List of wars involving Bulgaria

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This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles involving Bulgaria since its establishment around 680.

Contents

  Victory of Bulgaria (and allies)
  Defeat of Bulgaria (and allies)
  Another result*

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

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First Bulgarian Empire (680–1018)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
First Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(680-792)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire
Victory
Siege of Constantinople (717–718) Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Umayyad Flag.svg Umayyad Caliphate Victory
First Bulgarian-Serbian War
(839-842)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality Defeat
Second Bulgarian-Serbian War
853		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality Defeat
First Bulgarian-Croatian War
(854)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Crown of Zvonimir (Croatia).svg Croatian Kingdom Draw
  • Bulgarian retreat, peace treaty concluded
Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(894-896)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire
Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(913-927)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire
Victory
  • Bulgarian Empire nearly conquered Constantinople
Third Bulgarian-Serbian War
(917-924)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality

Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire 		Victory
  • Serbia is conquered by Emperor Simeon and Bulgaria for the first time
Second Bulgarian-Croatian War
(926)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Crown of Zvonimir (Croatia).svg Croatian Kingdom Defeat
Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
(967-971)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Seal of Sviatoslav I of Kiev (obverse).svg Kievan Rus'
Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire 		Draw
  • Kievan Rus' conquered areas of northern Bulgaria
  • Byzantine victory over Kievan Rus', formal annexation of Bulgaria.[ citation needed ]
Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(968-1018)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire Defeat
Third Bulgarian-Croatian War
(997-1000)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Crown of Zvonimir (Croatia).svg Croatian Kingdom Defeat

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1185-1201)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1202-1203)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality Victory
First Bulgarian–Latin War
(1204-1208)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Blason Empire Latin de Constantinople.svg Latin Empire Victory
  • Weakening of the Latin Empire and enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire
Battle of Klokotnitsa
(1230)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Fessaloniki.png Empire of Thessalonica Victory
  • Empire of Thessalonica conquered by Bulgaria
  • Thessaly and Epirus became vassals of the Bulgarian empire
  • Bulgaria emerged as pre-eminent power in Southeastern Europe
Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia
(1241)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde Victory
  • Bulgarian army pushed back Batu Khan's forces
Bulgarian Civil War
(1277–1280)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Constantine
Allies:
Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire
Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde 		Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Ivaylo
Allies:
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian rebels 		Royal victory
  • Peasant Ivaylo seized the throne, killing the Bulgarian tsar
  • Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became emperor of Bulgaria
Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1290-1291)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Kingdom Defeat
  • Bulgaria lost the Belgrade and Branicevo provinces.
Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1299-1300)[ citation needed ]		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde Victory
Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1304-1305)[ citation needed ]		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Bulgarian Empire conquered most of Thrace
Battle of Velbazhd
(1330)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Kingdom Defeat
Byzantine Civil War
(1341–1347)		 Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire
John V Palaiologos
Allies:
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Empire 		Byzantine Eagle.svg Byzantine Empire
John VI Kantakouzenos
Allies:
Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Empire
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire 		Victory
  • Kantakouzenos defeated regents, became emperor
  • Bulgarian Empire gained northern Thrace
First Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1344-1371)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Ottoman advance to Sofia halted in 1349 and 1355
  • Bulgarian phyrric victory over Ottomans at Çamurli field in 1371
  • Bulgaria held off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian betrayal of brothers
Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1371-1396)		 Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Fall of the Bulgarian Empire

Principality of Bulgaria (1876–1908)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Russo-Turkish War
(1877–1878)		 Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Russian Empire
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Principality of Bulgaria
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Principality of Serbia
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Romanian United Principalities
Flag of the Principality of Montenegro.svg Principality of Montenegro 		Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Victory
Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1885)		 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Principality of Bulgaria State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Kingdom of Serbia Victory
Macedonian Struggle
(1893–1908)		 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Principality of Bulgaria Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Kingdom of Greece
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Kingdom of Serbia
Flag of Romania.svg  Kingdom of Romania
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire 		Draw
  • Four-way war between Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania and the Ottoman Empire
  • Inconclusive result after Young Turk Revolution
  • Bulgaria gained full independence in 1908

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
First Balkan War
(1912–1913)		 Balkan League
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Allies:
Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Albanian irregulars		Balkan League victory
  • Ottoman Empire lost most remaining holdings in Europe
  • Bulgaria obtained control over Macedonia, northern Greece, Albania and south Serbia
  • Treaty of London
Second Balkan War
(1913)		 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kingdom of Bulgaria Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Kingdom of Greece
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Kingdom of Serbia
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Kingdom of Romania
Flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg Kingdom of Montenegro
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire 		Defeat
  • Dissatisfied with gains from the First Balkan War, Bulgaria attacked former allies Serbia and Greece
  • Attacks repulsed by Greece and Serbia, whose armies enter Bulgaria
  • Romanian and Ottoman intervention forced Bulgaria to ask for armistice
  • Bulgarian territorial cessations in Treaty of Bucharest and Treaty of Constantinople
World War I
(1914–1918)
(see Bulgaria during World War I)		Central Powers:
Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kingdom of Bulgaria (from 1915)		Allied Powers:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Kingdom of Italy
Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Russian Empire
Flag of France.svg French Third Republic
Occupied by Central Powers:
Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Kingdom of Greece
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Kingdom of Serbia
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Kingdom of Romania 		Allied victory
Incident at Petrich (1925) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kingdom of Bulgaria Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Kingdom of Greece Bulgarian diplomatic victory
  • Due to a border incident, Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos sent troops into Bulgaria
  • League of Nations brokered ceasefire and Greek withdrawal
  • Greece fined for violating Bulgarian territory
  • Bulgaria paid damages for shooting Greek soldiers [1]
World War II
(1941–1945)
(see Bulgaria during World War II)		Allied Powers:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Kingdom of Italy (1943–45)
Flag of France.svg French Third Republic (1939–40)
Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg  Free France
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Kingdom of Romania (1944–45)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kingdom of Bulgaria (1944–45)
Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Kingdom of Greece (1940–45)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941)		Axis Powers:
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Nazi Germany
Flag of Japan.svg Empire of Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Kingdom of Italy (1939–43)
Flag of Italy.svg Italian Social Republic (1943–45)
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  Vichy France
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Independent State of Croatia
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Kingdom of Romania (1941–44)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kingdom of Bulgaria (1941–44)		Allied victory
  • Bulgarian monarchy abolished and replaced with communist government
  • Southern Dobruja ceded to Bulgaria post-war

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
(1968)		 Warsaw Pact Logo.svg Warsaw Pact:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Logistics support:
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany [a] 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Supported by:
Flag of Albania (1946-1992).svg  Albania

Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania

Warsaw Pact victory

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Iraq War
(2003-2011)		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Flag of NATO.svg NATO 		Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg Baath Loyalists
Flag of the Islamic State in Iraq.svg Islamic State of Iraq
Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg Al-Qaeda
Flag of Jihad.svg Islamic Army of Iraq

Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Ba'athist Iraq

Coalition victory
2011 military intervention in Libya Flag of NATO.svg NATO Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya NATO victory
  • NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
  • Civil war in Libya

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Invasion canceled, troops prepared, part of the executive staff

References

  1. ↑ Thomopoulos, Elaine (2012). The History of Greece. ABC-CLIO. p. 110. ISBN   9780313375118.
  2. ↑ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
  3. ↑ "U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence". MSNBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "UK 'to continue deporting failed Iraqi asylum seekers'". BBC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Bulgarian Frigate on Its Way to Libyan Coast". The Sofia Echo . 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.
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