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Year/Date Type of War Extra Info AD 1815 Dissolution of the Kandy royal line And the British King Becomes the New King of Kandy AD 1815 Coalition Victory, Treaty of Paris, end of the Napoleonic Wars AD 1815 Austrian Victory Includes The Battle of Waterloo AD 1817-1818 Formal end of the Maratha empire and firm establishment of the British East India Company in India AD 1818-1819 Xhosa pushed beyond Keiskama River AD 1820/1821-1830/1832 Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece, Greek victory through intervention of the Great Powers AD 1823-1831 British retreat to Sierra Leone AD 1824-1826 British Victory, Treaty of Yandabo AD 1828-1834 Liberal Victory, Treaty of Evoramonte AD 1833-1840 British mediated Convention of Vergara AD 1834-1836 Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa AD 1837-1838 Rebellion defeated AD 1838-1839 Webster-Ashburton Treaty AD 1839-1842 British withdrawal from Afghanistan AD 1839-1842 Treaty of Nanking AD 1839-1851 British and French withdrawal before war's conclusion AD 1845-1846 British VictoryTreaty of Lahore, Extensive territory ceded from the Sikh Empire AD 1845-1846 Stalemate AD 1846 British Victory AD 1846-1847 Territory ceded from Xhosa AD 1846-1848 12 year peace and trade AD 1848-1849 Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company AD 1851-1853 Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated AD 1852-1853 British annexation of Lower Burma AD 1853-1856 Treaty of Paris British and allies win AD 1856-1860 Treaty of Tientsin British and allies win AD 1856-1857 Persia withdraws from Herat AD 1857-1858 Rebellion Suppressed Final collapse of the Mughal Empire end of Company rule in India AD 1860-1861 Stalemate AD 1861-1867 British Support but retired in 1862 AD 1863-1864 Stalemate AD 1863-1866 British Victory AD 1863 Mitigated British Victory

Year/Date Type of War Extra Info AD 1863-1864 Decisive Allied Victory AD 1864-1865 British Victory AD 1864 British Victory AD 1865-1868 British Victory AD 1868-1869 British Victory AD 1868 War of the Abyssinian Succession begins AD 1868-1872 British Victory AD 1869 Defeat of rebellion AD 1873-1874 Treaty of Fomena British Victory AD 1877-1878 All Xhosa territory annexed to the Cape Colony AD 1878-1880 Treaty of Gandamak British control over Afghan foreign affairs AD 1879 End of the independent Zulu nation Britih Victory AD 1880-1881 Boer Victory AD 1881-1899 British-Egyptian victory AD 1883-1914 British Victory Establishment of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate AD 1885 Upper Burma annexed to British Raj AD 1893-1894 Destruction of the Ndebele Kingdom AD 1894-1896 British Victory AD 1896 Pro-British Sultan installed The shortest war in history AD 1896 British Victory AD 1899-1901 Anti-foreign societies banned in China AD 1899-1902 Treaty of Vereeniging British Victory AD 1901-1902 Aro Confederacy destroyed AD 1903-1904 British Victory AD 1914-1918 Treaty of Versailles British + allies Victory AD 1915-1917 British Victory AD 1916 Unconditional surrender of rebel forces, execution of leaders AD 1916-1918 Treaty of Sèvres AD 1917-1923 Bolshevik Victory AD 1918-1922 British Only in the war in 1918 Indecisive AD 1918-1920 Estonian Victory AD 1918-1920 Latvian Victory AD 1919-1922 Treaty of Lausanne, British withdrawal, End of the Ottoman Empire

Year/Date Type of War Extra Info AD 1919 Full Afghan independence Tactical victory and strategic British gains with the reaffirmation of the Durand Line AD 1919-1921 Secession of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties from the United Kingdom AD 1936-1939 Revolt suppressed AD 1937-1945 British Joined 1941 AD 1938-1948 British withdrawal and creation of Israel AD 1939-1945 Total defeat for Axis Powers the Allied Wins AD 1941 British Victory AD 1941-1944 Declared war on Finland but did not participate to actual conflict. AD 1945-1946 First Indochina War begins AD 1945-1949 The Netherlands recognises Indonesian Independence Britain sided with the Dutch AD 1946-1954 Viet Minh Victory British Supported the losing side AD 1946-1949 National Army Victory Britain supports the winning side AD 1947-1948 United Kingdom military forces in Palestine. Israeli Declaration of Independence which led to the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. AD 1948-1960 British Commonwealth Victory AD 1950-Present Cease-fire British Involved via United Nations AD 1952-1960 British military Victory AD 1955-1975 Communist Vietnamese Victory AD 1956 Egyptian and Soviet political victory AD 1962-1966 Commonwealth Victory AD 1962-1975 Defeat of insurgents Modernisation of Oman AD 1968-1998 Republic of Ireland drops claim to Northern Ireland AD 1982 British Victory The Falklands are retaken from Argentina AD 1990 Iraqi Victory British Supported Kuwait AD 1990-1991 Coalition Victory Iraq loss AD 1991-2002 Government Victory AD 1998-1999 Kumanovo Treaty. United Kingdom helps with Nato AD 2001-Ongoing Nato Forces aswell As UK AD 2002-Present British Involved via Nato AD 2002-Present British Support to Countries Fighting Insurgency AD 2003-Ongoing War officially over aftermath of terrorist bombings keeps nato troops in the country AD 2011-Ongoing Ongoing (airstrikes, no-fly zone and naval blockade)UK Part of Nato

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