List of wars involving Serbia explained

The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages as well as late modern period and contemporary history.

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

__TOC__

Notes and References

1. Book: Porphyrogenitus . Constantine VII . De Administrando Imperio .
2. Book: Станојевић . Станоје . "I Прве српске државе" Историја српскога народа . Београд .
3. Book: Веселиновић . Андрија . Љушић . Радош . Српске династије . 86-83639-01-0 . 2001 . Нови Сад: Плантонеум .
4. Book: Острогорски . Георгије . Историја Византије (II фототипско издање оригинала 1959) . 1993 . Београд .
5. The First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813) and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of the Eastern Question . Slavic Review . 27 January 2017 . 37 . 3 . 421–439 . 10.2307/2497684 . 2497684 . Meriage . Lawrence P. . 222355180 . free .
6. Book: Davis . G. Doug . Slobodchikoff . Michael O. . Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order: Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe . 2018 . Rowman & Littlefield . 9781498585873 . 88 .
7. Book: Benbassa . Esther . Rodrigue . Aron . Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries . 2000 . University of California Press . 9780520218222 . 66 .
8. Book: Torsten Ekman. Suomen kaarti 1812–1905. Schildts. Helsinki. 2006. 951-50-1534-0. fi.
9. Daur, Soner. Plevne'de Çerkesler
10. Book: Crampton . Richard . Crampton . Benjamin . Atlas of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century . 2016 . Routledge . 9781317799528 . 15 .
11. Book: Anagnostopoulos . Archimandrite Nikodemos . Orthodoxy and Islam: Theology and Muslim–Christian Relations in Modern Greece and Turkey . 2017 . Taylor & Francis . 9781315297927 . 75 .
12. News: 2015-02-03 . Croats and Serbs still bitter after genocide verdict . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-11-26.
13. References:
    • Stigler . Andrew L. . A clear victory for air power: NATO's empty threat to invade Kosovo . International Security . 27 . 3 . Winter 2002–2003 . 124–157 . 10.1162/01622880260553651 . 3092116.
    • Biddle . Stephen . The new way of war? Debating the Kosovo model. . Foreign Affairs . 81 . 3 . 2002 . 148–139 . 10.2307/20033168 . 20033168.
    • Dixon . Paul . Victory by spin? Britain, the US and the propaganda war over Kosovo. . Civil Wars . 6 . 4 . 2003 . 83–106 . 10.1080/13698240308402556.
    • Harvey . Frank P . Getting NATO's success in Kosovo right: The theory and logic of counter-coercion . Conflict Management and Peace Science . 23 . 2 . 2006 . 139–158 . 10.1080/07388940600665842 . 26275265.
14. Web site: Southern Serbia's Fragile Peace . 9 December 2003 . International Crisis Group . 25 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603150008/http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/balkans/serbia/152-southern-serbias-fragile-peace.aspx . 3 June 2012 .
15. News: Los Angeles Times . Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer . David . Holley . 25 May 2001 . 27 December 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304053841/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/25/news/mn-2299 . 4 March 2014 .
16. Book: Porphyrogenitus . Constantine VII . De Administrando Imperio .

