List of wars involving Italy
This is a list of historic states of Italy. The result of these conflicts follows 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
Ancient Rome
Italian Wars of Unification
The
Wars of Italian Independence against the Habsburg Austrians in the north, the Expedition of the Thousand against the Spanish Bourbons in the south, and the Capture of Rome
, the unification of the country was completed in 1871 when Rome was declared capital of Italy.
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
| 1848 | 1849 | First Italian War of Independence | .svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Sardinia
Supported by:
|
Austrian-French Victory | |
| 1853 | 1856 | Crimean War |  France Ottoman Empire
|
 Russian Empire
Greece[d]
|
Allied Victory |
| 1859 | 1859 | Second Italian War of Independence | French Empire Kingdom of SardiniaSupport: .svg){kind=small} United Principalities
|
 Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
|
Italian Victory, Armistice of Villafranca (12 July 1859)
|
| 1860 | 1861 | Expedition of the Thousand | Sardinia
|
 Spain
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1861 | 1865 | Brigandage in Southern Italy
|
Italy
|
Southern Italian Briganti Spanish partisans
|
Italian Victory |
| 1866 | 1866 | Third Italian War of Independence | Italy
|
Austrian Empire
|
Austrian withdrawal after defeat in the northern front:[1]
Armistice of Cormons and Treaty of Vienna:
|
| 1866 | 1866 | The Seven and a Half Days Revolt
|
Italy
|
Palermitan Rebels | Italian Victory, rebellion suppressed |
| 1870 | 1870 | Capture of Rome | Italy
|
 Papal States
|
Italian Victory, Debellation of the Papal States.
|
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Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
| 1885 | 1895 | Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889[2] | Italy
|
 Mahdist Sudan
|
Italian Victory, establishment of Italian Eritrea. |
| 1889 | 1920 | Pacification of Somalia[3] | Italy
|
Various rebels Dervish State
|
Italian Victory, consolidation of Italian Somaliland. |
| 1890 | 1894 | Mahdist War | Italy
|
 Mahdist Sudan
|
Italian Victory All Sudanese invasions repulsed Italians take Kassala |
| 1895 | 1896 | First Italo-Ethiopian War | Italy
|
 Ethiopia
|
Inconclusive/Other OutcomeTreaty of Addis Ababa:
|
| 1896 | 1925 | Bīmāl revolt
|
Italy
|
Bimaal Rebels | Italian Victory
|
| 1897 | 1897 | Greco-Turkish War (1897) |  Greece
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Turkish Victory |
| 1897 | 1898 | Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) (International Squadron (Cretan intervention, 1897–1898)) |  Cretan revolutionaries .svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Greece British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898) German Empire (until March 16th, 1898)
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Italian Victory
|
| 1899 | 1901 | Boxer Rebellion | United Kingdom
|
 Righteous Harmony Society |
Italian Allied Victory, Boxer Protocol:
|
| 1900 | 1920 | Somaliland Campaign
|
Italy United Kingdom
|
 Dervish movement Ethiopian Empire
|
Italian-British Victory
|
| 1902 | 1903 | Venezuelan naval blockade
|
United Kingdom Germany Italy
|
 Venezuela
|
Inconclusive/Other Outcome
|
| 1911 | 1912 | Italo-Turkish War | Italy
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1911 | 1917 | Italo-Senussi War | Italy
|
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1912 | 1913 | First Balkan War | Balkan League: Bulgaria Serbia Greece Montenegro Italian volunteers Russia
|
Ottoman Empire Austria-Hungary
|
Balkan League Victory: |
| 1914 | 1918 | World War I | Allied Powers
|
Central Powers |
Italian Allied Victory:
Russia pulls out in 1917
Creation of League of Nations |
| 1918 | 1920 | Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War |
|
|
Bolshevik Victory:
|
| 1918 | 1923 | Occupation of Constantinople
|
United Kingdom France Italy
|
Ottoman Empire
|
Temporary occupation
|
| 1919 | 1923 | Turkish War of Independence | Ottoman Empire Soviet Russia Italy[8]
|
United Kingdom France Greece Armenia Georgia
|
Italian Allied Victory |
| 1920 | 1920 | Vlora War | Italy
|
 Principality of Albania
|
Italian withdrawal after Bersaglieri riots; Armistice
|
| 1920 | 1920 | Bloody Christmas | Italy
|
 Italian Regency of Carnaro
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1921 | 1921 | Anti-fascist uprising in Albona
|
Italy
|
 Labin Republic
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1923 | 1932 | Pacification of Libya
|
Italy
|
Senussi Order
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1924 | 1927 | Pacification of Italian Somaliland | Italy
|
Somali rebels | Italian Victory:
|
| 1924 | 1940 | Italian conquest of the Horn of Africa | Italy
|
 Sultanate of Hobyo |
Italian Victory:
|
| 1935 | 1937 | Second Italo-Abyssinian War | Italy
|
Ethiopian Empire
|
Italian Victory:
|
| 1936 | 1939 | Spanish Civil War |  NationalistForeign volunteers
|
 Republican
|
Italian Allied Victory
|
| 1939 | 1939 | Invasion of Albania | Italy
|
Albania
|
Italian Victory, Italian occupation of Albania .
|
| 1939 | 1945 | World War II | Axis Powers
|
Allied Powers
|
'United Nations' Allied victory:
|
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Italian Republic (1946-present)
| Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
| 1982 | 1984 | Multinational Force in Lebanon |  Italy |
Islamic Jihad Organization Iran Syria Progressive Socialist Party Amal Movement
|
Syrian Allied Victory
|
| 1991 | 1991 | Gulf War |  Kuwait
|
 Iraq
|
Italian Allied Victory
|
| 1992 | 1995 | Bosnian War |  Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States
|
 Republika Srpska
|
Italian Allied Victory
|
| 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
|
UN withdrawal
|
| 1997 | 1997 | 1997 Albanian civil unrest (Operation Alba) |
 Government of Sali Berisha
|
Rebels
|
Italian Allied Victory
New Parliamentary Elections. |
| 1998 | 1999 | Kosovo War | United States |
 Yugoslavia
|
Italian Allied Victory
|
| 2001 | 2001 | 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
|
|
 Republic of Macedonia Supported by: |
Inconclusive/Other Outcome |
| 2001 | 2021 | Afghanistan War |  Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Italy Germany France Canada Australia New Zealand Georgia Poland Romania Turkey
|
|
Defeat
|
| 2003 | 2006 | Iraq War |  Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan
|
 Various insurgents
|
Italian Allied Victory
|
| 2011 | 2011 | First Libyan Civil War
|
Many NATO  members acting under  UN mandate, including:
|
 Libya
|
Italian Allied Victory
|
See also
Notes
References
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