List of conflicts in Somalia

Medieval times

Ajuuraan state

• 1580s Ajuran–Portuguese wars

Modern times

Italian East Africa

• June 10, 1940 C.E. – November 27, 1941 C.E. World War II
• June 10, 1940 C.E. – May 2, 1945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
• June 10, 1940 C.E. – November 27, 1941 C.E. East African Campaign
• August 3, 1940 C.E. – August 19, 1940 C.E. Italian conquest of British Somaliland

Somali Democratic Republic

• July 13, 1977 C.E. – March 15, 1978 C.E. Ethio—Somali War
• April 6, 1981 C.E. - May 18, 1991 C.E. Somaliland War of Independence
• June 1982 C.E. – August 1982 C.E. Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• January 26, 1991 C.E. – ongoing Somali Civil War
• 1986 C.E. – 1991 C.E. Somali Rebellion
• December 9, 1992 C.E. – May 4, 1993 C.E. Unified Task Force
• August 22, 1993 C.E. – October 13, 1993 C.E. Operation Gothic Serpent
• October 3, 1993 C.E. – October 4, 1993 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu

Transitional Federal Government

• January 26, 1991 C.E. – ongoing Somali Civil War
• June 4, 2006 C.E. – December 20, 2006 C.E. Advance of the Islamic Courts Union
• May 7, 2006 C.E. – July 11, 2006 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
• December 20, 2006 C.E. – January 30, 2009 C.E. War in Somalia

• December 20, 2006 C.E. – December 26, 2006 C.E. Battle of Baidoa
• December 23, 2006 C.E. – December 25, 2006 C.E. Battle of Bandiradley
• December 24, 2006 C.E. – December 25, 2006 C.E. Battle of Beledweyne
• December 27, 2006 C.E. Battle of Jowhar
• December 28, 2006 C.E. Fall of Mogadishu
• December 31, 2006 C.E. – January 1, 2007 C.E. Battle of Jilib
• January 1, 2007 C.E. Fall of Kismayo
• January 5, 2007 C.E. – January 12, 2007 C.E. Battle of Ras Kamboni
• March 21, 2007 C.E. – April 26, 2007 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
• May 31, 2007 C.E. – June 3, 2007 C.E. Battle of Bargal
• November 8, 2007 C.E. – November 16, 2007 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
• April 19, 2008 C.E. – April 20, 2008 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
• July 1, 2008 C.E. – July 26, 2008 C.E. Battle of Beledweyne
• July 8, 2008 C.E. – January 26, 2009 C.E. Siege of Baidoa
• August 20, 2008 C.E. – August 22, 2008 C.E. Battle of Kismayo
• Piracy in Somalia

• March 18, 2006 C.E. Action
• June 3, 2007 C.E. Action
• December 8, 2008 C.E. – ongoing Operation Atalanta
• September 16, 2008 C.E. Carré d'As IV incident
• April 9, 2009 C.E. Raid off Somalia
• April 8, 2009 C.E. – April 12, 2009 C.E. Maersk Alabama hijacking
• August 17, 2009 C.E. – ongoing Operation Ocean Shield
• March 23, 2010 C.E. Action
• March 30, 2010 C.E. Action
• April 5, 2010 C.E. Action
• May 6, 2010 C.E. MV Moscow University hijacking
• January 18, 2011 C.E. – January 21, 2011 C.E. Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
• January 20, 2011 C.E.
• January 22, 2011 C.E. – January 26 2011 C.E. MV Beluga Nomination incident
• June 16, 2011 C.E. – June 19, 2011 C.E. Operation Umeed-e-Nuh
• January 12, 2012 C.E. Attack on Spanish oiler Patiño
• January 31, 2009 C.E. – ongoing War in Somalia

• February 22, 2009 C.E. African Union base bombings in Mogadishu
• February 24, 2009 C.E. – February 25, 2009 C.E. Battle of South Mogadishu
• May 7, 2009 C.E. – October 1, 2009 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
• May 11, 2009 C.E. – October 1, 2009 C.E. Battle for Central Somalia
• June 5, 2009 C.E. Battle of Wabho
• June 18, 2009 C.E. Beledweyne bombing
• October 1, 2009 C.E. – October 7, 2009 C.E. Battle of Kismayo
• January 10, 2010 C.E. – January 14, 2010 C.E. Battle of Beledweyne
• May 2010 C.E. – July 2010 C.E. Ayn clashes
• May 1, 2010 C.E. Mogadishu bombings
• July 20, 2010 C.E. Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash
• August 8, 2010 C.E. – October 17, 2010 C.E. Galgala campaign
• August 23, 2010 C.E. — August 6, 2011 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
• April 27, 2011 C.E. Battle of Gedo
• October 4, 2011 C.E. Mogadishu bombing
• October 16, 2011 C.E. – June 2012 C.E. Operation Linda Nchi
• September 28, 2012 C.E. – October 1, 2012 C.E. Battle of Kismayo
• January 11, 2013 C.E. Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
• 1,995 C.E. – 2008 C.E. Insurgency in Ogaden
• June 2,007 C.E. – May 2,008 C.E. Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden

• October 7, 2001 C.E. – ongoing war on terrorism
• October 7, 2002 C.E. – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
• March 18, 2006 C.E. Action
• January 5, 2007 C.E. – January 12, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Ras Kamboni
• June 3, 2007 C.E. Action
• May 31, 2007 C.E. – June 3, 2007 C.E. Battle of Bargal
• March 3, 2008 C.E. Dobley airstrike
• May 1, 2008 C.E. Dhusamareb airstrike
• April 8, 2009 C.E. – April 12, 2009 C.E. Maersk Alabama hijacking
• August 17, 2009 C.E. – present Operation Ocean Shield
• September 14, 2009 C.E. Baraawe raid
• January 25, 2012 C.E. Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted

Federal Republic of Somalia

• October 7, 2001 C.E. – ongoing war on terrorism
• October 7, 2002 C.E. – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
• January 11, 2013 C.E. Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt

See also

• Somali Armed Forces
• Somali Air Force
• Somali Navy
• Military history of Africa
• African military systems to 1,800 C.E.
• African military systems 1,800 C.E. — 1,900 C.E.
• African military systems after 1,900 C.E.