List of wars involving Australia

This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), and Queensland (1859–1901). Dates indicate the years in which Australia was involved in the war. Notable militarised interstate disputes are included. For a list of wars that have been fought on the Australian mainland and in Australian waters, see the list of conflicts in Australia.

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Colonial Australia (1788–1901)

Colonial Australia refers to the Commonwealth of Australia's predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), Queensland (1859–1901) and there territories and islands.

List of wars involving Colonial Australia

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Australia and/or its Allies	Australian losses (Killed or missing)		Notable battles
				Military	Civilians
Sydney Cove War[1] (1790–1800) part Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1790–1800) New South Wales Corps (1790–1800) Colony of New South Wales United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1802) New South Wales Corps (1801–1802) Colony of New South Wales	Aboriginal Australians	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans	26[1]
Pemulwuy's War (1790–1802) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1790–1800) New South Wales Corps (1790–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1802) New South Wales Corps (1801–1802) Colony of New South Wales Burraberongal Tribe (1795–1802)	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Death of Pemulwuy	0	2[2]
Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (1794–1816 ) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1795–1800) New South Wales Corps (1795–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–16) New South Wales Corps (1801–10) Colony of New South Wales Burraberongal Tribe	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation Tharawal Nation Gandangara Nation Irish-convict sympathisers	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Legal disputes until 1992 Mabo decision	80–300	unknown	Battle of Richmond Hill – 1795 Battle of Parramatta – 1797 Battle of Bond's Farm – 1809 Appin Massacre – 1816
Black Wars[1][3][4] (1799–1805) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1799–1800) New South Wales Corps (1799–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1805) New South Wales Corps Colony of New South Wales Burraberongal Tribe (1799–1802)	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation Tharawal Nation Gandangara Nation Irish-convict sympathisers	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans	unknown	unknown
Tedbury's War (1802–1810) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Death of Tedbury	unknown	3+
Hawkesbury Nepean War (1814–1816) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation Tharawal Nation Gandangara Nation Irish-convict sympathisers	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans	unknown	9+ [5][6][7][8][9]
Bathurst War (1824) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Wiradjuri nation	Victory Dispossession of land from the Wiradjuri nation and possession of Bathurst county	~20[10]	0[10]
Black War (1828–32) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales Van Diemen's Land	Aboriginal Tasmanians	Victory British control of Tasmania Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	201[11]	18[11]
The Port Phillip District Wars (1830–1850) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales Mounted Police Border Police of New South Wales Native Police British colonists	Aboriginal Australians Gunditjmara People Kilcarer gundidj clan Dja Dja Wurrung Taungurung Gunai Kurnai people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	0	7–11	Battle of Pinjarra (1834) Mount Cottrell massacre – 1836 Battle of Broken River – 1838 Campaspe Plains massacre – 1839 Blood Hole massacre – 1839 or 1840
The Eumeralla Wars (1834–1849 or 1860s) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales Colony of Victoria British colonists Border Police of New South Wales Native Police	Aboriginal Australians Gunditjmara People	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	~80
Wiradjuri Wars[1] (1838–1841) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Wiradjuri people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	Unknown
The MacIntyre River War[12] (1840–1849) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Bigambul people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	Unknown
Mandandanji Land War[1] (1842–1852) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Mandandanji people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	Unknown
War of Southern Queensland (1843–1855) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Aboriginal Australians Taribelang Aboriginal tribe United Tribes Logan District Moreton Bay Islands Burnett River Wide Bay District Bundaberg Mount Perry Gympie Bribie Island Fraser Island Gayndah Mount Brisbane' (D'Aguilar Ranges) (Mountain Tribes) Kilcoy/Esk Brisbane/Enoggera	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	~174 – 800		Battle of One Tree Hill – 1843
