List of wars involving Liberia

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Liberia .

Conflict
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Liberian–Grebo War

(1875–1876)

Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia

Supported by:

Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg United States

Grebo people Victory
World War I
(1914–1918)
Allied Powers
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1914–17)
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy (1915–18)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (1917–18)
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg  Serbia
Flag of Montenegro (1905-1918).svg  Montenegro
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1916–18)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (1916–18)
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil (1917–18)
Flag of Hejaz (1917).svg Hejaz (1916–18)
Flag of China (1912-1928).svg China (1917–18)
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece (1917–18)
Flag of Thailand.svg Siam (1917–18)
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (1917–18)

Central Powers
Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1915–18)
Victory
World War II
(1939–45)
Allied Powers
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union (from June 1941)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (from December 1941)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the Republic of China.svg China
Flag of France.svg France (1939–40, 1944–45)
In exile for part of the war
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg Free France (1940–44)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Other important belligerents
Axis Powers
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Germany
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy (1940–43)
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan
Affiliate states
Flag of Romania.svg Romania (1941–44)
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary (from 1941)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (1941–44)
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (1942–45)
Client states
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo
Flag of the Mengjiang.svg Mengjiang
Flag of Albania.svg Albania
Co-belligerents
Flag of Finland.svg Finland (1941–44)
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg  Iraq (1941)
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg Vichy France (1940–44)
Active neutrality
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union (1939–41)
Flag of Spain (1938-1945).svg  Spain (1941–44)
Victory
1980 Liberian coup d'état
(1980)
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Flag of Liberia.svg Faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia Coup attempt succeeds
First Liberian Civil War
(1989–1997)
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian government

Flag of Liberia.svg ULIMO (1991–1994)

Flag of Liberia.svg LPC (1993–1996)
Flag of Liberia.svg LUDF (later becoming ULIMO)
Flag of Liberia.svg LDF (1993–1996)
Supported by:
ECOMOG

Flag of the United Nations.svg UNOMIL (September 22, 1993 – September 12, 1997)

Anti-Doe Armed Forces elements
Flag of Liberia.svg NPFL
Flag of Liberia.svg INPFL (1989–1992)
Flag of Liberia.svg NPFL-CRC (1994–1996)
Supported by:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
Flag of the Revolutionary United Front.png RUF
NPFL Victory
Sierra Leone Civil War
(1991–2002)
Defeat
1998 Monrovia clashes
(1998)
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian government (Taylor loyalists) Flag of Liberia.svg Johnson's forces (ex-ULIMO-J)
Limited involvement:
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Partial victory of Charles Taylor
Second Liberian Civil War
(1999–2003)
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian government

Flag of the Revolutionary United Front.png RUF
RDFG

Flag of Liberia.svg Rebel groups:

Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
Supported by:
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Rebel victory

See also

Ivory Coast expedition

References

  1. Gberie (2005), p. 102.
  2. UNHCR, The Tamaboros and their role ... (1999).
  3. Segenyuk 2011.
  4. AFP (2002), p. 9; Ahmed (2017), p. 6; Express Web Desk (2017), p. 9; Tribune Online Report (2017), p. 3.
  5. PakistanArmy.gov.pk, UN Peace Keeping Missions: Sierra Leone (2001 – Dec 2005) (2017).
  6. BBC News, Peacekeepers Feared Killed (2000).
  7. BBC News, Britain's role in Sierra Leone (2000).