List of wars involving Italy
This is a list of wars involving the Italian Republic since the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861, but does not include wars fought by the 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 Risorgimento movement emerged to unite Italy in the 19th century. Piedmont-Sardinia took the lead in a series of wars to liberate Italy from foreign control. Following three 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 | |
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1866 | 1866 | Third Italian War of Independence | ![]() |
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Austrian military Victory, Italian diplomatic Victory[1]:
Armistice of Cormons and Treaty of Vienna:
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1870 | 1870 | Capture of Rome | ![]() |
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Italian Victory, Debellation of the Papal States. |
Kingdom of Italy
Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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1885 | 1895 | Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889[2] | ![]() |
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Italian Victory, establishment of Italian Eritrea. |
1889 | 1920 | Pacification of Somalia[3] | ![]() |
Various rebels Dervish State |
Italian Victory, consolidation of Italian Somaliland. |
1890 | 1894 | Mahdist War | ![]() |
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Italian Victory All Sudanese invasions repulsed Italians take Kassala |
1895 | 1896 | First Italo-Ethiopian War | ![]() |
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Ethiopian Allied Victory, Treaty of Addis Ababa:
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1896 | 1925 | Bīmāl revolt | ![]() |
Bimaal Rebels | Italian Victory
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1899 | 1901 | Boxer Rebellion | ![]()
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Italian Allied Victory, Boxer Protocol:
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1900 | 1920 | Somaliland Campaign | ![]() ![]() |
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Italian-British Victory
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1902 | 1903 | Venezuelan naval blockade | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive/Other Outcome
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1911 | 1912 | Italo-Turkish War | ![]() |
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Italian Victory:
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1914 | 1918 | World War I | Allied Powers
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Central Powers |
Italian Allied Victory:
Russia pulls out in 1917
Creation of League of Nations |
1918 | 1920 | Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War |
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Bolshevik Victory:
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1918 | 1923 | Occupation of Constantinople | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Temporary occupation
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1919 | 1923 | War of Independence | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Italian Allied Victory
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1920 | 1920 | Vlora War | ![]() |
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Armistice
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1920 | 1920 | Bloody Christmas | ![]() |
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Italian Victory:
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1923 | 1932 | Pacification of Libya | ![]() |
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Italian Victory:
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1924 | 1927 | Pacification of Italian Somaliland | ![]() |
Somali rebels | Italian Victory:
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1924 | 1940 | Italian conquest of the Horn of Africa | ![]() |
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Italian Victory:
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1935 | 1936 | Second Italo-Abyssinian War | ![]() |
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Italian Victory:
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1936 | 1939 | Spanish Civil War | ![]() |
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Italian Allied Victory
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1939 | 1939 | Invasion of Albania | ![]() |
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Italian Victory, Italian occupation of Albania. |
1939 | 1945 | World War II | Axis Powers
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Allied Powers
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'United Nations' Allied victory:
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Italian Republic (1946-present)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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1982 | 1984 | Multinational Force in Lebanon | ![]() |
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Syrian Allied Victory
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1991 | 1991 | Gulf War | ![]()
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Italian Allied Victory
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1992 | 1996 | Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
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Italian Allied Victory |
1992 | 1995 | Somali Civil War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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UN withdrawal
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1997 | 1997 | Albanian Civil War (Operation Alba) |
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Italian Allied Victory
New Parliamentary Elections. |
1998 | 1999 | Kosovo War | ![]() |
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Italian Allied Victory
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2001 | 2001 | 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia | ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive/Other Outcome
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2001 | Present | Afghanistan War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Ongoing
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2003 | 2006 | Iraq War | ![]()
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Italian Allied Victory
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2011 | 2011 | Libyan Intervention | Many NATO ![]() ![]()
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Italian Allied Victory
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See also
References
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- Indro Montanelli, Storia d'Italia, vol. 6 1861 - 1919, RCS Libri S.p.A., 2006
- Pacification of Somalia.
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