1815 , - , Kedopok War
(1813) , , Peasant rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

Anglo-Nepalese War The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War or Nepal-Company War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the forces of the British East India Company ...

(1814–1816) , ,

Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu monarchy in South Asia, founded in 1768 through the unification of Nepal, expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom. The kingdom was also known as the Gorkha Empire and was sometimes called History of Asal Hindustan, ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory *

Treaty of Sugauli The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Guru Gajraj Mishra following the Anglo-Nepalese War of ...

, - , Second Kandyan War
(1815) , ,

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory

Kandyan Convention In the history of Sri Lanka, the Kandyan Convention () was a treaty signed on 2 March 1815 between the British governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, British Ceylon, whereas, according to the Sinhala ...

: * Dissolution of the Kandy royal line * British King declared King of Kandy , - ,

Hundred Days The Hundred Days ( ), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII o ...

(1815) ''War of the Seventh Coalition'' ,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

German Confederation The German Confederation ( ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. It was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as a replacement of the former Holy Roman Empire, which had been dissolved ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...

, French Empire

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Treaty of Paris: * General French defeat * Restoration of the

House of Bourbon The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the 16th century. A br ...

* Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) * ₣100,000,000 compensation from France , - ,

Slachter's Nek Rebellion The Slachter's Nek Rebellion was an uprising against the British colonial government by Boers in 1815 on the eastern border of the Cape Colony. Background In 1815, a farmer from the eastern border of the Cape Colony, Frederik Bezuidenhout was ...

(1815) , ,

Boer Boers ( ; ; ) are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled the Dutch ...

rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

Bussa's Rebellion Bussa's rebellion (14–16 April 1816) was the largest slave revolt in Barbadian history. The rebellion takes its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the rebellion. The rebellion, which was eventually defeated by the colonial mili ...

(1816) , , Rebel slaves , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Bombardment of Algiers
(1816) ,
, , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Uva-Wellassa Rebellion
(1817–1818) , , Kandyan rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

Third Anglo-Maratha War The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, Maratha Confederacy in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an in ...

(1817–1818) ,

, , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Virtually all territory south of the Sutlej River controlled by Britain , - , Paika Rebellion (1817–1818) ,

, Bhoi dynasty , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * End of Paika rule * East India Company establishes rule over Odisha and the Paikas , - ,

Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 The Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 was a British punitive expedition, principally against the Arab maritime force of the Qawasim in the Persian Gulf, which embarked from Bombay, India in November 1819 to attack Ras Al Khaimah. The campaign wa ...

(1819) ,

Omani Empire The Omani Empire () was a maritime empire, vying with Portugal and Britain for trade and influence in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. After rising as a regional power in the 18th century, the empire at its peak in the 19th century saw its i ...

Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah is the northernmost of the Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The city of Ras Al Khaimah, abbreviated to RAK or RAK City, is the capital of the emirate and home to most of ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory *

General Maritime Treaty of 1820 The General Maritime Treaty of 1820 was initially signed between the rulers of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Great Britain in January 1820, with the nearby island state of Bahrain acceding to the treaty in the fol ...

, - ,

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

(1821–1829) *

Battle of Navarino The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October (O.S. 8 October) 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), in Navarino Bay (modern Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied ...

, 1821:

Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria () or Society of Friends () was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odesa, Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule in Ottoman Greece, Greece and establish an Independenc ...

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

revolutionaries
After 1822:

Hellenic Republic Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Tripolitania Tripolitania (), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province of Libya. The region had been settled since antiquity, first coming to prominence as part of the Carthaginian empire. Following the defeat ...

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * First Hellenic Republic established and recognized , - ,

Demerara rebellion of 1823 The Demerara rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving between 9,000 and 12,000 slaves that took place in the British colony of Demerara-Essequibo in what is now Guyana. The exact number of how many took part in the uprising is a matter of d ...

(1823) , , Rebel slaves , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , First Anglo-Ashanti War
(1823–1831) , , , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

Bathurst War The Bathurst War (1824) was a war between the Wiradjuri nation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Following the successful Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth expedition to find a route through the "impenetrable" Blue Mountains ...

(1824) , ,

Wiradjuri The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

First Anglo-Burmese War The First Anglo-Burmese War (; ; 5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826), also known as the First Burma War in English language accounts and First English Invasion War () in Burmese language accounts, was the first of three wars fought between the ...

(1824–1826) ,

Native tribes , Flag of the Alaungpaya Dynasty of Myanmar

Burmese Empire , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory

Treaty of Yandabo The Treaty of Yandabo ( ) was the peace treaty that ended the First Anglo-Burmese War. The treaty was signed on 24February 1826, nearly two years after the war formally broke out on 5March 1824, by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British ...

: * Assam, Manipur, Rakhine, and Taninthayi coast south of Salween river ceded from Burma * £1,000,000 compensation from Burma , - , Siege of Bharatpur
(1825–1826) , ,

Bharatpur State Bharatpur was a princely state under British suzerainty. It was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindus, Hindu Jats. The state was founded by Badan Singh, Maharaja Badan Singh in 1722. Suraj Mal played an important role in the development a ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , British attack on Berbera
(1827) , *

, *

Habr Awal The Habr Awal, alternately known as the Zubeyr Awal (, , Full Name: '' Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Ishaaq bin Ahmed, Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad)'' is one of the largest subclans of the wider Isaaq clan family, and is further divided into eight su ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Destruction of large parts of Berbera * Indemnity agreed upon for 1825 Habr Awal attack * Crucial caravan trade halted temporarily , - , Revolt of the Mercenaries
(1828) ,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

, German Mercenaries

Irish Mercenaries Irish commonly refers to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the island and the sovereign state *** Erse (disambiguati ...

, style="background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Mutiny suppressed , - , Ahom Rebellion
(1828) , , Ahom insignia plain

Ahom dynasty , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Bathurst Rebellion
(1830) , ,

Bushrangers Bushrangers were armed robbers and outlaws who resided in the Australian bush between the 1780s and the early 20th century. The original use of the term dates back to the early years of the British colonisation of Australia, and applied to ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

Naning War The Naning War (6 August 1831 – 15 June 1832), also known as the Naning Conflict or Naning Revolt, was a conflict in the region surrounding Malacca City, Malacca, which was part of the Straits Settlements under British control. The conflict wa ...

(1831–1832) , ,

Naning Naning is a district and a former chiefdom in northern Malacca, Malaysia. It is part of the Masjid Tanah constituency and is adjacent to Pulau Sebang. Naning had historically been part of Negeri Sembilan but it was annexed by the British into ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Barra War
(1831–1832) , , Kingdom of Niumi , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - ,

Baptist War The Baptist War, also known as the Sam Sharp Rebellion, the Christmas Rebellion, the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831–32, was an eleven-day rebellion that started on 25 December 1831 and involved up to 60,000 of t ...

(1831–1832) ,

Colony of Jamaica The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was Invasion of Jamaica (1655), captured by the The Protectorate, English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British Empire, British colon ...

, Rebel slaves , style="background:#AF9", British victory * Slave defeat * Rebellion suppressed , - , Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands
(1832–1833) , , , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory * British control of the Falkland Islands , - ,

First Carlist War The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy: the conservative a ...

(1833–1840) , Forces of Queen

Isabella II Isabella II (, María Isabel Luisa de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain. Isabella wa ...

French Kingdom
Forces of Queen Maria II
Auxiliary Legion ,

Carlists Carlism (; ; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty, one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855), on the Spanish throne. The ...

: * Forces of

Infante Carlos Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...

* Forces of King Miguel , style="Background:#BBF" , Inconclusive or other outcome * British withdrawal before the war's conclusion * British mediated Convention of Vergara , - ,

Coorg War The Coorg War was fought between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Coorg in 1834. Defiance of the Raja of Coorg ( Chikka Virarajendra), a small state in South India, led to a short but bloody campaign in 1834. In February 183 ...

