This is a list of major foreign wars in which England has been involved. The date, the name, and the principal allies vs. the principal enemies of England are named for each.
- Late 12th C. – Third Crusade
- Western Christian countries vs. Turkish Saracens
- 1337-1453 – Hundred Years War
- (none) vs. France
- 1618-1648 – Thirty Years War
- Protestant countries vs. Catholic countries
- 1689-1697 – King William’s War
- Germany, Holland, Spain vs. Bavaria, France
- 1702-1713 – War of Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War)
- Holland vs. Bavaria, Belgium, Cologne, France, Italy, Savoy, South America, Spain
- 1739-1743 – War of Jenkins Ear
- (none) vs. Spanish Colonies
- 1742-1748 – War of Austrian Succession
- Austria vs. France, Prussia, Spain
- 1756-1763 – Seven Years War
- Prussia vs. Austria, France, Russia, Sweden
- 1775-1781 – American War of Independence
- (none) vs. France, Thirteen Colonies
- 1793-1815 – Napoleonic Wars
- Portugal, Spain vs. Austria, France, Prussia
- 1810-1813 – Peninsular War
- Portugal, Spain vs. France
- 1812-1814 – War of 1812
- (none) vs. France, United States
- 1839-1842 – Anglo-China War
- (none) vs. China
- 1854-1856 – Crimean War
- Austria, France, Turkey vs. Russia
- 1899-1902 – South African War (Boer War)
- (none) vs. Boers of South Africa
- 1914-1918 – World War I
- British Empire, France, Italy, Russia, United States vs. Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
- 1939-1945 – World War II
- British Commonwealth, China, France, U.S.S.R., United States vs. Germany, Italy, Japan
- 1950-1953 – Korean War
- United Nations, South Korea vs. China, North Korea
- 1956 – Suez Canal Crisis
- France, Israel vs. Egypt
- 1982 – Falkland War
- (none) vs. Argentina
- 1991 – Gulf War
- 27 countries vs. Iraq
(This page was updated in December 2012.)
