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This page is designed for students and researchers needing information on the wars and conflicts of the United Kingdom. The full name of the U.K. is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is the union of England, Scotland and Wales. To access specific wars or conflicts, click on the blue links.
(English/British
Involvement Only) of
England/Britain Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Great
Britain Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s) Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s) Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s) Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s) Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s) Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s) Name of
conflict Year(s) Type of
conflict Nation(s)
Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654)Anglo-Dutch War (1664-1667)
Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674)
War of American Independence, (1775-1783)
Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748
Anglo-French War, (1119)Anglo-French War, (1512-1513)
Anglo-French War, (1666-1667)
Anglo-French War, (1755-1763)
First Opium War (1840-1842)
Second Opium War (1856-1860)--Britain and France vs. China
Boxer Rebellion (1900)
Second Opium War
The Great Iraqi Revolution (Ath Thawra al Iraqiyya al Kubra)(Anglo-Iraqi War of 1920)-1920-Rebellion-G.B.
Kurdish Revolts (against British) 1922-1924
Second World War (1939-1945)
Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941 (Rashid Ali Coup)
Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1946:Britain's involement)
1948 Wathbah Uprising- Anti gov/Anti-British
Palestine (Jewish and Arab) Revolts (1945-1948)
Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Suez Canal Zone Conflict (1951-1954)
Mau Mau Revolt (1952-1960)
Cyprus War of Independence (1955-1956)
Suez War (1956)
Borneo (1962-1966) vs. Indonesia
Northern Ireland "Troubles" (1969-Present)
Dhofar Rebellion in Oman (1970-1975)
Falklands/Malvinas Islands War (1982)
Second Persian Gulf War (1991)
Somali Intervention (1992-1993?)
NATO Intervention in Bosnia (1995)
U.N. -Iraq Conflict (1991-Present)
Kosovo War (1999)
Sierra Leone Intervention (2000-Present)
Operational deployments of British troops 1945-1983
SOURCES:
1. Kohn, George C. Dictionary of Wars. New York: Facts On File Publications. 1986.
2. Marley, David F. Wars of the Americas:
A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the
Present. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Please cite this source when appropriate:
Lee, R. "The History Guy: English & British Military History"
http://www.historyguy.com/american_military_history.html (1998).
Copyright © 1998, 1999 Roger A. Lee; Last Modified:
5/16/99
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