List of wars involving Liberia

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Liberia.

Conflict
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
World War I
(1914–1918)
Allied Powers
 France
 Britain

 Russia (1914–17)
 Japan
 Italy (1915–18)
 United States (1917–18)
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Belgium
 Romania (1916–18)
 Portugal (1916–18)
 Brazil (1917–18)
Hejaz (1916–18)
China (1917–18)
 Greece (1917–18)
Thailand Siam (1917–18)
 Liberia (1917–18)

Central Powers
 German Empire
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria (1915–18)
Victory
World War II
(1939–45)
Allied Powers
 Soviet Union (from June 1941)
 United States (from December 1941)
 United Kingdom
 China
 France (1939–40, 1944–45)
In exile for part of the war
Poland Poland
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
 Free France (1940–44)
Luxembourg
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Other important belligerents
 Canada
 India
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Yugoslavia
 Liberia
 Ethiopia
Brazil
 Mexico
 Colombia
Cuba
Philippines
Mongolia
Co-belligerents
 Italy (1943–1945)
 Romania (1944–1945)
 Finland (1944–1945)
Bulgaria (1944–1945)
Axis Powers
 Germany
 Italy (1940–43)
 Japan
Affiliate states
 Romania (1941–44)
Hungary Hungary (from 1941)
 Bulgaria (1941–44)
 Thailand (1942–45)
Client states
 Slovakia
 Croatia
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
 Albania
Co-belligerents
 Finland (1941–44)
 Iraq (1941)
 Vichy France (1940–44)
Active neutrality
 Soviet Union (1939–41)
 Spain (1941–44)
Victory
1980 Liberian coup d'état
(1980)
 Liberia Liberia Faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia Coup attempt succeeds
First Liberian Civil War
(1989–1997)
Liberia Liberian Armed Forces
Liberia ULIMO
ECOWAS
United Nations UNOMIL (September 22, 1993 – September 12, 1997)
NPFL
INPFL
Support:
Libya
NPFL Victory
Sierra Leone Civil War
(1991–2002)
RUF
Sierra Leone AFRC
West Side Boys
Liberia Liberia

Supported by:
 Libya
 Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

 United Kingdom
ECOMOG Forces
Executive Outcomes
Supported by:
 Guinea
 United States
United Nations UNAMSIL

Defeat
1998 Monrovia clashes
(1998)
Liberia Liberian Government (Taylor Loyalists) Liberia Johnson's Forces (ex-ULIMO-J)
Limited involvement:
 Nigeria
 United States
Partial victory of Charles Taylor
Second Liberian Civil War
(1999–2003)
Liberia Liberian Government

RUF

Rebel groups:

Supported by:
 Sierra Leone
 Guinea
 United Kingdom
 United States

LURD/MODEL victory

References[edit]

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