Port Augusta War[1] (1844–1845) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of South Australia	Aboriginal Australians Nukunu people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land
Flagstaff War (1845–1846) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire  United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales  Colony of New Zealand Forces of Tamati Waka Nene Māori Kupapa	Ngāpuhi Iwi	Inconclusive/Ceasefire Kawiti and Heke's rebellion defeated Kawiti and Heke approached Tāmati Wāka Nene about a ceasefire British claimed a tactical victory British negotiate peace with Kawiti in 1846 British negotiate peace with Heke in 1848.
Hutt Valley Campaign(1846) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire  United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales  Colony of New Zealand British Settlers Te Āti Awa Māori Kupapa	Ngāti Toa Iwi Ngāti Rangatahi Ngāti Hāuaterangi	Victory
Whanganui campaign(1847) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire  United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales  Colony of New Zealand Māori Kupapa	Ngāti Haua-te-rangi Ngāti Patutokotoko Ngāti Ruaka	Treaty In 1848, with Hōri Kīngi Te Ānaua as interpreter, Governor George Grey and Te Mamaku negotiated a peace settlement
Eureka Rebellion (1851–1854)	Colony of Victoria British Army Victoria Police	Anti-Gold Licence Association (Red Ribbon Rebellion) Stockade rebels	Victory Miners rebellion defeated by the Victorian authorities	2	unknown
First Taranaki War (1860–1861) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand	Taranaki Māori Kīngitanga	Ceasefire Truce agreed to after the surrender of the Te Ārei pā Waikato Invasion plans made[13] Māori remained in possession of the European-owned Tātaraimaka	238	0
Waikato Wars (1863–1864) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand	Kīngitanga North Island allies Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Pou Ngāi Tūhoe Ngāti Raukawa	Victory Kingite power crushed[14] Waikato Māori expelled south of the Waikato River.[13][15] Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land[16]
Second Taranaki War (1863–1866) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand	Taranaki Māori	Inconclusive Tribes either surrendered or withdrew towards the mountain.
Tauranga Campaign(1864) Part of the New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand British Settlers Māori Kupapa	Taranaki Māori Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāti Koheriki Ngāti Pikiao Ngāti Porou Ngāti Pukenga	Victory
East Cape War (1865–1866) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand British Settlers Māori Kupapa Arawa Ngāti Porou Ngāti Kahungunu	Hau-Hauist Māori Whakatohea Māori Urewera Māori Ngai Tama Māori	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous Māori Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land 2013 Crown apology[17]
Titokowaru's War (1868–1869) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire  United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand Māori Kupapa	Ngāti Ruanui Iwi Ngāruahine tribes	Victory Ngāti Ruanui and Ngaruahine withdrawal
Te Kooti's War (1868–1872) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire  United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania  Colony of New Zealand Māori Kupapa Ngāti Porou Ngāti Kahungunu	Māori Iwis Ngāi Tūhoe Ngati Hineuru Rongowhakaata Ringatū adherents Pai Mārire adherents	Victory End of New Zealand Wars Territory ceded by Māori iwi
Kalkadoon Wars 1870–1890 part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of Queensland	Kalkadoon people	Victory	0	5
Arnhem Wars(1880s–1890s) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of South Australia	Yolŋu people Bininj people Maung people	Victory	Unknown
Mahdist War(1885)	British Empire Khedivate of Egypt  India Colony of New South Wales New South Wales Contingent  Canada  Ethiopia  Italy[18] Eritrea  Congo Free State	Mahdist Sudan	Victory Sudan becomes Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the British Empire and Khedivate of Egypt; Kassala temporarily occupied by Italy	0	0
Third Anglo-Burmese war(1886–1887)	British Empire  India British special-service officers New South Wales special-service officers	Burmese Empire	Victory End of the Konbaung dynasty in Upper Burma. Incorporation, annexation, and decisive consolidation of the historical remnants of the Konbaung dynasty in the form of Burma into British India. Continuation of resistance from 1886 until 1895.	0	0
Jandamarra Guerrilla War (1894–97) part of Australian frontier wars	British Empire Colony of Western Australia	Jandamarra Bunuba people	Victory Death of Jandamarra	2+	unknown

Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present)

List of wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Australia and/or its Allies	Australian losses (Killed or missing)		Notable battles
				Military	Civilians
Second Boer War (1899–1902) Part of the Boer Wars during the Scramble for Africa	United Kingdom Cape Colony Natal Colony Basutoland Bechuanaland Rhodesia  India  Ceylon  Canada New Zealand  Australia List Before Federation in 1901, Australian involvement in the war consisted of forces from the following separate colonies: New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Victoria Queensland	Orange Free State  South African Republic	Victory Treaty of Vereeniging	606[19]	None[19]
Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901)	British Empire  United Kingdom  Australia List Before Federation in 1901, Australian involvement in the war consisted of forces from the following separate colonies: New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Victoria Queensland  Colony of New Zealand  India  Japan Russian Empire France  United States  Germany  Austria-Hungary  Italy	Yihetuan  Qing China	Victory Rebellion suppressed Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops stationed in Beijing	6[20]	None[20]
World War I (1914–1918) Soldiers of a 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres Salient, 1917.	France  British Empire  United Kingdom  Newfoundland Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Russia  United States  Italy  Serbia  Montenegro  Belgium  Japan  China  Romania  Portugal  Brazil Hejaz  Greece Armenia Nejd and Hasa Siam	Germany  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires New countries formed in Europe and the Middle East Establishment of the League of Nations Australia obtains mandates in New Guinea and Nauru	62,149[21]	None[21]
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)	White Movement  France  United Kingdom  United States  China  Italy  Japan  Australia  India  South Africa  Serbia  Romania  Greece  Czechoslovakia  Poland  Estonia	Russian SFSR  Far Eastern Republic Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic Ukrainian SSR Mongolian Communists	Defeat Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army The Soviet Union becomes the new Russian power	10[22]	Unknown
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) Part of the Caucasus campaign of World War I, the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War and the Turkish–Armenian War	FR Armenia RM Armenia  British Empire  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  New Zealand Centrocaspian Dictatorship	Azerbaijan  Ottoman Empire  Russian SFSR Turkish Revolutionaries Azerbaijan SSR	Defeat Sovietization of Armenia and Azerbaijan Disputes over Karabakh and Nakhichevan settled in favor of Soviet Azerbaijan Zangezur gained by Soviet Armenia	None	Unknown
Egyptian Revolution of 1919 (1918–1919)	Britain Sultanate of Egypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan  Australia[23]  New Zealand	Wafd Party	Victory British recognition of Egyptian independence Implementation of a new constitution Establishment of the Kingdom of Egypt Continued British presence in Egypt and Sudan	1+[24]	31
1927 Malaita Punitive Expedition (1927)	British Empire  British Solomon Islands Protectorate  Australia	Kwaio warriors	Victory Stabilisation of malaita 198 Kwaio arrested and detained[25]	None[26]	None[26]
World War II (1939–1945) An Australian light machine gun team in action during the Aitape–Wewak campaign, June 1945.	United States  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  China France Poland  Yugoslavia  Greece  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Denmark  Norway  Czechoslovakia  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil  Mexico Mongolia	Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Slovakia  Croatia  Finland  Iraq  Thailand	Victory Collapse of the German Reich and the Empire of Japan Creation of the United Nations Australian New Guinea and Nauru become UN trust territories Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War	39,366[27]	735[27]	Battle of the Coral Sea – 1942
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) Part of the Second World War	Allied powers:  United Kingdom  India  Palestine[28] Assyrian Levies  Transjordan 'Abd al-Ilah loyalists Air and naval support:  Australia[nb 1]  New Zealand[nb 2] Greece[nb 3]	Axis powers :  Kingdom of Iraq Military support :  Germany[32]  Italy[33]  Vichy France[34]	Victory Downfall of Rashid Gaylani government Re-occupation of Iraq by the British The return to power of the Regent of Iraq, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah	None	None
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Turkey  Philippines  Thailand  Ethiopia  Greece  France  Colombia  Belgium  South Africa  Netherlands  Luxembourg	North Korea  China  Soviet Union	Ceasefire Ceasefire armistice Korean Demilitarized Zone established, minimal territorial change at the 38th parallel border	340[35]	None[35]
Malayan Emergency (1950–1960)	United Kingdom  Malaya  Australia  New Zealand	MNLA	Victory Communist retreat from Malaya, Chin Peng exiled	39[36]	None[36]
Borneo Confrontation (1963–1966)	Malaysia  United Kingdom  Australia  New Zealand	Indonesia	Victory Indonesia accepts the formation of Malaysia	23[37]	None[37]
