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British military history is a long and varied topic, extending from the prehistoric and ancient historic period, through the Roman invasions of Julius Cæsar and Claudius and subsequent Roman occupation; warfare in the Mediaeval period, including the invasions of the Saxons and the Vikings in the Early Middle Ages, the Norman Conquest, and wars against France; through the Early Modern period, wars against Spain and France, and the English Civil War, and the beginnings of the colonial British Empire in India, the USA and Canada; and into the Modern period with the wars of Marlborough and against Napoleon, the Crimean War and into the 20th century with the Boer War, World War I and World War II, the Cold War the Korean War; and, most recently, Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and military operations in the Balkans and the Middle East.

Contents 1 List of British military encounters 1.1 Prehistoric and ancient period 1.2 Mediæval period 1.3 Early Modern period 1.4 Modern Period 1.5 20th century 1.6 21st century 2 List of fortifications in Britain 2.1 Roman & ancient 2.2 Mediæval 2.3 1600s 2.4 Georgian & Victorian 2.5 World War II Stop Lines 3 List of British military institutions 4 List of British military alliances 4.1 Scottish military alliances 4.2 English military alliances 4.3 British military alliances 5 See also

List of British military encounters

Prehistoric and ancient period

• Roman conquest of Britain (43)

Mediæval period

• Viking invasions (793–1066)
  • Raid on Lindisfarne (793)
  • Campaign of Alfred the Great (871–899)
    • Battle of Edington (878)
  • Battle of Cannington (878)
  • Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)
• Norman Conquest of England (1066)
• Rebellion of 1088
• Revolt of 1173-1174
• Third Crusade (1189)
• Welsh Uprising (1211)
• Battle of Bouvines (1214)
• First Barons' War (1215–1217)
• Second Barons' War (1264–1267)
• Welsh Uprising (1282)
• The First War of Scottish Independence (1296–1306)
• The Second War of Scottish Independence (1332–1357)
• Hundred Years' War (1337 to 1453)
• Wars of the Roses (1455–1485)

Early Modern period

• Italian Wars (1494 – 1559)
• Cornish Rebellion (1497)
• Loss of Calais (1558)
• Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)
• Nine Years War (1594–1603)
• Eighty Years' War (1598–1648)
• First Anglo-Powhatan War (1609–1613)
• Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1622)
• Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651)
  • First Bishops' War (1639)
  • Second Bishops' War (1640)
  • Irish Rebellion (1641)
  • First English Civil War (1642–1646)
  • The Confederate’s War (1642-1648)
  • Scottish Civil War (1644–1647)
  • Second English Civil War (1648–1649)
  • Third English Civil War (1649–1651)
  • Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649)
• Third Anglo-Powhatan War (1644)
• First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654)
• Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
• Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)
• War of Devolution (1667–1668)
• Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)
• King Philip's War (1675–1676)
• Virginia Rebellion (1676)
• Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
• Nine Years War (1688–1697)
  • King William's War (1688–1697)
• Jacobite Rebellions (1689–1746)
  • Williamite war in Ireland (1688–1691)
• War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713)
  • Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)
• War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720)
• War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1742)
• War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
  • King George's War (1740–1748)
• Seven Years' War ((1756–1763)
  • French and Indian War (1756–1763)
  • Anglo-Cherokee War (1759–1763)
• Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766)
• First Anglo-Mysore War (1766–1769)

Modern Period

• American War of Independence (1775–1783)
• First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782)
• Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784)
• Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784)
• Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792)
• French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1802)
  • War of the First Coalition (1793–1797)
  • War of the Second Coalition (1798–1801)
• Irish Rebellion (1798)
• Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)
  • South American War (1806–1807)
  • Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809)
  • Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
  • Gunboat War (1807–1814)
  • Peninsular War (1808–1814)
• First Kandian War (1803–1804)
• Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805)
• Vellore Mutiny (1806)
• Anglo-Dutch Java War (1810–1811)
• British-American War (1812–1815)
• Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816)
• Second Kandian War (1815)
• Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818)
• Peterloo Massacre (1819)
• First Anglo-Burmese War (1823–1826)
• War of the Two Brothers (1828–1834)
• First Carlist War (1833–1839)
• Upper Canada Rebellion (1837)
• Lower Canada Rebellion (1837)
• First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)
• First Opium War (1839–1842)
• First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846)
• New Zealand Wars (1845–1872)
• Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849)
• Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)
• Crimean War (1854–1856)
• Second Opium War (1856–1860)
• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Pig War (1859)
• Anglo-Bhutanese War (1865)
• Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880)
• Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
• First Boer War (1880–1881)
• Gun War (1880–1881)
• Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885–1887)
• Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896)
• Second Boer War (1899–1902)

20th century

• Boxer Rebellion (1900)
• World War I (1914–1918)
• Easter Rising (1916)
• Russian Civil War (1918–1922)
• Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
• Anglo-Irish War (1919–1921)
• Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923)
• The Pacific War (1937–1945)
• World War II (1939–1945)
• Anglo-Iraqi War (1941)
• Greek Civil War (1941–1949)
• Cold War (1945–1991)
• Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)
• Korean War (1950–1953)
• Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)
• Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959)
• Suez Crisis (1956)
• Brunei Uprising (1962)
• Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation (1962–1966)
• Aden Emergency (1963–1967)
• Northern Ireland Troubles (1969-mid 1990s)
• Cod War Confrontation (1975–1976)
• Falklands War (1982)
• The First Gulf War (1990–1991)
• The Bosnian War (1995–1996)
• The Kosovo War (1999)

21st century

• Sierra Leone Civil War (2000)
• The Afghanistan War (2001–2002)
• Iraq War (2003)
• Iraqi insurgency (2003–Present)

List of fortifications in Britain

Roman & ancient

• Hadrian's Wall AD 122
• Antonine Wall AD 142

Mediæval

• Castles in the UK
  • Castles in England
  • Castles in Northern Ireland
  • Castles in Scotland
  • Castles in Wales

1600s

• The Royal Citadel

Georgian & Victorian

• Fort Bovisand
• Crownhill Fort
• Martello towers
• Picklecombe Fort

World War II Stop Lines

• Avon Stop Line
• Colchester Stop Line
• GHQ Line
• Outer London Defence Ring
• Ringwood West Line
• Salisbury West Stop Line
• Taunton Stop Line

List of British military institutions

• Royal Navy
• Royal Scottish Navy (until 1707)
• British Army
  • New Model Army (1645)
  • Territorial Army (1907)
  • Kitchener's Army (1914)
  • Auxiliary Units (1940s)
  • Home Guard (1940s)
• Royal Air Force
• Royal Ordnance Factory

• National Service (1949 - 1960)
  • Joint Services School for Linguists

List of British military alliances

Scottish military alliances

• Auld Alliance (1165-1560)

English military alliances

• Anglo-Portuguese alliance (1386-)
• Holy League (1510 to 1513)
• Triple Alliance (1668)
• Grand Alliance (1689 - ?)

British military alliances

• Anglo-Portuguese alliance (1704-)
• Triple Alliance (1717)
• Triple Alliance (1788)
• Entente Cordiale (1904)
• Triple Entente (1908)
• NATO (1949-)
• Western European Union (1954-)
• Five Power Defence Arrangement (1971-)

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See also

• Pax Britannica

• History of Britain
  • History of the United Kingdom
  • British Empire
• UK topics
  • Military of the United Kingdom
  • The United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
  • History of the British Army
  • History of the Royal Navy
• List of battles (geographic)
• List of wars

• British military rank insignia