Hvad har været den længste krig i historien?
Trehundrede og femogtredive femogtredive års krig
List of longest wars
Krig
Startdato
Slutdato
Varighed
Reconquista
000000000718-01-01-0000718-000000000722-01-01-0000722
000000001492-01-01-00001492
774 år
Krige mellem romere og persere
-9999999999999999999946-01-01-00000054 F.KR.
000000000628-01-01-0000628
681 år
Germaniske krige
-99999999999887-01-01-0000113 F.KR.
000000000569-01-01-0000569
681 år
Osmanniske krige i Europa
000000001265-01-01-00001265
000000001918-01-01-00001918
653 år
Serbisk-tyrkisk konflikt
000000001312-01-01-00001312
000000001918-01-01-00001918
606 år
Kroatisk-osmanniske krige
000000001443-01-01-00001443
000000001878-01-01-00001878
435 år
Arabisk-byzantinske krige
000000000634-01-01-0000634
000000001050-01-01-00001050
416 år
Mexicanske indianerkrige
000000001519-01-01-00001519
000000001933-01-01-00001933
414 år
Konflikten mellem Spanien og Marokko
000000001500-01-01-00001500
000000001900-01-01-00001900
400 år
Byzantinske-arabiske krige (780-1180)
000000000780-01-01-0000780
000000001180-01-01-00001180
400 år
Yaqui-krigene
000000001533-01-01-00001533
000000001929-01-01-00001929
396 år
Polsk-russiske krige
000000001558-01-01-00001558
000000001939-01-01-00001939
381 år
Filippinsk oprør mod Spanien
000000001521-01-01-00001521
000000001898-01-01-00001898
377 år
Konflikter mellem Marokko og Portugal
000000001415-01-01-00001415
000000001769-01-01-00001769
354 år
Russisk-tyrkiske krige
000000001568-01-01-00001568
000000001918-01-01-00001918
350 år
Dano-svenske krige
000000001470-01-01-00001470
000000001814-01-01-00001814
344 år
Trehundrede og femogtredive femogtredive års krig
000000001651-01-01-00001651
000000001986-01-01-00001986
335 år
Apache-Mexico-krigene
000000001600-01-01-00001600
000000001915-01-01-00001915
315 år
Russisk-svenske krige
000000001495-01-01-00001495
000000001809-01-01-00001809
314 år
Osmannisk-persiske krige
000000001514-01-01-00001514
000000001823-01-01-00001823
309 år
De burmesisk-siamesiske krige
000000001547-01-01-00001547
000000001855-01-01-00001855
308 år
Amerikanske indianerkrige
000000001622-01-01-00001622
000000001924-01-01-00001924
302 år
De osmannisk-venetianske krige
000000001422-01-01-00001422
000000001718-01-01-00001718
296 år
Arauco-krigen
000000001536-01-01-00001536
000000001825-01-01-00001825
289 år
Arauco-krigen
000000001536-01-01-00001536
000000001818-01-01-00001818
282 år
Hispano-Marokkanske krige
000000001681-01-01-00001681
000000001958-01-01-00001958
277 år
Vikingernes invasioner af England
000000000793-01-01-0000793
000000001066-01-01-00001066
273 år
Navajo-krige
000000001600-01-01-00001600
000000001866-01-01-00001866
266 år
De osmannisk-habsborgske krige
000000001526-01-01-00001526
000000001791-01-01-00001791
265 år
Krige mellem Byzans og Seljuq
000000001048-01-01-00001048
000000001308-01-01-00001308
260 år
Polsk-ottomanske krige
000000001443-01-01-00001443
000000001699-01-01-00001699
256 år
Osmannisk-portugisiske konflikter
000000001481-01-01-00001481
000000001718-01-01-00001718
237 år
Tjetjensk-russisk konflikt
000000001785-01-01-00001785
Igangværende
232 år
Islamisk erobring af Afghanistan
000000000642-01-01-0000642
000000000870-01-01-0000870
228 år
Anglo-spanske krige
000000001585-01-01-00001585
000000001808-01-01-00001808
223 år
Byzantinske-ottoniske krige
000000001265-01-01-00001265
000000001479-01-01-00001479
214 år
Polsk-teutonisk krig
000000001308-01-01-00001308
000000001521-01-01-00001521
213 år
Fransk-marokkanske konflikter
000000001765-01-01-00001765
000000001958-01-01-00001958
193 år
Kosakoprør
000000001591-01-01-00001591
000000001775-01-01-00001775
184 år
Russisk-persiske krige
000000001651-01-01-00001651
000000001828-01-01-00001828
177 år
Den spanske erobring af Guatemala
000000001521-01-01-00001521
000000001697-01-01-00001697
176 år
Spaniernes erobring af Chiapas
000000001523-01-01-00001523
000000001695-01-01-00001695
172 år
Moskva-litauiske krige
000000001368-01-01-00001368
000000001537-01-01-00001537
169 år
Ruslands erobring af Sibirien
000000001580-01-01-00001580
000000001747-01-01-00001747
167 år
Fitnas
000000000656-01-01-0000656
000000000819-01-01-0000819
163 år
De osmannisk-ungarske krige
000000001366-01-01-00001366
000000001526-01-01-00001526
160 år
Polsk-svenske krige
000000001563-01-01-00001563
000000001721-01-01-00001721
158 år
Anglo-hollandske krige
000000001652-01-01-00001652
000000001810-01-01-00001810
158 år
Australske grænsekrige
000000001788-01-01-00001788
000000001934-01-01-00001934
146 år
Mongolske invasioner og erobringer
000000001206-01-01-00001206
000000001337-01-01-00001337
131 år
Tidlige muslimske erobringer
000000000622-01-01-0000622
000000000750-01-01-0000750
128 år
Anden Hundredårskrig
000000001689-01-01-00001689
000000001815-01-01-00001815
126 år
Mughal-Sikh-krigene
000000001635-01-01-00001635
000000001753-01-01-00001753
118 år
Hundredårskrigen
000000001337-01-01-00001337
000000001453-01-01-00001453
116 år
Russisk-kazaniske krige
000000001438-01-01-00001438
000000001552-01-01-00001552
114 år
Jin-Song-krigene
000000001125-01-01-00001125
000000001234-01-01-00001234
109 år
De seleukidisk-parthiske krige
-99999999999762-01-01-0000238 F.KR.
