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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Cyprus and its predecessor states.
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Cyprus, status quo ante bellum , or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Greco-Persian Wars | Greek city-states : [iv] • Athens • Sparta • Thebes • Thespiae • Cyprus • Delian League | Achaemenid Empire Greek vassals: • Halicarnassus • Thessalia • Boeotia • Thebes • Macedon | Greek victory [1] |
Kitos War | Roman victory [2]
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Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Crusaders: Levant: Military orders: | Muslim forces: | Ayyubid victory
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War of the Lombards (1228–1243) | . Kingdom of Cyprus | Holy Roman Empire
| Victory of anti-Imperial faction of local barons |
Lord Edward's crusade (1271–1272) | Inconclusive
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Smyrniote crusades (1343–1351) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive |
Alexandrian Crusade (9–12 October 1365) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Crusader victory |
Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | London and Zürich Agreements
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Cyprus crisis of 1963–64 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
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Cyprus crisis of 1967 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
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Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974) | Turkish victory [7] [8] [9] [10]
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As a result of the Turkish invasion and occupation, perhaps as many as 200,000 Greeks living in northern Cyprus fled their homes and became refugees in the south. It is estimated that 638 Turkish troops died in the fighting, with another 2,000 wounded. Another 1,000 or so Turkish civilians were killed or wounded. Cypriot Greeks, together with Greek soldiers dispatched to the island, suffered 4,500–6,000 killed or wounded, and 2,000–3,000 more missing.