List of wars involving Greece

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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other Greek colonies (First Greek colonisation, Second Greek colonisation, Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea, Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greeks in Egypt, Greeks in Syria, Greeks in Malta), Greek Kingdoms of Hellenistic period, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Byzantine Empire/ Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day.

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Bronze Age, I Don’t Know

Mycenaean Period

WarStart of the warFinish of the warNotes
Trojan War ca. 1194 BCE
or between 1260 BCE
ca. 1199 BCE
and 1240 BCE
No one knows exactly the years the war took place. 1260 and 1240 BCE.
The Greek poet Homer wrote about this war in his epic poem Iliad.

Ancient Greece

Dark Ages

WarStart of the warFinish of the warNotes
Dorian invasion  ? ?This is when the mysterious Dorians invaded Greece. This is why it is named Dorian invasion. They still don't know what the Dorians' real name is. This is not classified as a war but it was still important in the Greeks' history.

Archaic Period

WarStart of the warFinish of the warBattle/siegeYear of battle/ siege
First Messenian War 743 BCE724 BCE
Lelantine War 710 BCE650 BCE

Meliac war

690 BCE (?)670 BCE (?)
Second Messenian War 685 BCE668 BCE Battle of Deres
Battle of the Great Foss 682 BCE
Argos against the Sparta Battle of Hysiae 669 BC
Greco-Punic Wars 600 BCE307 BCE
First Sacred War 595 BCE585 BCE Siege of Kirrha 585 BC
Arcadia against the Sparta Battle of the Fetters 550 BC
Argos against the Sparta Battle of Champions/ Battle of Thyrea 546 BC
Battle of Pallene546 BC
Battle of Alalia Sometime between 540 BC and 535 BC

Classical Period

5th century BC

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/siegeYears of battle / siege
Greco-Persian Wars/ Persian Wars 499 BCE449 BCE Siege of Naxos 499 BCE
Ionian Revolt 499 BCE488 BCE Siege of Sardis 498 BCE
Battle of Ephesus 498 BCE
Revolts at Cyprus 498 BCE - 497 BCE
Battle of Marsyas 496 BCE
Battle of Labraunda 496 BCE
Battle of Pedasus 496 BCE
Battle of Lade 494 BCE
Battle of Miletus 494 BCE
Battle of Chios 493 BCE
Battle of Malene 493 BCE
First Persian invasion of Greece 492 BCE490 BCESiege of Lindos490 BCE
Siege of Naxos 490 BCE
Siege of Karystos490 BCE
Siege of Eretria 490 BCE
Battle of Marathon 490 BCE
Second Persian invasion of Greece 480 BCE479 BCE Battle of Thermopylae 480 BCE
Battle of Artemisium 480 BCE
Battle of Salamis 480 BCE
Siege of Potidea480 BCE
Siege of Olynthus479 BCE
Battle of Plataea 479 BCE
Battle of Mycale 479 BCE
Greek counterattack479 BCE478 BCESiege of Sestos479 BC-478 BCE
Siege of Byzantium478 BCE
Delian League against Persian Empire
(Wars of the Delian League)
477 BCE449 BCE Siege of Eion 477 BCE–476 BCE or 476 BCE–475 BCE
Battle of the Eurymedon 466 BCE
Battle of Papremis 460 BCE
Siege of Memphis455 BCE
Siege of Prosopitis
Battle of Mendesium
Siege of Kition
Battle of Salamis (Cyprus)450 BCE
Greco-Punic Wars 600 BCE307 BCE First Sicilian War 480 BCE480 BCE Battle of Himera 480 BCE
Second Sicilian War 410 BCE340 BCE Battle of Selinus 409 BCE
Second Battle of Himera 409 BCE
Siege of Akragas 406 BCE
Battle of Gela 405 BCE
Sack of Camarina 405 BCE
Delian League against Greek states
(Wars of the Delian League)
(Before the First Peloponnesian War)
476 BCE460 BCEAttack in the island of Skyros476 BCE or 475 BCE
Attack in the island of Naxos471 BCE
Thasian rebellion 465 BCE465 BCESiege of Thasos465 BCE
Battle of Sepeia 494 BCE
Battle of Cumae 474 BCE
First Peloponnesian War 460 BCE445 BCEBattle of Aegina458 BCE
Battle of Tanagra 457 BCE
Battle of Oenophyta 457 BCE
Second Sacred War 449 BCE448 BCEBattle of Delphi
Battle of Coronea 447 BCE
Samian War 440 BCE439 BCE
Battles which led to the Peloponnesian War Battle of Sybota 433 BCE
Battle of Potidaea 432 BCE
Peloponnesian War 431 BCE404 BCE Archidamian War 431 BCE421 BCE Battle of Spartolos 429 BCE
Siege of Plataea 429 BC-427 BCE
Battle of Naupactus 429 BCE
Battle of Rhium/ Battle of Chalcis 429 BCE
Mytilenean revolt 428 BC-427 BCE
Battle of Tanagra 426 BCE
Aetolian campaign 426 BCE
Battle of Olpae 426 BCE
Battle of Idomene 426 BCE
Battle of Delium 424 BCE
Battle of Megara 424 BCE
Battle of Pylos 425 BCE
Battle of Sphacteria 425 BCE
Battle of Amphipolis 422 BCE
The years after the "Peace of Nicias"420 BCE414 BCE Battle of Mantinea 418 BCE
Battle of Hysiae 417 BCE
Battle of Orneae 417 BCE
Battle of Melos 416 BCE
Sicilian Expedition 415 BCE413 BCEAttack on Hyccara 415 BCE
Battle of Syracuse 415 BCE-413 BCE
Decelean War / Ionian War413 BCE404 BCESiege of Miletus412 BCE
Battle of Panormus412 BCE
Battle of Miletus412 BCE
Battle of Eretria 411 BCE
Battle of Syme 411 BCE
Battle of Cynossema 411 BCE
Battle of Cyzicus 410 BCE
Battle of Abydos 410 BCE
Siege of Chalcedon408 BCE
Siege of Byzantium408 BCE
Battle of Notium 407 BCE
Battle of Mytilene 406 BCE
Battle of Notium/Ephesus 406 BCE
Battle of Arginusae 406 BCE
Battle of Aegospotami 405 BCE
Phyle Campaign 404 BCE403 BCE Battle of Phyle 404 BCE or 403 BCE
Battle of Munichia 404 BCE or 403 BCE
Battle of Piraeus 403 BCE
Elean War c. 401 BCc.400 BC
NotesBattleYear of battle
In the battles was not a Greek State, but a large army of Greek mercenaries that helped the Cyrus the Younger.
Xenophon wrote about this army of Greek mercenaries, in his work Anabasis.
Battle of Cunaxa 401 BCE
Battles between the Ten Thousand and the Persian army during their route back to Greece.401 - 399 BCE

