List of wars involving Belarus explained

This is a list of wars and humanitarian conflicts involving the Republic of Belarus and its predecessor states (Principality of Polotsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania,Belarusian People's Republic, Byelorussian SSR). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.

16th century

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies
1508	Glinski Rebellion	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Glinski supporters	Government's victory
1524	Ottoman-Tatar invasion of Lithuania and Poland	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Ottoman-Tatars
1561–1570	Northern Seven Years' War	Polish–Lithuanian union Free City of Lübeck Denmark–Norway	Kingdom of Sweden	Treaty of Stettin (1570)

Russian Empire

Conflict	Belarus & allies	Belarus's opposition	Result
World War I/Russian Civil War (1918)	Belarusian People's Republic	Bolsheviks	Belarusian People's Republic exiled
Slutsk uprising (1920)	Nationalist forces loyal to the Belarusian People's Republic		Rebellion suppressed
Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919	Polrewkom		Defeat: Peace of Riga

Soviet Union

Conflict	Belarus & allies	Belarus's opposition	Result
Polish-Belarusian ethnic conflict (1939—1954)	Belarusian Collaborators	Polish people Home Army Cursed soldiers	Both Sides Claimed victory
World War II (1941–1944)	Soviet Union	Belarusian Central Council	Victory: Belarusian Central Council dissolved, results include the Independence Day (Belarus)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)		Afghan Mujahideen	Afghan Mujahideen Victory Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan After USSR's withdrawal, Afghan Civil War continues

Republic of Belarus

Conflict	Belarus & allies	Belarus's opposition	Result
First Ivorian Civil War (2002—2007)	COJEP Belarus (limited military support and mercenaries)	FNCI	Tentative peace agreement, followed by renewed conflict
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Libyan Jamahiriya :^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] Snipers /SSB (334th Separate Unit of the 5th Spetsnaz Brigade) Technical specialists	Anti-Gaddafi forces Qatar----Enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973: ----Minor border clashes Tunisia	Defeat: Rebel forces overthrow the Libyan government
Russo-Ukrainian War (2022–present)	Russian Federation (provision of territory)	Ukraine Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment Belarusian Volunteer Corps	Ongoing: Belarus provides its territory and infrastructure to the Russian invasion forces and assistance to injured Russian soldiers.

See also

Lists of wars and battles involving former states on what is now Belarus:

• List of wars involving Kievan Rus'
• List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia
• List of wars and battles involving the Principality of Smolensk
• List of battles of the French invasion of Russia

Notes and References

1. https://www.kp.ru/daily/25664/825870/ На стороне Каддафи воюют белорусские партизаны
2. https://ria.ru/20180202/1513834267.html Источник: освобожденный из плена в Ливии белорусский военный прибыл в Минск
3. https://ria.ru/20110906/431141568.html Белорусских снайперов в Ливии не было, заявил МИД
4. Web site: SIPRI: Белоруссия снабдила Каддафи оружием для уничтожения революционеров. 1 March 2011. NEWSru.com.
5. https://news.tut.by/politics/216932.html Летало ли белорусское оружие в Ливию и Кот-д'Ивуар?