List of Wars involved by England (1707-1922)

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

During its history, British forces or forces with a British mandate have invaded, had some control over or fought conflicts in 171 of the world's 193 countries that are currently UN member states, or nine out of ten of all countries

Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)[edit]

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Britain)		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1700	1721	The Great Northern War	Tsardom of Russia Kalmyk Khanate  Cossack Hetmanate  Denmark–Norway  Electorate of Saxony  Poland–Lithuania  Prussia  Hanover	Swedish Empire  Ottoman Empire  United Provinces  Brunswick-Lüneburg	Coalition victory: Tsardom of Russia establishes itself as a new power in Europe. Decline ofSwedish Empire and thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1701	1714	The War of the Spanish Succession including Queen Anne's War	Austria  Dutch Republic  Savoy  Prussia  Portugal	France  Spain  Bavaria  Hungarians	Treaty of Utrecht: Territory in Canada and the West Indies ceded from France Territory in Europe ceded from Spain
1715	1715	Civil War: Jacobite rising of 1715 including the uprising in Cornwall	Government forces	Jacobites  France	Jacobite restoration attempt defeated
1717	1720	The War of the Quadruple Alliance including TheNineteen Uprisingin Britain	Holy Roman Empire  France  Dutch Republic  Savoy	Spain Jacobites (against the British Crown and Government only)	Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails
1721	1725	Dummer's War		France	Capture of Norridgewock
1740	1748	The War of the Austrian Succession including King George's War The War of Jenkins' Ear (Start 1739) The First Carnatic War	Austria  Hanover  Dutch Republic  Saxony  Sardinia  Russia  East India Company	France  Prussia  Spain  Spanish Empire  Bavaria  Saxony  Naples and Sicily  Genoa  Sweden  French East India Company	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: Status quo ante bellum
1745	1746	Civil War: Jacobite rising of 1745	Government forces	Jacobitism  France	Jacobite restoration attempt defeated
1749	1754	The Second Carnatic War	East India Company  Forces of Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad  Forces ofMohamed Ali Khan Walajan	French East India Company  Forces of Chanda Shahib  Forces of Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat	Treaty of Pondicherry: Pro-BritishMohamed Ali Khan Walajanbecame Nawab of the Carnatic
1756	1763	Seven Years' War	Prussia  Hanover  Iroquois  Portugal and hercolonies  Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel  Hesse-Kassel	France  French Empire  Holy Roman Empire  Russian Empire  Sweden  Spain  Spanish Empire  Saxony  Sardinia	Treaty of Paris: Extensive North American lands (incl. all of Canada) ceded from France Caribbean colonies ceded from France Senagal River colony (excluding Gorée) ceded from France Florida ceded from Spain
1757	1763	The Third Carnatic War	East India Company	France  French East India Company	Treaty of Paris: French trading posts in India administered by British Sumatra ceded from France
1758	1761	Anglo-Cherokee War		Cherokee	Pro-BritishAttakullakullabecomes Cherokee leader
1763	1766	Pontiac's Rebellion		Confederation of First Nation Tribes	Stalemate: British policy change British suzerainty over First Nation Tribes Niagara Falls area ceded from Seneca Nation
1766	1769	First Anglo-Mysore War	East India Company  Maratha Empire  Hyderabad State	Kingdom of Mysore	British defeat, Hyderabad cedes territory to Mysore
1774	1783	First Anglo-Maratha War	East India Company	Maratha Empire	Treaty of Salbai: Salsette Island ceded from Maratha Empire Territory west ofJumna Riverceded to Maratha Empire Maratha support for Britain against Mysore
