List of wars involving Azerbaijan explained

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Azerbaijan and its predecessor states, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

List

Conflict	width=190px	Combatant 1	width=190px	Combatant 2	width=230px	Results
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)
Caucasus Campaign of World War I (1914–1918)		Administration of Western Armenia ----	Inconclusive Battle of Goychay Battle of Kurdamir Battle of Binagadi Battle of Baku
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)		Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic Commune of Estonia Lithuanian SSR Latvian SSR	Withdrawal
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)	Azerbaijan Republic of Aras ----	Armenia Centrocaspian Dictatorship	Sovietization
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan (1920)	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani Bolsheviks	Defeat Sovietization of Azerbaijan
Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan (1920–1991)
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Azerbaijan	Germany Azerbaijani Legion	Victory 800,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 400,000 of whom perished. Up to 40,000 Azerbaijanis, mainly former POW volunteers, fought in the Wehrmacht.
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)	Soviet Azerbaijan	Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat Afghan Mujahideen Victory Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 10,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 200 of whom perished.^[1]
Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–)
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)	Azerbaijan		Defeat
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (2016)			Inconclusive
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020)			Victory
Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh (2023)			Victory^[2] 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement

Peacekeeping missions

Mission	Start-date	End-date	Location	Troops (peak)
KFOR	1999	2008		34
MNF-I	2003	2008		250
ISAF	2008	2021		94

See also

• List of wars involving Russia
• List of wars involving Armenia
• List of wars involving Georgia (country)
• Military history of Azerbaijan
• List of conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Əfqanıstan müharibəsində 200-dən çox azərbaycanlı həlak olub . 15 February 2009 . https://archive.today/20210109192559/https://www.azadliq.org/a/1493351.html . 9 January 2021 . 9 January 2021 . Azadliq Radiosu . . az . live .
2. Web site: Azerbaijan Says Aims For 'Peaceful Reintegration' Of Karabakh Armenians. 20 September 2023. Agence France Presse. The offensive was seen as a major victory for Azerbaijan, which won a 2020 war with Armenia and has since sought to repopulate Karabakh..