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List of wars: 1900–1944
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This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.

This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides. Depending on the source consulted, conflict deaths reached an all-time peak in either 1941 or 1942 at 2.96–7.71 million, during the height of the latter conflict.[1]
Besides the aforementioned world wars, a number of smaller conflicts also took place. In Africa, conflicts of this era were mostly fought between European colonial forces on one side and native kingdoms and insurgents on the other. There are exceptions (e.g. the Italo-Turkish War, as well as intercolonial invasions of English, German, Italian and Vichy French possessions in the World Wars). Likewise, there were several large native rebellions in Southeast Asia against the European, Japanese and American colonial empires. The intercolonial Pacific War of World War II brought many countries into conflict in that theatre.
Other parts of Afro-Eurasia, as well as the Americas, saw a wide variety of conventional wars, civil wars, ethnic or political conflicts, revolutions, and small rebellions. Prior to 1940, Australia saw only sporadic conflict as the frontier wars entered its final stages. However, in World War II, Australia became the site of Axis naval activity and air raids.
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1900–1909
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1900 | 1905 | 1900–1905 phase of the Mat Salleh Rebellion | ![]() |
Rebels |
1900 | 1920 | Somaliland campaign | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900 | 1900 | War of the Golden Stool | ![]() |
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1900 | 1905 | Zande resistance[2] | ![]() |
Sultan Yam-bio's rebel forces |
1900 | 1902 | Muhammad Umar Khan's rebellion[3] | ![]() |
Forces loyal to Muhammad Umar Khan |
1900 | 1900 | 1900 Hamawand revolt[4] | ![]() |
Hamawand rebels
Supported by: Sheikhs of Sulaymaniyah and Qaradāgh |
1900 | 1900 | 1900 Sudan revolt[5] | ![]() |
Sudanese rebels |
1900 | 1900 | French conquest of Borno[5] | ![]() |
Borno |
1900 | 1907 | Unrest in Java[6] | ![]() |
Peasant rebels |
1900 | 1903 | 1900–1903 uprising in southwest Madagascar[7] | ![]() |
Rebels |
1900 | 1900 | Shoubak revolt of 1900 | ![]() |
Shoubakis |
1900 | 1900 | Sharjah conquest of Ras Al Khaimah | Emirate of Sharjah | Ras Al Khaimah |
1900 | 1900 | Russian invasion of Manchuria | ![]() |
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1900 | 1901 | Mahsud Waziri blockade | ![]() |
Mahsud rebels |
1900 | 1901 | Kuwaiti–Rashidi war | ![]() |
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1901 | 1901 | Risings among the Agar Dinka[2] | ![]() |
Agar Dinka rebels |
1901 | 1901 | Bastaard uprising of 1901[8] | ![]() |
Bastaards from Grootfontein tribe |
1901 | 1907 | Subjugation of Jambi[6] | ![]() |
Jambi |
1901 | 1901 | French conquest of the Dendi Kingdom[9] | ![]() |
Dendi Kingdom |
1901 | 1903 | Liberating Revolution (Venezuela) | ![]() |
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1901 | 1902 | Anglo-Aro War | ![]() |
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1901 | 1901 | Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery | Armenian fedayi | ![]() |
1901 | 1903 | 1901 Mapondera Rebellion | ![]() |
Forces loyal to Kadungure Mapondera |
1901 | 1936 | Holy Man's Rebellion | ![]() ![]() |
Phu Mi Bun Movement |
1902 | 1902 | Kala-i-Mor railway worker's revolt[10] | ![]() |
Rebel railway workers |
1902 | 1902 | Haitian Civil War of 1902[11] | ![]() |
Anténor Firmin's rebels |
1902 | 1902 | 1902 Sudan revolt[5] | ![]() |
Sudanese rebels |
1902 | 1902 | Merauke uprising[6] | ![]() |
Marind rebels |
1902 | 1904 | Kuanhama Rebellion of 1902-1904[12] | ![]() |
Kuanhama |
1902 | 1904 | Bailundo revolt | ![]() |
Ovimbundu Kingdoms Kisanji Luimbi |
1902 | 1904 | Ngiao Rebellion | ![]() |
Shan rebels |
1902 | 1903 | Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1902 | 1902 | Kabul Khel expedition[13] | ![]() |
Kabul Khel rebels |
1902 | 1903 | Expeditions against the Bantin[6] (Location: Kalimantan) | ![]() |
Bantin |
1902 | 1906 | Korintji expeditions[6] (Location: Sumatra) | ![]() |
Korintji |
1902 | 1907 | Campaigns against Dayak[6] (Location: Kalimantan) | ![]() |
Dayak |
1902 | 1902 | Italian–Ottoman crisis of 1902[14] | ![]() |
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1903 | 1903 | Great Ming Uprising | ![]() |
Heavenly Kingdom of the Great Mingshun |
1903 | 1903 | 1903 Tegale uprising[2] | ![]() |
Muhammad al-Amin's rebel forces |
1903 | 1903 | 1903 uprising in Bukhara[15] | ![]() |
Anti-tax rebels |
1903 | 1910 | Risings among the Atwot Dinka[2] | ![]() |
Atwot Dinka rebels |
1903 | 1905 | Rijal al-Ma rebellion[16] | ![]() |
Rijal al-Ma |
