DHCreated as a
Millennium Project
Millennium Project
The following is a list of all the theatres in which British Forces have been involved from 1945 to the present day - December 2009 - including participation in United Nation's activities. Not included, but what was a constant threat from the 1950s through to 1990, is the Cold War stand off between NATO Forces and Soviet Russia.
1945 to 1948 |
Palestine |
1948 to 1960 |
Malaya |
1949 | China - Yangtze Incident |
1950 to 1953 |
Korean War |
1951 to 1954 |
The Canal Zone |
1952 to 1956 |
Kenyan Emergency |
1955 to 1959 |
Cyprus |
1956 |
Suez |
1957 to 1960 |
Arabian Peninsular |
1964 to 1969 |
The Congo |
1962 to 1964 |
Brunei |
1962 to 1966 |
Borneo |
1964 to present day |
Cyprus |
1964 |
Radfan |
1964 to 1967 |
South Arabia |
1964 to 1965 |
Malay Peninsular |
1969 to 2007 |
Northrn Ireland |
1969 to 1978 |
Dhofar |
1979 to 1980 |
Rhodesia |
1982 |
South Atlantic - The Falklands War |
1984 |
Gulf of Suez |
1988 to 1989 |
Gulf |
1989 to 1990 |
Peshawar |
1989 to 1990 |
Namibia |
1990 to 1991 |
Gulf |
1991 |
Kuwait |
1991 to 2003 |
Iraq/Kuwait |
1991 to present day |
Western Sahara |
1991 |
Northern Iraq/Southern Turkey |
1991 to 1993 |
Cambodia |
1992 to 2002 |
Former Yugoslavia |
1993 to 1998 |
Sarajevo |
1993 to present day |
Georgia |
1993 to 1998 |
Rwanda |
1997 |
Angola |
1996 to 1998 |
Croatia |
1998 to 2002 |
Kosovo |
1999 to 2002 |
Sierra Leone |
1999 to present day |
The Congo |
1998 to 2007 |
Kosovo |
1999 |
East Timor |
2000 to present day |
Ethiopia and Eritrea |
2001 to present day |
Macedonia |
2001 to present day |
Afghanistan |
2003 to present day |
Iraq |
2012 to present day |
Syria |