1775	1783	American Revolutionary War American War of Independence including: Anglo-French War Anglo-Spanish War Fourth Anglo-Dutch War	Iroquois Cherokee  Hanover Loyalists	United States  France  Spain  Dutch Republic  Vermont Republic  Kingdom of Mysore  Oneida tribe  Tuscarora tribe Watauga Association Catawba tribe	Treaty of Paris: 13 British colonies granted independence as the United States Territory in North America ceded to new United States Senegal River colony returned to France French recognises British suzerainty over the Gambia river Territory in India returned to France Minorca ceded to Spain East & West Florida ceded to Spain All British settlers to be expelled from Florida De-militarisation ofBritish Honduras Territory in India ceded by the Dutch
1780	1784	2nd Anglo-Mysore War	East India Company  Maratha Empire  Hyderabad State	Kingdom of Mysore	Treaty of Mangalore: Status quo ante bellum
1789	1792	3rd Anglo-Mysore War	East India Company  Maratha Empire  Hyderabad State  Travancore	Kingdom of Mysore  France	Treaty of Seringapatnam: Half of Mysore territory ceded to East India Company
1793	1797	The War of the First Coalition	Austria  Prussia  French Royalists  Spain  Kingdom of Portugal  Kingdom of Sardinia  Naples and Sicily Italian states  Ottoman Empire  Dutch Republic	French Republic  French satellite states  Polish Legions	Treaty of Campo Formio Survival of theFrench Republic French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands Several French client republicsestablished Britain remained at war with France into the War of the Second Coalition, ending with theTreaty of Amiens
1793	1796	War in the Vendée	French Royalists	French Republic	British-backed rebellion defeated
1795	1816	Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars	Loyalists Burrberongal Tribe	Dharug Eora Tharawal Gandangara  Irish-convict sympathisers	British Victory Displacement of Aborigines from their land
1798	1798	Irish Rebellion of 1798	Hesse-Homburg	United Irishmen  Defenders  French Republic	Rebellion defeated 1801 Act of Union
1798	1799	4th Anglo-Mysore War	East India Company  Maratha Empire  Hyderabad State	Kingdom of Mysore  French Republic	Complete annexation of Mysore by Britain and allies
1799	1802	War of the Second Coalition	Austria  Russia  French Royalists  Portugal  Two Sicilies  Ottoman Empire	French Republic  Spain  Polish Legions French client republics:  Batavian Republic  Helvetic Republic  Cisalpine Republic  Roman Republic  Parthenopaean Republic	Treaty of Amiens: General French victory Britain recognises the French Republic Cape Colony returned to the French clientBatavian Republic British withdrawal from Egypt French withdrawal from the Papal States Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic

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

Start	Finish	Name of conflict	Belligerents (excluding Britain)		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1801	1807	Temne War	Susu tribes	Kingdom of Koya	Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya
1802	1805	Second Anglo-Maratha War	East India Company	Maratha Empire	Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire
1803	1805	First Kandyan War		Kandy	Territory captured from Kandy
1803	1803	Civil War: Emmet's Insurrection	Loyalists	Forces of Robert Emmet	Rebellion defeated
1803	1805	War of the Third Coalition	Austrian Empire  Russian Empire  Naples and Sicily  Portugal  Sweden	French Empire  Batavia  Italy  Etruria  Spain  Bavaria  Württemberg	Fourth Peace of Preßburg: French victory Austria surrenders to France Pro-FrenchConfederation of the Rhineformed
1806	1807	War of the Fourth Coalition	Prussia  Russia  Saxony  Sweden  Sicily	French Empire Confederation of the Rhine  Bavaria  Württemberg  Polish Legions  Italy  Naples  Etruria  Holland  Swiss Confederation  Spain	Treaties of Tilsit: French victory Half of Prussia ceded to French allies Russia exits the war Anglo-Russian War begins
