Military operations involving the United Kingdom

hijacking of ships by Somali pirates

1940 military operation

2011 conflict

multinational operation against Houthi for engagements with certain commercial ships

1854 charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces

naval blockade from December 1902 to February 1903

1992 American-led UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia

Coup d'état in Persia, 1921

1946 operation by British authorities in Mandatory Palestine

codename for UK military participation in Libya in 2011

NATO operation during the 2011 military intervention in Libya

1962–present Moro attacks in Sabah, Malaysia

international military exercise in Greenland (2026)

1991 Western protection to Iraqi Kurds

2000 military hostage rescue operation

2001 military operation

1945–1955 British Secret Intelligence Service program to infiltrate its agents into Poland and Baltic states

battle as part of Operation Compass during World War II

multi-national campaign beginning in June 2014 to rid Iraq of ISIL influence and deliver humanitarian aid to Iraqi minority religious and ethnic groups

2014 British military intervention in Iraq and Syria

1961 defensive British military operation to protect Kuwaiti independence

1994 military operation

blockade of oil shipments to Rhodesia

British forces involvement in Sierra Leone, 2000

WW2 RAF operation supplying Hurricanes & training Soviet pilots (1941)