List of wars involving Italy

This is a list of wars fought by independent Italy from 1861:

Kingdom of Italy

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome
Combatant 1 Combatant 2
1866 1866 Third Italian War of Independence  Kingdom of Italy  Austrian Empire Armistice of Cormons and Treaty of Vienna:
1870 1870 Capture of Rome  Kingdom of Italy  Papal States

 Second French Empire

Italian victory, Debellation of the Papal States.
1885 1895 Eritrean War (it:Guerra d'Eritrea)  Kingdom of Italy  Ethiopia
Mahdist Sudan
Italian victory, establishment of Italian Eritrea.
1895 1896 First Italo-Ethiopian War  Kingdom of 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 British Empire United Kingdom

 Japan

 Russia

France France

 United States

 Germany

 Kingdom of Italy

 Austria-Hungary

Righteous Harmony Society

 Manchu-China

Allied victory, Boxer Protocol:
  • Anti-foreign societies banned in China.
1911 1912 Italo-Turkish War Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy  Ottoman Empire Italian victory, Italy gains Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan and the Dodecanese Islands.
1914 1918 World War I  Italy

British Empire United Kingdom

 Indian Empire

 Dominion of Canada

 Australia

 New Zealand

 South Africa

 Newfoundland

 Belgium

 France

 Russia

 Japan

United States United States

 Serbia

 Greece

Other Allies

 Austria-Hungary

 Germany

 Ottoman Empire

 Bulgaria

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 United Kingdom British Empire

Kingdom of Italy Italy

France France

 United States

 Japan

 Greece

 Soviet Russia

 Far Eastern Republic

Allied withdrawal from Russia

Bolshevik victory over White Army

1918 1923 Occupation of Adalia Kingdom of Italy Italy  Ottoman Empire Italian occupation of Antalya until becoming part of the Republic of Turkey.
1920 1920 Vlora War Kingdom of Italy Italy Albania Principality of Albania Albanian victory, Italy withdraws from Albania.

Fascist Italy (1922-1943)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome
Combatant 1 Combatant 2
1923 1923 Corfu incident Italy Kingdom of Italy Greece Kingdom of Greece Agreement between Italy and Greece under the auspices of the League of Nations.
1923 1932 Pacification of Libya Italy Kingdom of Italy Senussi rebels Italian victory, stabilization of Italian rule in Libya.
1935 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War  Kingdom of Italy

Italian Eritrea
Italian Somaliland

 Ethiopian Empire Italian victory:
1936 1939 Spanish Civil War Spain Nationalist

 Kingdom of Italy

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany

Portugal

Foreign volunteers

Second Spanish Republic Republican

Foreign volunteers

 Soviet Union (1936–1938)

 Mexico

Nationalist victory:
1939 1939 Invasion of Albania Italy Italy Albania Albania Italian victory, Italian occupation of Albania.
1939 1945 World War II Axis Powers
The Allies
Allied victory

Italian Republic

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome
Combatant 1 Combatant 2
1982 1984 Multinational Force in Lebanon  Italy

 United States
 France
 United Kingdom

Islamic Jihad Organization Victory
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
(19921995)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
Somalia Various Somali factions UN withdrawal.
1997 1997 Operation Alba AlbaniaGovernment of Sali Berisha

ItalyItalian Armed Forces
Greece Greece

AlbaniaRebels 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[1][2][3](main arms supply)
Serbia and Montenegro 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
(20012014)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Italy
 Germany
 France
 Canada
 Australia
 Georgia
 Poland
 Romania
 Turkey
 Afghanistan
Afghanistan Northern Alliance
Afghanistan 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
Afghanistan Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
Afghanistan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Islamic Jihad Union

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Victory
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
2011 2011 Libyan intervention Many NATO NATO members acting under United Nations UN mandate, including:

 United States

 France

 Denmark

 Italy

 Canada

and

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Arab League several Arab League states

Sweden Sweden

Libya Pro-Gaddafi forces Victory

See also

References

  1. Zerkalo Nedeli (28 February 2002). "Paper critical of Western call on Ukraine to stop selling arms to Macedonia". Free Republic. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. Carlotta Gall (23 July 2001). "Rebels Secure a Base in Macedonian Town". New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. Taras Kuzio (31 October 2001). "UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA". The Jamestown. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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