List of wars involving Fiji

This is a list of wars involving the Fijian tribes (pre 1871), Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874), Colony of Fiji (1874–1970), Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987) the Republic of Fiji (1987–present).

Fijian tribes (pre 1871)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Casualties
First Fiji Expedition (October 1855)	Fiji	United States	Defeat	?
Battle of Kaba (1855)	Fiji Tonga	Rewa Province Bau	Victory	Fiji: ? Tonga: 21 killed 20 wounded
Second Fiji Expedition (6–16 October 1859)	Fijians	United States	Defeat	14 killed ~36 wounded 115 huts destroyed

Colony of Fiji (1874–1970)

Bougainville Campaign (1943–1944)	United States Australia New Zealand Colony of Fiji	Japan	Victory	USA: 727 dead Australia: 516 dead
Guadalcanal Campaign (1942–1943)	United States United Kingdom • Solomon Islands^[1] • Fiji^[2] Australia New Zealand Tonga^[3]	Japan	Victory	7,100 dead 7,789+ wounded 4 captured 29 ships lost 615 aircraft lost
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)	Commonwealth forces: United Kingdom Federation of Malaya Southern Rhodesia (until 1953) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (after 1953) Fiji Australia New Zealand Supported by: Thailand (Thai-Malaysian border)	Communist forces: Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army Supported by: China^[4]^[5]^[6] Viet Minh (until 1954) North Vietnam (from 1954)^[7]^[8]^[9] Soviet Union^[6]^[10] Indonesia^[5]^[6]	Victory	Killed: 1,346 Malayan troops and police 519 British military personnel Wounded: 2,406 Malayan and British troops/police

Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987)

First 1987 Fijian coup d'état^[11] (1987)	Fijian Government	Royal Fiji Military Forces	Military Victory
Second 1987 Fijian coup d'état^[11] (1987)	Royal Fiji Military Forces	Fijian Government	Victory

Republic of Fiji (1987–present)

Bougainville Civil War (1988–1989)	Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Supported by: Solomon Islands Fiji	Papua New Guinea Buka Liberation Front Bougainville Resistance Force Supported by: Australia	*Bougainville Peace Agreement Establishment of the Autonomous Bougainville Government	1,000–2,000 fighters killed
2000 Fijian coup d'état (2000–2001)	Republic of Fiji * Military Forces Police	Hardline i-Taukei Rebels * Fijian Army Mutineers	Victory	8 killed
2006 Fijian coup d'état (2006)	Republic of Fiji Military Forces	Fijian government	Military Victory Josefa Iloilo is ousted by the Army Bainimarama took the presidential power and office

References

^ Zimmerman documents the participation by native Solomon Islanders in the campaign at pp. 173–175.
^ Jersey, pp. 356–358. Assisting the Americans in the latter stages of campaign were Fijiian commandos led by officers and non-commissioned officers from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
^ Garamone, Jim (9 November 2010). "Mullen Thanks Tonga for Steadfast Support". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ John W. Garver (1 December 2015). China's Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China. Oxford University Press. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-19-026106-1.
^ ^a ^b A. Dahana (2002). "China Role's in Indonesia's "Crush Malaysia" Campaign". Universitas Indonesia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mohd. Noor Mat Yazid (2013). "Malaysia-Indonesia Relations Before and After 1965: Impact on Bilateral and Regional Stability" (PDF). Programme of International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ Ching Fatt Yong (1997). The origins of Malayan communism. South Seas Society. ISBN 978-9971-936-12-9.
^ T. N. Harper; Timothy Norman Harper (9 April 2001). The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00465-7.
^ Major James M. Kimbrough IV (6 November 2015). Disengaging From Insurgencies: Insights From History And Implications For Afghanistan. Pickle Partners Publishing. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-1-78625-345-3.
^ Geoffrey Jukes (1 January 1973). The Soviet Union in Asia. University of California Press. pp. 302–. ISBN 978-0-520-02393-2.
^ ^a ^b "The Literature of the 1987 Fiji Coup".

[1] Zimmerman documents the participation by native Solomon Islanders in the campaign at pp. 173–175.

[2] Jersey, pp. 356–358. Assisting the Americans in the latter stages of campaign were Fijiian commandos led by officers and non-commissioned officers from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

[3] Garamone, Jim (9 November 2010). "Mullen Thanks Tonga for Steadfast Support". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[4] John W. Garver (1 December 2015). China's Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China. Oxford University Press. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-19-026106-1.

[role-5] A. Dahana (2002). "China Role's in Indonesia's "Crush Malaysia" Campaign". Universitas Indonesia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[support-6] Mohd. Noor Mat Yazid (2013). "Malaysia-Indonesia Relations Before and After 1965: Impact on Bilateral and Regional Stability" (PDF). Programme of International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[7] Ching Fatt Yong (1997). The origins of Malayan communism. South Seas Society. ISBN 978-9971-936-12-9.

[8] T. N. Harper; Timothy Norman Harper (9 April 2001). The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00465-7.

[9] Major James M. Kimbrough IV (6 November 2015). Disengaging From Insurgencies: Insights From History And Implications For Afghanistan. Pickle Partners Publishing. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-1-78625-345-3.

[10] Geoffrey Jukes (1 January 1973). The Soviet Union in Asia. University of California Press. pp. 302–. ISBN 978-0-520-02393-2.

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