Conflict
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Combatant 1
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Combatant 2
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Result for Australia and/or its Allies
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Australian losses (Killed or missing)
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ADF forces
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Civilians
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Second Boer War (1899–1902)
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United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand
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South African Republic Orange Free State
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Victory
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606[1]
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None[1]
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Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901)
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Japan Russia United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy Australia
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Yihetuan China
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Victory
- Rebellion suppressed
- Signing of the Boxer Protocol
- Provisions for foreign troops stationed in Beijing
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6[2]
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None[2]
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World War I (1914–1918)
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France United Kingdom Russia Italy United States Serbia Belgium Romania Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa Greece Portugal Brazil Japan Nepal Siam Hejaz
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Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria
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Victory
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60,000+[3]
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None[3]
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World War II (1939–1945)
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Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Nepal Philippines Mongolia
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Germany Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Thailand Iraq Iran
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Victory
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39,366[4]
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735[4]
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Korean War (1950–1953)
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South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Ethiopia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg
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North Korea China
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Stalemate
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340[5]
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None[5]
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Malayan Emergency (1950–1960)
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United Kingdom Malaya Australia New Zealand
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MNLA
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Victory
- Communist retreat from Malaya, Chin Peng exiled
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39[6]
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None[6]
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Borneo Confrontation (1963–1966)
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Malaysia United Kingdom Australia New Zealand
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Indonesia
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Victory
- Indonesia accepts the formation of Malaysia
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23[7]
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None[7]
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Vietnam War (1965–1973)
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South Vietnam United States South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand Philippines Laos Khmer Republic
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North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao
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Defeat
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521[8]
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None[8]
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Gulf War (1990–1991)
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Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman UAE Qatar Italy Australia Argentina
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Iraq
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Victory
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None[9]
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None[9]
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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Northern Alliance Afghan Armed Forces United States United Kingdom Australia Canada Germany France Italy Czech Republic Netherlands Turkey Romania Georgia South Korea Poland Denmark Sweden Norway Singapore New Zealand
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Taliban Al-Qaeda
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Defeat
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41[10]
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None[10]
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Iraq War (2003–2009)
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Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Romania Bulgaria Denmark Thailand
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Iraq SCJL Naqshbandi Army Al-Qaeda Ansar al-Islam File:IAILogo.png IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah
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Inconclusive
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2[9]
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None[9]
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War on ISIL (2014–)
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Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Rojava United States Canada United Kingdom France Germany Australia Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar Jordan Bahrain UAE Morocco New Zealand Netherlands Belgium Denmark Norway
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Islamic State Al-Qaeda
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Ongoing
- Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, and Afghanistan
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None
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None
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