List of conflicts by duration explained

This article is a list of conflicts by duration, including both historical and current conflicts.

List

War or conflict	Start date	End date	Duration
Muslim invasion of India
Reconquista
Anglo-French Wars
Roman–Persian Wars
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
Roman-Germanic wars			^[1]
Arab–Byzantine wars
Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)
Yaqui Wars
Yemeni–Ottoman conflicts
Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
Russo-Turkish wars
Arauco War
Dano-Swedish wars
Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
Spanish–Moro conflict
Apache–Mexico Wars
American Indian Wars
Ottoman–Persian Wars
Burmese-Siamese wars
Tikal-Calakmul wars
Han–Xiongnu War
Navajo Wars
Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Byzantine–Seljuk wars
Anglo-Scottish Wars
Chechen–Russian conflict
Warring States period
Muslim conquests of Afghanistan
Polish-Russian Wars
Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Polish–Teutonic War
Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
Russian conquest of Siberia
Crusades
Cossack uprisings
Byzantine–Lombard wars
Russo-Persian Wars
Spanish conquest of Guatemala
Huéscar(Spain)-Danish war
Spanish conquest of Chiapas
Genoese–Mongol Wars
Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars
Mughal–Sikh wars
Ottoman–Hungarian wars
Polish–Swedish wars
Anglo-Dutch Wars
Sengoku period
Australian frontier wars
Hook and Cod wars
Mongol invasions and conquests
Chola-Chalakya Wars
Early Muslim conquests
Second Hundred Years' War
Punic Wars
Hundred Years' War			^[2]
Russo-Kazan Wars
Norwegian civil wars
Jin–Song Wars
Seleucid–Parthian Wars
Crisis of the Roman Republic
Tuareg rebellions		Ongoing
Kurdish separatism in Iran		Ongoing
Georgian–Seljuk wars
Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars
Kurdish rebellions in Turkey		Ongoing
Russo-Circassian War
Xhosa Wars
Zemene Mesafint
Xinjiang conflict		Ongoing
Beaver Wars
Afghan–Sikh Wars
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict		Ongoing
Dagohoy rebellion
Anglo-Afghan War
Eighty Years' War			^[3]
Spanish conquest of Petén
Korean conflict		Ongoing
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
Anglo-Ashanti wars
Umayyad conquest of Hispania
Rohingya insurgency		Ongoing
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts		Ongoing
Kashmir conflict		Ongoing
Ethiopian-Somali wars		Ongoing
Insurgency in Balochistan		Ongoing
Internal conflict in Myanmar		Ongoing
Arab–Israeli conflict		Ongoing
Muslim conquest of Sicily
Apache Wars
Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes		Ongoing
Karen conflict		Ongoing	^[4]
French conquest of Algeria
Dzungar–Qing Wars
Jewish–Roman wars
Argentine Civil Wars
Italian Wars
Darfur Wars of Succession
South Thailand insurgency		Ongoing
Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
Papua conflict		Ongoing
Cross border attacks in Sabah		Ongoing
Insurgency in Northeast India		Ongoing
Sixty Years' War
Dutch–Portuguese War
Lelantine War
Colombian conflict		Ongoing
Insurgency in Manipur		Ongoing
Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency		Ongoing
Texas–Indian wars
Civil conflict in the Philippines		Ongoing
Western Sahara conflict		Ongoing
Basque conflict
Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
Galicia–Volhynia Wars
Communist insurgency in Burma
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
Greco-Persian Wars			^[5]
Moro conflict
Comanche–Mexico Wars
Whisky War
Cabinda War		Ongoing
Wars of the Diadochi			^[6]
Caucasian War
Afghanistan conflict		Ongoing
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)		Ongoing
Cold War (Indirect War) (outline)
Chadian Civil Wars
Assam separatist movements		Ongoing
Kongo Civil War
Internal conflict in Peru		Ongoing
Maoist insurgency in Turkey		Ongoing
Sino-Dutch conflicts
Thirty-Eight Years' War
Umayyad invasion of Gaul
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Chichimeca War
Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts
Comanche Wars
Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict
Guatemalan Civil War			^[7]
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency		Ongoing
French Wars of Religion
Banana Wars
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Holy Man's Rebellion
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir		Ongoing
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict		Ongoing
Georgian–Ossetian conflict		Ongoing
Sectarianism in Pakistan		Ongoing
Internal conflict in Bangladesh		Ongoing
DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
Ayutthaya-Lan Na War
Somali Civil War		Ongoing
Wars of the Roses			^[8]
First War of Scottish Independence			^[9]
Casamance conflict
Anglo-Mysore Wars
Libyan resistance movement
Second Viking invasion of the British Isles