    Modern period

    Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
    Uprising against the Dahije (1804)		Dahije	Victory Outbreak of First Serbian Uprising
    First Serbian Uprising (1804 - 1813) Part of the Serbian Revolution	Supported by: (1807–12)	Dahijas (1804) Ottoman Empire (from 1805) Pashalik of Scutari Pashalik of Yanina Supported by: ^[5]	Inconclusive Treaty of Bucharest^[6] Abolishment of Serbian rebel government Cause of the Second Serbian uprising
    Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Part of the Serbian Revolution and Russo-Turkish Wars	Moldavia Wallachia (1806–12)	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Bucharest
    -	Hadži-Prodan's rebellion (1814)	Serb rebels		Defeat The Ottomans increase their persecution of Serbs. The outbreak of the Second Serbian Uprising.
    Second Serbian Uprising (1815 - 1817) Part of the Serbian Revolution	Serbian rebels	Ottoman Empire	Victory Establishment of the autonomous Principality of Serbia Ottoman Empire loses control over the Sanjak of Smederevo
    Niš Rebellion (1821)	Serb rebels		Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottomans. Serbian civilians massacred.
    Serb uprising (1848 - 1849) Part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire			Victory Establishment of the autonomous Serbian Vojvodina
    Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis	Serb rebels Supported by:		Inconclusive Great Eastern Crisis Serbian–Ottoman Wars Montenegrin–Ottoman War
    First Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis		Egypt	Victory Political Victory British public opinion turns against the Ottomans Russian-mediated truce
    Second Serbian–Ottoman War (1877 - 1878) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis and the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)		Albanian volunteers	Victory De jure independence of Serbia^[7] Tens of thousands of Turkish, Jewish and Albanian civilians expelled Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin
    Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Russian Empire Guard of Finland^[8] Principality of Romania Principality of Serbia Principality of Montenegro Bulgarian Legion Serbian rebels	Egypt Polish volunteers Albanian volunteers Circassian volunteers^[9] Chechen rebels Abkhazian rebels	Coalition Victory Official recognition of de facto and de jure independence of the Balkan states.^[10] Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin Treaty of Constantinople
    Timok Rebellion (1883)	Royal Serbian Army	People's Radical Party	Victory Victory of King Milan. Rebellion Suppressed
    Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)	Supported by:		Defeat Recognition of Bulgarian unification
    Macedonian struggle (1901)	Serbian Chetniks Supported by:	VMRO Albanian Kachaks	Inconclusive Widespread ethnic violence Hostilities largely ceased after the Young Turk Revolution
    First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) Part of the Balkan Wars	Balkan League Supported by:		Victory^[11] Treaty of London
    Serbian invasion of Albania (1912 - 1913) Part of the Balkan Wars		Independent Albania Ottoman Empire Albanian guerrillas Albanian Tribesmen	Victory Serbia and Montenegro invade and defeat Ottoman forces and capture Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Albania and Central Albania. The Serbian army commits massacres against Albanians living in the occupied territories. Serbia forms Drač County and other counties on Albanian-populated lands captured from the Ottomans. Essad Pasha hands Shkodër over to Montenegro in return for Montenegrin support for the foundation of the Republic of Central Albania. Treaty of London Serbia annexes large parts Kosovo and Macedonia and continues to occupy parts of northern Albania until 1920. Albania gains Independence but loses half of its claimed territories gained after the Albanian revolt of 1912.
    Tikveš Uprising (1913)	Chetniks	IMRO Supported by:	Victory The uprising is brutally suppressed and the Bulgarian population is terrorized
    Second Balkan War (1913) Part of the Balkan Wars			Victory Bulgarian defeat Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Constantinople
    Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913)	Chetniks	IMRO Kachaks	Victory The uprising is brutally suppressed Thousands of Bulgarians and Albanians are killed 30,000 Bulgarians expelled 25,000 Albanians expelled
    Third Peasant Revolt in Albania (September - October 1914)	Republic of Central Albania Support: Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Italy	Principality of Albania	Serbo-Italian backed Republic of Central Albania Victory Toptani invades and captures Central Albania and Dibër with Italian and Serb support and reforms the Republic of Central Albania. Durrës is captured by Toptani unopposed.
    Serbian campaign and Balkans theatre (1914 - 1918) Part of the European theatre of World War I	Allied Powers (until 1917) (from 1915) (from 1915) (from 1915) (from 1917)	Central Powers (from 1915) (from 1915) (1916–17)	Victory Liberation of Serbia Dissolution of Austria-Hungary Creation of Yugoslavia Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Treaty of Neuilly Treaty of Trianon Treaty of Sèvres
    Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918 - 1920) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–23			Victory Hungarian defeat Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
    Impresa di Pola (1918) Part of the Adriatic Campaign in 1918 and the Adriatic question			Defeat Death of Janko Vuković
    1918–1920 unrest in Split (1918–1920) Part of the Adriatic question	United States	Italian nationalists renegades Italian Regency of Carnaro	Inconclusive Italian irredentists detroy the Yugoslav Cultural Centre Italian nationalists occupy Split for a brief period Death of Tommaso Gulli and Aldo Rossi
    Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia (1918 - 1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I			Military victory Carinthian plebiscite
    Christmas Uprising (1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the creation of Yugoslavia	Montenegrin Whites	Montenegrin Greens	Montenegrin Whites Victory Uprising suppressed
    Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings (1919–1924)	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Kosovar Albanians Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo Diplomatic support: Albania	Victory Death of Azem Galica Dissolution of the Kosovo Committee Thousands of Albanian civilians massacred or deported
    Koplik War (1920–1921)	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Principality of Albania	Inconclusive Yugoslav army invades Northern Albania Yugoslavs are eventually forced to withdraw due to international pressure United Kingdom insists on slight adaptations in the regions of Debar, Prizren and Kastrati in the interest of Yugoslavia.
    Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921)	Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Greece Republic of Mirdita	Principality of Albania	Inconclusive Yugoslav Recognition of Albanian sovereignty and Border Slight adjustments of the Albanian border in favor of Yugoslavia Mirdita rebels disbanded
    Zogu Invasion of Albania (1924)	Royal Yugoslav Army Russian White émigré	Fan Noli supporters (Albanian peasants) Principality of Albania Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo	Zogu-Yugoslav Victory Fan Noli is ousted from power. Ahmet Zogu forms the Albanian Republic and is made dictator. Zogu's forces assassinate the leadership of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo.
    Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) Part of the Balkans campaign and Mediterranean theatre of World War II		Axis	Defeat Axis occupation of Yugoslavia Axis occupation of Serbia Partition of Yugoslavia Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes Continued anti-Axis resistance and beginning of Yugoslav civil war
    World War II in Yugoslavia (1941 - 1945) Part of the European theatre of World War II	Allies (from 1944) Aerial and logistics support: United Kingdom (1943–45) United States (limited) Former Axis powers: Other factions: LANÇ (1944–45) Supported by: Yugoslav government-in-exile (1944–45) Supported by: Western Allies: United Kingdom (1941–43) United States (1941–43)	Axis (1941–43) (1941–44) (1941–44) German puppet states and governments: Government of National Salvation (1941–44) German-occupied territory of Montenegro (1943–1944) (1943–44) Government of National Unity (1944–45) Italian protectorates and dependencies: (1941–43) Governate of Montenegro (1941–43)	Yugoslav Partisan Victory Defeat of Nazi Germany and Axis in Yugoslavia Defeat and overthrow of the Independent State of Croatia, Government of National Salvation and other Axis collaborators Defeat of the Chetniks and their emigration Communist-led Partisans abolish the Yugoslav monarchy Establishment of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia under the rule of Josip Broz Tito Postwar Titoist mass killings and repression Communist purges in Serbia in 1944–45

