List of wars involving Serbia

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

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

Serbian victory

Serbian defeat

Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

Ongoing conflict

List

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813) Part of the Serbian Revolution	Serbia Supported by: Russia (1807–12)	Dahijas (1804) Ottoman Empire (from 1805) Bosnia Eyalet Pashalik of Scutari Pashalik of Yanina Supported by: France[1]	Defeat Ottoman suppression Abolishment of Serbian rebel government
Hadži-Prodan's Revolt (1814) Part of the Serbian Revolution	Serbian rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Uprising suppressed
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
Serb uprising (1848–1849) Part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire	Serbian Vojvodina Serbian volunteers Austria aid	Hungary Hungary (14 April – 13 August 1849)	Victory Establishment of the autonomous Serbian Vojvodina
Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis	Serb rebels Supported by: Serbia Montenegro	Ottoman Empire	Great Eastern Crisis Serbian–Ottoman Wars Montenegrin–Ottoman War
First Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis	Serbia	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Russian-mediated truce
Second Serbian–Ottoman War (1877–1878) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis and the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)	Serbia Russia	Ottoman Empire	Victory De jure independence of Serbia Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin
Timok Rebellion (1883)	Kingdom of Serbia Royal Serbian Army	Rebelling peasants People's Radical Party	Royalist victory Rebellion suppressed
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)	Serbia Support by: Austria-Hungary	Bulgaria	Defeat Recognition of Bulgarian unification
First Balkan War (1912–1913) Part of the Balkan Wars	Balkan League: Bulgaria Greece Serbia Montenegro Supported by: Italian volunteers[2] Russia	Ottoman Empire Supported by: Austria-Hungary	Victory Treaty of London
Second Balkan War (1913) Part of the Balkan Wars	Serbia Romania Greece Montenegro Ottoman Empire	Bulgaria	Victory Bulgarian defeat Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Constantinople
Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913) Part of the aftermath of the Second Balkan War	Serbia Greece	IMRO Kachaks Supported by: Albania	Victory Suppression of uprising
Serbian campaign and Balkans theatre (1914–1918) Part of the European theatre of World War I	Allied Powers Serbia Montenegro Russia (until 1917) France (from 1915) United Kingdom (from 1915) Italy (from 1915) Greece (from 1917)	Central Powers: Bulgaria (from 1915) Austria-Hungary Germany (from 1915) Ottoman Empire (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	Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia Prekmurje Kingdom of Hungary France	Hungarian Republic Hungarian Soviet Republic Slovak Soviet Republic	Victory Hungarian defeat Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia (1918–1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I	Yugoslavia	German-Austria Carinthia	Ceasefire Carinthian plebiscite
Christmas Uprising (1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the creation of Yugoslavia	Montenegrin Whites Yugoslavia	Montenegrin Greens Italy	Montenegrin Whites Victory Uprising suppressed
Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) Part of the Balkans campaign and Mediterranean theatre of World War II	Yugoslavia	Axis Germany Italy Hungary	Defeat Axis occupation of Yugoslavia Axis occupation of Serbia Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis 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 Yugoslav Partisans Soviet Union (from 1944) Aerial and logistics support: United Kingdom (1943–45 United States (limited) Former Axis powers: Bulgaria (1944–45) Other factions: LANÇ (1944–45) Supported by: Yugoslav government-in-exile (1944–45) Chetniks Supported by: Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–44) Western Allies: United Kingdom (1941–43) United States (1941–43)	Axis Germany Italy (1941–43) Hungary (1941–44) Bulgaria (1941–44) Croatia[lower-alpha 1] German puppet states and governments: Government of National Salvation (1941–44) Albania (1943–44) Government of National Unity (1944–45) Italian protectorates and dependencies: Albania (1941–43) Governate of Montenegro (1941–43) Chetniks (against Partisans)	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 and 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
War in Croatia[lower-alpha 2] (1991–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Serbian Krajina SFR Yugoslavia (1991–92) Republika Srpska (1992–95) Supported by: FR Yugoslavia (1992–95)	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–95) Supported by: NATO	Defeat Decline of Republic of Serbian Krajina Exodus of Serb civilians Erdut Agreement
War in Bosnia[lower-alpha 3] (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (1993–95) Supported by: FR Yugoslavia	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia NATO (1995) Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States	Military stalemate 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	FR Yugoslavia	UÇK NATO (1999) Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States Supported by: Albania	Defeat[3] Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo FR Yugoslavia de facto loses control over Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 Expulsion of over half of the Serb and other non-Albanian civilians UÇK veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	FR Yugoslavia	UÇPMB	Victory[4] Končulj Agreement[5] Yugoslavia retakes the buffer zone[6] UÇPMB disbanded NLA founded Insurgency in Macedonia

