List of wars involving the United Kingdom

This article lists the wars and armed conflicts fought by the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707–1801, those fought by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801–1922 and those by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1922.

For wars fought before 1707, see:

• List of wars involving Scotland
• List of wars involving England

For wars fought before 1801, see:

• List of wars involving Ireland

The Kingdom of Great Britain

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Britain)		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
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 The Nineteen Uprising in Britain	Holy Roman Empire France Dutch Republic Savoy	Spain Jacobites (against the British Crown and Government only)	Treaty of The Hague
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 Template:Country data Mughal Empire Forces of Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad Template:Country data Mughal Empire Forces of Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan	French East India Company Template:Country data Mughal Empire Forces of Chanda Shahib Template:Country data Mughal Empire Forces of Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat	Treaty of Pondicherry: Pro-British Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan became Nawab of the Carnatic
1756	1763	Seven Years' War	Prussia Hanover Iroquois Portugal and her colonies Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Hesse-Kassel	France French Empire Holy Roman Empire Russian Empire Sweden Spain Spanish Empire Saxony Sardinia	Treaty of Paris: Extensive lands in North America 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-British Attakullakulla becomes 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 of Jumna River ceded to Maratha Empire Maratha support for Britain against Mysore
1775	1783	Civil War: American Revolutionary War American War of Independence including: Anglo-French War Anglo-Spanish War Fourth Anglo-Dutch War	Iroquois Cherokee Hanover	United States France Spain Dutch Republic Oneida tribe Tuscarora tribe Watauga Association Catawba tribe	Treaty of Paris: 13 British colonies granted independence as 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 of British 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
1782	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
1793	1796	War in the Vendée	French Royalists	French Republic	British-backed rebellion defeated
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: Britain recognises the French Republic Cape Colony returned to the French client Batavian Republic British withdrawal from Egypt French withdrawal from the Papal States Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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: Austria surrenders to France Pro-French Confederation of the Rhine formed
1807	1809	Anglo-Turkish War		Ottoman Empire	Treaty of the Dardanelles: Commercial and legal concessions to British interests within the Ottoman Empire Promise to protect the empire against French encroachment
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: 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	1814	Gunboat War		Denmark-Norway	Treaty of Kiel: Denmark and Norway split up Heligoland ceded 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 dynasty restored 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 File:Duchy of Warsaw 11.PNG 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	British North America	United States	Invasion of Canada defeated Canada lost Carelton Island Invasion of U.S. failed 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 of Queen Maria II Spain	Absolutist Forces of King Miguel	Concession of Évora Monte: 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 mediated Convention of Vergara
1834	1836	The 6th Xhosa War	Free Khoikhoi	Xhosa tribes	Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa
1837	1838	Rebellions of 1837	British North America	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 and Upper Canada merged 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 Eventual Colorados victory
1845	1846	First Anglo-Sikh War	East India Company	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 Burma annexed
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 of Patricio 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: Kowloon ceded from the Qing Empire Peking opened to foreign trade 11 more Chinese ports opened to foreign trade Yangtze River opened to foreign warships 4,000,000 taels of silver compensation China banned from referring to subjects of the crown as barbarians
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 Template:Country data Mughal Empire Awadh Jhansi 7 Princely states	Act for the Better Government of India: Company rule in India dissolved Indian Empire established Ban on Christian missioneries 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	Indian Empire	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 the New Zealand land wars	Māori Kupapa	Ngāti Ruanui Iwi	Ngāti Ruanui Iwi withdrawal
1868	1868	1868 Expedition to Abyssinia	Indian Empire	Abyssinia	British hostages freed War of the Abyssinian Succession begins
1868	1872	Te Kooti's War Part of the New 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 the Province 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	Indian Empire	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 Burma annexed to British Raj
1888	1888	Sikkim Expedition	British Raj	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	Indian Empire	Tibet	Status quo ante bellum
1914	1918	World War I	Indian Empire Dominion of Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Newfoundland Belgium France Russia Italy Japan United States Serbia Other Allies	Austria-Hungary Germany German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Treaty of Versailles: German demobalization Russia pulls out in 1917 Russian Civil War Creation of the Soviet Union Josef V. Stalin Rises to power Creation of League of Nations: Mesopotamia ceded from the Ottoman Empire Palestine and Jordan ceded from the Ottoman Empire Tanganyika ceded from Germany Part of Kamerun ceded from Germany 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
1918	1920	Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War	Many Western countries (the Allies) including: British Empire France United States and Japan	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 Ottoman Empire	Turkish Nationalists	Treaty of Lausanne: British withdrawal End of the Ottoman Empire
1919	1919	Third Anglo-Afghan War	Indian Empire	Afghanistan	Full Afghan independence
1919	1921	Civil War: Irish War of Independence	Loyalists	Irish Republic	Anglo-Irish Treaty: Dominion status for southern Ireland as the Irish Free State
1920	1920	1920 conflict between British forces and the Dervish State	British Somaliland British East Africa	Dervish State	Demise of the Dervish State

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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 File:Lehi.jpg Lehi	British withdrawal and creation of Israel
1939	1945	World War II	The Allies Poland New Zealand Canada Indian Empire Australia Czechoslovakia France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg South Africa Nepal Norway Greece Yugoslavia Soviet Union United States China Brazil	Axis Powers Third Reich Italy Hungary Japan Bulgaria Romania Manchukuo Mengjiang Finland Thailand	Total defeat for Axis Powers
1945	1949	Indonesian National Revolution	Netherlands Japan (Until 1945)	Indonesia	Netherlands recognises Indonesian Independence
1945	1946	Operation Masterdom	British Raj 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 Nations	North Korea People's Republic of China Soviet Union	Stalemate Communist invasion of South Korea defeated
1952	1960	Mau Mau Uprising	British East Africa	Mau Mau	Defeat of Mau Mau Kenyan independence
1956	1957	Suez Crisis	France Israel	Egypt	Israeli occupation of Sinai
1962	1966	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Malaysia Australia New Zealand	Indonesia	Indonesia recognises Malaysian rule over former North Borneo
1962	1975	Dhofar Rebellion	Oman Iran Jordan	Various insurgents	Insurgency defeated Modernisation of Oman
1968	1998	Civil War: The Troubles		Republican paramilitaries Unionist paramilitaries	Belfast Agreement: Republic of Ireland drops claim to Northern Ireland St Andrews Agreement: Devolution in Northern Ireland
1982	1982	Falklands War		Argentina	The Falklands are retaken from Argentina
1991	1991	Gulf War	Kuwait United States Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria Other Allies	Iraq	Kuwait regains its independence
1992	1996	Bosnian War	NATO	Yugoslavia	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	Ongoing	War in Afghanistan Fourth Anglo-Afghan War	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 of Saddam Hussein Australia Poland Denmark Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq under Saddam Hussein Various insurgents	Fall of Ba'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-Gaddafi forces	Gaddafi regime defeated Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control

See also

• Declaration of war by the United Kingdom
• Military history of the United Kingdom
• British Armed Forces