Vietnam War (1965–1973) Members of 5 Platoon 7 RAR waiting for US Army helicopters in August 1967.	South Vietnam  United States  South Korea  Australia  New Zealand  Thailand  Philippines  Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic	North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge  China  Soviet Union  North Korea	Defeat Withdrawal of American-led forces from Indochina in 1973 Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in 1975	521[38]	None[38]
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait  United States  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia  France  Canada  Egypt  Syria  Oman  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Italy  Australia Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored	None[39]	None[39]
Australian-led international intervention into the 1999 East Timorese crisis (1999–2000)	East Timor  Australia  New Zealand  Thailand Supported by:  Argentina [40]  Austria [41]  Bangladesh   Benin   Bolivia   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Brazil   Bulgaria   Canada   Chile [42]  China   Croatia   Denmark [42]  Egypt [42]  Fiji   France   Gambia   Germany   Ghana   Israel   Ireland   Italy   Japan   Jordan   Kenya   Malaysia   Mexico   Mozambique [42]  Namibia     Nepal   Niger   Nigeria   Norway   Pakistan   Peru   Philippines   Portugal   Russia   Samoa   Senegal   Serbia and Montenegro   Singapore   Slovakia [42]  Slovenia   Spain   South Korea   Sri Lanka   Sweden   Tajikistan   Turkey   Ukraine   Uruguay   United Kingdom   United States [43]  Vanuatu   Zambia   Zimbabwe	Pro-Indonesian militias – 13,000[44] Aitarak Besi Merah Putih Laksaur Mahidi Supported by: Kopassus (alleged) BIN[45] Jakarta lobby[46][47][48]	Victory Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia Stabilisation of East Timor East Timorese independence referendum US embargo of military sales to Indonesia from 9 September 1999 to 22 November 2005[49][50][51] UK embargo of military sales to Indonesia from 11 September 1999 to 11 April 2012[52] Australia embargo military sales to Indonesia September 1999[49] European Union (EU) embargo military sales to Indonesia 16 September 1999 – 17 January 2000[53][54]	2	None
Sierra Leone Civil War (2000–2003)	Sierra Leone SLA (before and after the AFRC)[55] CDF (Kamajors, Tamaboros, Kapras, etc.)[56]  United Kingdom (2000–2002)  Guinea ECOMOG Forces (1998–2000) Executive Outcomes (1995–1996) Supported by:  United States  Belarus[57] UNAMSIL  Bangladesh[58][59][60][61]  India  Pakistan (2001–2005)[62]  Kenya  Russia (1999–2005)  Ukraine (1999–2005)  Nigeria  Norway[63]  Australia (2000–2003)  New Zealand  Ghana  Jordan[64]  Germany	RUF AFRC (1997–2002) West Side Boys (1998–2000) Liberia (1997–2002) NPFL (1991–2002) Supported by:  Libya  Burkina Faso	Victory Stabilisation of Sierra leone Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao convicted in 2009 of war crimes and crimes against humanity.[65] Revolutionary United Front (RUF) becomes political party Lomé peace agreement (1999)	None	None
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001) (2001) Part of the Afghanistan conflict, the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, and the War on terror	Islamic State of Afghanistan Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Junbish-i Milli Eastern Shura Harakat-e Islami Hezb-e Wahdat  Russia^[citation needed]  Iran^[citation needed]  Uzbekistan^[citation needed]  India[66]  Tajikistan^[citation needed]  Turkey^[citation needed]  Turkmenistan^[citation needed]  Kazakhstan^[citation needed]  Kyrgyzstan^[citation needed] From September 2001:  United States^[citation needed]  United Kingdom^[citation needed]  France^[citation needed]  Canada^[citation needed]  Australia^[citation needed]	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban  al-Qaeda 055 Brigade Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan East Turkistan Islamic Party Tanzeem-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi  Pakistan[67][68] Supported by:  Saudi Arabia[68]  United Arab Emirates  Qatar	Military stalemate Continued clashes until the US-led invasion of Afghanistan Taliban control up to 85% of Afghanistan including the capital Kabul Civil war continues.	None	None
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	Afghanistan  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Germany  France  Italy  Czech Republic  Netherlands  Turkey  Romania  Georgia  South Korea  Poland  Denmark  Sweden  Norway  Singapore Northern Alliance	Taliban al-Qaeda  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Defeat Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan War in North-West Pakistan Renewed Taliban offensive in 2021 In July 2021, Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton states Australia has ended its involvement. Afghan government surrenders power to the Taliban in accordance to the Doha Peace Agreement President Ashraf Ghani flees to Tajikistan	41[69]	None[69]
Iraq War (2003–2009)	Iraq  Iraqi Kurdistan  United States  United Kingdom  South Korea  Italy  Poland  Australia  New Zealand  Georgia  Ukraine  Netherlands  Spain  Romania  Bulgaria  Denmark  Thailand	SCJL Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda Ansar al-Islam Islamic Army of Iraq Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah  Ba'athist Iraq	Victory Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and sectarian violence[70] Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the ISIL[71]	2[39]	None[39]