4th century BC

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/siegeYear of battle
Greco-Punic Wars 600 BC307 BC Second Sicilian War 410 BC340 BC Siege of Motya 398 BC
Siege of Segesta 398 or 397 BC
Battle of Messene 397 BC
Battle of Catana 397 BC
Siege of Syracuse 397 BC
Siege of Tauromenium 394 BC
Battle of Abacaenum 393 BC
Battle of Chrysas 392 BC
Battle of Cabala any year from 378 BC to 375 BC
Battle of Cronium 374 BC
Siege of Syracuse 343 BC
Battle of the Crimissus 339 BC
Spartan-Persian War c.400 BC394 BC Battle of Sardis 395 BC
Corinthian War 395 BC386 BC Battle of Haliartus 395 BC
Battle of Coronea 394 BC
Battle of Cnidus 394 BC
Battle of Nemea 394 BC
Battle of Lechaeum 391 BC
Bosporan–Sindian War 389 BC380 BC
Bosporan–Heracleote War 389 BC360 BC
Dionysius I of Syracuse battles Battle of the Elleporus 389 BC
Siege of Rhegium 386 BC
Boeotian War 378 BC371 BC Battle of Naxos 376 BC
Battle of Tegyra 375 BC
Theban hegemony 371 BC362 BC Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
Battle of Cynoscephalae 364 BC
Battle of Mantinea 362 BC
Philip's II campaigns 359 BC338 BCBattle of Methone359 BC
Battle of Erigon Valley358 BC
Third Sacred War 356 BC346 BC Battle of Crocus Field 352 BC
Siege of Amphipolis357 BC
Siege of Pydna357 BC or 356 BC
Siege of Potidea356 BC
Siege of Methone355–354 BC or 354–353 BC
Olynthian War349 BC348 BC
Siege of Perinthos340 BC-339 BC
Siege of Byzantion340 BC-339 BC
Fourth Sacred War339 BC338 BC Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC
Social War 357 BC355 BC Battle of Embata 356 BC
Third Sacred War 356 BC346 BCBattle of Delphi355 BC
Battle of Neon354 BC
Battle of Crocus Field / Volo 352 BC
Battle of Tamynae 354 BC or 350 BC
Battle of Thermopylae352 BC
Foreign War 346 BC343 BCSiege of Lyttos346 BC
Siege of Kydonia343 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign 335 BC335 BC Siege of Pelium 335 BC
Battle of Thebes 335 BC
Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia334 BC323 BC Persian Empire campaign Battle of the Granicus 334 BC
Siege of Miletus 334 BC
Siege of Halicarnassus 334 BC
Battle of Issus 333 BC
Siege of Tyre 332 BC
Siege of Gaza 332 BC
Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC
Battle of the Persian Gate 331 BC
Battle of Jaxartes 329 BC
Battle of Gabai 328 BC
Siege of Sogdian Rock 327 BC
Indian campaign Cophen Campaign 327 BC-326 BC
Siege of Aornos 326 BC
Battle of the Hydaspes 326 BC
Mallian Campaign 326 BC-325 BC
Sparta against Alexander the Great regent Antipater Battle of Megalopolis 331 BC
Epirus against Italian tribes Battle of Pandosia 331 BC

Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, Indo-Greek Kingdom and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon helped the Roman Republic.

WarStart of the warEnd of the warName of the conflictStart of the conflictEnd of the conflictName of battle / siegeYears of battle / siege
Lamian War 323 BC322 BC Battle of Plataea 323 BC
Battle of Thermopylae 323 BC
Siege of Lamia323–322 BC
Battle of Amorgos322 BC
Defeat of Leonnatus by Antiphilus 322 BC
Battle of Crannon 322 BC
Wars of the Diadochi 322 BC281 BC First War of the Diadochi 322 BC320 BC
Second War of the Diadochi 319 BC315 BC Battle of Paraitakene 317 BC
Battle of Gabiene 316 BC
Siege of Pydna317–316 or 315 BC
Third War of the Diadochi 314 BC311 BC Battle of Gaza 312 BC
Babylonian War 311 BC309 BC
Fourth War of the Diadochi 308 BC301 BC Battle of Salamis 306 BC
Siege of Rhodes 305–304 BC
Battle of Ipsus 301 BC
The struggle over Macedon298 BC285 BC
The struggle of Lysimachus and Seleucus285 BC281 BC Battle of Corupedium 281 BC
Greek–Punic Wars 600 BC307 BC Third Sicilian War 315 BC307 BC Battle of Himera 311 BC
Siege of Syracuse 311 BC - 309 BC
Battle of White Tunis 310 BC
Seleucid–Mauryan war 305 BC303 BC
Boeotian revolt Siege of Thebes 292–291 or 290 BC
Wars of Pyrrhus 292 BC272 BCInvasion of Thessaly292 BC
Pyrrhic War 280 BC275 BC Battle of Heraclea 280 BC
Battle of Asculum 279 BC
Siege of Syracuse 278 BC
Siege of Lilybaeum 278 BC
Battle of the Cranita hills 277 BC
Battle of the Strait of Messina 276 BC
Battle of Beneventum 275 BC
Siege of Sparta 272 BC
Battle of Argos272 BC
Damascene War280 BC279 BC
Gallic invasions of Greece 280 BC275 BCBattle of Thermopylae279 BC
Battle for Delphi279 BC
Syrian Wars 274 BC168 BC First Syrian War 274 BC271 BC
Second Syrian War 260 BC253 BC
Third Syrian War 246 BC241 BC Battle of Andros 246 BC
Fourth Syrian War 219 BC217 BC Battle of Raphia/ Battle of Gaza 217 BC
Fifth Syrian War 202 BC195 BC Battle of Panium 200 BC
Sixth Syrian War 170 BC168 BC
Chremonidean War 267 BC261 BC
Antigonid Macedonia against Ptolemaic Egypt Battle of Cos within the period 262–255 BC
Seleucid Empire civil war Battle of Ancyra 237 BC
Seleucid–Parthian wars 238 BC129 BC Parni conquest of Parthia 238 BC
Battle of Ecbatana 129 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Attalid kingdom Battle of the Harpasus 229 BC
Illyrian Wars 229 BC168 BC Battle of Paxos 229 BC
Cleomenean War 229/228 BC222 BCBattle of Ladoceia227 BC
Battle of Dyme 226 BC
Battle of Sellasia 222 BC
Lyttian War 221/220 BC219 BC
Social War 220 BC217 BC
Second Punic War 218 BC201 BC Siege of Syracuse 214–212 BC
Macedonian Wars 214 BC148 BC First Macedonian War 214 BC205 BC First Battle of Lamia 209 BC
Second Battle of Lamia 209 BC
Battle of Mantinea 207 BC
Second Macedonian War 200 BC197 BC Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC
Third Macedonian War 172 BC168 BC Battle of Callinicus 171 BC
Battle of Pydna 168 BC
Fourth Macedonian War 150 BC148 BC Battle of Pydna 148 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom208 BC206 BC Battle of the Arius 208 BC
Siege of Bactra 208–206 BC
Cretan War 205 BC200 BC Battle of Chios 201 BC
Battle of Lade 201 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War 195 BC195 BC Battle of Gythium 195 BC
Siege of Sparta195 BC
Roman–Seleucid War 192 BC188 BC Battle of Thermopylae 191 BC
Battle of Magnesia 190 BC
Battle of the Eurymedon 190 BC
Battle of Myonessus 190 BC
Battle of Magnesia 190 BC
Aetolian War 191 BC189 BC
Galatian War * 189 BC189 BC Battle of Mount Olympus 189 BC
Maccabean Revolt 167 BC160 BC Battle of Wadi Haramia 167 BC
Battle of Beth Horon 166 BC
Battle of Emmaus 166 BC
Battle of Beth Zur 164 BC
Battle of Beth Zechariah 162 BC
Battle of Adasa 161 BC
Battle of Dathema
Battle of Elasa 160 BC
Seleucid Dynastic Wars 157 BC63 BC
Achaean League against the Roman Republic Battle of Corinth 146 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Ptolemaic Egypt Battle of Antioch 145 BC
War of the Heavenly Horses 104 BC101 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Nabataean Kingdom Battle of Cana 84 BC

