List of wars involving the Czech lands

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This is a list of wars involving the Czech Republic and its predecessor states.

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Before 850

YearWarAlliesEnemiesConclusion
626War against Avars Samo's empire Avar Khaganate Victory
631 War between Samo's empire and Frank Empire Samo's empire Francia Victory
79-795Francian Campaigns against Avars Czechs
Francia
Avar Khaganate Victory
805 Great Turkestan War Czechs Francia Victory
833Conquest of Nitrian Principality Great Moravia Principality of Nitra Victory
848-849 Louis the German's campaign against Bohemia Bohemia East Francia Victory

850-1526

YearWarAlliesEnemiesConclusion
800/862–973 Hungarian invasions of Europe Duchy of Bohemia
Great Moravia
others
Hungarians Victory[ citation needed ]
864-874Great Moravia war against East Francia Great Moravia
Bohemia
East Francia Victory
936-950Bohemian-Saxon War Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Defeat
975-978War against Otto II. Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Victory
988-990 Polish-Czech War Duchy of Bohemia Duchy of Poland
Holy Roman Empire
Defeat
995War against Slavník dynasty Duchy of Bohemia Zlicans Victory
1002-1005Polish-Bohemian War Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Poland Victory
1010-1019Polish-German War Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Poland Victory
1030-1031Intervention in Hungary Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Bohemia
Kingdom of Hungary Indecisive
1035Campaign against Lutici Duchy of Bohemia Lusatia Victory
1039-1047Polish-Bohemian War Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Victory
1040-1041War against Henry III. Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Defeat
1042-1044 Bretislaus I and Henry III. invasions of Hungary Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary Victory
1051Campaign in Hungary Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary Victory [1]
1063Siege of Hradec nad Moravicí Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Victory
1070Polish-Bohemian War Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Victory
1077 - 1088 Great Saxon Revolt Duchy of Bohemia
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Rudolf of Rheinfelden Victory
1104–1105Expeditions into Pomerania Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Victory
1126 War of succession to the Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Victory
1145 - 1149 Second Crusade Duchy of Bohemia
Crusaders
Saracens Defeat
1158Milan Campaign Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Milan Victory
1189-1192 Third Crusade Duchy of Bohemia
Crusaders
Muslims Military victory
1241 Mongol invasion of Moravia [2] Kingdom of Bohemia Mongol Empire Mongols retreated
1254-1255 Prussian Crusade Kingdom of Bohemia
Teutonic Knights
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Victory
1257Bohemia-Bavarian War Kingdom of Bohemia Bavaria Defeat
1260 War of Styria Kingdom of Bohemia
Duchy of Austria
Kingdom of Hungary Victory
1267-1268 Prussian Crusade Kingdom of Bohemia
Teutonic Knights
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Retreat
1270-1271Hungarian Campaign Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Victory
1273Bohemian-Hungarian War Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Victory
1278 War against Rudolf von Habsburg Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
Defeat
1291-1292 Wenceslaus II.'s Polish Campaign Kingdom of Bohemia Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high Victory
1298 Fight for the rule over the Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Bohemia
Duchy of Austria
County of Nassau
Electoral Palatinate
Victory
1304Anti-Bohemian Coalition Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire
Charles I of Hungary
Victory
1315War against Matthew III Csák Kingdom of Bohemia Máté Csák's domainVictory
1314-1322Double reign of Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Bohemia
Louis IV.
Frederick the Fair Victory
1331-1332War against Louis IV. Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Defeat
1345-1348 Polish-Czech War Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland (Piast) Defeat
1346 Hundred Years' War Kingdom of Bohemia
France
England Defeat
1419-1434 Hussite Wars Radical Hussites Papal States
Holy Roman Empire
Utraquist hussites
Defeat of radicals
1437–143?Polish–Bohemian war [3] [4] Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland
Hussites
Victory
1443-1444 Crusade of Varna Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary
Ottoman Empire Defeat
1468-1478 Bohemian War Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Treaty of Brno

1526-1918

YearWarAlliesEnemiesConclusion
1530-1552 Little War in Hungary Kingdom of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Ottoman Empire Indecisive
1546-1547 Schmalkaldic War Kingdom of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Schmalkaldic League Victory
1611Invasion of Passau Army Kingdom of Bohemia Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau Victory
1618-1620 Bohemian Revolt Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Defeat
1620-1648 Thirty Years' War Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Empire
Protestant states Peace of Westphalia
1680Peasant UprisingCzech Peasants Austrian Empire Defeat
1775Peasant UprisingCzech Peasants Austrian Empire Defeat
1848 Czech Revolution Czechs Austrian Empire Defeat
1914 - 1918 World War I Czechoslovak Legions
Triple Entente
Central Powers Victory
1917- 1922 Russian Civil War Czechoslovak Legions
White Movement
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Legions did get in Vladivostok, White army defeated

Since 1918

YearWarAlliesEnemiesLossesConclusion
1919 Polish–Czechoslovak War Czechoslovakia Poland 44-53 killedVictory
1918-1920 Revolutions and interventions in Hungary Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary 2824 killed or missingVictory
1932-1935 Chaco War Bolivia
Czechoslovakia
Paraguay Defeat
1938 Sudeten German uprising Czechoslovakia German Insurgents100 killedMilitary Victory
1938 Capture of Zaolzie Czechoslovakia Second Polish Republic 2 killedDefeat
1939 Axis invasion of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Nazi Germany 1 killedDefeat
1939 Hungarian Invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine Czechoslovakia Kingdom of Hungary
Ukrainian nationalists
40 killedDefeat
1939-1945 World War II Czechoslovak government-in-exile
Allies
Axis powers 325,000 killedVictory
1945 Racibórz Conflict Czechoslovakia Poland NoneAgreement
1945-1947 Operation B Czechoslovakia
Poland
Soviet Union
Ukrainian Insurgent Army 49 killedVictory
1948-1949 Israeli War of Independence Israel
supported by Czechoslovakia
Arab statesNoneVictory
1950-1953 Korean War Communist states including Czechoslovakia South Korea
United Nations
NoneMilitary stalemate;
Ceasefire reached through Korean Armistice Agreement
1953 Merklín incident Czechoslovakia United States NoneVictory
1953 Uprising in Plzeň Czechoslovakia Plzeň workersNoneUprising crushed
1955-1975 Vietnam War [5] Communist states including Czechoslovakia South Vietnam
United States
NoneVictory
1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Warsaw Pact 137 killedDefeat
1970s-1980s Angolan Civil War MPLA supported by:
Czechoslovakia and others
UNITA 1 killedVictory
1990-1991 Gulf War Czechoslovakia
United States and other
Iraq 1 killedVictory
1999 Kosovo War NATO including the Czech Republic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia NoneVictory
2002-2021 War in Afghanistan Czech Republic
United States
United Kingdom and others
Insurgents14 killedDefeat
2003-2009 Iraq War [6] Czech Republic
United States
United Kingdom and others
Insurgents1 killedVictory
2004 Unrest in Kosovo [7] [8] Czech Republic
Kosovo Force
Kosovo Albanians [ citation needed ]NoneUnrest suppressed
Peace reached through mutual agreement
2011 First Libyan Civil War [9] Anti-Gaddafi movement
NATO supported by the Czech Republic
Libya NoneVictory
2012-present Mali War Czech Republic
Mali
France
ECOWAS
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Islamists
NoneOngoing

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