List of conflicts in Somalia

Location of Somalia

Medieval times

Ajuuraan state

• 1580s Ajuran–Portuguese wars

Modern times

Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa in 1936.

  Italian East Africa

  Conquered in 1940

  Possessions and occupied territories

  Kingdom of Italy

• 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

Situation in Somalia in December 2007

• • • 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

Map of areas under threat by Somali pirates (2005-2010).

• • • • 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. Operation Dawn 9: Gulf of Aden
      • 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

Situation in Somalia in February 2009, following the Ethiopian withdrawal

• • • 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

Areas of fighting shown in dark red

• 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

Situation in Somalia as of 25 March 2013

• 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.