(1834) , ,

Kingdom of Coorg The Kingdom of Coorg (or Kingdom of Kodagu) was an independent kingdom that existed in India from the 16th century until 1834. It was ruled by a branch of the Ikkeri Nayaka. From 1780 to 1788, the kingdom was occupied by neighbouring Mysore ...

, style="Background:#AF9" , British victory , - , Sixth Xhosa War
(1834–1836) , Free

Khoikhoi Khoikhoi (Help:IPA/English, /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''KOY-koy'') (or Khoekhoe in Namibian orthography) are the traditionally Nomad, nomadic pastoralist Indigenous peoples, indigenous population of South Africa. They ...

tribes , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa , - ,

Rebellions of 1837–1838 The Rebellions of 1837–1838 (), were two armed rebellion, uprisings that took place in Lower Canada, Lower and Upper Canada in 1837 and 1838. Both rebellions were motivated by frustrations with lack of political reform. A key shared goal was r ...

(1837–1838) ,

Province of Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada () was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763. Upper ...

Province of Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec a ...

* British Loyalists , Patriotes
Hunters' Lodges

Reform movement Reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social system, social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more Radicalism (politics), radical social movements such as re ...

, style="Background:#AF9" , British victory * Patriote rebellion crushed by loyalist forces; Republic of Canada dismantled * Defeat of Hunters' Lodges * Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the

Province of Canada The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in British North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report ...

, - ,

Pastry War The Pastry War (; ), also known as the first French intervention in Mexico or the first Franco-Mexican war (1838–1839), began in November 1838 with the naval blockade of some Centralist Republic of Mexico, Mexican ports and the capture of the ...

(1838–1839)
''also known First Franco–Mexican War'' ,
, , style="Background:#AF9" , British Victory * Mexican government accepts to pay the 600,000 pesos , - ,

First Anglo-Afghan War The First Anglo-Afghan War () was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842. The British initially successfully invaded the country taking sides in a succession dispute between emir Dost Mohammad Khan ( Bara ...

(1838–1842) ,

Durrani Kingdom
Maimana Khanate
Khulm (August 1840 for mere days, September 1840-November 1841)
Sadozai loyalists , Emirate of Kabul
Principality of Qandahar
Khanate of Kalat
Khulm (August 1840, November 1841 onwards.)
Marri
Bugti
Afghan Tribes
Barakzai Loyalists , style="Background:#F88" , Barakzai Afghan victory * British retreat from Afghanistan , - , Aden Expedition
(1839) , , , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory Port of Aden ceded to Britain , - , Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
(1839–1841) ,

Egypt Eyalet Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517), conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517. The Ottomans administered Egypt as a Eyalet, province (''eyalet'') of their empir ...

Kingdom of the French The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from the High Middle Ages to 1848 during ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, style="background:#AF9" , British Allied victory * Egypt renounced its claim to Syria. , - ,

First Opium War The First Opium War ( zh, t=第一次鴉片戰爭, p=Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Chinese Qing dynasty between 1839 and 1 ...

(1839–1842) , , , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory

Treaty of Nanking The Treaty of Nanking was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese ...

: * Five Chinese ports open to foreign trade * $21,000,000 compensation from the Qing Empire * Hong Kong Island ceded from the Qing Empire , - ,

Newport Rising The Newport Rising was the last large-scale armed rising in Wales, by Chartism, Chartists whose demands included democracy and the right to vote with a secret ballot. On Monday 4 November 1839, approximately 4,000 Chartist sympathisers, under ...

(1839) , ,

Chartists Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom that erupted from 1838 to 1857 and was strongest in 1839, 1842 and 1848. It took its name from the People's Charter of ...

, style="Background:#AF9" , British victory , - , Mysore Rebellion (1840–1841) , , Forces led by Dhondji Wagh , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Battle of Congella
(1842) , , , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

British Conquest of Sindh The British conquest of Sindh was a successful British military campaign and conquest of Sindh into the British Indian Empire, British India from the rule of the Talpur dynasty, Talpurs. The East India Company, supported by the British Army and ...

(1843) , ,

Talpur dynasty The Talpur dynasty () was a Baloch people in Sindh, Baloch dynasty that ruled the Sind State (present-day Sindh, Pakistan) after overthrowing the Kalhora dynasty in 1783 until British conquest of Sindh in 1843. A branch of the family continued ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Gwalior campaign
(1843) , ,

Gwalior State The Gwalior State was a List of Maratha dynasties and states, state within the Maratha Confederacy located in Central India. It was ruled by the Scindia, House of Scindia (anglicized from Sendrak), a Hindu Maratha Confederacy, Maratha dynasty. ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - ,

Flagstaff War The Flagstaff War, also known as Heke's War, Hōne Heke's Rebellion and the Northern War, was fought between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. The conflict is best remembered for the actions of H� ...

(1845–1846) ,

Colony of New Zealand The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom from 1841 to 1907. British authority was vested in a List of governors-general of New Zealand, governor. The colony had Capital of New Zea ...

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - ,

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata, also known as Paraná War, was a five-year naval blockade imposed by July Monarchy, France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom on the Argentine Confederation duri ...

(1845–1850) *

Battle of Vuelta de Obligado The Battle of Vuelta de Obligado took place on 20 November 1845, in the waters of the Paraná River, on its right bank and in the north of the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), in a bend where the river narrows and turns, known as Vuelta de ...

Kingdom of France The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the Middle Ages, medieval and Early modern France, early modern period. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe from th ...

Argentine Confederation The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: ''Confederación Argentina'') was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. It was the nam ...

, style="Background:#F88", Argentine Confederation victory * Arana–Southern Treaty * France and Britain recognize the sovereignty of Argentina on La Plata River and its tributaries. , - ,

First Anglo-Sikh War The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in 1845 and 1846 around the Firozpur district of Punjab. It resulted in the defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh empire and cession of Jammu ...

(1845–1846) ,

Patiala State Patiala State was a kingdom and princely state in Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India, and one of the Phulkian States, that Instrument of Accession, acceded to the Dominion of India, Union of India upon Indian independence ...

Sikh Empire The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the East India Company, Br ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory

Treaty of Lahore The Treaty of Lahore of 9 March 1846 was a peace-treaty marking the end of the First Anglo-Sikh War. The treaty was concluded, for the British, by the Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge and two officers of the East India Company and, for the ...

: * Extensive territory ceded from the Sikh Empire * Partial control over Sikh foreign affairs , - , Hutt Valley campaign
(1846) ,

Ngāti Toa Ngāti Toa, also called Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori people, Māori ''iwi'' (tribe) based in the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a population of ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Seventh Xhosa War
(1846–1847) ''The War of the Axe'' ,
,

tribes , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Territory ceded from Xhosa , - , Whanganui campaign
(1847) ,

, style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - ,

Caste War of Yucatán The Caste War of Yucatán or ''ba'atabil kichkelem Yúum'' (1847–1915) began with the revolt of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous Maya peoples, Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula against Hispanic populations, called ''Yucatecos''. Th ...

(1847–1901) * Battle of Orange Walk ,

Republic of Yucatán The Republic of Yucatán () was a sovereign state during two periods of the nineteenth century. The first Republic of Yucatán, founded May 29, 1823, willingly joined the First Mexican Republic, Mexican federation as the Federated Republic of Yu ...

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory *

rejoins the United Mexican States in 1848 * Mayas achieve an independent state from 1847 to 1883 * Mexico recaptures Yucatán * Conflict between the Mexicans and the Mayans continued until 1933 , - ,

Second Anglo-Sikh War The Second Anglo-Sikh War was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company which took place from 1848 to 1849. It resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab region, Punjab and what sub ...

