This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt | Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt victory | Narmer | ? | |
First Dynasty of Egypt | Victory | Hor-Aha | ? | |||
Egypto-Nubian conflict (c. 3100 - 3000 BC) | First Dynasty of Egypt | A-Group culture (Nubia) | Victory
| Djer or Djet[2] | ? | |
War of succession | Sneferka | inconclusive
| Hotepsekhemwy | ? | ||
Khasekhemwy | followers of the god Horus followers of the god Set | Pharaoh victory
| Khasekhemwy | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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Egyptian Campaign in Nubia and Libya (c. 2600 BC)[3] [4] [5] | Fourth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians, Libyans | Victory
| Sneferu | ? | |
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians,Bedouins,Canaanites | Victory
| Pepi I Meryre | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
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Reunification of Egypt | Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt (Thebes) | Tenth Dynasty of Egypt (Heracleopolis) | Theban victory
| Mentuhotep II | ? |
Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt | Nubia | Victory
| ? | ||
Expedition to Punt | Eleventh dynasty of Egypt | Land of Punt | Victory
| Mentuhotep III | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC)[6] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various peoples in Lower Nubia. | Victory
| Senusret I | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC)[7] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various Nubian peoples | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC) | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Shechem Retjenu | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
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Egyptian compaigns in the Levant and Syria | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Asiatics | Victory
| Ahmose I | ? |
Egyptian campaign in Nubia | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians | Victory
| Thutmose I | ? |
Egyptian campaign in the Levant and Syria | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | CanaanitesNaharin | Victory
| ? | |
Rebellions in Nubia | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Victory
| ? | ||
Nubian Rebellion | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Victory
| Thutmose II | ? | |
Egyptian conquest of Cyprus | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Cyprus | Victory
| Thutmose III | ? |
Egyptian conquest of Punt [10] | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Punt | Victory | ? | |
Egyptian Campaign in the Levant (1458 - 1457 BC) | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Canaanites Kadesh Megiddo Kingdom of Mitanni Hurrians | Victory
| 4,000 at the Battle of Megiddo | |
Conquest of Syria | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Asiatics | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian attack on Mitanni | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Mitanni | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian campaign in Nubia | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubia | Victory
| ? | |
Egyptian-Hittite conflict | Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Hittites | inconclusive[12]
| Seti I, Ramses II | ? |
Sea Peoples' invasion of Egypt | Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt | Sea Peoples | Victory | Ramses III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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Psamtik Ikingdom of Lydia | kinglets of the DodecarchyLibyan tribes Neo-Assyrian Empire | Victory
| Psamtik I | ? | ||
Egyptian campaign against the Kingdom of Judah | Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Kingdom of Judah | Victory | Necho II | Undetermined, but low | |
Egyptian Babylonian war | Neo-Babylonian Empire,Persians,Scythians,Medes | Victory
| ? | |||
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Cyprus | Victory
| Amasis II | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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First Syrian War (274 - 271 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire | Victory | Ptolemy II Philadelphus | ? | |
Chremonidean War (267 - 261 BC) | Athens Sparta Ptolemaic Kingdom | Macedonia | Defeat
| Ptolemy II Philadelphus | ? | |
Second Syrian War (274 - 271 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire Macedonia | Stalemate
| Ptolemy II Philadelphus | ? | |
Third Syrian War (246 - 241 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire | Stalemate
| Ptolemy III Euergetes | ? | |