Medieval Greece

Byzantine Period, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire (Empire of Trebizond, Despotate of Epirus, Despotate of the Morea, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Thessalonica, Principality of Theodoro) and Frankokratia

(Frankokratia was after 1204, when Crusader states were established on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire)

In 330 the Emperor Constantine the Great changed the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople. Greek population was part of the Empire and the Eastern part of the Roman Empire was already heavily Hellenized and Emperor Heraclius completed the Hellenization (replaced Latin with Greek as the official language, etc.) of the Byzantine Empire.

330–619

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/ SiegeYears Of Battle/ Siege
Samaritan Revolts 484572
Byzantine–Sasanian wars 421628 War of 421–422 421422
War of 440 440440
Anastasian War 502506
Iberian War 526532 Battle of Dara 530
Battle of Callinicum 531
Lazic War 541562
War of 572–591 572592 Battle of Solachon 586
Battle of Martyropolis 588
Battle of Blarathon 592
War of 602–628 602628 Battle of Antioch 613
Jewish revolt 614-628
Siege of Constantinople 626
Battle of Nineveh 627
Nika riots 532532
Vandalic War 533534 Battle of Ad Decimum 533
Battle of Tricamarum 533
Gothic War 535554 Battle of Taginae 552
Battle of Mons Lactarius 553

620–1204

In 620, the Heraclius introduced Greek as the official language of the Empire. He also, adopted the Greek title of Basileus instead of the Latin Caesar, Augustus, or Imperator.