(1848–1849) ,

, style="Background:#AF9", British victory Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company , - , Matale rebellion
(1848) , , Kandyan rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Battle of Boomplaats
(1848) , , Voortrekkers , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Battle of Tysami
(1849) , , Chui A-poo's pirates , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Battle of Tonkin River
(1849) ,

Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 ...

, Shap-ng-tsai's pirates , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Soninke-Marabout War
(1850–1856) ,
---- Kingdom of Kombo , Marabout Confederacy , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Eighth Xhosa War
(1850–1853) ''Mlanjeni's War'' ,
,

tribes

tribes
Native Kafir Police , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated ''

'' , - ,

Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of ...

(1850–1864) ,

,

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, or the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (1851–1864), was a theocratic monarchy which sought to overthrow the Qing dynasty. The Heavenly Kingdom, or Heavenly Dynasty, was led by Hong Xiuquan, a Hakka man from Guan ...

, style="Background:#AF9" , British Allied victory * Qing dynasty victory * Fall of the

* Weakening of the Qing dynasty , - ,

Eureka Rebellion The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British administration of the Victoria (Australia)#Colonial Victoria, colony of Victoria, History of Au ...

(1851–1854) * Battle of the Eureka Stockade ,

Colony of Victoria The Colony of Victoria was a historical administrative division in Australia that existed from 1851 until 1901, when it federated with other colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the southeastern corner of the Australian ...

, Stockade rebels , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory , - , Reduction of Lagos
(1851–1852) , ,

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

, style="Background:#AF9" , British victory , - , Second Anglo-Burmese War
(1852–1853) , , Flag of the Alaungpaya Dynasty of Myanmar

Burmese Empire , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory Burmese revolution ended fighting

Lower Burma Lower Myanmar (, also called Lower Burma) is a geographic region of Myanmar and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta ( Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions), as well as coastal regions of the country ( Rakhine and Mon States and Tanintharyi ...

annexed , - ,

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

(1853–1856) , French Empire

, , style="Background:#AF9" , British Allied victory Treaty of Paris , - , The Battle of Muddy Flat (1854) Part of

, but before the British switched sides in (1860). ,

Shanghai Volunteer Corps ,
(A-Pak Pirate Mercenary Fleet) , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Qing forces retreat a mile away from the foreign concessions area * Adherence to Foreign

Extraterritoriality In international law, extraterritoriality or exterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Historically, this primarily applied to individuals, as jurisdict ...

Status Maintained *

Yangtze Patrol The Yangtze Patrol, also known as the Yangtze River Patrol Force, Yangtze River Patrol, YangPat, and ComYangPat, was a prolonged naval operation initiated after the Battle of Muddy Flat, from 1854 to 1949 to protect American interests in the ...

, Shanghai Municipal Council,

Shanghai Municipal Police The Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP; ) was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International Settlement between 1854 and 1943, when the settlement was retroceded to Chinese control. Initially composed of ...

, and the

Chinese Maritime Customs Service The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was a Chinese governmental tax collection agency and information service from its founding in 1854 until it split in 1949 into services operating in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and in the People's Republ ...

established , - ,

Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or ''Arrow'' War, was fought between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the second major ...

(1856–1860) ''Arrow War'' , French Empire

, , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory The Treaty of Tientsin: *

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

ceded from the Qing Empire *

Peking Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is l ...

opened to foreign trade * 11 more Chinese ports opened to foreign trade * Yangtze River opened to foreign warships * 4,000,000

tael Tael ( ),"Tael" entry
at the

barbarian A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike. Many cultures have referred to other cultures as barbarians, sometimes out of misunderstanding and sometimes out of prejudice. A "barbarian" may ...

s , - ,

Anglo-Persian War The Anglo-Persian War, also known as the Anglo-Iranian War (), was a war fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and Qajar Iran, Iran, which was ruled by the Qajar dynasty. The war had the British oppose a ...

(1856–1857) ,

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Treaty of Paris * Persian withdrawal from Herat , - ,

Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against Company rule in India, the rule of the East India Company, British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the The Crown, British ...

(1857–1858) ,

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

Jammu and Kashmir
, Sepoys of the East India Company

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...

Awadh Awadh (), known in British Raj historical texts as Avadh or Oudh, is a historical region in northern India and southern Nepal, now constituting the North-central portion of Uttar Pradesh. It is roughly synonymous with the ancient Kosala Regio ...

Jhansi Jhansi ( ) is a historic city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (Toshan) Balwant Nagar was the old name of Jhansi. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand, on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme ...

Jagdishpur
Bijairaghogarh
Tulsipur State
7 Princely states , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Act for the Better Government of India: *

Company rule in India Company rule in India (also known as the Company Raj, from Hindi , ) refers to regions of the Indian subcontinent under the control of the British East India Company (EIC). The EIC, founded in 1600, established its first trading post in India ...

dissolved * British Raj, Indian Empire established * Ban on Christian missionaries in India , - , First Taranaki War
(1860–1861) ,

, Taranaki Māori ---- Māori King Movement, Kīngitanga , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - , Second Taranaki War
(1863–1866) ,

, Taranaki Māori , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - , Second Anglo-Ashanti War (1863–1864) , Fante tribes , , style="Background:#BBF", Stalemate , - , Invasion of the Waikato
(1863–1864) ,

, Kīngitanga , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Shimonoseki campaign
(1863–1864) ,

, Ichimonjimitsuboshi

Chōshū Domain , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Bombardment of Kagoshima
(1863) , , Maru juji

Satsuma Domain , style="background:#AF9", British victory * Tactical stalemate and mitigated British victory , - , Ambela campaign
(1863–1864) , ,
Umbeyla Eusofzai tribal revolt

Yusufzai , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Tauranga campaign
(1864) ,

, Tauranga Māori , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Duar War
(1864–1865) , , Bhutan , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Fenian Rising
(1867) , , Irish Republican Brotherhood
Fenian Brotherhood logo

Fenian Brotherhood , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , British expedition to Abyssinia
(1867–1868) , , Ethiopian Pennants

Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Klang War
(1867–1874) ''Selangor Civil War'' , Forces of Raja Abdullah of Klang, Malaysia, Klang
British Straits Settlements , Forces of Raja Mahadi , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Nukapu Expedition
(1871–1872) , , Nukapu natives , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Bombardment of Omoa
(1873) , , , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Third Anglo–Asante War
(1873–1874) , , , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Treaty of Fomena: * 50,000 oz of gold compensation from Ashanti Empire * Ashanti withdrawal from coastal areas * Ashanti banned from practising human sacrifice , - , Perak War
(1875–1876) , , Perak , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Second Anglo-Afghan War
(1878–1880) ,
Afzalids , Emirate of Afghanistan, Afghanistan , style="Background:#AF9", British-Afzalid victory Treaty of Gandamak: * Abdur Rahman Khan installed as Emir * Afghanistan becomes a British protectorate, protected state * Districts of Quetta District, Quetta, Pishin District, Pishin, Sibi District, Sibi, Harnai District, Harnai and Thal Chotiali ceded to British India , - , Anglo-Zulu War
(1879) ,
Colony of Natal, Natal , Zulu Kingdom , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Zululand annexed to Natal , - , 'Urabi revolt
(1879–1882) ,
Khedivate of Egypt , Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed Urabi , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * 'Urabi's forces defeated and exiled , - , Basuto Gun War
(1880–1881) ,
, Sotho people, Basuto people , style="Background:#F88", Basuto victory * Basuto people maintain their partial autonomy * British failure to disarm the Basuto people , - , First Boer War
(1880–1881) , , , style="Background:#F88", South African victory Pretoria Convention: * South African Republic granted self-government , - , Mahdist War
(1881–1899) ,
Kingdom of Italy, Italy
Ethiopian Empire

