The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages as well as late modern period and contemporary history.
The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval) (818–1330 AD) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (839–42) Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval) | ![]() | First Bulgarian Empire | Serbian victory |
Bulgarian-Serbian War (853) Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval) | Serbian Principality | First Bulgarian Empire | Serbian victory |
Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924 Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars | Principality of Serbia Byzantine Empire | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgarian victory
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Conquest of Bari | Frankish Empire | Emirate of Bari | Frankish victory
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Serb Uprising (927) [3] [4] [5] [6] | ![]() Supported by: | ![]() | Victory Časlav takes possession of the country after the uprising and submits suzereinity to the Byzantines |
Magyar-Serb conflict (c. early 9th century or c. 950/960) Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe | Serbian Principality | Magyar tribes | Inconclusive
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Serb Uprising (1042/1043 [7] ) | Decisive Doclean Serb victory
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Byzantine-Norman wars (1040–1189) | Indecisive
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Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095) (1090–1095) Part of the Byzantine–Serbian wars | Serbian military victory
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Battle of Zvečan (1094) Part of the Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095) | Serbian victory | ||
Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29) | Byzantine victory [12] | ||
Battle of Myriokephalon (1176) Part of the Byzantine–Seljuq wars | Byzantine Empire | Seljuk victory
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Emeric's Balkan campaign (1200–1203) Part of the Fourth Crusade | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Emeric's Victories |
Hungarian invasion of Serbia(1237) Part of the Crusade against Bogumils | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia (1242–1243) Part of the Mongol invasion of Europe | Second Bulgarian Empire Serbian Kingdom | Mongol Empire | Mongol victory |
Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde (1280s–1290s) | Serbian victory
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Epirote–Nicaean conflict (1257–1259) | Despotate of Epirus Kingdom of Serbia | Empire of Nicaea | Nicaean victory
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Serbian-Crusader Conflict | Byzantine victory | ||
Serbian-Anjou War (1318–1320) [15] [16] | ![]() | ![]() | Partial Victory
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War of Hum (1326–1329) | Banate of Bosnia Republic of Ragusa | Bosnian victory | |
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars | Kingdom of Serbia | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian victory [22] |
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (1342–1347) | | | Kantakouzenos victory
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Serbian Invasion of Albania (1342–1345) [23] [24] Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Serbian-Ottoman War (1352) Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357 | John V Palaiologos Serbian Empire Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman victory
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Serbian Civil War (1356–1359) Part of the Fall of the Serbian Empire | ![]() | ![]() Losha Clan ![]()
| Loyalist Victory
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The Feudal Wars (1356–1373) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anti-Altomanović Coalition: | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Battle of Kosovo (1389 [A] ) Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and the Serbian–Ottoman wars | Supported by: | Supported by: | Inconclusive |
Crusade of Nicopolis (1396) | Ottoman victory
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Ottoman-Timurid War 1399–1402 | ![]() Black Tatars | ![]() | Defeat
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Ottoman Interregnum (1402–1413) | Mehmed's forces | İsa's forces Süleyman's forces Musa's forces | Mehmed victory
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Second Scutari War (1419–23) | Zeta (until 1421) | Inconclusive, See aftermath
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Despotate-Ottoman Wars (1425–1459) [33] Part of the Ottoman Invasions of Serbia and Hungarian–Ottoman Wars | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Eventual Defeat
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Uprising against the Dahije (1804) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813) Part of the Serbian Revolution | Supported by: | Dahijas (1804)![]() | Defeat
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Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Part of the Serbian Revolution and Russo-Turkish Wars | ![]()
| Victory [41] | |
Hadži-Prodan's rebellion (1814) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Second Serbian Uprising (1815–1817) Part of the Serbian Revolution | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Niš Rebellion (1821) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Serbian Involvement in the Greek Revolution Part of the Greek War of Independence | ![]()
Military Support: | ![]() | Greek Victory
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Serb uprising (1848–1849) Part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire | ![]()
Supported by: | ![]() ![]()
| Victory
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Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis | Serb rebels Supported by: ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
First Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis | ![]() | Indecisive
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Second Serbian–Ottoman War (1877–1878) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis and the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | ![]() | Victory
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Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | ![]()
| ![]() | Coalition Victory
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Timok Rebellion (1883) | ![]() | People's Radical Party | Victory
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Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885) | Supported by: | ![]() | Defeat
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Macedonian struggle (1901) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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First Balkan War (1912–1913) Part of the Balkan Wars | Balkan League :Supported by: | Victory [59] | |
Serbian invasion of Albania (1912–1913) Part of the Balkan Wars | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Tikveš Uprising (1913) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | Victory
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Second Balkan War (1913) Part of the Balkan Wars | Victory | ||
Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Third Peasant Revolt in Albania (September–October 1914) | ![]() Support: ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Serbo-Italian backed Republic of Central Albania Victory
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Serbian campaign and Balkans theatre (1914–1918) Part of the European theatre of World War I | Allied Powers
| Central Powers :
| Victory |
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–23 | Victory
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Impresa di Pola (1918) Part of the Adriatic Campaign in 1918 and the Adriatic question | Defeat
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1918–1920 unrest in Split (1918–1920) Part of the Adriatic question | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia (1918–1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I | ![]() | ![]() | Military victory |
Christmas Uprising (1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the creation of Yugoslavia | Montenegrin Whites Victory
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Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings (1919–1924) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() Diplomatic support: ![]() | Victory
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Koplik War (1920–1921) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive
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Zogu Invasion of Albania (1924) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Zogu-Yugoslav Victory
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Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) Part of the Balkans campaign and Mediterranean theatre of World War II | ![]() | Axis | Defeat
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World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–1945) Part of the European theatre of World War II | Allies
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| Axis German puppet states and governments:
| Yugoslav Partisan Victory
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Yugoslav Involvement in the Years of Lead (1970s-1980s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Foreign supporters: | Supported by: | Defeat
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Croatian War of Independence (1991 – 1995 [A] ) Part of the Yugoslav Wars | 1991–92: 1992–95: | 1994–95: | Croatian victory
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Bosnian War (1992– 1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars | Until May 1992:![]() ![]() ![]() May 1992–94: 1994–95: | Until October 1992:![]() ![]() ![]() October 1992–94: October 1992–94: 1994–95: | Military stalemate
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Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars [70] | ![]() | Kumanovo Agreement [73] [74] [75] [76]
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Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001 [84] ) Part of the Yugoslav Wars | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Yugoslav victory [85] [86] |
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