1806	1807	British invasions of the Río de la Plata		Spain  River Plate Viceroyalty	Invasion defeated
1806	1807	Ashanti-Fante War	Ashanti Empire	Fante Confederacy  Dutch Empire
1807	1809	Anglo-Turkish War		Ottoman Empire	Treaty of the Dardanelles: Turkish victory Commercial and legal concessions to British interests within the Ottoman Empire Promise to protect the empire against French encroachment
1807	1814	Gunboat War		Denmark-Norway	Treaty of Kiel: Denmark and Norway split up Heligolandceded from Denmark
1807	1812	Anglo-Russian War		Russian Empire	Treaty of Örebro: Anglo-Russian-Swedish pact against France
1807	1814	Peninsular War	Spain  Portugal	French Empire	Treaty of Paris: Bourbon dynastyrestored Tobago, St. Lucia, Mautitius ceded from France All other French possessions restored as per 1792 borders Abolition of French Slave Trade Swiss independence
1809	1809	War of the Fifth Coalition	Austrian Empire  Tyrol  Hungary  Black Brunswickers  Sicily  Sardinia	French Empire  Warsaw Confederation of the Rhine  Bavaria  Saxony  Württemberg  Westphalia  Kingdom of Italy  Naples Swiss Confederation  Holland	Treaty of Schönbrunn: Complete Austrian surrender Peninsular War continued
1810	1817	Merina Conquest of Madagascar	Merina Kingdom	French Empire	Merina control of Madagascar Merina pro-British policies
1811	1812	4th Xhosa War		Xhosa tribes	Xhosa tribes pushed beyond the Fish River, reversing their gains in the previous Xhosa wars
1811	1811	Ga-Fante War	Ashanti Empire Ga tribes  Dutch Empire	Fante Confederacy Akwapim tribes Akim tribes	Tantamkweri ceded to Akwapim tribes
1812	1815	War of 1812	Province of Upper Canada  Province of Lower Canada  Great Britain	United States	Treaty of Ghent: Status quo ante bellum
1815	1815	Second Kandyan War		Kandy	Kandyan Convention: Dissolution of the Kandy royal line British King declared King of Kandy
1815	1815	Hundred Days War of the Seventh Coalition	Prussia  France  Hanover  German Confederation  Austria  Russia  Sweden  Netherlands  Spain  Portugal  Sardinia  Kingdom of the Two Sicilies  Tuscany	French Empire  Naples	Treaty of Paris: Restoration of the House of Bourbon Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) ₣100,000,000 compensation from France
1817	1818	Third Anglo-Maratha War	East India Company	Maratha Empire	Virtually all territory south of the Sutlej River controlled by Britain
1818	1819	5th Xhosa War	Khoikhoi Forces	Forces of Xhosa Chief Maqana Nxele	Xhosa pushed beyond Keiskama River
1820	1830	Greek War of Independence	Greek revolutionaries  Ionian Islands	Ottoman Empire  Egypt	Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece
1823	1831	First Ashanti War		Ashanti Empire	British retreat to Sierra Leone
1824	1826	First Anglo-Burmese War	East India Company Native tribes	Kingdom of Burma	Treaty of Yandabo: Assam, Manipur, Rakhine, and Taninthayi coast south of Salween river ceded from Burmah £1,000,000 compensation from Burma
1828	1834	Portuguese Civil War	Liberal Forces ofQueen Maria II  Spain	Absolutist Forces ofKing Miguel	Concession of Evoramonte: Defeat and exile of King Miguel
1833	1840	First Carlist War	Forces of Queen Isabella II  French Kingdom  Forces of Queen Maria II	Carlists:  Forces of Infante Carlos  Forces of King Miguel	British mediatedConvention of Vergara
1834	1836	The 6th Xhosa War	Free Khoikhoi	Xhosa tribes	Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa
1837	1838	Rebellions of 1837	Province of Upper Canada  Province of Lower Canada  Great Britain	Patriote movement  American Volunteers Hunters' Lodges  Republic of Canada	Rebellion defeated Report on the Affairs of British North America: Pro-French policy in Québec ended Lower andUpper Canadamerged into single province
1839	1842	First Anglo-Afghan War	East India Company	Emirate of Afghanistan	British retreat from Afghanistan
1839	1842	First Opium War		Manchu-China	Treaty of Nanking: Five Chinese ports open to foreign trade $21,000,000 compensation from the Qing Empire Hong Kong Island ceded from the Qing Empire