Khedivate of Egypt, Egypt , Mahdist State , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Britain and Egypt took over Sudan and turned it into a condominium known as the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan * Kassala temporarily occupied by Italy , - , Third Anglo-Burmese War
(1885) , , Flag of the Alaungpaya Dynasty of Myanmar

Burmese Empire , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Upper Burma annexed to British Raj, India , - , Sikkim expedition
(1888) , , Tibet under Qing rule, Tibet , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Tibet recognizes British suzerainty over Sikkim , - , Hazara Expedition of 1888, Hazara Expedition (1888) ,
, Tribes of the Torghar District , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Chin-Lushai Expedition
(1889–1890) , , Tribes of the Chin Hills and Lushai Hills , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Anglo-Manipur War
(1891) , , Manipur (princely state), Kingdom of Manipur , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Hunza–Nagar Campaign
(1891) , , Nagar (princely state), Nagar State , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , First Matabele War
(1893–1894) , South Africa Company , Ndebele Kingdom , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Chitral Expedition (1895) ,
Pro–British Chitralis Dir (princely state), Dir state , Pashtuns Chitralis , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Anglo-Ashanti wars, Fourth Anglo–Ashanti War (1895–1896) , , , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Anglo-Zanzibar War
(1896) , , Sultanate of Zanzibar , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory * Pro-British Sultan installed , - , Second Matabele War
(1896–1897) , South Africa Company , Northern Ndebele people, Matebele , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Cretan Revolt (1897–1898), Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) , Crete, Cretan revolutionaries
Kingdom of Greece

Kingdom of Italy, Italy

(until 12 April 1898)
(until 16 March 1898) , , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory * Establishment of the Cretan State. * Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete. , - , Benin Expedition of 1897
(1897) , , , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory , - , Tochi Expedition (1897) ,
, Waziris , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Siege of Malakand (1897) , , Pashtuns , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Mohmand campaign of 1897–1898, Mohmand campaign (1897–1898) ,
, Mohmand , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Tirah campaign
(1897–1898) , , Afridi tribe
Orakzai tribe
Chamkani (Pashtun tribe), Chamkani tribe , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Hut Tax War of 1898
(1898) , , Temne people, Temne rebels
Loko people, Loko rebels
Kissi people, Kissi rebels
Mende people, Mende rebels
Sherbro people, Sherbro rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) , Supporters of Malietoa Tanumafili I, Tanumafili I
, Supporters of Mataʻafa Iosefo, Mataʻafa , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome * Tripartite Convention , - , Six-Day War (1899), Six-Day War
(1899) , , Punti clans , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901) , ---- ---- Mutual Defence Pact of Southeast China , , style="Background:#AF9", Eight-Nation Alliance victory Boxer Protocol: * Anti-foreign societies banned in China , - , Second Boer War
(1899–1902) , ,
* Boer foreign volunteers, Foreign volunteers , style="Background:#AF9", British 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 , - , War of the Golden Stool
(1900) , , , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Capture of Yaa Asentawaa and banishment to the Seychelles * Ashanti territories become part of Gold Coast colony in 1902 * Ashanti retain control of the Golden Stool , - , Somaliland campaign
(1900–1920) ,

(1900–1904) , Dervish movement (Somali), Dervish Movement , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Mahsud Waziri blockade
(1900–1902) , , Mahsud rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Ibn Rashid, Ibn Rashid's invasion of Kuwait (1901) , Sheikhdom of Kuwait, Kuwait , Emirate of Ha'il , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Ottoman sultan orders end to siege , - , Anglo-Aro War
(1901–1902) , , Flag of the Aro Confederacy

Aro Confederacy , style="Background:#AF9", British victory Aro Confederacy destroyed , - , Kano–Sokoto Expedition
(1903) * Battle of Kano * Battle of Kwatarkwashi * Battle of Burmi , , Sokoto Caliphate
Kano Emirate , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , British expedition to Tibet
(1903–1904) , , Tibet under Qing rule, Tibet , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Convention of Lhasa * ''

'' , - , Bambatha Rebellion
(1906) , , Zulu people, Zulu rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Bazar Valley campaign
(1908) , , Rebel tribes , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Muscat rebellion, Muscat Rebellion
(1913–1920) ,
Muscat and Oman , Imamate of Oman , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - , First World War
(1914–1918) , Allies of World War I, Allied Powers

* * * * * * *

Allies of World War I, Other Allies , Central Powers
* German colonial empire, German Empire

, style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Treaty of Versailles: * German demobilisation Treaties of Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919), Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Treaty of Trianon, Trianon: * Demise of Austria-Hungary Russia pulls out in 1917 * Russian Civil War ** Creation of the Soviet Union Creation of League of Nations: * British Mandate of Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia ceded from the

* Mandatory Palestine, Palestine and Jordan ceded from the

* Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika ceded from Germany * Part of Kamerun ceded from Germany * British Togoland, Part of Togoland ceded from Germany * German New Guinea ceded to Australia * German Samoa ceded to New Zealand * German South West Africa ceded to South Africa , - , Operations in the Tochi
(1914–1915) , , Khost tribesmen , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Chilembwe uprising
(1915) , * Nyasaland , Nyasaland rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Second Saudi-Rashidi War (1915-18) ,

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa, Nejd and Hasa , Emirate of Jabal Shammar, Jabal Shammar

, style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - , Kelantan rebellion, Kelantan Rebellion
(1915) ,

* British Malaya , Kelantanese rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Uprising suppressed , - , Operations against the Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis in 1915, Peshawar campaign
(1915) , , Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Bussa rebellion, Bussa Rebellion
(1915) , * , Bussa rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Rebellion suppressed , - , Invasion of Darfur (1916), Invasion of Darfur
(1916) ,
, Sultanate of Darfur , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Easter Rising
(1916) , ,
Irish Citizen Army
Badge of the Irish Defence Forces