Fourth Syrian War (219 - 217 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire | Victory
| Ptolemy IV Philopator | 2,200 at the Battle of Raphia | |
Upper Egyptian Revolt (204–196 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Hugronaphor Ankhmakis | Ptolemaic victory
| Ptolemy V Epiphanes | ? | |
Fifth Syrian War (202 - 195 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire Macedonia | Defeat
| Ptolemy V Epiphanes | ? | |
Sixth Syrian War (170 - 168 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom Roman Republic (168 BC) | Seleucid Empire | Victory
| Ptolemy VIII Physcon | ? | |
War of Actium (32 - 30 BC) | Rome supporting Mark Antony Ptolemaic Kingdom | Rome supporting Octavian | Defeat
| Cleopatra VII | ? |
Gaius Cornelius Gallus | Rebels in Thebes | Roman victory
| Augustus | ? | ||
Conquest of Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix | Gaius Aelius Gallus | Nabataeans, Sabaeans[14] | Defeat
| ? | ||
Roman Campaign into the kingdom of kush | Gaius Petronius | Kingdom of Kush | Victory
| ? | ||
Siege of Jerusalem | Tiberius Julius Alexander | Zealots,Sadducees,PhariseesIdumaeans | Victory
| Titus | ? | |
Diaspora Revolt | Marcus Rutilius Lupus | Jews | Roman victory
| Trajan | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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Ikhshidid-Makurian conflict | Ikhshidid Emirate | Makuria | Ikhshidid Victory
| Kafur al-Ikhshidi | ? | |
Ikhshidid dynasty | Fatimid Caliphate | Defeat
| Emir Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali Ja'far ibn al-Furat Nihrir al-Shuwayzan | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses | |
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Third Crusade(1189 - 1192) | Ayyubid SultanateSultanate of Rum | Angevin Empire Kingdom of France | Stalemate
| Saladin | ? | |
Crusade of 1197(1197 - 1198) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat
| Al-Aziz Uthman | ? | |
Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Sicily | Victory
| Al-Kamil | ? | |
Sixth Crusade(1228–1229) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire Teutonic Order | StalemateDiplomatic Crusader victory
| Al-Kamil | ? | |
Baron's Crusade (1239–1241) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar | Defeat
| As-Salih Ayyub | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses |
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Seventh Crusade (1248 - 1254) | Ayyubid Sultanate Mamluk Sultanate | Kingdom of France Knights Templar | Victory
| Aybak | ? |
Mongol invasions of the Levant (1260 - 1323) | Mamluk Sultanate Ayyubid Sultanate Golden Horde | Ilkhanate Armenian Cicilia Kingdom of Georgia Sultanate of Rum Principality of Antioch County of Tripoli Golden Horde Kingdom of England Knights Templar | Victory
| Qutuz | ? |
Ninth Crusade (1271 - 1272) | Mamluk Sultanate | Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Cicilian Armenia Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Ilkhanate | Victory
| Baibars | ? |
Alexandrian Crusade (1365) | Mamluk Sultanate | Kingdom of Cyprus Knights Hospitaller Republic of Venice | Defeat
| Al-Ashraf Sha'ban | ? |
Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424 - 1426) | Mamluk Sultanate | Kingdom of Cyprus | Victory
| Barsbay | ? |
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485 - 1491) | Mamluk Sultanate | Ottoman Empire | Victory
| Qaitbay | ? |
Mamluk-Portuguese War (1505 - 1517) | Mamluk Sultanate | Kingdom of Portugal | Defeat
| Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri | ? |
Mamluk-Tahirid war(1515–1517) | Mamluk Sultanate | Tahirid Sultanate | Victory
| ? | |
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516 - 1517) | Mamluk Sultanate | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
| ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses |
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Fraser Expedition (1807) | Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt | British Empire | Victory
| Muhammad Ali of Egypt | ? |
Egyptian–Saudi War (1811 - 1818) | Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt | Emirate of Diriyah | Victory
| 8,000 casualties[16] | |
Egyptian conquest of Sudan(1820 - 1824) | Ottoman Egypt | Funj Sudan | Victory
| ? | |
Greek War of Independence (1821 - 1829) | Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt | Kingdom of Greece | Defeat
| over 8,000[17] | |
First Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831 - 1833) | Ottoman Egypt | Ottoman Empire | Victory
| 792[18] | |
Ottoman-Ethiopian border conflicts (1832 - 1848) | Ottoman Egypt | Inconclusive | ? | ||
