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Combatants: Allied Forces (primarily US) vs Imperial Japan; Dates: May 3-4, 1942; Outcomes: Strategic Allied victory, Japan failed to establish bases in the Solomon Islands

Combatants: Fiji Military Forces and Government supporters vs Coup plotters; Dates: May 1987; Outcomes: Execution of two coups, establishment of a republic, military government

Combatants: Papua New Guinea government vs Sandline International and the PNG military; Dates: 1997; Outcomes: Resignation of Prime Minister Julius Chan, military revolt, expulsion of Sandline mercenaries

Combatants: Australia and Allies vs Imperial Japan; Dates: 19 February 1942; Outcomes: Japanese tactical victory, continued air raids, fortification of Australian defenses

Combatants: British Empire and Maori tribes; Dates: 1845-1872; Outcomes: British Victory, Treaty of Waitangi implementation, Maori land confiscation

Combatants: Pro-independence East Timorese vs Pro-Indonesia militia and Indonesian forces; Dates: 1999; Outcomes: United Nations intervention, independence of East Timor acknowledged

Combatants: Philippines and United States vs Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah; Dates: 2002-present; Outcomes: Ongoing, reduction in terrorist activity, strengthening of Philippines military capability

Combatants: Indigenous Pacific Islanders vs Blackbirders and labor traders; Dates: 1860s-1900s; Outcomes: Exploitation and abduction of islanders, eventual regulatory legislation

Combatants: Isatabu Freedom Movement vs Malaita Eagle Force and Solomon Islands Government; Dates: 1998-2003; Outcomes: Australian-led peacekeeping mission restores order, Townsville Peace Agreement

Combatants: Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force vs German garrison; Dates: 11 September 1914; Outcomes: Australian victory, German surrender of New Guinea

Combatants: Allies (including Australia, New Zealand, US, UK) vs Imperial Japan; Dates: 1941-1945; Outcomes: Allied Victory, Japanese unconditional surrender

Combatants: Papua New Guinea government vs Bougainville Revolutionary Army; Dates: 1988-1998; Outcomes: Ceasefire, increased autonomy to Bougainville

Combatants: Japanese forces vs Australian Militia and the Allied troops; Dates: July–November 1942; Outcomes: Australian and Allied victory, Japanese retreat

Combatants: Malaysia and Allies (including the UK, Australia, and New Zealand) vs Indonesia; Dates: 1963-1966; Outcomes: Indonesian military withdrawal, peace treaty, successful defense of Malaysia's formation

Combatants: Greenpeace activists vs French Military; Dates: 1972-1996 (peak in 1985 with the Rainbow Warrior bombing); Outcomes: Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, international condemnation, eventual halt to French testing

Combatants: Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) vs French government; Dates: 1984-1988; Outcomes: Matignon Agreements, greater autonomy to New Caledonia, later Nouméa Accord