Irish Volunteers
Fianna Éireann
Cumann na mBan
Hibernian Rifles , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Uprising suppressed , - , Mohmand blockade, Mohmand Blockade
(1916–1917) , , Mohmands , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory , - , Operations against the Mahsuds (1917), Mahsuds campaign
(1917) , , Mahsud tribesmen , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Kuki Rebellion of 1917–1919
(1917–1919) , , Kuki people, Kuki tribes , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Adubi War
(1918) , {{ubl , {{flagicon, UKGBI British forces , Egba rebels , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory * Uprising suppressed , - , Estonian War of Independence
(1918–1920) , {{flag, Estonia
{{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom
{{flag, Latvia
{{flagicon, Russia White movement
{{flagicon image, Flag of Baltic Germans.svg Baltic Germans, Baltic German volunteers
{{flagicon, Denmark Danes, Danish volunteers
{{flagicon, Finland, 1918 Finns, Finnish volunteers
{{flagicon, Sweden Swedes, Swedish volunteers , {{flagu, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1918, name=Russian SFSR ---- {{flagicon image, Flag of Baltic Germans.svg ''Baltische Landeswehr'' , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Independence of Estonia * Vidzeme gained by the Republic of Latvia , - , Latvian War of Independence
(1918–1920) , {{flag, Latvia
{{flag, Estonia
{{flagicon, Russia White movement
{{flag, Poland
{{flag, Lithuania
{{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom , {{flag, German Empire
{{flagicon image, WestRussianVolunteerArmy.svg West Russian Volunteer Army ---- {{flagu, Russian SFSR, 1918
{{flag, Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, name=Latvian SSR , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Independence of Latvia , - , Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918–1920) , {{flagicon, Russia, size=23px White movement
{{flag, British Empire, size=23px * {{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom, size=23px * {{Flag, Canada, 1868, size=23px * {{Flag, Australia, size=23px * {{flagcountry, British Raj, name=India, size=23px * {{flagcountry, Union of South Africa, 1912, size=23px {{Flag, United States, 1912, size=23px
{{flagicon, France, size=23px French Third Republic, France
{{flagcountry, Empire of Japan, size=23px
{{flag, Czechoslovakia, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Greece, size=23px
{{flag, Estonia, size=23px
{{flag, Kingdom of Serbia, name=Serbia, size=23px
{{flag, Kingdom of Italy, name=Italy, size=23px
{{flag, Second Polish Republic, name=Poland, size=23px
{{flag, Kingdom of Romania, name=Romania, size=23px
{{flag, Republic of China (1912–1949), name=China, 1912, size=23px , {{Flag, Russian SFSR, 1918, size=23px
{{flag, Far Eastern Republic, size=23px
{{flagicon image, Flag of Latvian SSR 1919.svg, size=23px Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, Latvian SSR
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1923-1927).svg, size=23px Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR
{{flagicon image, Flag of CWP of Estonia.svg, size=23px Commune of the Working People of Estonia, Commune of Estonia
{{flagicon image, Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1921-1924).svg, size=23px Mongolian People's Party, Mongolian Communists , style="background:#F88", Bolshevik victory * Allied withdrawal from Russia * Bolshevik victory over White Movement, White Army * Establishment of the Soviet Union , - , Irish War of Independence
(1919–1921) , {{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom , {{flagicon, Ireland Irish Republic (unrecognised state), Irish Republic , style="background:#BBF", Inconclusive/Other Anglo-Irish Treaty * Irish Free State established comprising the 26 counties of the formerly proposed Southern Ireland (1921–22), Southern Ireland * 6 counties of Northern Ireland remain part of UK with some The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), violence continuing after the treaty * United Kingdom retains the Treaty Ports (Ireland), Ports of Berehaven, Spike Island, County Cork, Spike Island and Lough Swilly , - , Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919) , {{flagcountry, British Raj, name=India , {{flag, Afghanistan, 1919 , style="background:#BBF", Disputed/Unknown * Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, Treaty of Rawalpindi , - , Turkish War of Independence
(1919–1923) , {{flagcountry, Kingdom of Greece
{{flagcountry, French Third Republic
{{flagcountry, Democratic Republic of Armenia (in 1920)
{{flagcountry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
{{flagcountry, Ottoman Empire, 1823 (until 1922) * Kuva-yi Inzibatiye (in 1920) {{flagicon image, Flag of Georgia (1918–1921).svg Democratic Republic of Georgia, Georgia (in 1921) , {{flagdeco, Ottoman Empire, 1823 Turkish National Movement * Government of the Grand National Assembly, Grand National Assembly (after 1920) ** Kuva-yi Nizamiye * Kuva-yi Milliye (until 1920) Supported by:
{{Flag, Russian SFSR, 1918, name=Russian SFSR{{cite book, last = Jelavich, first = Barbara, title = History of the Balkans: Twentieth century, url = https://archive.org/details/historyofbalkans0000jela, url-access = registration, year = 1983, publisher = Cambridge University Press, isbn = 978-0-521-27459-3, page
131

{{flagicon image, Flag of Azerbaijan SSR (1921-1922).svg Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR
{{flagicon image, Flag of Georgian SSR (1921-1922).svg Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgian SSR
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.svg Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, Bukharan PSR
{{flagdeco, Emirate of Afghanistan Emirate of Afghanistan, Afghanistan
{{flagicon image, Flag of Muslim League.svg All-India Muslim League {{flagcountry, Kingdom of Italy , style="background:#F88", Turkish Allied victory Treaty of Lausanne * Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate, Overthrow of the Ottoman sultanate * Withdrawal of Allies of World War I, Allied forces from occupied lands of Turkey * Establishment of the Turkey, Republic of Turkey * Starting of the Atatürk's reforms, series of reforms led by Atatürk , - , Kuwait–Najd War
(1919–1920) , Sheikhdom of Kuwait, Kuwait
{{flag, British Empire * {{flag, British Raj, name=India , {{flagdeco, Saudi Arabia, 1824 Sultanate of Nejd * {{flagicon image, Flag of Ikhwan.svg Ikhwan{{cite book, url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Fighting+between+Kuwait%27s+forces+and+Wahhabi+supporters+of+Ibn+Sa%27ud+broke+out+in+May+1920%2c+and+the+former+were+soundly+defeated.#q=Fighting+between+Kuwait's+forces+and+Wahhabi+supporters+of+Ibn+Sa'ud+broke+out+in+May+1920%2C+and+the+former+were+soundly+defeated.&tbm=bks, title=Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East – Volume 1, author1=Reeva S. Simon , author2=Philip Mattar , author3=Richard W. Bulliet , year=1996, pages=119, quote=Fighting between Kuwait's forces and Wahhabi supporters of Ibn Sa'ud broke out in May 1920, and the former were soundly defeated. Within a few weeks, the citizens of Kuwait constructed a new wall to protect Kuwait City. , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Waziristan campaign (1919–1920), Waziristan campaign
(1919–1920) , {{flagcountry, British Raj, name=India , Waziristan , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Samakh raid (1920), Samakh Raid
(1920) , {{flagu, United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Flag of Kingdom of Syria (1920-03-08 to 1920-07-24).svg Arab Kingdom of Syria , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Great Iraqi Revolution of 1920
(1920) , {{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Flag of Hejaz (1917).svg Iraqi rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Greater autonomy given to Iraq * Faysal ibn Husayn installed as King * British Mandate for Mesopotamia cancelled , - , Waziristan campaign (1921–1924), Waziristan campaign (1921–1924) , {{flag, British Empire * {{flag, British Raj, name=India , Waziristan , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , 1922 Burao tax revolt
(1922) , {{flagu, United Kingdom {{*{{flag, British Somaliland , Habr Yoonis tribesmen , style="background:#F88" , Tribal victory * Tax policy abandoned , - , The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)#IRA Northern Offensive and sectarian violence, IRA Northern Offensive
(1922) , {{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom , {{flagicon, Ireland Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish Republican Army , style="Background:#AF9", British victory

