UK Wars since 1922

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UK's Allies	Opponent	Name of War	Outcome (Winner)
Emir Abdullah's forces Hashemite allied tribesmen	Sultan al-Adwan's forces	Adwan Rebellion	Britain and his allies
Kuwait Nejd and Hejaz	Ikhwan	Ikhwan Revolt	Britain and his allies
Yishuv	Arab Higher Committee	Great Arab Revolt in Palestine	Britain and his allies
No allies	Yishuv	Palestine Emergency	Yishuv
No allies	Irish Republican Army	S-Plan	Britain and his allies
The Allied Powers	The Axis Powers	Second World War	Britain and the Allied Powers
Afghanistan British India	Zadran Mangal Safi	Afghan tribal revolts of 1944-1947	Britain and his allies
No allies		1944–45 Insurgency in Balochistan	Britain and his allies
No allies	Irish Republican Army	Northern Campaign	Britain and his allies
USA Kingdom of Greece	Albania Yugoslavia Bulgaria	Greek Civil War	Britain and his allies

UK's Allies	Opponent	Name of War	Outcome (Winner)
British Somaliland	Armed Habr Je'lo tribesmen	1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion	Britain and his allies
Netherlands Japan (until 1945)	Indonesia Japan India	Indonesian National Revolution	Inconclusive
India France Empire of Japan	Viet Minh	Operation Masterdom	Britain and his allies
No allies	Albania	Corfu Channel incident	Inconclusive
British Commonwealth Federation of Malaya Australia New Zealand Southern Rhodesia Fiji Kenya Thailand	Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army	Malayan Emergency	Britain and his allies
United Nations United Nations Command South Korea USA Commonwealth Forces Korea Canada Australia New Zealand India Belgium France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands South Africa Thailand Turkey	North Korea China Soviet Union	Korean War	Inconclusive
No allies	Egypt Muslim Brotherhood	1951 Anglo-Egyptian War	Britain and his allies
British Kenya	Mau Mau	Mau Mau Uprising	Britain and his allies
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman	Imamate of Oman Ibadi sect Saudi Arabia	Jebel Akhdar War	Britain and his allies
Cyprus Colony TMT	EOKA	Cyprus Emergency	Inconclusive

UK's Allies	Opponent	Name of War	Outcome (Winner)
France Israel	Egypt	Suez Crisis	Inconclusive
No allies	Irish Republican Army	Border Campaign	Britain and his allies
No allies	Iceland	First Cod War	Iceland
Upper Yafa	Rebels	Upper Yafa disturbances	Britain and his allies
Oman Iran Jordan	Various insurgents	Dhofar Rebellion	Britain and his allies
Commonwealth of Nations Malaysia Australia New Zealand	Indonesia	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	Britain and his allies
Federation of South Arabia	NLF FLOSY	Aden Emergency	NLF FLOSY
Ulster Volunteer Force Ulster Defence Association Red Hand Commando Ulster Resistance Loyalist Volunteer Force	Provisional IRA Official IRA Continuity IRA Real IRA Irish National Liberation Army Irish People's Liberation Organisation	The Troubles	Inconclusive
No allies	Iceland	Second Cod War	Iceland
No allies	Iceland	Third Cod War	Iceland

UK's Allies	Opponent	Name of War	Outcome (Winner)
No allies	Argentina	Falklands War	Britain and his allies
France United States Italy	Islamic Jihad Organization Iran Iran Syria Progressive Socialist Party Amal Movement	Multinational Force in Lebanon	Syria and his allies
Kuwait United States Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria	Iraq	Gulf War	Britain and his allies
United Nations UNPROFOR NATO	Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia	Bosnian War	Inconclusive
United States	Iraq	Operation Desert Fox	Britain and his allies
United States France Canada Denmark Germany Italy Kosovo Liberation Army	Yugoslavia	Kosovo War	Britain and his allies
Sierra Leone	Rebels RUF Liberia	Sierra Leone Civil War	Britain and his allies
Afghanistan United States Canada Germany Italy France Denmark Poland Romania Turkey Australia Spain Netherlands ISAF		War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and his allies
United States Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Australia Poland Denmark Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq under Saddam Hussein Islamic State of Iraq Various insurgents	Iraq War	Britain and his allies
United States France Denmark Italy Canada and Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces Arab League several Arab League states Sweden	Libya Pro-Gaddafi forces	First Libyan Civil War	Britain and his allies