List of wars involving Lithuania explained

This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood. Dates indicate the years in which Lithuania was involved in the war. Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Lithuania, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

• Mongol invasions of Lithuania (1258–1259, 1275, 1279, and 1325)

14th century

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1340–1392	Galicia–Volhynia Wars	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Masovia	Galicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania
1368–1372	Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Lithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk)
1377–1387	Lithuanian war of succession (1377–1387)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Andrei of Polotsk	Jogaila victory
1381–1384	Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384)	Duchy of Samogitia Kęstutis Vytautas	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila Skirgaila	Temporary reconciliation
1389–1392	Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)	Duchy of Samogitia	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Ostrów Agreement

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)

19th-century uprisings against the Russian Empire

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1830–1831	November Uprising	Congress Poland	Russian Empire	Defeat
1863–1865	January Uprising	Polish National Government	Russian Empire	Defeat

20th century

Interwar Lithuania (1918–1940)

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1918–1919		Lithuania	Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia	Victory Lithuanian independence protected against Soviet attempt to destroy it
1919	War against the Bermontians	Lithuania	West Russian Volunteer Army	Victory Lithuanian independence saved
1919–1920	Polish–Lithuanian War	Lithuania	Poland	Defeat Lithuania loses its capital Vilnius but protects its independence against Poland
1923	Klaipėda Revolt	Lithuania Lithuanian Riflemen's Union Directorate of the Klaipėda Region	French administration	Victory Klaipėda Region rebecomes part of Lithuania according to the Klaipėda Convention
1938	Polish ultimatum to Lithuania	Lithuania	Poland	Defeat Lithuania accepts the ultimatum
1939	German ultimatum to Lithuania	Lithuania		Defeat Klaipėda Region ceded to Nazi Germany
1940	Soviet occupation of the Baltic states	Lithuania Latvia Estonia		Defeat Baltic states lose their independence

Lithuania under occupation

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1941	June Uprising in Lithuania	Lithuanian partisans Provisional Government of Lithuania Lithuanian Activist Front		Victory Brief Lithuanian independence
1941–1944	German occupation of Lithuania	Lithuanian anti-Nazi resistance		Inconclusive
1944–1953	Guerilla war in the Baltic states	Lithuanian partisans Latvian partisans Estonian partisans		Defeat

Lithuania's independence restored (1990s)

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1990–1991	Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts	Lithuanian State Border Guard Service	OMON	Victory Lithuanian statehood preserved
1991	January Events	Department of National Defense Lithuanian Riflemen's Union	Soviet Army 76th Airborne Division^[1] KGB Alpha Group National Salvation Committee of the Lithuanian SSR	Victory Soviet forces withdraw from the cities Lithuanian statehood preserved

21st century

• 2001, War in Afghanistan
• 2003, Iraq War

See also

• History of Europe
• List of wars
• Military of Lithuania
• List of wars involving Belarus
• List of wars involving Estonia
  • List of wars involving Kievan Rus' List of wars involving Latvia
    • List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow List of wars involving the Novgorod Republic List of wars involving Poland
• List of wars involving Russia
• List of wars involving Ukraine

Notes and References

1. http://www.istpravda.com.ua/short/2011/01/13/14293/ Lithuanians celebrate 20th Anniversary assault of the Vilnius television tower by the Soviet Troops