Operation Anode (2003–2013) Australian soldiers assigned to RAMSI burning guns in October 2003.	Solomon Islands  Australia  Fiji  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Marshall Islands  Federated States of Micronesia  Tonga  Samoa  Vanuatu  Nauru  Kiribati  Tuvalu	Solomon Islands Nationalist Militias Isatabu Freedom Movement Malaita Eagle Force Other unorganised militias	Victory Stabilisation of Solomon Islands Australia, New Zealand, Tonga and Papua New Guinean forces withdraw forces	1 [72][73]	None[72]
Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) (2006–2008) Part of the Iraq War	Iraq Iraqi security forces  Iraqi Kurdistan  United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Poland  Italy Other coalition forces Private Security Contractors Peshmerga Sons of Iraq[74]	Sunni factions: Mujahideen Shura Council al-Qaeda in Iraq (until October 2006) Islamic State of Iraq Ansar al-Sunna Islamic Army in Iraq Sunni tribes Other Sunni insurgent groups Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Shi'ite factions: Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Promised Day Brigades Badr Brigades Rogue elements among the Iraqi security forces Soldiers of Heaven Shia tribes Other militias	Victory Ethnic cleansing of Sunnis by the Mahdi Army Attempt of ethnic cleansing of Shias by Al-Qaeda in Iraq 4 million people displaced U.S. Troop Surge in January 2007 Ceasefire signed with Mahdi Army Al-Qaeda in Iraq territorially defeated Presence of British and American troops in advise and assist roles until 2011 Continued Al-Qaeda insurgency in Iraq Resurgence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which later becomes known as ISIL or ISIS following the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in 2011	None	None[39]
Operation Astute (2006–2013) Part of 2006 East Timorese crisis Australian soldiers supporting the Dili Fire Service in June 2006.	Australia  New Zealand  Malaysia  Portugal  East Timor	FDTL Rebels	Victory Stabilisation of East Timor	3[75]	None[75]
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	NATO  United States  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  Germany  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  Australia  China  Colombia  India  Indonesia  Japan  Malaysia  New Zealand  Oman  Pakistan  Russia  Saudi Arabia  Seychelles  Singapore  Somalia  South Korea  Ukraine	* Somali pirates	Victory Number of pirate attacks dramatically decreased The US Office of Naval Intelligence have officially reported that in 2013, only 9 incidents of piracy were reported and that none of them were successfully hijacked^[citation needed] Piracy drops 90%[76]	None	None
Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017) (2014–2017) Part of the Iraqi conflict, spillover of the Syrian civil war, international military intervention against the Islamic State and the War on terror	Iraq Allied groups:  Iraqi Turkmen Front Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Iraqi Communist Party Various self-defense groups and tribal militias CJTF-OIR Members: United States  United Kingdom  Australia  New Zealand  France  Italy  Netherlands  Jordan  Kuwait Turkey (2014–2017)  Canada (2014–2016)  Belgium (2014–2017)  Denmark (2014–2016)  Morocco (2014–2016)  Iran  Hezbollah  Syria (2014) Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga Kurdish National Council Sinjar Alliance PKK  Syrian Kurdistan Further Support:  Albania  Belarus  Bosnia and Herzegovina  China  Croatia  Czechia  Estonia  Finland  Germany  Hungary  Pakistan  Russia  Taiwan	Islamic State Military of ISIL Other anti-government groups: GMCIR PCIR Various Ba'athist factions Naqshbandi Army Anbar tribial militias Free Iraqi Army (2014) Jihad and Reform Front Ansar al-Islam White Flags	Victory Iraqi territorial integrity preserved ISIL expelled from all strongholds by 11 November 2017 Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after securing the western desert with neighbouring Syria Iraqi federal government captures 20% of territory controlled by KRG after an independence referendum Continued lower-level ISIL insurgency following defeat	1[77]	0
American-led intervention in Syrian civil war (2014–2017) Part of the Syrian civil war, international military intervention against the Islamic State and the War on terror	CJTF-OIR Members: United States  Australia  New Zealand  Canada  Belgium  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  United Kingdom  Lebanon  Morocco  Jordan  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Bahrain Supported by:  Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government Revolutionary Commando Army Authenticity and Development Front Free Syrian Army Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Syrian Democratic Forces International Freedom Battalion People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units Al-Sanadid Forces Euphrates Volcano Turkey Turkish-backed rebels  Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only)	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria al-Qaeda linked groups: al-Nusra Front Khorasan group Tahrir al-Sham Jaysh al-Sunna Jund al-Aqsa Rouse the Believers Guardians of Religion Organization Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Ahrar al-Sham  Syria  Russia  Iran Supported by: Kata'ib Hezbollah	Inconclusive, conflict ongoing Australia ends airstrikes in 2017 [78] Operation Okra Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed and thousands more militants captured or killed ISIL lose