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

{, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! style="color: white; background:#b0313f" width=20% , Conflict ! style="color: white; background:gray" width=20% , Britain and allies ! style="color: white; background:gray" width=20% , Britain's opposition ! style="color: white; background:green" width=40% , Outcome , - , Adwan Rebellion
(1923) , {{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flagicon, Jordan, 23px Abdullah I of Jordan, Emir Abdullah's forces
{{flagicon, Jordan, 23px Hashemite allied tribesmen: * Sheykh Minwar al-Hadid , {{flagicon, Jordan, 23px Sultan al-Adwan's forces , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Sultan al-Adwan's defeat and exile , - , Pink's War (1925) , {{flagu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, name=United Kingdom , Mahsud , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Wanhsien incident
(1926) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Flag of China (1912–1928).svg Beiyang government, Republic of China , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome , - , Irene Incident
(1927) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , Pirates , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Ikhwan Revolt
(1927–1930) , Kuwait
{{flagicon image, Flag of Nejd (1926).svg{{flagicon image, Flag of Hejaz 1920.svg Nejd and Hejaz
{{flagicon image, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RAF , {{flagicon image, Flag of Ikhwan.svg Ikhwan , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Ikhwan attack on Kuwait repelled. * The remnants of the Ikhwan incorporated into regular Saudi units. * The Ikhwan leadership was either slain or imprisoned. , - , Mohmand campaign of 1935, Mohmand campaign (1935) , {{flag, British Empire * {{flag, British Raj, name=India , Mohmand {{flagicon, Kingdom of Afghanistan Kingdom of Afghanistan , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Revolt suppressed , - , 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, Great Arab Revolt in Palestine
(1936–1939) , {{Flag, United Kingdom
{{flagicon, Israel Yishuv , {{Flagicon image, Flag of Hejaz (1917).svg Arab Higher Committee , style="Background:#AF9" , British–allied victory * Revolt suppressed , - , Waziristan campaign (1936–1939), Waziristan Campaign
(1936–1939) , {{flagcountry, British Raj, name=India , {{flagicon image, Flag of Waziristan resistance (1930s).svg Waziristan , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Palestine Emergency
(1939–1948) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon, Israel Yishuv , style="Background:#F88", Yishuv victory * Hand over to the United Nations * British withdrawal from Mandatory Palestine * 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, Civil war in Mandatory Palestine begins , - , S-Plan
16 January 1939 – March 1940 , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon, Ireland Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish Republican Army , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * British victory * IRA failed to force the withdrawal of British troops from Ireland , - , Second World War
(1939–1945) , Allies of World War II, Allied Powers
{{Flag, United States, 1912, size=23px
{{flag, Soviet Union, 1936, size=23px
{{Flag, United Kingdom, size=23px
{{flag, Republic of China (1912–49), name=China, size=23px
{{flagicon, France, size=23px French Third Republic, France
{{flagicon, Poland, size=23px Second Polish Republic, Poland
{{Flag, Canada, 1921, size=23px
{{Flag, Australia, size=23px
{{Flag, New Zealand, size=23px
{{Flag, British Raj, name=British India, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Union of South Africa, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Greece, size=23px
{{flag, Denmark, size=23px
{{flag, Norway, size=23px
{{flag, Netherlands, size=23px
{{flag, Belgium, size=23px
{{flag, Luxembourg, size=23px
{{flag, Czechoslovakia, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Ethiopian Empire, size=22px
{{flag, Brazil, size=23px
{{flag, Mexico, 1934, size=23px
{{flagicon, Nepal, 23px Kingdom of Nepal, Gorkha Kingdom , Axis powers, Axis Powers
{{flagcountry, Nazi Germany, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Empire of Japan, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Italy, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Hungary, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Romania, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Bulgaria, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Independent State of Croatia, size=23px
{{flag, Slovak Republic (1939–1945), name=Slovakia, size=22px
{{flag, Finland, size=23px
{{flagcountry, Kingdom of Iraq, size=23px
{{flag, Thailand, size=23px
{{flag, Manchukuo, size=23px
{{flag, Mengjiang, size=23px {{flag, Azad Hind, size=23px {{flag, State of Burma, size=23px ---- {{flag, Vichy France, size=23px , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory victory in Europe Day, Nazi Germany formally surrenders 8 May 1945, End of World War II in Europe, ending the Second World War in Europe.
victory over Japan Day#Japa accepts the Potsdam Declaration, On 15 August 1945, following Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan announces its surrender, ending the Second World War. British (and Commonwealth), French, American, and Soviet troops occupy Germany until 1955, Italy and Japan lose their colonies, Iron Curtain, Europe is divided into 'Soviet' and 'Western' spheres of interest. , - , Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran
(1941) , {{Flag, United Kingdom
{{Flag, Soviet Union, 1936 , {{flagcountry, Pahlavi Iran, 1933 , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Northern Campaign (Irish Republican Army), Northern Campaign
(2 September 1942 – December 1944) , {{flagicon, United Kingdom Royal Ulster Constabulary , {{flagicon, Ireland Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish Republican Army , style="Background:#AF9" , British victory * IRA campaign failure , - , Woyane rebellion
(May – November 1943) , {{flag, Ethiopian Empire, name=Ethiopia
{{flag, United Kingdom , Woyane rebels , style="Background:#AF9" , Anglo-Ethiopian victory , - , Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947
(1944–1947) , {{Flag, Kingdom of Afghanistan, name=Afghanistan
{{*Allied Nuristanis, Nuristani tribesmen
{{Flag, British Empire
{{*{{Flag, British Raj, name=British India , Rebel tribes: * Zadran (Pashtun tribe), Zadran * Mangal (Pashtun tribe), Mangal * Safi (Pashtun tribe), Safi , style="Background:#AF9", Afghan government & British victory * Rebel invasion of India in 1944 repelled * Rebels fully defeated by Afghan government in January 1947 , - , 1944–45 Insurgency in Balochistan
(1944–1945) , {{flagu, United Kingdom , Badinzai rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Insurgency subsided by March 1945 , - , Dekemvriana
(1944–1945) , {{flagdeco, Greece, royal Kingdom of Greece
{{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg National Liberation Front (Greece)
{{flagicon image, Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg ELAS , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion
(1945) , {{Flag, United Kingdom {{*{{flag, British Somaliland , Armed Habr Je'lo tribesmen , style="Background:#AF9" , British Pyrrhic victory
Sheikh Bashir killed, unrest continues, anti-colonialist and nationalist sentiment increases in Somaliland , - , Indonesian National Revolution
(1945–1949) , {{Flag, United Kingdom
{{flagcountry, Netherlands {{flagcountry, Empire of Japan (until 1945) , {{flagicon image, Flag of Indonesia.svg, size=23px Indonesia {{flagcountry, Japan, size=23px (volunteers) {{flagcountry, British Raj, size=23px (defectors) , style="Background:#BBF" , Inconclusive or other outcome * Hand over to Dutch in 1946 * Netherlands recognises Indonesian Independence , - , War in Vietnam (1945–1946), Operation Masterdom
(1945–1946) , {{Flag, United Kingdom * {{flagcountry, British Raj {{flagdeco, France, 1794 Provisional Government of the French Republic, France
{{Flagdeco, Empire of Japan Occupation of Japan, Empire of Japan , {{flagicon, North Vietnam, 1945 Việt Minh , style="Background:#AF9" , British Allied victory * Hand over to French * First Indochina War begins , - , Greek Civil War
(1946–1948) , {{flag, Kingdom of Greece
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flagu, United States, 1912 , Democratic Army of Greece, D.S.E. (Δ.Σ.Ε.)
{{flag, Albania
{{flag, Yugoslavia
