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Military history of the

The military history of the United Kingdom covers the period from the creation of the united , with the political union of and Scotland in 1707,[1] to the present day.

From the 18th century, with the expansion of the and the country's industrial strength, Britain's military force became one of the largest and most powerful in the world, particularly that of its navy, with advanced technology and bases across the world. It declined during the 20th century in the wake of two world wars, decolonisation, and the rise of the and the USSR as the new superpowers. Britain has been involved in a great many armed conflicts since the union in 1707, on all continents except for Antarctica. Today it still remains a major power with frequent military interventions across the globe since the end of the in 1991.

The present-day British Armed Forces encompass the , the , and the .

Contents

18th century 20th century 21st century List of civil wars Further reading See also References Further reading

18th century

War of the Spanish Succession (1702–13) - England and Scotland, later Great Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Portugal and the Dutch Republic, were allied against France and Spain

Queen Anne's War (1702–13) Jacobite Rebellions (1715–16; 1719; 1745–46) -

Clifton Moor Skirmish, near Penrith (1745) - last land battle in England Battle of Culloden (1746) - last land battle in Great Britain War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–20) - Great Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic v. Italy and Spain War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–42) - Great Britain v. Spain War of the Austrian Succession (1742–48) - Great Britain, Austria and the Dutch Republic v. France and Germany Seven Years' War (1756–63) - the first "world war"

French and Indian War & Seven Years' War is the same War (1754–63) - Great Britain, Hanover, Portugal, and Prussia Anglo-Cherokee War (1759–63) - Britain v. Cherokee nation Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–66) - Britain v. American Indian coalition First Anglo-Mysore War (1766–69) - Britain v. Kingdom of Mysore American Revolutionary War (1775–83) - Britain v. United States, France, Netherlands & Spain First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82) - Britain v. Maratha Empire Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–84) - Britain v. the Dutch Republic Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–84) - India Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–92) - India Australian wars (1788–1930s) - Britain v. Australian Aborigines French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1802) - Great Britain, Austria, Spain, Russia and Germany v. France

War of the First Coalition (1793–97) War of the Second Coalition (1798–1801) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–99) - India Irish Rebellion (1798) - Britain v. United Irishmen and France

19th century

Australian frontier wars (1788–1930s) French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1802) - Great Britain, Austria, Spain, Russia, Prussia, French Royalists v. French Revolutionaries

War of the First Coalition (1793–97) War of the Second Coalition (1798–1801) Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) - United Kingdom, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Russia v. France

South American War (1806–07) Anglo-Turkish War (1807–09) Anglo-Russian War (1807–12) Gunboat War (1807–14) Peninsular War (1808–14) Hundred Days (1815) First Kandian War (1803–04) - Sri Lanka Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–05) - India Vellore Mutiny (1806) - India (1812–15) - Britain v. United States Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16) Second Kandian War (1815) - Sri Lanka Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–18) - India First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26) Upper Rebellion (1837) Rebellion (1837) Syrian War (1839–40) First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42)

Battle of Ghazni (1839–42) - United Kingdom v. China Gwalior Campaign (1843) First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46) - India New Zealand land wars (1845–72) Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49) - India Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852–53) (1854–56) - United Kingdom, France, , and Piedmont-Sardinia v. Russia (1856–60) - United Kingdom and France v. China Anglo-Persian War (1856–57) - United Kingdom and Persia Indian Rebellion (1857) Pig War (1859) - United Kingdom v. USA Anglo-Bhutanese War (1865) Expedition to Abyssinia (1868) Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80) Anglo-Zulu War (1879) (1880–81) Gun War (1880–81) (1881–99) Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) Sikkim Expedition (1888) Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) (1897–98) (1899–1902) (1900) - United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA, and China

20th century

Anglo-Aro war (1901–02) - Nigeria British expedition to Tibet (1903–04) (1914–18) see Military history of the United Kingdom during World War I - United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Serbia, Italy, Russia, United States vs Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire

Aviation in World War I Easter Rising (1916) - Ireland Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–22) Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) Anglo-Irish War (1919–21) World War II (1939–45) see Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II

Air warfare of World War II Pacific War (1937–45) Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) British–Zionist conflict of Palestine (1945–48) (1946–47) Cold War (1946–90) (1948–60) (1950–53) (1952–60) (1955–59) (1956) Revolt (1962) (1962–75) - confrontation (1963–66) Emergency (1963–67) Northern Ireland Troubles (1969–mid-1990s) Cod War Confrontation (1975–76) Iranian Embassy Siege (1980) (1982) (1990–91) Bosnian War (1992–96) Operation Desert Fox (1998) Kosovo War (1999)

21st century

Sierra Leone Civil War (2000) War on Terror

War in (2001–Ongoing) (2003–11) War in Somalia (2009–present)[2][3][4] Boko Haram insurgency (2012–Ongoing) Northern Mali conflict (2013–Ongoing) Military intervention against ISIS (2014–Ongoing) Libyan Civil War (2011) (2018)

List of civil wars

1. Jacobite Rebellions (1715–16; 1719; 1745–46) - the last civil war in Great Britain

Clifton Moor Skirmish, near Penrith (1745) - the last land battle on English soil Battle of Culloden (1746) - the last land battle in Great Britain 2. The Troubles - in Northern Ireland, with some (terrorist) activity in Great Britain

Further reading

Black, Jeremy. A military history of Britain: from 1775 to the present (2008)

See also

Declaration of war by the United Kingdom History of the British Army History of the Royal Navy History of the History of the RAF History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom List of wars involving Great Britain List of wars in Great Britain Military history of England Military history of Scotland Military history of Ireland Timeline of British diplomatic history

References

1. Acts of Union 1707 (http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/) parliament.uk, accessed 31 December 2010; Uniting the kingdom? (http://www.nationalarc hives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/rise_parliament/uniting.htm) nationalarchives.gov.uk, accessed 31 December 2010; Making the Act of Union 1707 (http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/visitingHolyroo d/union_exhibition.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20110511140052/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/visitingHolyrood/union_exhibition.pdf) 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. scottish.parliament.uk, accessed 31 December 2010 2. "First British troops arrive in Somalia as part of UN mission" (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/02/first-british-troops-arrive-in-somalia-as-part-of-un-mission). . May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016. 3. "Cargo bomb plot: SAS hunting al-Qaeda in " (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8104119/Cargo-bomb-plot-SAS-hunting-al-Qaeda-in-Yemen.html). the telegraph. 2 November 2010. 4. "UK and US spend millions to counter Yemeni threat" (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/uk-and-us-spend-millions-to-counter-yemeni-threat-2121366.html). the independent. 30 October 2010.

Further reading

Higham, John, ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (2015) 654 pages excerpt (https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOGoCgAAQBAJ&dq=George+Clark++Later+Stuarts+1660-1714&sour ce=gbs_navlinks_s)

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