title: List of wars involving Papua New Guinea
text: # List of wars involving Papua New Guinea
  
  This is a list of wars involving Papua New Guinea, German New Guinea or Territory of New Guinea.
  
  | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Casualties |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Battle of Bita Paka (11 September 1914) | Germany German New Guinea | Australia | Defeat | 30 Melanese police killed, 10 wounded |
  | Australian occupation of German New Guinea (September–November 1914) | Germany German New Guinea | Australia | Defeat | 85 killed and 15 wounded |
  | New Guinea Campaign (1942–1945) | Australia New Guinea  United States  United Kingdom  Netherlands | Imperial Japan | Victory | 42,000 total |
  | Coconut War (August–September 1980) | Vanuatu Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands | Nagriamel rebels | Victory | ? |
  | Bougainville Civil War (1988–1998) | Papua New Guinea Buka Liberation Front Bougainville Resistance Force Supported by:  Australia | Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Supported by:  Solomon Islands Fiji (allegedly) | Bougainville Peace Agreement Establishment of the Autonomous Bougainville Government | 300+ PNGDF soldiers killed Several thousand wounded |
  