-99999999999871-01-01-0000129 F.KR.
109 år
Georgisk-seljukiske krige
000000001099-01-01-00001099
000000001203-01-01-00001203
104 år
Russisk-kirkessiske krig
000000001763-01-01-00001763
000000001864-01-01-00001864
101 år
Xhosa-krigene
000000001779-01-01-00001779
000000001889-01-01-00001889
110 år
Tuareg-oprør
000000001916-01-01-00001916
Igangværende
101 år
Kurdisk separatisme i Iran
000000001918-01-01-00001918
Igangværende
99 år
Kurdiske oprør i Tyrkiet
000000001921-03-06-00006 marts 1921
Igangværende
96 år, 7 måneder, 4 uger og 2 dage
Afghanisk-sikh-krigene
000000001751-01-01-00001751
000000001837-01-01-00001837
86 år
Irakisk-kurdisk konflikt
000000001918-01-01-00001918
000000002003-01-01-00002003
85 år
Dagohoy-oprøret
000000001744-01-24-000024 januar 1744
000000001829-08-31-000031 august 1829
85 år, 7 måneder og 1 uge
Anglo-afghansk krig
000000001839-01-01-00001839
000000001919-01-01-00001919
80 år
Firsårskrigen
000000001568-01-01-00001568
000000001648-01-01-00001648
80 år
Den spanske erobring af Petén
000000001618-01-01-00001618
000000001697-01-01-00001697
79 år
Muslimsk erobring af Transoxiana
000000000673-01-01-0000673
000000000751-01-01-0000751
78 år
Anglo-Ashanti-krigene
000000001823-01-01-00001823
000000001900-01-01-00001900
77 år
Umayyadernes erobring af Hispania
000000000711-01-01-0000711
000000000788-01-01-0000788
77 år
Muslimsk erobring af Sicilien
000000000827-06-01-0000June 827
000000000902-08-01-0000August 902
75 år og 2 måneder
Apache-krigene
000000001849-01-01-00001849
000000001924-01-01-00001924
75 år
Jødisk-romerske krige
000000000066-01-01-000066
000000000136-01-01-0000136
70 år
Dzungar-Qing-krigene
000000001687-01-01-00001687
000000001758-01-01-00001758
71 år
Indisk-pakistanske krige
000000001947-10-22-000022 oktober 1947
Igangværende
70 år og 2 uger
Rohingya-oprør i det vestlige Myanmar
000000001947-01-01-00001947
Igangværende
70 år
Intern konflikt i Myanmar
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Igangværende
69 år
Israelsk-palæstinensisk konflikt
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Løbende
69 år
Konflikten mellem Israel og Libanon
000000001948-05-14-000014 maj 1948
Igangværende
69 år, 5 måneder, 3 uger og 1 dag
Den arabisk-israelske konflikt
000000001948-05-15-000015 maj 1948
Igangværende
69 år, 5 måneder og 3 uger
Konflikten i Balochistan
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Igangværende
69 år
Fredning af Algeriet
000000001835-01-01-00001835
000000001903-01-01-00001903
68 år
Kashmir-konflikten
000000001948-10-22-000022 oktober 1948
Igangværende
69 år og 2 uger
Afghanistan-Pakistan skænderier
000000001949-01-01-00001949
Igangværende
68 år
Karen-konflikt
000000001949-01-01-00001949
Løbende
68 år
Borgerkrig mellem bamar-folket og karen-folket, der har stået på siden 1948, knap et år efter at Myanmar blev uafhængigt af briterne.
