Australia

Timeline

Oldest first

1. War

   Korean War1950–1953 CE

   North Korea, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the Soviet Union

   North Korea, Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and Soviet Union

   against

   South Korea and the United Nations Command

   South Korea, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, Canada, France, New Zealand, Philippines, Türkiye, Thailand, South Africa, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ethiopia, and Colombia

   An armistice, not a peace treaty, ended the fighting on 27 July 1953, with the front line close to the 38th parallel; Korea stayed divided.

2. War

   Vietnam War1960–1975 CE

   North Vietnam, the Viet Cong and their allies

   Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) and, from 1969, the Provisional Revolutionary Government, Pathet Lao, Khmer Rouge and, from 1970, the GRUNK, China, Soviet Union, and North Korea

   against

   South Vietnam, the United States and their allies

   Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Kingdom of Laos (from 1959), Khmer Republic (1970–1975), United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Philippines

   The Republic of Vietnam surrendered on 30 April 1975; North and South were formally united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 2 July 1976.

3. War

   Iraq War2003–2011 CE

   US-led coalition and the post-2003 Iraqi governments

   United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Poland, Kurdish Peshmerga, and Iraqi governments after 2003

   against

   Ba'athist Iraq, then the insurgent groups

   Ba'athist Iraq (Saddam Hussein's government), Ba'athist and Sunni insurgent groups, Al-Qaeda in Iraq / Islamic State of Iraq, and Mahdi Army

   Saddam Hussein's government fell in April 2003 and new Iraqi governments were formed under occupation; the last US troops left in December 2011, while violence inside Iraq continued.