1839	1851	Uruguayan Civil War	Colorados  Argentine Unitarians  French Kingdom  Riograndense Republic  Brazil Italian Legion	Blancos  Argentine Confederation	British and French withdrawal before war's conclusion Peace treaty with the Argentine Confederation[2][3] Eventual Colorados victory
1845	1846	First Anglo-Sikh War	East India Company  Patiala State	Sikh Empire	Treaty of Lahore: Extensive territory ceded from the Sikh Empire Partial control over Sikh foreign affairs
1845	1846	Flagstaff War	Forces of Tāmati Wāka Nene	Ngāpuhi Iwi	Stalemate
1846	1846	Hutt Valley Campaign	Te Āti Awa Iwi	Ngāti Toa Iwi	Ngāti Toa Iwi retreat
1846	1847	The 7th Xhosa War The War of the Axe		Xhosa tribes	Territory ceded from Xhosa
1847	1847	Wanganui Campaign	Māori Kupapa	Māori Iwis	Stalemate 12 year peace and trade
1848	1849	Second Anglo-Sikh War	East India Company	Sikh Empire	Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company
1851	1853	The 8th Xhosa War Mlanjeni's War		Xhosa tribes Khoikhoi tribes  Native Kafir Police	Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated Status quo ante bellum
1852	1853	Second Anglo-Burmese War		Kingdom of Burma	Burmese revolution ended fighting Lower Burmaannexed
1853	1856	Crimean War	French Empire  Ottoman Empire  Kingdom of Sardinia	Russian Empire  Bulgarian Legion	Treaty of Paris
1856	1857	The National War in Nicaragua	Costa Rica  Honduras  Rebel Forces ofPatricio Rivas  The Mosquito Coast	Sonora  Nicaragua	American-Nicaraguan government defeated Slavery outlawed
1856	1860	Second Opium War Arrow War	French Empire  United States	Manchu-China	The Treaty of Tientsin: Kowloonceded from the Qing Empire Pekingopened to foreign trade 11 more Chinese ports opened to foreign trade Yangtze River opened to foreign warships 4,000,000taels of silver compensation China banned from referring to subjects of the crown asbarbarians
1856	1857	Anglo-Persian War	Afghanistan  East India Company	Persia  Herat	Persian withdrawal from Herat
1857	1858	Indian Mutiny	East India Company  Nepal Jammu and Kashmir Princely states:  Jaipur  Bikaner  Marwar  Rampur  Kapurthala  Nabha  Bhopal  Sirohi  Udaipur  Patiala  Sirmur  Alwar  Bharathpur  Bundi  Jaora  Bijawar  Ajaigarh  Rewa  Kendujhar  Hyderabad	Sepoys of the East India Company  Mughal Empire  Awadh Jhansi 7 Princely states	Act for the Better Government of India: Company rule in Indiadissolved Indian Empireestablished Ban on Christian missionaries in India
1860	1861	First Taranaki War Second Māori War		Māori Iwis  Māori King Movement	Stalemate
1863	1864	Second Ashanti War		Ashanti Empire	Stalemate
1863	1866	Invasion of Waikato Third Māori War	Māori Kupapa	Māori King Movement	Māori King Movement defeated, confined to King Country
1864	1865	Bhutan War	India	Bhutan	Treaty of Sinchula: Bhutan cedes Assam Duars and Bengal Duars to India Bhutan cedes territory in Dewangiri to India
1867	1874	Klang War Selangor Civil War	Forces of Raja Abdullah of Klang  British Straits Settlements	Forces of Raja Mahadi
1868	1869	Titokowaru's War Part of theNew Zealand land wars	Māori Kupapa	Ngāti Ruanui Iwi	Ngāti Ruanui Iwi withdrawal
1868	1868	1868 Expedition to Abyssinia	India	Abyssinia	British hostages freed War of the Abyssinian Successionbegins
1868	1872	Te Kooti's War Part of theNew Zealand land wars	Māori Kupapa	Māori Iwis	End of New Zealand land wars Territory ceded by Māori Iwis
1869	1869	Red River Rebellion	Dominion of Canada  Métis Loyalists	Métis Forces of Louis Riel	Defeat of rebellion Manitoba Act: Creation of theProvince of Manitoba
1873	1874	Third Ashanti War		Ashanti Empire	Treaty of Fomena: 50,000 oz of gold compensation from Ashanti Empire Ashanti withdrawal from coastal areas Ashanti banned from practicing human sacrifice
1877	1878	The 9th Xhosa War	Mfengu Tribe	Xhosa Gcaleka Tribe	All Xhosa territory annexed to the Cape Colony
