List of wars involving Italy

This is a list of wars fought by Italy since the proclamation of a unified state in 1861.

The list gives the name, the date, the Italian allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Italian victory

Italian defeat

Another result (e.g., a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result unknown or indecisive)

Ongoing conflict

Kingdom of Italy (1861-1945)

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Outcome
1866	1866	Third Italian War of Independence	Italy	Austrian Empire	Indecisive: Armistice of Cormons and Treaty of Vienna: Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia and Friuli.
1870	1870	Capture of Rome	Italy	Papal States Second French Empire	Italian victory, Debellation of the Papal States.
1885	1895	Eritrean War^[1]	Italy	Ethiopia Mahdist Sudan	Italian victory, establishment of Italian Eritrea.
1889	1920	Pacification of Somalia^[2]	Italy	Various rebels Dervish State	Italian victory, consolidation of Italian Somaliland.
1895	1896	First Italo-Ethiopian War	Italy	Ethiopia Russia France United Kingdom	Ethiopian victory, Treaty of Addis Ababa: Ethiopia recognised as independent country by Italy. Italy abrogates the Treaty of Wuchale.
1899	1901	Boxer Rebellion	United Kingdom Japan Russia France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society Manchu-China	Allied victory, Boxer Protocol: Anti-foreign societies banned in China.
1902	1903	Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03	Italy United Kingdom Germany	Venezuela	Compromise: Venezuelan debt dispute resolved
1911	1912	Italo-Turkish War	Italy	Ottoman Empire	Italian victory: Italy gains Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan and the Dodecanese Islands.
1914	1918	World War I	Italy United Kingdom Indian Empire Dominion of Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Newfoundland Belgium France Russia Japan United States Serbia Greece Other Allies	Austria-Hungary Germany Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Italian victory: Annexation of Trentino-Alto Adige, Gorizia and Gradisca, Istria, Trieste, Zara and the Julian March to the Kingdom of Italy. Armistice of Villa Giusti Treaty of Versailles: German demobilisation Russia pulls out in 1917 Russian Civil War Creation of the Soviet Union Josef V. Stalin Rises to power Creation of League of Nations
1918	1920	Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War	British Empire Italy France United States Japan Greece	Soviet Russia Far Eastern Republic	Inconclusive: Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army Soviet Union new Russian Power.
1918	1921	Occupation of Adalia	Italy	Ottoman Empire	Italian victory: Italian occupation of Antalya until becoming part of the Republic of Turkey.
1920	1920	Vlora War	Italy	Principality of Albania	Albanian victory, Italy withdraws from Albania.
1923	1923	Corfu incident	Italy	Kingdom of Greece	Italian victory: Corfu is successfully occupied by Italy. Agreement between Italy and Greece under the auspices of the League of Nations. Most of Italy's demands are met by the Greek government.
1923	1932	Pacification of Libya	Italy	Senussi rebels	Italian victory: Stabilization of Italian rule in Libya.
1935	1936	Second Italo-Abyssinian War	Italy Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland	Ethiopian Empire	Italian victory: Debellation of Ethiopia, foundation of Italian East Africa.
1936	1939	Spanish Civil War	Nationalist Italy Germany Portugal Foreign volunteers	Republican Foreign volunteers Soviet Union (1936–1938) Mexico	Nationalist victory: Defeat of the Second Spanish Republic Beginning of Franco's dictatorship
1939	1939	Invasion of Albania	Italy	Albania	Italian victory, Italian occupation of Albania.
1939	1945	World War II/Italian Civil War	Axis Powers Germany Italy Japan Hungary Bulgaria Romania Manchukuo Mengjiang Finland Thailand	The Allies British Empire France Poland Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Norway Greece Yugoslavia Soviet Union United States Canada Australia New Zealand Indian Empire Nepal South Africa Brazil China Ethiopian Empire	Allied victory: Italian Social Republic, co-belligerent of the Axis from 1943-1945, is defeated in the Italian Civil War; Kingdom of Italy, co-belligerent of the Allies from 1943-1945, is victorious. Italy officially is among the victors, but is forced to cede much of its territory and pay reparations to several countries.

Italian Republic (1946-present)

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Outcome
1982	1984	Multinational Force in Lebanon	Italy United States France United Kingdom	Islamic Jihad Organization	Victory Multinational forces supervise withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization.
1991	1991	Gulf War	Kuwait United States Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria United Kingdom Italy Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Kuwait regains its independence
1992	1996	Bosnian War (1992–1995)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States	Republika Srpska	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
1992	1995	Somali Civil War	United States United Kingdom Italy Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Spain India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia	Various Somali factions	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled. Mohamed Farrah Aidid killed About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance. Civil war is ongoing. UN withdrawal.
1997	1997	Albanian civil war (Operation Alba)	Government of Sali Berisha (Operation Alba) Italian Armed Forces French Armed Forces Turkish Armed Forces Hellenic Armed Forces Romanian Armed Forces Austrian Armed Forces (Operation Libelle) German Armed Forces (Operation Silver Wake) United States Armed Forces	Rebels	Victory New Parliamentary Elections.
1998	1999	Kosovo War	United States France Canada Denmark Germany Italy Kosovo Liberation Army	Yugoslavia	Victory Kosovo occupied by Nato forces Kosovo administered by UNMIK
2001	2001	2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia	National Liberation Army NATO	Macedonia Supported by: Ukraine^[3]^[4]^[5](main arms supply) FR Yugoslavia (arms supply) Bulgaria (arms supply) Russia (arm supply and Contractors)	Ceasefire Ohrid Agreement Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement Ceasefire established The majority of Albanian insurgents agree to disarm in exchange for greater ethnic rights Low intensity resurgence since November 2001
2001		Afghanistan War (2001–2014)	United States United Kingdom Italy Germany France Canada Australia Georgia Poland Romania Turkey Afghanistan Northern Alliance ISAF Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark El Salvador Estonia Finland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Jordan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mongolia Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Republic of Macedonia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Tonga Ukraine United Arab Emirates	Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan HI-Gulbuddin Hezb-e Islami Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed East Turkestan Islamic Movement Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic Emirate of Waziristan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Islamic Jihad Union Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Victory Invasion of Afghanistan Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished Occupation of Afghanistan Establishment of a new Afghan Government and Security Force Taliban insurgency Killing of Osama bin Laden
2003	2006	Iraq War	Multi-National Force – Iraq: United States United Kingdom Italy Australia Spain Netherlands Poland South Korea Ukraine Georgia Other Allies Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq under Saddam Hussein Various insurgents	Victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Deployment in Dhi Qar Province Italian withdrawal in 2006, conflict ended in 2011
2011	2011	Libyan intervention	Many NATO members acting under UN mandate, including: United States France Denmark Italy Canada and Anti-Gaddafi forces several Arab League states Sweden	Pro-Gaddafi forces	Victory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control

References

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

[1] Indro Montanelli, Storia d'Italia, vol. 6 1861 - 1919, RCS Libri S.p.A., 2006

[2] Pacification of Somalia.

[Free_Republic-3] Zerkalo Nedeli (February 28, 2002). "Paper critical of Western call on Ukraine to stop selling arms to Macedonia". Free Republic. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

[4] Carlotta Gall (July 23, 2001). "Rebels Secure a Base in Macedonian Town". New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

[5] Taras Kuzio (October 31, 2001). "UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA". The Jamestown. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

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Kingdom of Italy (1861-1945)

Italian Republic (1946-present)

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