Mosul and Raqqa (2017), then other most of territory in Iraq and then Syria Syrian government Chemical attack in Ghouta (2013) leading to OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria American support for anti-government rebels Deployment of U.S. Marines and Special Forces Massive amounts of human rights violations and war crimes, in particular by Syrian government forces Semi-regular chemical attacks attributed to the Assad regime leads to condemnation and threats of measures to enforce the chemical weapons convention and the Geneva protocol to which Syria is a party. Chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun results in a retaliatory naval strike on the Syrian government-controlled Shayrat Airbase, Douma chemical attack results in retaliatory strikes/ Various confrontations and airstrikes ISIS detainee crisis takes hold in northern Syria[79] Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 27, 2019 Approximately 900 U.S. troops remain in Syria to combat ISIS as of July 2021 [80] Death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi on February 3, 2022	None	None
War on ISIL (2014–present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War, War in Iraq (2013–2017), Syrian civil war and spillover of the Syrian civil war, Sinai insurgency, Boko Haram insurgency, insurgency in the North Caucasus, War on terror, and Moro conflict	Iraq  Iraqi Kurdistan  Syrian Kurdistan  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  France  Germany  Australia  Turkey  Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Jordan  Bahrain  United Arab Emirates  Morocco  New Zealand  Netherlands  Belgium  Denmark  Norway	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Qaeda	Ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, and Afghanistan	None	None
Marawi crisis (2017) Part of the Moro conflict and the Military intervention against ISIL	Philippines Supported by: MNLF[81] MILF[82][83]  United States [84][85][86]  Australia [87]  United Kingdom[88]  China [89]  Israel [90]  Russia^[citation needed]  Singapore[91]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State Province in East Asia Abu Sayyaf Maute group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters	Victory Failure of the militants to establish a provincial ISIL territory (wilayat)[92] Martial law declared in Mindanao until December 31, 2017, extended throughout 2018–19[93][94][95][96] Isnilon Hapilon, Abu Sayyaf leader and ISIL Emir in Southeast Asia killed by the Philippine Army All seven Maute brothers killed by the Philippine Army[97]	None	None
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) (2017–2021) Part of the Iraqi conflict (2003–present)	Iraq Iraqi Federal Police Iraqi Armed Forces Special Operations Forces (SOF) Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Pro-Government Tribes[98] Rojava (cross-border cooperation since May 2018) CJTF-OIR (until 2021):  United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Germany  France  Italy Supported by: Iran Qatar Egypt  NATO  Canada  Turkey  Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Supported by: Netherlands	Islamic State White Flags Iraqi Baath Party	Inconclusive, conflict ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL positions	None	None
2019–2022 Persian Gulf crisis (2019–2020) Part of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict	United States CJTF–OIR IMSC:  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia[99]  Australia[100]  United Arab Emirates[101]  Bahrain[102]  Albania[103]  Kuwait[104][105]  Qatar[106][107]  Brunei Darussalam  Greece  Ireland  Thailand  Turkey Supported by:  Japan  Israel[108][109][110]  Egypt[111][112]	Iran Popular Mobilization Forces[113][114] Kata'ib Hezbollah League of Revolutionaries[115] Support: Houthis[116]  North Korea (political support)[117]  Russia (political support)[118][119]  PRC (political support)[120][119]  Syria (political support)[121] Hezbollah (military support)	Inconclusive/Other Result Conflict still ongoing with Australian Allies Seizure of internationally flagged vessels by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz Seizure of Iranian flagged vessel by UK at Gibraltar 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad by Iranian backed Popular Mobilization Forces Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad International airport	None	None
Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022-present)	Ukraine Supported by:  NATO  United States[122]  Australia[123]  Canada[124]  Sweden[122]  Argentina[125]  Azerbaijan[126]  Cambodia[127]  Colombia  Cyprus	Russian Federation Supported by:  CSTO  Belarus[128]  Iran[129]  Syria[130]  North Korea[131]  People's Republic of China (disputed)[132]	Inconclusive, conflict ongoing Conflict ongoing despite intense support via Western allies. Largely stalemated since shortly after the onslaught, with Russia maintaining control of the eastern oblasts of Ukraine since late 2022 Fall of Avdiivka in early 2024 represents a breakthrough of the Russian Armed Forces in their effort against Ukraine	None	None

See also

• Military history of Australia
• Australian military involvement in peacekeeping

Notes

1. HMAS Yarra, representing Australia, participated at sea.[29]
2. HMNZS Leander, representing New Zealand, participated at sea.[30]
3. Greek airmen undergoing training at Habbaniya flew sorties against the Iraqis.[31]

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