List of wars involving Australia

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This is a chronological list of wars involving Australia since federation in 1901.

Dates indicate the years in which Australia was involved in the war.

List

War or conflict's name(s)	Opponent(s)	Date	Conclusion(s)
Second Boer War	Orange Free State Transvaal	1899–1902	Victory British sovereignty over the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in accordance with the Treaty of Vereeniging
Boxer Rebellion	Righteous Harmony Society	1900–01	Victory
First World War	Central Powers: Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire	1914–18	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations
Battle of Baku Part of the First World War and the Russian Civil War	Ottoman Empire	1918	Defeat
Russian Civil War Part of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–23	Pro-Communist forces: Bolshevik Party Soviet Union (from 30 December 1922) Russian SFSR (from 7 November 1917)	1918–20	Withdrawal Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army
Second World War	Axis forces: Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Thailand	1939–45	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Korean War Part of the Cold War	Communist forces: North Korea People's Republic of China Supported by: Soviet Union	1950–53	Ceasefire North Korean invasions of South Korea repelled United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled Chinese–North Korean–Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Armistice Agreement signed Korean Demilitarized Zone established
Malayan Emergency Part of British Decolonisation and the Cold War	Communist forces: MCP MNLA	1950–60	Victory Chin Peng exiled from Malaya
Indonesian Confrontation	Indonesia	1963–66	Victory Suharto replaced Sukarno as the Supreme Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces Normalisation of diplomatic relationship Indonesia accepts the formation of Malaysia Peace treaty
Vietnam War Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War	Communist forces: North Vietnam NLF Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao North Korea	1962–73	Withdrawal North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
First Gulf War	Iraq	1990–91	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber III restored Sanctions against Iraq Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure Establishment of Iraqi no-fly zones
Iraq War Part of the Global War on Terrorism	Iraq (2003) Insurgent groups: (post-invasion) Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah	2003–09	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq, improvements in public security, Iraqi insurgency persists Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with the Syrian Civil War Resurgence of Islamic State of Iraq, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq
Afghanistan War Part of the Global War on Terrorism	Insurgent groups: Taliban Al-Qaeda IMU HI-Gulbuddin HI-Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba JeM ETIM TTP IEW TNSM IJU	2001–present	Ongoing Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Killing of Osama bin Laden Establishment of new Afghan government Creation of new Afghan National Army Taliban insurgency Return of more than 5.7 million Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran War in North-West Pakistan
2014 American intervention in Iraq Part of the Global War on Terrorism	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	2014–present	Ongoing US, French, UK, Belgian, Canadian, Australian and Dutch airstrikes on ISIL positions in Iraq Multinational humanitarian and arming of ground forces efforts Coalition advising and training ground forces

References

Aunohita Mojumdar, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. "Outpost attack in Afghanistan shows major boost in militant strength". Csmonitor.com. Retrieved October 2, 2008. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
See Operation Oqab

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Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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