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19th Century Wars Of The British Empire
by Quit Afghanistan (No verified email address)	30 Dec 2012
The British empire invaded Afghanistan three times in the 19th Century. As we head further into the 21st Century, the US and Britain have not yet learned our lessons.
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19th Century Wars Of The British Empire There were at least 81 wars in which the British Empire was involved in invading other countries in the 19th Century. Whether the Wikipedia article calls the British Empire 1. the United Kingdom 2. the British empire 3. the British East India Company or 4. India (which was occupied for 150 years by the British) one wonders which was the most bellicose nation in the world? In numbers of conflict... the UK? in casualties... the US? Now the British government is involved for the third time in the invasion of AFghanistan. The violence is diminished with semantic obfuscation by capitalist historians using terms such as 'rebellion, bombardment, expedition, uprising'. Part 1 1. Between 1799 and 1815 the British Empire was constantly involved in fighting Napoleon in at least 7 different campaigns. 2. 1801 to 1805 British empire fights the Kingdom of Koya 3. 1802 to 1805 The Second Anglo Maratha War… the British East India Company fights the Maratha Confederacy 4. 1803 to 1805 British empire fights Kingdom of Kandy 5. 1803: British empire fights several European nations in what is called Emmet's Insurrecton 6. 1806-7 British invasions of the Rio de la Plata 7. 1806-7 British fight the Ashanti Fante War 8. 1806-11 Vellore "Mutiny" British E. India Company 9. 1807 to 1812 Anglo Russian War 1807 to 1812 10. 1807 to 1809 Anglo Turkish War 11. 1808 to 1810 Rum Rebellion against New S. Wales 12. 1810 to 1817 Conquest of Madagascar 13. 1810 to 1820 Punjab War British E. India Co. (which operated like a rogue intelligence agency) 14. 1811 Invasion of Java British E India Co. 15. 1811 Fourth Xhosa War 16. 1811 Ga-Fante War 17. 1812 War of 1812 between Britain and US 18. 1814 to 1816 Gurka War British E. India Co. 19. 1815 Second Barbary War 20. 1815 Second Kandyan War 21. 1817 to 1818 Third Anglo Maratha War British E India Co. 22. 1817 Pernambucan Revole British empire 23. 1821 to 1832 Greek War of Independence 24. 1823 to 1831 First Anglo Ashanti War 25. 1823 to 1826 First Anglo Burmese War 26. 1828 to 1834 the Liberal Wars as the British fought King Pedro IV 27. 1832 Black Hawk War 28. 1833 to 1840 First Carlist War 29 1834 to 1836 Sixth Zhosa War 30 1837 to 1838 Lower Canada Rebellion (Those in power describe revolutions as riots, rebellions, uprisings, mutinies, mob action etc.) 31 1839 to 1842 1st of 4 invasions of Afghanistan, the fourth ongoing as this is typed…. This was cited as British E India Co. but thousands of British soldiers were killed.. only 1 left alive. 32 1839 to 1842 First Opioum War Britain v China 33 1839 to 1851 Civil War in Uruguay. British involved. 34 1843 Wairau Affray British settlers fight native New Zealanders 35. 1845 to 1846 First Anglo-Sikh War (one of many different wars in British invasion of India) 36 1845 to 1846 Flagstaff War Once again British fight native New Zealanders 37. 1846 Another campaign of Britain against native New Zealanders 38. 1846 to 1847 Seventh Zhosa War 39. 1846 to 1848 Mexican American War Britain involved against Mexicans 40. 1846 to 1848 Wanganui Campaign 4th campaign against native New Zealanders 41. 1848 to 1849 Second Anglo Sikh War 42. 1850 to 1864 Britain v China war called Taiping Rebellion 43 1850 to 1853 Eighth Xhosa War in Southern Africa 44. 1852 to 1853 Second Anglo Burmese War 45. 1853 to 1874 Britain v China this time called "The Miao Rebellion" 46. 1853 to 1856 Crimean War 47. 1856 to 1857 British war with Nicaragua and the Republic of Sonora 48. 1856 to 1860 Second Opium War in China as the British imperialists distributed opium to the Chinese (and earlier smallpox infected blankets to American Indians) 49. 1856 to 1857 Anglo Persian War 50. 1857 to 1858 Mistakenly called India's first war of independence or the Rebellion of 1857… the Indians ever since the invasion by Britain had been fighting the invaders in different areas of the country 51. 1858 Coeur D'Alene War 52. 1858 Fraser Canyon War (British troops arrived when war over) 53. 1861 to 1865 American Civil War… Britain despite having abolished slavery in 1832, gave aid to the South 54. 1861 to 1867 Franco Mexican War Britain helped France 55. 1863 to 1864 Bombardment of Shimonoseki and Kagoshima in Japan by British 56. 1863 to 1864 Second Anglo Ashanti War 57. 1864 British military support for the New Zealand government campaign against native New Zealanders.. called the Tauranga campaign 58. 1864 to 1865 British Empire wars against Bhutan 59. 1865 to 1868 Second Basuto War (in Africa) 60. 1865 to 1868 East Cape War British settlers in New Zealand help government attempt to crush Native New Zealanders 61. 1865 British naval expedition involves itself in Japanese Civil War at Hyogo 62. 1867 to 18764 A civil war within Malaysia called the Selangor Civil War... British soldiers helped the losing side 63. 1868 "Expedition" to Abyssinia in which British empire warred with Ethiopia 64. 1868 to 1872 British settlers continue to help New Zealand government massacre Native New Zealanders called Te Kooti's War 65. 1869 The British empire helped Canada war against Native Canadians. 66. 1873-1874 Third Anglo Ashanti War in West Africa 67 1877-1879 The Ninth Xhosa War directed by the British empire against the Xhosa Gcaleka tribe of Southern Africa 68. 1878-1880 Second Anglo Afghan War (third Anglo Afghan war raging in 2012) 69. 1879 Anglo Zulu War in Africa 70. 1880-1881 First Boer War British empire against South African Republic 71. 1881-1899 Anglo Sudan War 72. 1883-1914 Anglo-Nigerian War called the Ekumeku War by some 73. 1888 British empire invaded Sikkim 74. 1893-1894 British war against tribes of what is now called Zimbabwe called by some the First Matabele war 75. 1894-1896 the 4th Anglo Ashanti War directed against the Ashanti of West Africa 76. 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War 77. 1896-1897 Second Anglo-Zimbabwe War (in what was then called the Second Matabele War) 78. 1897 Invasion by British empire of Benin (termed by proponents of empire an 'expedition' 79. 1897-1898 Third Anglo-Afghan War (the 4th is being carried on 2 days from the 2013 New Year with 9000 troops sent by PM Cameron of the UK to Afghanistan. 80. 1899-1901 another Anglo-China War called The Boxer Rebellion 81. 1899-1902 Second Anglo-S African War called The Boer War -saiom shriver- Footnote There are many more not yet listed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_1800%E2%80%931899 The Russian antiwar painter Vereshchagin portrayed the execution of Indian freedom fighters attempting to regain control of their own country in 1857. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vereshchagin-Blowing_from_Guns_in_British_Indi\ a.jpg http://www.google.com/search?q=paintings+of+vereshchagin&hl=en&client=fi&\ hs=AL6&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=b6bgUMH2C\