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This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.
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This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.
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| Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1185-1201) | Bulgarian Empire |  Byzantine Empire | Victory
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| Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1202-1203) | Bulgarian Empire |  Serbian Principality | Victory
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| First Bulgarian–Latin War (1204-1208) | Bulgarian Empire |  Latin Empire | Victory
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| Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230) | Bulgarian Empire |  Thessalonican Empire | Victory
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| Second Bulgarian-Mongol War (1222-1223) | Bulgarian Empire |  Golden Horde Empire | Victory
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| Bulgarian Civil War (1277–1280) | Bulgarian Empire Tsar Constantine Allies: Byzantine Empire Golden Horde | Bulgarian Empire Tsar Ivaylo Allies: Bulgarian Rebels | Royal victory
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| Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290-1291) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Kingdom | Defeat
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| Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1299-1300)[ citation needed ] | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Inconclusive
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| Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1304-1305)[ citation needed ] | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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| Battle of Velbazhd (1330) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Kingdom | Defeat |
| Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1332-1341)[ citation needed ] | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Victory
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| Byzantine Civil War (1341–1347) | Byzantine Empire John V Palaiologos Allies: Bulgarian Empire Serbian Empire | Byzantine Empire John VI Kantakouzenos Allies: Serbian Empire  Ottoman Empire | Victory
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| First Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1344-1371) | Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory
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| Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1371-1396) | Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
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| Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) |  Bulgarian Principality Allies:  Russian Empire  Serbian Principality  Romanian Principality  Montenegrin Principality |  Ottoman Empire | Victory
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| Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885) | Bulgarian Principality | Serbian Kingdom | Victory
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| Macedonian Struggle War (1893-1908) | Bulgarian Principality |  Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom Ottoman Empire | Draw
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| First Balkan War (1912-1913) | Balkan League Bulgarian Kingdom Allies: Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom  Montenegrin Kingdom | Ottoman Empire Allies:  Austria Hungarian Empire Albanian irregulars | Balkan League Victory
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| Second Balkan War (1913) | Bulgarian Kingdom | Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom Montenegrin Kingdom Ottoman Empire | Defeat
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| Bulgaria In World War I | |||
| World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I) (1914–1918) | Bulgarian Kingdom Central Powers:  German Empire Ottoman Empire Austria Hungarian Empire | Allied Powers: United States  Britain  Italian Kingdom Russian Empire  French Republic Occupied by Central Powers: Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom | Allied Victory
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| Post World War I Conflicts | |||
| Incident at Petrich (1925) | Bulgarian Kingdom | Greek Kingdom | Victory
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| Bulgaria In World War II | |||
| World War II (see Military history of Bulgaria during World War II) (1941–1945) | Bulgarian Kingdom Allied Powers:  Soviet Union United States Greek Kingdom United Kingdom French Republic  Yugoslavian Kingdom | Bulgarian Kingdom Axis Powers:  Nazi Germany Italian Kingdom  Japanese Empire Romanian Kingdom | Allied Victory
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| Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |  Bulgaria Allies:  Soviet Union  Hungary  Poland |  Czechoslovakia Allies:  Albania  Romania  Yugoslavia | Warsaw Pact Victory
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| Iraq War (2003-2011) |  Bulgaria [ citation needed ]Allies:  Iraq  NATO United States |  Baath Loyalists  Islamic State of Iraq  Al-Qaeda  Islamic Army of Iraq | Coalition Victory
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| 2011 military intervention in Libya | NATO |  Libya | NATO Victory
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