Insurgency in Laos
Oromo conflict		Ongoing
Aceh War			^[10]
Āfāqī Khoja Holy War
The Troubles
Thirty Years' War			^[11]
Chiapas conflict
Eritrean War of Independence
Norman Conquest of Sicily
Murid War
Insurgency in Aceh
Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
Portuguese Restoration War			^[12]
Nicaraguan Revolution
FULRO insurgency
Insurgency in Meghalaya		Ongoing
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency		Ongoing
Communist insurgency in Sarawak
Peloponnesian War			^[13]
New Zealand Wars
Angolan Civil War			^[14]
Russo-Finnish wars
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen		Ongoing
Communal conflicts in Nigeria		Ongoing
Sri Lankan Civil War
Mughal–Maratha Wars
Livonian War			^[15]
Spanish American wars of independence
Insurgency in Ogaden
Indonesian occupation of East Timor
South African Border war
First Punic War
Second Afar insurgency
Silesian Wars
War on terror		Ongoing^[16]
Laotian Civil War
Second Sudanese Civil War
Italian Unification Wars
Occupation of Araucanía
Norman conquest of England
Kandyan Wars
Little War in Hungary
Chinese Civil War
Insurgency in the Maghreb		Ongoing
Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)
United States occupation of Nicaragua
Lazic War
Great Northern War			^[17]
Ottoman conquest of Habesh
Muslim conquest of Persia
Conflict in the Niger Delta		Ongoing
War in Darfur		Ongoing
Eumeralla Wars
War of the Sicilian Vespers
Somaliland campaign
Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
Kivu conflict		Ongoing
Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency		Ongoing
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa		Ongoing
Iran–PJAK conflict		Ongoing
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)		15 August 2021
Vietnam War (outline)			^[18]
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
Miao Rebellion (1854–1873)
Gothic War
Insurgency in Paraguay		Ongoing
Jeroboam's Revolt
Communist insurgency in Thailand
Basmachi movement
Mahdist War
Second Punic War
Ethiopian Civil War
First Sudanese Civil War
Bolivian War of Independence
Chilean War of Independence
Western Sahara War
Great Turkish War
Lebanese Civil War
Rhodesian Bush War
Morean War
Jewish–Babylonian War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Third Indochina War
Dhofar Rebellion
Years of Lead (Italy)
Taiping Rebellion
Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
Abyssinian–Adal war
Marcomannic Wars
Second Sino-Japanese War
Portuguese Colonial War
Darul Islam rebellion
War of the Spanish Succession
Peruvian War of Independence
Venezuelan War of Independence
Wars of Alexander the Great
Syrian civil war		Ongoing
Napoleonic Wars			^[19]
Burundian Civil War
Haitian Revolution
Malayan Emergency
Salvadoran Civil War
Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Cimbrian War
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
Queen Anne's War
Mexican War of Independence
Dano-Swedish War
Pool Department insurgency
Insurgency in Punjab
Sierra Leone Civil War
Nepalese Civil War
Houthi insurgency in Yemen
Yugoslav Wars
Algerian Civil War
Somaliland War of Independence	6 April 1981	18 May 1991
Russo-Ukrainian War		Ongoing
Yemeni Civil War		Ongoing
Soviet–Afghan War
Iraq War	20 March 2003	15 December 2011
American Revolutionary War	19 April 1775	3 September 1783
Aksumite-Persian wars
Iran–Iraq War	22 September 1980	20 August 1988
War of the Austrian Succession	16 December 1740	18 October 1748
World War II	1 September 1939	2 September 1945
Jebel Akhdar War
Paraguayan War
Second Congo War
Russian Civil War
World War I (outline)
American Civil War (outline)	12 April 1861	9 April 1865
Philippine-American War	4 February 1899	July 2, 1902
War of Attrition
Spanish Civil War	17 July 1936	1 April 1939
War of 1812	18 June 1812	17 February 1815
Nigerian Civil War	6 July 1967	15 January 1970
Crimean War	16 October 1853	30 March 1856
Tigray War	3 November 2020	3 November 2022
War of the Polish Succession	10 October 1733	3 October 1735
Mexican-American War	25 April 1846	2 February 1848
Toyota War
Gulf War
Spanish-American War	21 April 1898	13 August 1898
Insurgency of Ilinden–Preobrazhenie
Falklands War
Austro-Prussian War
Turkish-Cypriot War of 1974
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Russo-Georgian War
Six Day War
Football War
Wagner Group rebellion
2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes	19 September 2023 (13:17)	20 September 2023 (13:00)	23 hours 43 minutes
2008 Invasion of Anjoun	25 March 2008 (05:00)	25 March 2008 (12:00)	7 hours
Anglo-Zanzibar war	27 August 1896 (09:00)	27 August 1896 (09:37)	38 minutes

See also

• List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
• List of military conflicts spanning multiple wars

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