1903 | 1903 | Kavango uprising[8] | ![]() |
Kavango rebels |
1903 | 1903 | Actions on Yapen[6] | ![]() |
Tribes of Yapen |
1903 | 1909 | Resistance in Minangkabau[6] | ![]() |
Anti-coffee rebels |
1903 | 1910 | Mentawei islands campaign[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1903 | 1916
(Solor) 1940 (Flores) |
Military actions in Flores and Solor[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1903 | 1903 | Kerinci Expedition | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1903 | 1903 | Battle of Jo-Laban[17][18] | ![]() Arab tribes |
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1903 | 1903 | May Coup (Serbia) | ![]() |
House of Obrenović |
1903 | 1903 | Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising | ![]() |
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1903 | 1904 | British expedition to Tibet | ![]() |
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1903 | 1904 | British conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate[19] | ![]() |
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1903 | 1903 | British conquest of the Kano Emirate | ![]() |
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1903 | 1907 | First Saudi–Rashidi War Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia | ![]() |
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1903 | 1903 | Uprising of Namas in Maltahöhe[8] | ![]() |
Nama rebels |
1903 | 1904 | Bondelswarts uprising of 1904[8] | ![]() |
Bondelswarts |
1904 | 1904 | Adam Wad Muhammad's uprising[2] | ![]() |
Adam Wad Muhammad's rebel forces |
1904 | 1904 | Mahsud expedition of 1904[20] | ![]() |
Mahsud rebels |
1904 | 1904 | 1904 Ondonga uprising[8] | ![]() |
Ondonga rebels |
1904 | 1909 | 1904 Nama uprising[8] | ![]() |
Nama rebels |
1904 | 1904 | 1904 Sudan revolt[5] | ![]() |
Sudanese rebels |
1904 | 1904 | Campaign in the Gajo and Alas islands[6]Part of the Aceh War | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1904 | 1904 | Dutch intervention in Bali (1904)[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1904 | 1904 | Resistance on Tidore[6] | ![]() |
Tidore |
1904 | 1909 | Sulawesi expeditions[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1904 | 1905 | 1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar | ![]() |
Rebels |
1904 | 1907 | Portuguese campaign against the Ovambo
(See Battle of Mufilo) |
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1904 | 1904 | Vaccine Revolt | ![]() |
Anti-vaccination rebels |
1904 | 1904 | Revolution of 1904 | ![]() |
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1904 | 1904 | 1904 Sasun uprising | ![]() |
Armenian fedayees |
1904 | 1908 | Herero Wars | ![]() |
Herero and Namaqua peoples |
1904 | 1905 | Russo-Japanese War | ![]() |
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1904 | 1905 | Yemeni Rebellion of 1904
Part of the Yemeni–Ottoman Conflicts |
Zaidis | ![]() |
1904 | 1908 | Macedonian Struggle | ![]() |
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1905 | 1905 | Ping-liu-li Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1905 | 1906 | Military actions in Onin[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1905 | 1905 | Ottoman incursion into Persia[21] | ![]() |
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1905 | 1911 | Military actions Sumba and Sumbawa[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1905 | 1911 | Persian Constitutional Revolution |
The Revolution:
Semi-organized groups: Struggle and Civil War:
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1905 | 1905 | Argentine Revolution of 1905 | ![]() |
Radical Civic Union |
1905 | 1905 | Shoubak Revolt of 1905 | ![]() |
Shoubakis |
1905 | 1905 | Łódź insurrection | ![]() |
Polish worker militias |
1905 | 1905 | Kurdish rebellion of 1905[31] | ![]() |
Kurdish rebels |
1905 | 1905 | Theriso revolt | ![]() Supported By: |
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1905 | 1906 | Batang uprising | ![]() |
Tibetan Buddhists |
1905 | 1907 | Russian Revolution of 1905 | ![]() |
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1905 | 1907 | Maji Maji Rebellion | ![]() |
Indigenous rebels |
1905 | 1906 | Yemeni Expedition of 1905
Part of the Yemeni–Ottoman Conflicts |
Zaidis | ![]() |
1905 | 1905 | South Sulawesi expeditions of 1905 | ![]() |
South Sulawesi kingdoms of Bone, Luwu and Wajo |
1906 | 1906 | Taba Crisis of 1906 | ![]() |
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1906 | 1907 | Resistance in Lombok[6] | ![]() |
Messianic rebels |
1906 | 1908 | Actions against fighters from Jambi in Indragiri[6] (Location: Sumatra) | ![]() |
Jambi |
1906 | 1906 | Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906) | ![]() |
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1906 | 1906 | Sokoto Uprising of 1906[32] | ![]() |
Rebels |
1906 | 1906 | 1906 Mesopotamia uprising | ![]() |
