List of wars involving Tonga

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This is a list of wars involving Tonga.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Casualties
Civil war(15th century–1470)  Tonga Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum
  • The Tongans were driven out of Wallis and Futuna.
  • Tuʻi Tonga Kauʻulufonua I ceded temporal authority to his brother Moʻungāmotuʻa, replacing the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty with the Tu'i Ha'atakalaua dynasty.
Unknown
Civil war(17th century)  Tonga Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum Unknown
Civil war(1799–1852)[1]  Tonga Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum Unknown
Battle of Kaba
(1855)
 Fiji
 Tonga
Rewa Province
Bau
Victory
21 killed 20 wounded
World War II

(1942–1945)

 United States
 United Kingdom
 • Solomon Islands
 • Fiji
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Tonga[2]
 Japan Victory
7,100 dead

7,789+ wounded 4 captured 29 ships lost

615 aircraft lost
 United States
 United Kingdom
 • Fiji Fiji
 • Solomon Islands
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Tonga
Victory
10,600 killed

40+ ships sunk,

800 aircraft destroyed
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2014)
 Afghanistan
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Georgia
 Poland
 Romania
 Turkey
 Albania
 Armenia
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Bahrain
 Belgium
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 El Salvador
 Estonia
 Finland
 Greece
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Ireland
 Jordan
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Malaysia
 Mongolia
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Portugal
 Republic of Macedonia
 Singapore
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Tonga
 Ukraine
 United Arab Emirates
Afghanistan Northern Alliance
Afghanistan Taliban
al-Qaeda
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
HI-Gulbuddin
Hezb-e Islami Khalis
Haqqani network
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jaish-e-Mohammed
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Afghanistan Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Islamic Jihad Union

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Defeat
  • Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan
  • Destruction of al-Qaeda camps
  • Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished
  • Occupation of Afghanistan
  • Establishment of a new Afghan government
  • Killing of Osama bin Laden
  • Resurgence of Taliban
  • Withdrawal of allied forces
Unknown
Iraq War
(2004–2008)
Invasion phase (2003)

 United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
Peshmerga

Supported by:
 Italy Netherlands Post-invasion
(2003–11)
 United States
 United Kingdom

MNF–I
(2003–09)

New Iraqi government

Supported by:
Iran Iran
 Iraqi Kurdistan

Invasion phase (2003)
Ba'athist Iraq

Post-invasion (2003–11)
Ba'ath loyalists


Sunni insurgents


Shia insurgents

supported by:
 Iran

Victory
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam)

Killed: 17,690 Wounded: 40,000+

Coalition forces Killed: 4,815 (4,497 U.S., 179 UK, 139 other) Missing/captured (U.S.): 17 (8 rescued, 9 died in captivity) Wounded: 32,776+ (32,249 U.S., 315 UK, 212+ other)Injured/diseases/other medical*: 51,139 (47,541 U.S., 3,598 UK) Contractor Killed: 1,554 Wounded & injured: 43,880 Awakening Councils Killed: 1,002+ Wounded: 500+ (2007), 828 (2008)

Total dead: 25,285 (+12,000 policemen killed 2003–2005)"" Total wounded: 117,961 Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–10,800 Insurgents (post-Saddam) Killed: 26,544 (2003–11) Detainees: 12,000 (Iraqi-held)

Total dead: 34,144–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tonga - History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. ^ Garamone, Jim (9 November 2010). "Mullen Thanks Tonga for Steadfast Support". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 January 2018.