    Contemporary period

    Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
    Ten-Day War (1991)Part of the Yugoslav Wars		Slovenia	Defeat Slovenian victory
    Croatian War of Independence (1991 - 1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	(1991–92) (1992–95) Supported by:	Croatia (1994–95)	Defeat Over 20,000 dead Decisive victory for the Croatian Armed Forces Retreat of Serbian Army of Krajina to Bosnia Exodus of most Serbs from Krajina.^[12] End of siege of Bihać Erdut Agreement
    War in Bosnia (1992 - 1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (1993–95) Supported by:	Croatia (1995) Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States	Inconclusive Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Over 101,000 dead Deployment of NATO-led forces to oversee the peace agreement
    Kosovo War (1998 - 1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars		UÇK (1999) Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States Supported by: Albania	Military Stalemate^[13] Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo FR Yugoslavia de facto loses control over Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 confirms Yugoslav sovereignty over Kosovo International peacekeeping force deployed in Kosovo Expulsion of over half of the Serb and other non-Albanian civilians UÇK disbanded UÇK veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency and 2001 insurgency in Macedonia Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000
    Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999 - 2001) Part of the Yugoslav Wars		UÇPMB	Victory Končulj Agreement^[14] Yugoslavia retakes the buffer zone^[15] UÇPMB disbanded NLA founded Insurgency in Macedonia

    See also

    • List of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages

    Footnotes