List of conflicts in Somalia
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Location of Somalia
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Supposed location of the Land of Punt around the Red Sea and major travel routes by land and sea
Territory of the Sultanate of Adal and its vassal states circa 1500.
Medieval Times
Ajuuraan state
- 1580s Ajuran-Portuguese wars
Modern Times
Adal Sultanate
- 1,529 C.E. — 1,543 C.E. Ethiopian—Adal War
- April 4, 1,542 C.E. — April 16, 1,542 C.E. Battle of Jarte
Dervish state
- 1,881 C.E. — 1,920 C.E. Scramble for Africa
- 1,900 C.E. — 1,920 C.E. Somaliland Campaign
- January 1,920 C.E. — February 1,920 C.E. Somaliland campaign
- 1,900 C.E. — 1,920 C.E. Somaliland Campaign
- July 28, 1,914 C.E. — November 11, 1,918 C.E. World War I
- August 3, 1,914 C.E. — November 23, 1,918 C.E. African theatre
- August 3, 1,914 C.E. — November 1,918 C.E. East African Campaign
- August 3, 1,914 C.E. — November 23, 1,918 C.E. African theatre
Italian East Africa
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Italian East Africa in 1936.
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — November 27, 1,941 C.E. World War II
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — November 27, 1,941 C.E. East African Campaign
- August 3, 1,940 C.E. — August 19, 1,940 C.E. Italian conquest of British Somaliland
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — November 27, 1,941 C.E. East African Campaign
- June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
Somali Democratic Republic
- July 13, 1,977 C.E. — March 15, 1,978 C.E. Ethio—Somali War
- June 1,982 C.E. — August 1,982 C.E. Ethiopian–Somali Border War
- January 26, 1,991 C.E. — ongoing Somali Civil War
- 1,986 C.E. — 1,991 C.E. Somali Rebellion
- December 9, 1,992 C.E. — May 4, 1,993 C.E. Unified Task Force
- August 22, 1,993 C.E. — October 13, 1,993 C.E. Operation Gothic Serpent
- October 3, 1,993 C.E. — October 4, 1,993 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
Transitional Federal Government
- January 26, 1,991 C.E. — ongoing Somali Civil War
- June 4, 2,006 C.E. — December 20, 2,006 C.E. Advance of the Islamic Courts Union
- May 7, 2,006 C.E. — July 11, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
- December 20, 2,006 C.E. — January 30, 2,009 C.E. War in Somalia
- June 4, 2,006 C.E. — December 20, 2,006 C.E. Advance of the Islamic Courts Union
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Situation in Somalia in December 2007
- December 20, 2,006 C.E. — December 26, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Baidoa
- December 23, 2,006 C.E. — December 25, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Bandiradley
- December 24, 2,006 C.E. — December 25, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Beledweyne
- December 27, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Jowhar
- December 28, 2,006 C.E. Fall of Mogadishu
- December 31, 2,006 C.E. — January 1, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Jilib
- January 1, 2,007 C.E. Fall of Kismayo
- January 5, 2,007 C.E. — January 12, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Ras Kamboni
- March 21, 2,007 C.E. — April 26, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
- May 31, 2,007 C.E. — June 3, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Bargal
- November 8, 2,007 C.E. — November 16, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
- April 19, 2,008 C.E. — April 20, 2,008 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
- July 1, 2,008 C.E. — July 26, 2008 C.E. Battle of Beledweyne
- July 8, 2,008 C.E. — January 26, 2009 C.E. Siege of Baidoa
- August 20, 2,008 C.E. — August 22, 2,008 C.E. Battle of Kismayo
- Piracy in Somalia
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Map of areas under threat by Somali pirates (2005-2010).
- March 18, 2,006 C.E. Action
- June 3, 2,007 C.E. Action
- December 8, 2,008 C.E. — ongoing Operation Atalanta
- September 16, 2,008 C.E. Carré d'As IV incident
- April 9, 2,009 C.E. Raid off Somalia
- April 8, 2,009 C.E. — April 12 2,009 C.E. Maersk Alabama hijacking
- August 17, 2,009 C.E. — ongoing Operation Ocean Shield
- March 23, 2,010 C.E. Action
- March 30, 2,010 C.E. Action
- April 5, 2,010 C.E. Action
- May 6, 2,010 C.E. MV Moscow University hijacking
- January 18, 2,011 C.E. — January 21, 2,011 C.E. Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
- January 20, 2,011 C.E. Operation Dawn 9: Gulf of Aden
- January 22 2,011 C.E. — January 26 2,011 C.E. MV Beluga Nomination incident
- June 16, 2,011 C.E. — June 19, 2,011 C.E. Operation Umeed-e-Nuh
- January 12, 2,012 C.E. Attack on the SPS Patiño
- January 31, 2,009 C.E. — ongoing War in Somalia
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Situation in Somalia in February 2009, following the Ethiopian withdrawal
- February 22, 2,009 C.E. African Union base bombings in Mogadishu
- February 24, 2,009 C.E. — February 25, 2,009 C.E. Battle of South Mogadishu
- May 7, 2,009 C.E. — October 1, 2,009 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
- May 11, 2,009 C.E. — October 1, 2009 C.E. Battle for Central Somalia
- June 5, 2,009 C.E. Battle of Wabho
- June 18, 2,009 C.E. Beledweyne bombing
- October 1, 2,009 C.E. — October 7, 2009 C.E. Battle of Kismayo
- January 10, 2,010 C.E. — January 14, 2010 C.E. Battle of Beledweyne
- May 2,010 C.E. — July 2,010 C.E. Ayn clashes
- May 1, 2,010 C.E. Mogadishu bombings
- July 20, 2,010 C.E. Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash
- August 8, 2,010 C.E. — October 17, 2,010 C.E. Galgala campaign
- August 23, 2,010 C.E. — August 6, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
- April 27, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Gedo
- October 4, 2,011 C.E. Mogadishu bombing
- October 16, 2,011 C.E. — June 2012 C.E. Operation Linda Nchi
- September 28, 2,012 C.E. — October 1, 2012 C.E. Battle of Kismayo
- January 11, 2,013 C.E. Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
- 1,995 C.E. — 2,008 C.E. Insurgency in Ogaden
- June 2,007 C.E. — May 2,008 C.E. Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden
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Areas of fighting shown in dark red
- October 7, 2,001 C.E. — ongoing War on Terrorism
- October 7, 2,002 C.E. — ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
- March 18, 2,006 C.E. Action
- January 5, 2,007 C.E. — January 12, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Ras Kamboni
- June 3, 2,007 C.E. Action
- May 31, 2,007 C.E. — June 3, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Bargal
- March 3, 2,008 C.E. Dobley airstrike
- May 1, 2,008 C.E. Dhusamareb airstrike
- April 8, 2,009 C.E. — April 12, 2,009 C.E. Maersk Alabama hijacking
- August 17, 2,009 C.E. — present Operation Ocean Shield
- September 14, 2,009 C.E. Baraawe raid
- January 25, 2,012 C.E. Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted
- October 7, 2,002 C.E. — ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Federal Republic of Somalia
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Situation in Somalia as of 25 March 2013
- October 7, 2,001 C.E. — ongoing War on Terrorism
- October 7, 2,002 C.E. — ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
- January 11, 2,013 C.E. Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
- October 7, 2,002 C.E. — ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
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.
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