{{flag, Bulgaria , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory
Communist forces defeated, Refugees of the Greek Civil War, many D.S.E. soldiers exiled in Eastern Bloc, Eastern Europe.
Battalion of UK troops still in Greece until 1948 , - , Corfu Channel incident
(1946–1948) , {{flagu, United Kingdom , {{flag, People's Socialist Republic of Albania, name=Albania , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome * Corfu Channel case, World Court case concluded in 1949{{cite book , title=Italy and Albania: financial relations in the Fascist period , last=Roselli , first=Alessandro , year=2006 , publisher=I.B. Tauris , isbn= 9781845112547, pages=136–137 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv-iW3WGDvIC&pg=PA136 , access-date=30 May 2010 * Britain breaks off talks aimed at establishing diplomatic relations with Albania. , - , Malayan Emergency
(1948–1960) , {{flagicon, British Empire Commonwealth of Nations, British Commonwealth * {{Flag, United Kingdom * {{flagicon, Malaya Federation of Malaya * {{Flag, Australia * {{Flag, New Zealand * {{flag, Southern Rhodesia * {{flag, Fiji * {{flag, British East Africa, name=Kenya {{flag, Thailand , {{flagicon image, Flag of the Communist Party of Malaya.svg Malayan Communist Party
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Malayan National Liberation Army.svg Malayan National Liberation Army , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Destruction of the majority of MNLA guerrilla organisations, Communist leadership retreat to Thailand * Preservation of capitalism and British economic interests , - , Korean War
(1950–1953) , {{flagicon, United Nations, size=23px United Nations Command
{{flag, South Korea, size=23px
{{flag, United States, 1912, size=23px
{{flagicon, British Empire, size=23px British Commonwealth Forces Korea * {{flag, United Kingdom, size=23px * {{flag, Canada, 1921, size=23px * {{flag, Australia, size=23px * {{flag, New Zealand, size=23px * {{flag, India, size=23px {{flag, Belgium, size=23px
{{flag, France, size=23px
{{flag, Philippines, 1936, size=23px
{{flag, Colombia, size=23px
{{flag, Ethiopian Empire, name=Ethiopia, size=23px
{{flag, Kingdom of Greece, name=Greece, size=23px
{{flag, Luxembourg, size=23px
{{flag, Netherlands, size=23px
{{flag, Union of South Africa, name=South Africa, size=23px
{{flag, Thailand, size=23px
{{flag, Turkey, size=23px , {{flag, North Korea, size=23px
{{flag, China, size=23px
{{flag, Soviet Union, size=23px , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome * Korean Armistice Agreement * Communist invasion of South Korea repelled * UN invasion of North Korea repelled , - , Battle of Ismailia (1952), Battle of Ismailia (1952) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , Kingdom of Egypt, Egyptian police , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * 1952 Egyptian revolution , - , 1952 Egyptian revolution, Egyptian revolution
(1952) , {{Flag, United Kingdom{{Clear {{flagicon, Egypt, 1922 Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt , {{flagicon, Egypt, 1952 Free Officers movement (Egypt), Free Officers Movement{{Clear {{Flag, United States , style="Background:#F88", Coup successful * End of British influence in Egypt * Independence of Republic of Sudan (1956–1969), Sudan in 1956 , - , Mau Mau Uprising
(1952–1960) , {{Flag, United Kingdom * {{flagicon, Kenya, colonial British Kenya , Kikuyu people, Mau Mau , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * Defeat of Mau Mau * Kenyan independence , - , Operation ajax, Opération Ajax (15-19 August 1953) , {{Flag, United Kingdom {{Flag, United States , Government of Mosaddegh, Government of Iran , style="Background:#AF9", Overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh * General Fazlollah Zahedi appointed as prime minister of post-coup military government by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi * Monarchy of Iran, Monarchy Absolute monarchy, increased in power relative to government * Pro-Western Bloc, Western Secularism, secular anti-communist Iranian government established , - , Jebel Akhdar War
(1954–1959) , {{flagicon image, Flag of Muscat.svg Muscat and Oman, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
{{flagu, United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Flag of The Imamate of Oman.svg Imamate of Oman * Ibadi sect
{{flag, Saudi Arabia, 1938 , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Dissolution of the Imamate of Oman , - , Cyprus Emergency
(1955–1959) , {{flag, United Kingdom * {{flagicon image, Flag of Cyprus (1922-1960).svg British Cyprus (1914–1960), Cyprus Colony ---- {{flagicon, Turkey Turkish Resistance Organisation, TMT , {{flagicon image, EOKA flag.svg, size=22px EOKA , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome * EOKA was not defeated * Enosis not achieved{{sfn, French, 2015, p=302 * Cyprus became an independent republic in 1959 with Britain retaining control of two Sovereign Base Areas, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia. , - , Suez Crisis
(1956–1957) , {{Flag, United Kingdom
{{flagicon, France French Fourth Republic, France
{{flag, Israel , {{flagicon, Egypt, 1952 Republic of Egypt (1953–1958), Egypt , style="Background:#BBF", Inconclusive or other outcome Coalition military victory
Egyptian political victoryTal, David (2001). ''The 1956 War: Collusion and Rivalry in the Middle East'' {{ISBN, 978-0-7146-4840-8. p 203 * Anglo-French withdrawal following international pressure (December 1956) * Israeli occupation of Sinai (until March 1957) * United Nations Emergency Force, UNEF deployment in Sinai{{cite book , first=Diane B. , last=Kunz , title=The Economic Diplomacy of the Suez Crisis , page=187 , isbn=0-8078-1967-0 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8lG54d7vzKkC&pg=PA187 , year=1991 , publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press * Straits of Tiran re-opened to Israeli shipping , - , Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army), Border Campaign
(1956–1962) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish Republican Army , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * IRA campaign fails , - , Cod Wars, First Cod War
(1958–1961) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flag, Iceland , style="Background:#F88", Icelandic victory{{efn, Militarized interstate dispute, Militarised interstate dispute over fishing rights in waters near Iceland; Iceland has never fought in a full-scale war., name=CodWars * Iceland expands its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles , - , Upper Yafa disturbances
(1959) , {{flag, British Empire * {{flagicon image, Flag of the State of Upper Yafa.svg Upper Yafa , Rebels , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Brunei revolt, Brunei Revolt
(1962) , {{Flag, United Kingdom
{{Flag, Brunei , {{flagicon image, Flag of the PRB.svg Brunei People's Party , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory , - , Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation
(1963–1966) , {{flagicon image, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Commonwealth of Nations * {{flag, Malaysia * {{flag, United Kingdom * {{flag, Australia * {{flag, New Zealand , {{flag, Indonesia , style="Background:#AF9" , British Allied victory Indonesia recognises Malaysian rule over former North Borneo , - , Dhofar Rebellion
(1963–1975) , {{flag, Oman
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flagicon, Iran, 1964 Pahlavi dynasty, Iran
{{flag, Jordan , {{flagicon image, Flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman.svg Various insurgents , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Insurgency defeated
Modernisation of Oman , - , Aden Emergency
(1963–1967) , {{flagicon, South Arabia Federation of South Arabia
{{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon, Yemen National Liberation Front (Yemen), NLF ---- {{flagicon image, Flag of the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen.svg Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen, FLOSY , style="Background:#F88", Yemeni NLF victory
South Yemen, People's Republic of South Yemen established , - , The Troubles
(1968–1998) , {{Flag, United Kingdom Ulster loyalism, Loyalist paramilitaries: * {{flagicon image, Flag of the UVF with Star.png Ulster Volunteer Force * {{flagicon image, Flag_of_the_Ulster_Defence_Association.svg Ulster Defence Association * {{flagicon image, Flag of the Red Hand Commando.png Red Hand Commando * Emblem of the Ulster Resistance

