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

Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand
Supported by:
 Thailand (Thai-Malaysian border)

 Communist forces:
Malayan Communist Party

Supported by:
China China[4][5][6]
North Vietnam 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)

Supported by:
 Solomon Islands
 Fiji

  Papua New Guinea
  • Buka Liberation Front
  • Bougainville Resistance Force

Supported by:
 Australia

 *Bougainville Peace Agreement
1,000–2,000 fighters killed
2000 Fijian coup d'état(2000-2001) Republic of Fiji 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

  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. 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.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 3 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.
  11. 1 2 "The Literature of the 1987 Fiji Coup".
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