Expedition to Najd (1836) (1836) | Ottoman Egypt | Emirate of Najd | Victory
| ? | |
1838 Druze revolt (1838) | Egypt Eyalet | Druze clans | Victory
| ~400[19] | |
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839 - 1841) | Ottoman Egypt | Ottoman Empire British Empire | Defeat
| 1,100+ | |
Crimean War (1853 - 1856) | Ottoman Empire Ottoman Egypt French Empire British Empire | Russian Empire | Victory | Abbas I of Egypt | ? |
Cretan revolt (1866 - 1869) | Ottoman Empire Khedivate of Egypt | Cretan revolutionaries Kingdom of Greece | Victory | Isma'il Pasha | 1,333 |
Ethiopian–Egyptian War (1874 - 1876) | Khedivate of Egypt | Ethiopian Empire | Defeat
| 13,000+[20] | |
Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa (1874–1885) | Khedivate of Egypt | Sultanate of AussaAfran Qallo | Victory
| ? | |
Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876 - 1878) | (from 1877) | Defeat
| ? | ||
Russo-Turkish War (1877 - 1878) |
| Defeat
| ? | ||
‘Urabi Revolt (1879 - 1882) | Tewfik Pasha Forces British Empire | Ahmed ‘Urabi Forces | Defeat of ‘Urabi
| Tewfik of Egypt | 2,250[21] |
Mahdist War (1881 - 1899) | Ottoman Khedivate of Egypt (British Occupation) British Empire Italian Empire Ethiopia | Mahdist Sudan | Victory
| 13,102[22] [23] [24] | |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses |
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World War I (1914 - 1918) |
| German Empire
Bulgaria | Victory
| Hussein Kamel | 14,763+ |
Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition (1916) | Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
| 5 | ||
Egyptian Revolution (1919) | British Empire | Diplomatic Revolutionary Victory
| Fuad I | 800 | |
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | |
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Military | Civilians | ||||||
North Yemen Civil War (1962 - 1967) | United Arab Republic | | Stalemate
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Wahab el-Beshry | 26,000 dead[31] | None |
Sand War (1963) | United Arab Republic | Stalemate
| Unknown | None | |||
Six-Day War (1967) | United Arab Republic Jordan Iraq | Defeat
| Shams Badran | 9,800–15,000 killed or missing[32] [33] | Unknown | ||
War of Attrition (1967 - 1970) | United Arab Republic Soviet Union PLO Jordan | Both sides claimed victory
| Mohamed Fawzi | 2,882[34] –10,000[35] | |||
Nigerian Civil War (1967 - 1970) | United Arab Republic | Victory (Limited Involvement)
| Unknown | None | |||
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Military | Civilians | |||||||
Yom Kippur War (1973) | Federation of Arab Republics | -- Egypt, Syria, and Libya all had the same flag in 1972, see Flag of Syria (historical section) and and the current flag was introduced in 1980 --> | Defeat[38] (Strategic Political Gains)[39]
| Anwar Sadat | Ahmad Ismail Ali | 5,000[41] –15,000[42] dead | Unknown | |
Shaba I (1977) | Egypt | FNLC | Victory
| Mohamed el-Gamasy | None | None | ||
Egyptian–Libyan War (1977) | Egypt | Libya | Ceasefire
| ~100 | Unknown | |||
Egyptian conscripts riot (1986) | Egyptian Army | Central Security Forces | Egyptian Army Victory
| Hosni Mubarak | Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala | 107[43] | None | |
Gulf War (1990 - 1991) | United States | Iraq | Victory
| Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb | 11[44] [45] | None | ||
War on terror (2001 - present) | ------------(note: most contributing nations are included in the international operations) | Afghan Taliban (until 2021) Pakistani Taliban---- | Ongoing
| Mohamed Tantawi | ? | ? | ||
2011 Egyptian revolution (2011) | Pro-Government:
| Opposition Groups:
| Pro-Government Victory
| |||||
Sinai Insurgency (2011 - 2023) | United Arab Emirates | Islamic State | Ongoing
| Mohamed Tantawi | 3,277 killed (2013-2022) 12,280 Injured (2013–2022)[59] | 1,539+ Egyptian,[60] [61] 219 Russians, 4 Ukrainians, 1 Belarusian,[62] 3 South Koreans,[63] 3 Vietnamese, 2 Germans,[64] 1 Croatian[65] | ||
2013 Egyptian coup d'état (2013) | Egyptian Government Muslim Brotherhood ---- Pro-Morsi protesters----Supported by: | Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | Supreme Council of the Armed Forces VictoryPresident Mohamed Morsi deposed by the Egyptian army
| Mohamed Morsi | Abdel Fattah al-Sisi | 1,150+[67] [68] | ||
Second Libyan Civil War (2015 - 2020) | GNC Shura Council Islamic State | Victory (limited involvement)
| Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Sedki Sobhi | None | 21 | ||
Intervention In Yemen (2015 -) | Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Jordan Morocco Egypt France | Revolutionary Council
| Ongoing
| None | None |