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/ SiegeYears Of Battle/ Siege
Arab–Byzantine wars 6291050 Siege of Damascus (634) 634
Battle of Yarmouk 636
Siege of Constantinople 674–678
Siege of Constantinople 717-718
Siege of Nicaea 727
Battle of Akroinon 740
11691169
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars 6801355 Battle of Ongal 680
Battle of Anchialus 708
Battle of Marcellae 756
Battle of Marcellae 792
Siege of Serdica 809
Battle of Pliska 811
Battle of Versinikia 813
Siege of Constantinople 813
Siege of Adrianople 813
Battle of Achelous 917
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria 9681018 Battle of the Gates of Trajan 986
Battle of Spercheios 997
Battle of Kleidion 1014
Battle of Dyrrhachium 1018
Uprising of Peter Delyan 10401041 First Battle of Thessalonica 1040
Second Battle of Thessalonica 1040
Battle of Ostrovo 1041
Uprising of Asen and Peter 11851204
The revolt of Bardanes Tourkos 803803
Siege of Patras (805 or 807) 805 or 807805 or 807
The revolt against Emperor Michael II the Amorian 820823Siege of Constantinople821–822
Rus'–Byzantine Wars Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'
Rus'–Byzantine War 860860
Rus'–Byzantine War 907907
Rus'–Byzantine War 941941
Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria 967/968971 Battle of Silistra 968
Battle of Arcadiopolis 970
Siege of Dorostolon 971
Rus'–Byzantine War 10241024
Rus'–Byzantine War 10431043
Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes 974975
Byzantine–Georgian wars 10141051 Battle of Shirimni/ Battle of Palakazio 1021
Battle of Sasireti 1042
The revolt of Leo Tornikios 10471047Siege of Constantinople1047
Byzantine–Seljuq wars 10481308 Battle of Manzikert 1071
Siege of Nicaea 1113
Battle of Myriokephalon 1176
Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir 1177
Battle of Antioch on the Meander 1211
Byzantine–Norman wars 10501185 Battle of Dyrrhachium 1081
Siege of Thessalonica 1185
Battle of Demetritzes 1185
Rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder 10771078 Battle of Kalavrye 1078
First Crusade 10961099 Siege of Nicaea 1097
Fourth Crusade 12021204 First Siege of Constantinople 1203
Second Siege of Constantinople 1204

1205–1460

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/ SiegeYears Of Battle/ Siege
Byzantine–Latin wars Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros 1205
Battle of Adramyttium 1205
Battle of the Rhyndacus 1211
Battle of Poimanenon 1223 or 1224
Siege of Constantinople 1235
Siege of Rhodes 1248–1249 or 1250
Battle of Pelagonia 1259
Siege of Constantinople 1260
Capture of Constantinople by Nicaean troops under Alexios Strategopoulos 1261
Battle of Prinitza 1263
Battle of Settepozzi 1263
Battle of Makryplagi 1263 or 1264
Battle of Neopatras Between 1272 and 1275
Battle of Demetrias Between 1272 and 1275
Battle of Pharsalus 1277
Siege of Berat 1280–1281
Byzantine–Genoese War 13481349
Battle of the Echinades 1427
Byzantine–Ottoman wars

(until the siege of Constantinople, there were battles between the Byzantines and the Ottomans even after the capture of Constantinople)

12651453 Battle of Bapheus 1302
Catalan campaign in Asia Minor 13031313
Siege of Prusa 1326
Siege of Nicaea 1328–1331
Battle of Pelekanon 1329
Siege of Nicomedia 1333–1337
Battle of Adrianople 1365
Siege of Philadelphia 1390
Blockade of Constantinople1390–1402
Siege of Constantinople 1422
Siege of Thessalonica 1422–1430
Siege of Constantinople 1453
Byzantines against Catalan Company Battle of Apros 1305
Byzantine civil war 13211328
Byzantine civil war 13411347
Revolt of the Zealots of Thessalonica 13421350
Byzantine civil war 13521357
Revolt of Saint Titus 13631368
Byzantine civil war 13731379
Morea revolt 14531454

Modern Era

Ottoman Greece

1461–1799

( * ) Greeks helped the Christian armies.
( ** ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

In 1460 the Ottomans conquered the Despotate of the Morea, in 1461 the Empire of Trebizond (the Akcakale castle captured by the Turks in 1467 though), in 1475 the Principality of Theodoro, in 1479 the Despotate of Epirus and by 1500 most of the plains and islands were in Ottoman hands. Holdouts included Rhodes, conquered in 1522, Cyprus in 1571, Crete, retained by the Venetians until 1669, and the Ionian islands which remained primarily under the rule of the Republic of Venice.