Ulster Resistance * {{flagicon image, Flag of the Loyalist Volunteer Force - HD.png Loyalist Volunteer Force , Irish republicanism, Republican paramilitaries: *

Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA * {{flagicon image, StarryPlough.svg Official Irish Republican Army, Official IRA * Continuity Irish Republican Army, Continuity IRA * Real Irish Republican Army, Real IRA * {{flagicon image, StarryPlough-darkblue.svg Irish National Liberation Army * {{flagicon image, Iplo flag.png Irish People's Liberation Organisation , style="Background:#BBF", Stalemate Inconclusive or other outcome
Good Friday Agreement: * Devolution in Northern Ireland * Power-sharing deal * Cross-border cooperation * Disarming of paramilitary groups * Police reform * Demilitarisation , - , Cod Wars, Second Cod War
(1972–1973) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flag, Iceland , style="Background:#F88", Icelandic victory{{efn, name=CodWars
UK accept Iceland's 50 nautical mile exclusive fishery zone , - , Cod Wars, Third Cod War
(1975–1976) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flag, Iceland , style="Background:#F88", Icelandic victory{{efn, name=CodWars
Iceland expands its exclusive fishery zone to 200 nautical miles , - , Iranian Embassy siege
(1980) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Flag of Arabistan.svg Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan , style="Background:#AF9", British victory , - , Falklands War
(1982) , {{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flag, Argentina , style="Background:#AF9", British victory * British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands re-established. * End of Argentine occupation of Southern Thule island. , - , Multinational Force in Lebanon
(1982–1984) , {{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flagu, France
{{flagu, United States
{{flagu, Italy , Islamic Jihad Organization
{{flagicon, Islamic Republic of Iran, size=25px Iran
{{flag, Ba'athist Syria, size=25px
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party.svg, size=25px Progressive Socialist Party
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Amal Movement.svg, size=25px Amal Movement , style="Background:#F88", Syrian Allied victory * Multinational forces fail to prevent collapse of Lebanese Army into Syrian- or Israeli- supported militias * Multinational forces evacuated after the 1983 United States embassy bombing, US embassy and 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, US Marine barracks are bombed by the Islamic Jihad Organization * Multinational forces oversee withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization * South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000), Humanitarian crisis in Southern Lebanon * Lebanese Civil War, Civil war continues until 1990 * President Hafez al-Assad continues his Syrian occupation of Lebanon, occupation of Lebanon until his son and later president Bashar al-Assad orders a withdrawal from the country , - , Gulf War
(1990–1991) , {{flag, Kuwait
{{Flag, United States
{{Flag, United Kingdom
{{flag, Saudi Arabia
{{Flag, France
{{flag, Egypt
{{flag, Syria
Coalition of the Gulf War, Other Allies , {{Flagicon image, Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory
Kuwait regains its independence , - , Bosnian War
(1992–1995) , {{flagicon, United Nations United Nations Protection Force, UNPROFOR
{{flag, NATO , {{flagicon image, Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska (1992–1995), Republika Srpska
{{flagicon image, State Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg Republic of Serbian Krajina, Serbian Krajina
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia.svg Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, Western Bosnia , style="Background:#BBF", Military stalemate Dayton Accords , - , Turbot War
(1995) , {{flag, Canada, size=23px
{{flag, United Kingdom, size=23px
{{flag, Ireland, size=23px , {{flag, Spain, size=23px
{{flag, European Union , style="Background:#AF9", British Canadian victory , - , Bombing of Iraq (December 1998), Operation Desert Fox
(1998) , {{flagu, United States
{{flagu, United Kingdom , {{flag, Iraq, 1991 , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Objectives largely achieved , - , Kosovo War
(1998–1999) , {{flagu, United States
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flagu, France
{{flagu, Canada
{{flag, Denmark
{{flagu, Germany
{{flagu, Italy
Kosovo Liberation Army , {{flagcountry, FR Yugoslavia , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory
Kosovo occupied by Nato forces
Kosovo administered by United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK , - , Sierra Leone Civil War
(2000–2002) , {{flag, Sierra Leone
{{Flag, United Kingdom , {{flagicon image, Sl RUF.png, 20px Revolutionary United Front, RUF
{{flag, Liberia
{{flagicon image, Flag of Sierra Leone.svg, 22px Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, AFRC * West Side Boys , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory Rebels defeated , - , War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan
(2001–2021) , {{flag, Afghanistan, 2001
{{Flag, United States
{{Flag, United Kingdom
{{Flag, Canada
{{Flag, Germany
{{Flag, Italy
{{Flag, France
{{flag, Denmark
{{flag, Poland
{{flag, Romania
{{flag, Turkey
{{Flag, Australia
{{Flag, Spain
{{Flag, Netherlands
International Security Assistance Force, ISAF , {{flagicon, Afghanistan, Taliban Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
{{Flag, Al-Qaeda , style="Background:#F88", Taliban victory * The Taliban militia, overthrown in 2001. * British withdrawal in 2014. * Taliban regained power on 15 August 2021, after 20 years of NATO deployment. , - , Iraq War
(2003–2009) , {{flagu, United States
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flag, Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein
{{flagu, Australia
{{flag, Poland
{{flag, Denmark
{{flag, Iraqi Kurdistan , {{flag, Iraq, 1991 under Saddam Hussein
{{flagicon image, Flag of the Islamic State in Iraq.svg Islamic State of Iraq
Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War), Various insurgents , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory: * Overthrow of Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, Ba'ath Party government * Occupation of southern Iraq * Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War), Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Civil war in Iraq (2006–07), Sectarian Violence * Rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq{{cite news , url=https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-jrtn-movement-and-iraq%E2%80%99s-next-insurgency , title=The JRTN Movement and Iraq's Next Insurgency | Combating Terrorism Center at West Point , publisher=Ctc.usma.edu , access-date=2014-08-02 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826043422/http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-jrtn-movement-and-iraq%E2%80%99s-next-insurgency , archive-date=2011-08-26 , url-status=dead , - , First Libyan Civil War
(2011) , Many NATO {{flagicon, NATO members acting under {{flagicon, United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, UN mandate, including:
{{flagu, United States
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flagu, France
{{flag, Denmark
{{flagu, Italy
{{flagu, Canada
and
{{flagicon, Libya, 1951 Anti-Gaddafi forces
{{flagicon, Arab League several Arab League states
{{flagu, Sweden , {{flagicon, Libya, 1977 Pro-Muammar Gaddafi, Gaddafi forces , style="Background:#AF9", British Allied victory * Fall of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * Muammar Gaddafi killed * National Transitional Council takes control. , - , Operation Shader
(2014–present) , {{flagu, United States
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flag, Iraq
{{flagicon, Syria, 1932 Syrian opposition, Syrian Opposition
{{flagu, Australia
{{flagu, Belgium
{{flagu, Canada
{{flag, Denmark
{{flagu, France
{{flagu, Germany
{{flagu, Italy
{{flagu, Netherlands
{{flagu, New Zealand
{{flag, Norway
{{flag, Portugal
{{flagu, Spain
{{flag, Turkey
{{flag, Bahrain
{{flag, Jordan
{{flag, Morocco
{{flag, Qatar
{{flag, Saudi Arabia
{{flag, United Arab Emirates
{{flag, Rojava
{{flag, Egypt
{{flag, Libya
{{flag, Nigeria
{{flag, Cameroon
{{flag, Chad
{{flag, Niger
{{flagu, Russia , {{flag, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
{{flagicon image, AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Boko Haram ---- {{flagicon image, Flag of the Al-Nusra Front.svg al-Nusra Front
{{flagicon image, Flag of Jihad.svg Khorasan (Islamist group), Khorasan ---- {{flagicon image} Ahrar ash-Sham , style="background:#FCE883", Ongoing * The UK's Operation Shader is ongoing as part of military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, intervention in Iraq and Syria (2014–present) * 3,000+ ISIL fighters killed in 1,700 British airstrikes. * Ongoing operations by UK Special Forces in Syria. * British armed forces provide material and training to Iraqi Security Forces and Peshmerga. * As part of the American-led interventions in American-led intervention in Syria, Syria and American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present), Iraq, contributes to the loss of all of ISIL's territory in Iraq (by December 2017) and Syria (by March 2019). , - , Operation Prosperity Guardian
(2023–present) , {{flagu, United States
{{flagu, United Kingdom
{{flag, Canada, size=25px
{{flag, France, size=25px
{{flag, Greece, size=25px
{{flag, Italy, size=25px
{{flag, Netherlands, size=25px
{{flag, Norway, size=25px
{{flag, Spain, size=25px
{{flag, Bahrain, size=25px
{{flag, Seychelles, size=25px
{{flag, Sri Lanka, size=25px
{{flag, New Zealand, size=25px , {{Flagicon, Yemen Supreme Political Council * {{flag, Houthi movement, size=21px , style="background:#FCE883", Ongoing * US-led multinational coalition formed in December 2023 to respond to Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war#Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.{{cite news , title=US-led coalition of 10 nations to counter Houthi attacks on vessels in Red Sea , url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-led-coalition-of-10-nations-to-counter-houthi-attacks-on-vessels-in-red-sea/ , website=The Times of Israel , date=December 19, 2023 , publisher=The Times of Israel , access-date=December 19, 2023

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* {{cite book , last=Cavanna , first=Thomas , title=Hubris, Self-Interest and America's Failed War in Afghanistan , year=2015 , publisher=Lexington Books , location=Lanham, Maryland , isbn=9781498506205 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBsECgAAQBAJ&pg=PR18 * {{cite book , last=Lansford , first=Tom , title=Afghanistan at War: From the 18th Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century , year=2017 , publisher=ABC-CLIO , location= Santa Barbara, California , isbn=9781598847604 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxwIDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 * Tal, David (2001). ''The 1956 War: Collusion and Rivalry in the Middle East'' (Psychology Press). p. 203. {{ISBN, 978-0-7146-4840-8

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