List of wars involving East Timor

This is a list of wars involving East Timor or Portuguese Timor.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Casualties
East Timorese rebellion of 1911–12
(1911–1912)		 Timorese rebels  Portugal Defeat
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Battle of Timor
(1942–1943)		  Australia
 Netherlands
 United Kingdom
 United States
Portugal Portuguese and Timorese volunteers		 Empire of Japan Japan
Empire of Japan Timorese and Javanese volunteers (Black Columns)
~ 4,000 dead

(West & East Timor)

Netherlands:
~ 300 dead
Australia:
151 dead (Sparrow Force)
Portugal:
~ 75 dead
United Kingdom:
5 dead (The Sparrows)
1959 Viqueque rebellion
(1959)		 Timorese rebels  Portugal Defeat
?
Indonesian invasion of East Timor
(1975–1976)		 East Timor  Indonesia

East Timor dissidents

 Defeat
?
Indonesian occupation of East Timor
(1975–1999)		  East Timor

Supported by:
 Portugal
 Mozambique
Libya Libya
Free Aceh Movement
 Soviet Union (1975–1991)
 Russia (1991–1999)
 Australia (1999)
 Canada (1999)
 China (1999)
 Malaysia (1999)
 United Kingdom (1999)
 United States (1999)

  Indonesia

Supported by:
 Australia (until 1991)
 Canada (until 1991)
 Malaysia (until 1991)
 United Kingdom (until 1991, support with weapons until 1997)
 United States (until 1991)
  • East Timor gains independence after an independence referendum votes to leave Indonesia.
Estimates range from 100,000–300,000 dead
1999 East Timorese crisis
(1999–2002)		  East Timor

Supported by:
 Australia
 New Zealand
 United Kingdom
 United States

 Pro-Indonesian militias
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Operation Astute
(2006–2013)		  Australia
 New Zealand
 Malaysia
 Portugal
 East Timor (government troops)
 United Nations soldiers		 Renegade elements of the FDTL
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