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/siegeYears of Battle / siege
Ottoman–Venetian Wars * 14631718 First Ottoman–Venetian War 14631479
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War 15701573 Battle of Lepanto 1571
Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War / Cretan War 16451669
Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War / Morean War 16841699
Siege of Rhodes * 15221522
Revolts at Vonitsa and Epirus15851585
Himara Revolt 15961596
Thessaly Revolt 16001600
Revolt of Dionysius the Philosopher 16111611
Russo-Turkish War ** 17681774 Orlov Revolt 17701770 Battle of Chesma 1770
Revolt of Daskalogiannis 17701770
Naval battles between Lambros Katsonis fleet and Ottoman Empire's fleet.17781790
Ottoman invasion of Mani 17801780Siege of Grigorakos tower1780
Battle of Vromopigada 1780
Siege of Kastania 1780

19th century

1800–1832
WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/siegeYears of battle / siege
Souliote War 18031803
Ottoman invasions of Mani18031803 Invasion of 1803
18071807 Invasion of 1807
18151815 Invasion of 1815
Greek War of Independence 18211832 Battle of Kalamata 1821
Siege of Patra 1821
Battle of Alamana 1821
Siege of the Acropolis 1821–1822
Battle of Gravia Inn 1821
Battle of Doliana 1821
Battle of Valtetsi 1821
Siege of Tripolitsa 1821
Battle of Sculeni 1821
Battle of Dragashani 1821
Battle of the Trench 1821
Battle of Vasilika 1821
Battle of Peta 1822
First Siege of Missolonghi 1822
Battle of Dervenakia 1822
Battle of Alatas island (near Trikeri)1823
Battle of Karpenisi 1823
Second Siege of Missolonghi 1823
Third Siege of Missolonghi 1825–1826
Battle of Sphacteria 1825
Battle of Maniaki 1825
Battle of the Lerna Mills 1825
Battle of Kleisova islet1826
Battle of Arachova 1826
Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani 18261826Battle of Vergas1826
Battle of Diro1826
Battle of Polytsaravo1826
Siege of the Acropolis 1826–1827
Battle of Trikeri1827
Battle of Kamatero 1827
Battle of Phaleron 1827
Battle of Navarino 1827
Chios expedition 1827
Battle of Frangokastello 1828
Battle of Petra 1829
Greek civil wars 18231825 First Greek civil war 18231824
Second Greek civil war 18241825

1833–1899

( * ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictBattle/ SiegeYears Of Battle/ Siege
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18411841
Crimean War * 18531856 Battle of Eupatoria


Siege of Sevastopol

Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire 18541854Battle of Filiadona1854
Battle of Melissatika1854
Battle of the gardens of Ano Volos1854
Battle of Fyllouria1854
Battle of Sphlaio1854
Battle of Pedino1854
Battle of Dhmario1854
Battle of Skoulhkaria1854
Battle of Domokos1854
Battle of Thaumako1854
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18581858
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18661869
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18781878
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire 18781878 Epirus Revolt 18781878Revolt of Tzoumerka1878
Revolt of Valtos1878
Revolt of Radovitsi1878
Revolt of Arta1878
Battle of Lykoursi1878
Thessaly Revolt18781878Battle of Kato Moni Ksenias1878
Battle of Palio Platano1878
Battle of souvria1878
First Battle of Makrinitsa1878
Second Battle of Makrinitsa1878
Battle of Kedros1878
Battle of Sekliza1878
Battle of Mataragka1878
Battle of Mouzaki 1878
Macedonian Revolt 18781878
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18851885
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18881888
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18891889
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 18951896
Greco-Turkish War 18971897Battle of Livadeia, Crete1897
Battle of Tyrnavos1897
Battle of Farsala1897
Battle of Domokos 1897
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) 18971898

20th century

1900–1938

( * ) Greece officially entered World War I in 1917.

WarStart of the warFinish of the warName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictPartStartFinishBattleYear Of Battle
Macedonian Struggle 19041908
Theriso revolt 19051906
Balkan Wars 19121913 First Balkan War 19121913Battle of Elassona1912
Battle of Sarantaporo 1912
Invasion of Imbros 1912
Battle of Giannitsa 1912
Battle of Pente Pigadia 1912
Battle of Vevi 1912
Himara revolt 1912
Battle of Elli 1912
Battle of Korytsa 1912
Battle of Bizani 1913
Battle of Lemnos 1913
Second Balkan War 19131913 Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas 1913
Battle of Doiran 1913
Battle of Demir Hisar / Sidirokastro1913
Battle of Kresna Gorge 1913
Icarian revolution against the Ottoman Empire19121912
World War I
(Greece in World War I) *
19141918 Mediterranean Theater 19141918 Battle of Imbros 1918
Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front 19141918 Battle of Skra-di-Legen 1918
Vardar Offensive 19181918 Battle of Doiran 1918
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War 19181920
Greco-Turkish War 19191922 Greek landing at Smyrna 1919
Battle of Tellidede 1919
Battle of Aydın 1919
Greek Summer Offensive 1920
Battle of the Gediz 1920
First Battle of İnönü 1921
Second Battle of İnönü 1921
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir / Battle of Dorylaion 1921
Battle of Sakarya / Battle of the Sangarios 1921
Battle of Dumlupınar 1922
Corfu incident 19231923
Incident at Petrich 19251925