1878	1880	Second Anglo-Afghan War	India	Afghanistan	British control over Afghan foreign affairs
1879	1879	Anglo-Zulu War	Natal	Zulu Kingdom	Zululand annexed to Natal
1880	1881	First Boer War		South African Republic	Pretoria Convention: South African Republic granted self-government
1884	1889	Mahdist War	Egypt  Italy  Belgium	Mahdist Sudan	Sudan ruled by Britain and Egypt
1885	1885	Third Anglo-Burmese War		Kingdom of Burma	Upper Burmaannexed to British Raj
1888	1888	Sikkim Expedition	India	Tibet	Tibet recognizes British suzerainty over Sikkim
1896	1896	Anglo-Zanzibar War		Zanzibar	Pro-British Sultan installed
1899	1901	Boxer Rebellion	Japan  Russia  France  United States  Germany  Italy  Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society  Manchu-China	Boxer Protocol: Anti-foreign societies banned in China
1899	1902	Second Boer War		Orange Free State  South African Republic Foreign volunteers	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
1901	1902	Anglo-Aro War		Aro Confederacy	Aro Confederacy destroyed
1903	1904	British expedition to Tibet	India	Tibet	Status quo ante bellum
1914	1918	World War I	India  Dominion of Canada  Australia  New Zealand  South Africa  Newfoundland  Belgium  France  Greece  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Italy  Japan  United States  Serbia  Montenegro Other Allies	Austria-Hungary  Germany  German Empire  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria	Treaty of Versailles: German demobilisation Treaties of Saint-Germain-en-Layeand Trianon: Demise ofAustria-Hungary Russia pulls out in 1917 Russian Civil War Creation of the Soviet Union Josef V. Stalin Rises to power Creation ofLeague of Nations: Mesopotamiaceded from the Ottoman Empire Palestine and Jordan ceded from theOttoman Empire Tanganyikaceded from Germany Part ofKamerunceded from Germany Part of Togolandceded from Germany German New Guinea ceded to Australia German Samoa ceded to New Zealand German South-West Africa ceded to South Africa
1918	1920	Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War	British Empire  France  United States  Japan  Greece	Soviet Russia  Far Eastern Republic	Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army Soviet Union new Russian Power Josef Stalin Rise to power
1919	1923	Turkish War of Independence	Greece  France  Italy  Armenia	Turkish Nationalists	Treaty of Lausanne: Turkish Nationalist victory British withdrawal End of the Ottoman Empire
1919	1919	Third Anglo-Afghan War	India	Afghanistan	Full Afghan independence
1919	1921	Irish War of Independence	Loyalists	Irish Republic	Anglo-Irish Treaty: Dominion status for southern Ireland as theIrish Free State
1920	1920	Somaliland campaign (1920)	British Somaliland  British East Africa	Dervish State	Demise of the Dervish State
1920	1920	Great Iraqi Revolution of 1920		Iraqi rebels	Revolt suppressed, greater autonomy given to Iraq

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

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Britain)		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1936	1939	Great Arab Revolt in Palestine	Jewish Settlement Police Jewish Supernumerary Police Haganah Special Night Squads FOSH Peulot Meyuhadot Irgun Peace Bands	Arab Higher Committee	Revolt suppressed
1938	1948	British–Zionist conflict		Haganah Palmach Irgun  Lehi	British withdrawal and creation ofIsrael
1939	1945	World War II	The Allies  France  Poland  Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Norway  Greece  Yugoslavia  Soviet Union  United States  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India    Nepal  South Africa  Brazil  China	Axis Powers  Germany  Italy  Hungary  Japan  Bulgaria  Croatia  Romania  Manchukuo  Mengjiang  Finland  Thailand  Vichy France	Total defeat for Axis Powers. British, French, American,and Soviet troops occupy Germany until 1955.	Italy and Japan lose all of their colonies.
