British  Military History

List of wars and conflicts of the United Kingdom from the mid-1600s to the Present day. 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 and British Military History

 

Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654)

Anglo-Dutch War (1664-1667)

Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674)

 

 

Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748

 

Anglo-French War, (1666-1667)

Anglo-French War, (1755-1763)-Britain vs. France and others (AKA the Seven Years’ War)

 

War of American Independence, (1775-1783)

First Opium War (1840-1842)–Britain vs. China

Second Opium War (1856-1860)–Britain and France vs. China

 

 

20th Century British Wars

Boxer Rebellion (1900)–Britain vs. and Allies vs. China

Second Opium War–Britain vs. China

The Great Iraqi Revolution (Ath Thawra al Iraqiyya al Kubra)(Anglo-Iraqi War of 1920)-1920-Rebellion

Kurdish Revolts (against British) 1922-1924–Britain vs. Kurdish rebels in Iraq

Second World War (1939-1945)

Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941 (Rashid Ali Coup)–Britain vs. Iraq during World War Two

Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1946: Britain’s involvement)

1948 Wathbah Uprising- Anti gov/Anti-British

Palestine (Jewish and Arab) Revolts (1945-1948)

Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)–Britain vs. Communist Malayan rebels

Korean War (1950-1953)–Britain and UN vs. North Korea and China

Suez Canal Zone Conflict (1951-1954)–Britain vs. Egypt

Mau Mau Revolt (1952-1960)–Britain vs. Kenya rebels

Cyprus War of Independence (1955-1956)–Britain vs. Greek Cypriot rebels

Suez War (1956)–Britain, France and Israel vs. Egypt

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 (1991-2003)

Kosovo War (1999)

Sierra Leone Intervention (2000-2001)

Afghanistan War(2001-2021)

Iraq War (2003-2011)

Libyan War (2011)

ISIS War (2014-Present)-Britain joined the U.S. and other allies to fight the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria

 

 

 

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Britain’s Small Wars

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.