1939–1945

( * ) Greece entered the World War II at 1940.

WarStart of the warFinish of the warFrontsStartFinishName of conflictStart of the conflictFinish of the conflictPartStart (of "Part")Finish (of "Part")Part IIYear(s) (of "Part II")BattleYear Of Battle
World War II (Greece in World War II) * 19391945 Western Front 19391945West European Campaign19441945 The Invasion of Normandy 19441944Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord)1944
Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and African Fronts 19401945
Balkans Campaign 19401941 Greco-Italian War 19401941Italian offensive and Greek counteroffensive1940-1941 Battle of Pindus 1940
Battle of Elaia–Kalamas 1940
Battle of Morava–Ivan 1940
Battle of Korytsa 1940
Battle of Saranda 1940
Battle of Himara 1940
Capture of Klisura Pass 1941
Battle of Trebeshina 1941
Italian Spring Offensive (Operation Primavera)1941 Battle of Hill (Height) 731 1941
Battle of Greece/ German Invasion of Greece 19411941Battle of the Mainland
(Operation Marita)
1941
Battle of Metaxas Line 1941
Battle of Vevi / Battle of Klidi Pass 1941
Battle of Kleisoura Pass 1941
Battle of Thermopylae 1941
Battle of Crete
(Operation Mercury)
1941
Battle of Maleme1941
Battle of Rethymno 1941
Battle of Heraklion1941
North African Campaign 19401943 Western Desert Campaign 19401943 Second Battle of El Alamein 1942
Tunisia Campaign 19421943Battle of Ksar Ghilane (Ksar Rhilane)1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit 1943
Adriatic Campaign 19401945
Mediterranean Campaign 19401945 Dodecanese Campaign 19431943 Battle of Kos 1943
Battle of Leros 1943
Action off Cape Bougaroun 1943
Raid on Santorini 1944
Raid on Ios1944
Raid on Mykonos1944
Raid on Amorgos1944
Operation Tenement19441944 Raid on Symi 1944
Operation Dragoon 19441944
Greek Resistance against Axis occupation 19411945 Drama Uprising 1941
ESPO bombing1942
Gorgopotamos Bridge sabotage 1942
Kidnap of General Kreipe 1944
Damasta sabotage 1944
Italian Campaign 19431945 Allied invasion of Sicily 1943
Battle of Anzio 1944
Battle of Rimini 1944

1946–1949

There were fights between Greeks before 1946, but these were the prelude and not officially the start of the civil war

WarStart of the warFinish of the warBattleYear Of Battle
Greek Civil War 19461949Battle of Litochoro1946
Battle of Karditsa1948
Battle of Sofades1948
Battle of Edessa1948
Battle of Naousa1948
Battle of Ardea1948
Battle of Naousa1949
Battle of Karpenisi1949
Battle of Leonidio1949
Battle of Agios Vasilios of Cynuria1949
Battle of Florina1949
Battle of Tsarnos line1949
Battle of Vitsi1949
Battle of Grammos 1949

1950–1989

( * ) Greece didn't participate at the battles and didn't declare war on Turkey, only some Greek units participated.

