List of wars involving New Zealand
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This might be a list of wars involving New Zealand. New Zealand has participated in many armed conflicts, often alongside its allies such as the United Kingdom.
- New Zealand victory
- New Zealand defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive)
- Ongoing conflict
List
Colonial New Zealand (1841–1907)
Conflict | New Zealand | Opposing Combatant | Result | Casualties |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flagstaff War (1845–1846) | British Empire
Māori Kupapa | Māori | Inconclusive
| 60–94 killed |
First Taranaki War (1860–1861) | British Empire
| Taranaki Māori Kīngitanga | Ceasefire
Tātaraimaka | 200 killed and wounded |
Second Taranaki War (1863–1866) | British Empire | Taranaki Māori | Inconclusive
| ~34 killed |
Waikato Wars (1863–1864) | British Empire | Kīngitanga North Island allies | Defeat | 1000 killed and wounded |
East Cape War (1865–1866) | British Empire Arawa | Whakatohea Māori Urewera Māori Ngai Tama Māori | Victory | 35 killed |
Titokowaru's War (1868–1869) | British Empire Māori Kupapa | Ngāti Ruanui Iwi Ngāruahine tribes | Victory
| 11 killed |
Te Kooti's War (1868–1872) | British Empire Māori Kupapa | Māori Iwis
Ringatū adherents | Victory
| ~60 killed |
Second Boer War (1899–1902) | British Empire | Orange Free State South African Republic | Victory
| 230 killed |
Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901) | British Empire Japan | Yihetuan Qing China | Victory
| ? |
New Zealand (1907–Present)
Conflict | New Zealand | Opposing Combatant | Result | Casualties |
---|---|---|---|---|
World War I (1914–1918) | France British Empire Russia | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | Victory
| 16,711 to 18,060 killed |
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) | FR Armenia RM Armenia British Empire | Azerbaijan Ottoman Empire Russian SFSR Turkish Revolutionaries Azerbaijan SSR | Defeat
| ? |
World War II (1939–1945) | United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Mongolia | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Iraq Thailand | Victory
| 11,700 killed |
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) | United Kingdom | MCP | Victory
| 15 killed |
Korean War (1950–1953) | South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Turkey Philippines Thailand Ethiopia Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg | North Korea China Soviet Union | Ceasefire
| 45 killed |
Borneo Confrontation (1963–1966) | Malaysia Singapore United Kingdom Australia New Zealand | Indonesia | Victory
| 12 killed |
Vietnam War (1965–1973) | South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic | North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea | Defeat
| 37 killed |
Gulf War (1990–1991) | Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar New Zealand | Iraq | Victory
| ? |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan ISAF | Taliban al-Qaeda IMU HI-Gulbuddin HI-Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba JeM ETIM TTP IEW TNSM IJU Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Defeat
| 10 killed |
Iraq War (2003–2004) | Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia New Zealand Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Romania Bulgaria Denmark Thailand | SCJL Naqshbandi Army ISI al-Qaeda Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah Ba'athist Iraq | Victory
| ? |
East Timorese Crisis (2006–2013) | Australia New Zealand Malaysia Portugal East Timor | FTDL Rebels | Victory
| 5 killed |
War on ISIL (2014–present) | United States Iraq United Kingdom Canada Jordan Morocco Australia Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Bahrain Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Egypt | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram | Ongoing
| ? |
See also
References
- ^ a b Belich, James (1986). The New Zealand Wars. Auckland: Penguin. pp. 119–125. ISBN 0-14-027504-5.
- ^ Michael King (2003). The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Books. p. 214. ISBN 0-14-301867-1.
- ^ Dalton, B.J. (1967). War and Politics in New Zealand 1855–1870. Sydney: Sydney University Press. pp. 176–179.
- ^ King, Michael (1977). Te Puea: A Life. Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited (published 2013). ISBN 9781742539683. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
The 'fertile and most beautiful fields' [...] and the river itself [...] provided the incentive and the means for an invasion of the Waikato. Auckland was swelling with new settlers; government ministers and land purchase officers were determined to acquire the fruitful acreage south of the city; the fact that it was controlled by a movement pledged not to sell land damned the Kingites in the eyes of most Europeans [...].
- ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- ^ Michael Petrou (9 September 2011). "The decline of al-Qaeda". Maclean's.
George W. Bush gambled on surging thousands more troops to the embattled country. It paid off. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is now a diminished force without territory.
- ^ Spencer C. Tucker (14 December 2015). U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror. ISBN 978-1440838798.
Al Qaeda in Iraq was decimated by the end of the Iraq War in 2011
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