1945	1949	Indonesian National Revolution	Netherlands  Japan (Until 1945)	Indonesia	Netherlands recognises Indonesian Independence
1944	1948	Greece (Greek Civil War)	Kingdom of Greece  USA	Albania  Yugoslavia  Bulgaria  Soviet Union	Britain withdraws most support from March 1947, US provides support, Greek Government overcomes revolt. At least 1 Battalion UK troops still in Greece till 1948
1945	1946	Vietnam (Operation Masterdom)	India  France  Japan	Viet Minh	First Indochina War begins
1948	1960	Malayan Emergency	Malaya  Australia  New Zealand  Southern Rhodesia  Fiji  Kenya	Malayan Communist Party  Malayan Races Liberation Army	Communist retreat from Malaya Malayan independence
1950	1953	Korean War	South Korea  United States  United Nations	North Korea  People's Republic of China  Soviet Union	Stalemate Communist invasion of South Korea defeated UN invasion of North Korea repulsed
1951	1954	Suez Canal Zone Emergency			Agreement for Britain to withdraw from Canal zone Bases, last British troops left June 1956
1952	1960	Mau Mau Uprising	British East Africa	Mau Mau	Defeat of Mau Mau Kenyan independence
1955	1960	Cyprus emergency		EOKA	Independence of Cyprus
1956	1957	Suez Crisis	France  Israel	Egypt	Israeli occupation of Sinai Anglo-French withdrawal
1956	1962	Border Campaign		Irish Republican Army	IRA campaign fails
1962	1966	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Malaysia  Australia  New Zealand	Indonesia	Indonesia recognises Malaysian rule over formerNorth Borneo
1962	1975	Dhofar Rebellion	Oman  Iran  Jordan	Various insurgents	Insurgency defeated Modernisation of Oman
1963	1967	Aden Emergency	Federation of South Arabia	NLF FLOSY	British withdrawal People's Republic of South Yemenestablished
1968	1998	The Troubles		Republican paramilitaries  Unionist paramilitaries	Good Friday Agreement: Devolution in Northern Ireland Power-sharing deal
1982	1982	Falklands War		Argentina	The Falklands are retaken from Argentina
1982	1984	Multinational Force in Lebanon	France  United States  Italy	Syria	Britain provides smaller contribution than other 3 powers from Feb 1983, while the 3 others had intervened in Aug 1982, Britain, US, and Italy left in Feb 1984, with the French leaving by March 31 1984.
1991	1991	Gulf War	Kuwait  United States  Saudi Arabia  France  Egypt  Syria Other Allies	Iraq	Kuwait regains its independence
1992	1996	Bosnian War	NATO	Republika Srpska	Dayton Accords
1998	1998	Operation Desert Fox	United States	Iraq	Ceasefire; objectives largely achieved
1998	1999	Kosovo War	United States  France  Canada  Denmark  Germany  Italy  Kosovo Liberation Army	Yugoslavia	Kosovo occupied by Nato forces Kosovo administered by UNMIK
2000	2002	Sierra Leone Civil War	Sierra Leone	Rebels  Liberia	Rebels defeated
2001		War in Afghanistan Fourth Anglo-Afghan War[4]	Afghanistan  United States  Canada  Germany  Italy  France  Poland  Romania  Turkey  Australia  Spain  ISAF	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Fall of Taliban régime Osama bin Laden killed Ongoing Taliban insurgency
2003	2009	Iraq War	United States  Iraq after the fall ofSaddam Hussein  Australia  Poland  Denmark  Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq underSaddam Hussein Various insurgents	Fall ofBa'athist rule in Iraq Occupation of southern Iraq British withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011
2011	2011	Libyan intervention	Many NATO members acting under  UN mandate, including:  United States  France  Italy  Canada and  Anti-Gaddafi forces  several Arab League states  Sweden	Pro-Gaddafifo