Mesopotamian tribesmen |
1906 | 1906 | Dutch intervention in Bali (1906) | ![]() |
Badung Tabanan Klungkung |
1906 | 1906 | Bambatha Rebellion | ![]() |
Zulu |
1907 | 1907 | Campaign against the Mahafaly[33] | ![]() |
Onilahy (Mahafaly) kingdom |
1907 | 1918 | Asir rebellion[34] | ![]() Supported by:
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1907 | 1907 | Dersim uprising of 1907[35]
Part of the Dersim uprisings [tr] |
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Kurdish rebels |
1907 | 1907 | War of 1907 | ![]() |
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1907 | 1907 | Huanggang Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1907 | 1907 | Huizhou Qinühu Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1907 | 1907 | Anqing Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1907 | 1907 | Qinzhou Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1907 | 1907 | Zhennanguan Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1907 | 1907 | Bitlis uprising (1907) | ![]() |
Kurdish rebels |
1907 | 1910 | Dembos War of 1907-1910[32] More info: Revoltas e Campanhas nos Dembos (1872–1919) (In Portuguese) |
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Dembos[12] |
1907 | 1907 | Anti-Foreign Revolt[12] | ![]() |
Forces loyal to Sheika Ma Al-Ainine (Ma al-'Aynayn ?) |
1907 | 1907 | Mutair revolt[36] | ![]() |
Mutair tribe |
1907 | 1907 | 1907 Romanian peasants' revolt | ![]() |
Romanian peasants |
1907 | 1907 | Honduran-Nicaraguan War | ![]() |
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1907 | 1907 | Beipu uprising | ![]() |
Hakka |
1907 | 1907 | 1907 Diyarbakır uprising[37] | ![]()
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Rebels of Diyarbakır |
1907 | 1908 | Zakka Khel raids on towns and villages in the British Raj | ![]() |
Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi |
1908 | 1908 | Qin-lian Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Hekou Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Mapaoying Uprising | ![]() |
Rebels |
1908 | 1909 | Bondelswarts rebellion of 1908[8] | ![]() |
Bondelswarts |
1908 | 1908 | Wad Habuba Revolt | ![]() |
Neo-Madhist rebels |
1908 | 1909 | Lobi and Dyula revolt in Mali[5] | ![]() |
Lobi and Dyula rebels |
1908 | 1914 | Mossi rebellions in Kouddigou and Fada N'gourma[5] | ![]() |
Mossi rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Annam uprising[38] | ![]() |
Peasant rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Mohmand Expedition of 1908[39]
Part of the instability on the North-West Frontier |
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Mohmand rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Bazar Valley campaign | ![]() |
Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi |
1908 | 1908 | Kurdish uprising of 1908[35]
Part of the Dersim uprisings [tr] |
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Kurdish rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Buraida rebellion[40] | ![]() |
Forces loyal to Muhammad Aba al-Kehil |
1908 | 1908 | Battle of Marrakech | Forces of Mulay Hafid | Forces of the Sultan of Morocco |
1908 | 1909 | Mau uprising [de] | ![]() |
Indigenous rebels |
1908 | 1908 | Young Turk Revolution | Young Turks | ![]() |
1908 | 1910/1914 | Hamawand rebellion |
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Kurdish rebels
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1908 | 1908 | Dutch intervention in Bali (1908) | ![]() |
Karangasem Klungkung Gelgel |
1908 | 1910 | Actions in the Toba and Batak islands[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1908 | 1915 | Actions in West-Kalimantan[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1908 | 1908 | Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908 | ![]() |
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1908 | 1908 | Ngali War[citation needed] | ![]() |
Ngali People |
1909 | 1909 | 1909 Battle of Al Jawf[41] | Ruwallah tribe | ![]() |
1909 | 1909 | Nyasaland resistance[5] | ![]() |
Rebels |
1909 | 1909 | Battle of Nias[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1909 | 1911 | Actions on the Halmahera, Seram, Papua and Mentawei islands[6] | ![]() |
Anti-Dutch forces |
1909 | 1909 | Kurdish uprising of 1909[35]
Part of the Dersim uprisings [tr] |
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Kurdish rebels |
1909 | 1909 | Estrada's rebellion | ![]() |
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1909 | 1909 | Kolašin Affair (1909) | ![]() |
Black Hand |
1909 | 1910 | Zaraniq rebellion (1909–1910) | ![]() |
Zaraniq tribesmen |
1909 | 1909 | Crazy Snake Rebellion | ![]() |
Creek |
1909 | 1910 | Second Melillan campaign | ![]() |
Riffian people |
1909 | 1910 | Hauran Druze Rebellion | ![]() |
Druze rebels |
1909 | 1911 | Wadai War | ![]() |
Wadai Sultanate |
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