War/MissionStart of the war/missionFinish of the war/missionForceStart operating of the forceFinish operating of the forceBattleYear Of Battle
Korean War 19501953 Greek Expeditionary Force in Korea
(EKSE)
19501958 Battle of Chosin Reservoir 1950
First Battle of Wonju 1951
Second Battle of Wonju 1951
Battle of Hill 381 in Icheon1951
Battle of Hill 3261951
Battle of Hill 313 in Yeoncheon (Scotch Hill)1951
Battle of Nori Hill1952
Sieges of Outpost Harry 1953
Battle of Bukjeong Pass1953
CONGO-UNIKOM19601961Air Task Force of Congo
Turkish invasion of Cyprus * 19741974 Greek Force of Cyprus (ELDYK)1959PresentBattle of Paphos1974
Attacks against the area of Kioneli1974
Battle of the ELDYK camp1974
Battle of Nicosia International Airport 1974
Battle of Lapithos1974
Battle of Karava1974
Battle of Vasilia Passage1974
Battle of the English College1974
Battle of the ELDYK camp1974

1990–1999

( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.

The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role

War/MissionStart of the war/missionFinish of the war/missionName of the International ForceStart operating of the forceFinish operating of the forceName of the Greek Force * Start operating of the forceFinish operating of the forceOperationStartFinish
Gulf War 19901991
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) 19912003
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI) 19912003
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina 19922004 Implementation Force (IFOR) 19951996Greek Force in Bosnia
(ELDYB)
19952004Operation Joint Endeavour19951996
Stabilisation Force (SFOR) 19962004Greek Force in Bosnia
(ELDYB)
19952004Operation Joint Guard19961998
Operation Joint Forge19982004
United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) 19931995 Unified Task Force (UNITAF) 19931994Greek Task Force of Somalia (ELLASOM)19931994
Rebellion in Albania 19971997Operation Kosmas19971997
Greek Force in Albania
(ELDAL)
19971997 Operation Alba 19971997
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUSCO)
19992011
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War 1999Present Kosovo Force
(KFOR)
1999PresentGreek Force in Kosovo
(ELDYKO)
19992003

21st century

( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.
( ** ) Operations started in the 20th century but continuing into the 21st century are listed in both centuries.
( *** ) ISAF was in Afghanistan from 2001–2014, but ELDAF-TESAF was from 2002-2012. Some trainers of the Hellenic Air Force who are training Afghanese pilots stayed there longer than the ELDAF-TESAF. RSM was in Afghanistan from 2015-2021.
( **** ) The Greek Forces in Afghanistan was named ELDAF until 2005 and later they renamed to TESAF.
( ***** ) The Maritime Task Force (MTF) is the naval component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role.

War/ MissionStart of the war/missionFinish of the war/missionName of the International ForceStart operating of the forceFinish operating of the forceName of the Greek Force * Start operating of the forceFinish operating of the forceOperationStartFinishOutcome
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) ** 19912003Victory
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq
(UNGCI)
**
19912003Victory
NATO intervention in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
**
19922004 Stabilisation Force (SFOR) 19962004Greek Force in Bosnia
(ELDYB)
19952004Operation Joint Forge19982004Victory
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUSCO) **
19992011 Operation Artemis 20032003Victory
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War ** 1999Present Kosovo Force
(KFOR)
1999PresentGreek Force in Kosovo
(ELDYKO)
19992003Ongoing
Greek Force in Kosovo-2
(ELDYKO-2)
20032011
Greek Force in Kosovo-3
(ELDYKO-3)
2011Present
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia and missions in Republic of Macedonia 20012003Greek Force in Skopje

(ELDYS)

20012003 Operation Essential Harvest 20012001Victory
  • Macedonian government agrees to give greater political rights to Macedonian Albanians following the ceasefire
Operation Amber Fox20012002
Operation Allied Harmony20022003
Operation Concordia 20032003
War in Afghanistan 20012021 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Resolute Support Mission (RSM) *** 20012021Greek Force in Afghanistan
(ELDAF) *** / ****
20022005Defeat
Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan
(TESAF) *** / ****
20052012
Operation Active Endeavour 20012016Standing Naval Force Mediterranean
(STANAVFORMED or SNFM)
19922004Victory
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2
(SNMG2)
20052016
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa 2002Present Standing NATO Maritime Group 2
(SNMG2)
2005Present Operation Ocean Shield 20092016Ongoing
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 20052011Victory
Missions in Lebanon 2006PresentMaritime Task Force
(MTF) *****
2006PresentOngoing
Military intervention in Libya 20112011 Operation Unified Protector 20112011Victory
American-led intervention in Iraq against ISIS 2014presentOngoing
Operation Irini 2020presentOngoing
Operation Prosperity Guardian 2023presentOngoing
Operation Aspide 2023presentOngoing

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