Footnotes

Acceded to the Tripartite Pact, generally considered Axis powers (see e.g., Facts About the American Wars, Bowman, p. 432, which includes them in a list of "Axis powers", or The Library of Congress World War II Companion, Wagner, Osborne, & Reyburn, p. 39, which lists them as "The Axis").
Direct involvement until early 1992. After the proclamation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in April 1992, all units of former Yugoslav People's Army were withdrawn from territories of Croatia and Bosnia. Despite this, various paramilitary groups from FRY continued to fight in Croatia
Officially Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and Serbia as part of it) did not participate in Bosnian War. However, various Serbian paramilitaries were directly involved in conflicts.

"The First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813) and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of the Eastern Question". 27 January 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Egidio Ivetic, Le guerre balcaniche, il Mulino - Universale Paperbacks, 2006, p. 63
References:
- Stigler, Andrew L. "A clear victory for air power: NATO's empty threat to invade Kosovo." International Security 27.3 (2003): 124-157.
- Biddle, Stephen. "The new way of war? Debating the Kosovo model." (2002): 138-144.
- Dixon, Paul. "Victory by spin? Britain, the US and the propaganda war over Kosovo." Civil Wars 6.4 (2003): 83-106.
- 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.
David Holley (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Holley, David (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

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[3] Acceded to the Tripartite Pact, generally considered Axis powers (see e.g., Facts About the American Wars, Bowman, p. 432, which includes them in a list of "Axis powers", or The Library of Congress World War II Companion, Wagner, Osborne, & Reyburn, p. 39, which lists them as "The Axis").

[4] Direct involvement until early 1992. After the proclamation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in April 1992, all units of former Yugoslav People's Army were withdrawn from territories of Croatia and Bosnia. Despite this, various paramilitary groups from FRY continued to fight in Croatia

[5] Officially Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and Serbia as part of it) did not participate in Bosnian War. However, various Serbian paramilitaries were directly involved in conflicts.

[1] "The First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813) and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of the Eastern Question". 27 January 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[2] Egidio Ivetic, Le guerre balcaniche, il Mulino - Universale Paperbacks, 2006, p. 63

[6] References:
Stigler, Andrew L. "A clear victory for air power: NATO's empty threat to invade Kosovo." International Security 27.3 (2003): 124-157.

Biddle, Stephen. "The new way of war? Debating the Kosovo model." (2002): 138-144.

Dixon, Paul. "Victory by spin? Britain, the US and the propaganda war over Kosovo." Civil Wars 6.4 (2003): 83-106.

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.

[7] Stigler, Andrew L. "A clear victory for air power: NATO's empty threat to invade Kosovo." International Security 27.3 (2003): 124-157.

[8] Biddle, Stephen. "The new way of war? Debating the Kosovo model." (2002): 138-144.

[9] Dixon, Paul. "Victory by spin? Britain, the US and the propaganda war over Kosovo." Civil Wars 6.4 (2003): 83-106.

[10] 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.

[7] David Holley (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Holley20110525-9] Holley, David (25 May 2001). "Yugoslavia Occupies Last of Kosovo Buffer". LA Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

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