Koreakrigen (Fædrelands befrielseskrig)
000000001950-01-01-00001950
Løbende (koreansk våbenhvileaftale i 1953)
67 år
Argentinske borgerkrige
000000001814-01-01-00001814
000000001880-01-01-00001880
66 år
Italienske krige
000000001494-01-01-00001494
000000001559-01-01-00001559
65 år
Borgerkrigen i Darfur
000000001722-01-01-00001722
000000001786-01-01-00001786
46 år
Etnisk konflikt i Nagaland
000000001954-01-01-00001954
Igangværende
63 år
Muslimsk erobring af Maghreb
000000000647-01-01-0000647
000000000709-01-01-0000709
62 år
Sudanesiske borgerkrige
000000001955-08-18-000018 august 1955
Igangværende
62 år, 2 måneder, 2 uger og 4 dage
60 års krig
000000001754-01-01-00001754
000000001814-01-01-00001814
60 år
Den hollandsk-portugisiske krig
000000001601-01-01-00001601
000000001661-01-01-00001661
60 år
Lelantine-krigen
-9999999999999290-01-01-0000710 F.KR.
-99999999999350-01-01-0000650 F.KR.
60 år
Italiens genforening
000000001815-01-01-00001815
000000001871-01-01-00001871
56 år
Oprør i Sydthailand
000000001960-01-01-00001960
Igangværende
57 år
Konflikten i Xinjiang
000000001960-01-01-00001960
Igangværende
57 år
Krige mellem Texas og indianerne
000000001820-01-01-00001820
000000001875-01-01-00001875
55 år
Papua-konflikt
000000001962-01-01-00001962
Igangværende
55 år
Moro-angreb på Sabah
000000001962-01-01-00001962
Løbende
55 år
Oprør i det nordøstlige Indien
000000001963-01-01-00001963
Igangværende
54 år
Konflikten i Colombia
000000001964-01-01-00001964
Løbende
53 år
Den baskiske konflikt
000000001959-01-01-00001959
000000002011-01-01-00002011
52 år
Bulgarsk-osmannske krige
000000001344-01-01-00001344
000000001396-01-01-00001396
52 år
Krigene mellem Galizien og Volhynien
000000001340-01-01-00001340
000000001392-01-01-00001392
52 år
Oprør i Manipur
000000001964-11-24-000024. november 1964
Igangværende
52 år, 11 måneder, 1 uge og 5 dage
Kommunistisk oprør i Myanmar
000000001939-01-01-00001939
000000001989-01-01-00001989
50 år
Byzantinske erobring af Bulgarien
000000000968-01-01-0000968
000000001018-01-01-00001018
50 år
De græsk-persiske krige
-9999999999999501-01-01-0000499 F.KR.
-99999999999551-01-01-0000449 F.KR.
50 år
Naxalit-maoistisk oprør
000000001967-05-18-000018 maj 1967
Igangværende
50 år, 5 måneder, 2 uger og 4 dage
Comanche-Mexico-krigene
000000001821-01-01-00001821
000000001870-01-01-00001870
49 år
Diadochi-krigene
-9999999999999678-01-01-0000322 F.KR.
-99999999999725-01-01-0000275 F.KR.
47 år
Borgerkrig i Filippinerne
000000001969-01-01-00001969
Igangværende
48 år
CPP-NPA-NDF-oprør
000000001969-03-29-000029 marts 1969
Igangværende
48 år, 7 måneder og 1 uge
Moro-konflikt
000000001969-03-29-000029 marts 1969
Igangværende
48 år, 7 måneder og 1 uge
Kaukasisk krig
000000001817-01-01-00001817
000000001864-01-01-00001864
47 år
Konflikten i Vestsahara
000000001970-01-01-00001970
Igangværende
47 år
Borgerkrige i Tchad
000000001965-01-01-00001965
000000002010-01-01-00002010
45 år
Kongo-borgerkrig
000000001665-01-01-00001665
000000001709-01-01-00001709
44 år
Sino-hollandske konflikter
000000001620-01-01-00001620
000000001662-01-01-00001662
42 år
Otteogtrediveårskrigen
000000000770-01-01-0000770
000000000811-01-01-0000811
41 år
Cabindakrigen
000000001975-11-08-00008 November 1975
Igangværende
41 år, 11 måneder og 4 uger
Oprør i Laos
000000001975-12-03-00003 December 1975
Løbende
41 år, 11 måneder og 2 dage
Bab al-Tabbaneh-Jabal Mohsen-konflikten
000000001976-01-01-00001976
Igangværende
41 år
Grænsekonflikter mellem Polen og Tjekkoslovakiet
000000001918-01-01-00001918
000000001958-01-01-00001958
40 år
Spaniernes erobring af Inkariget
000000001532-01-01-00001532
000000001572-01-01-00001572
40 år
Chichimeca-krigen
000000001550-01-01-00001550
000000001590-01-01-00001590
40 år
Umayyadernes invasion af Gallien
000000000719-01-01-0000719
000000000759-01-01-0000759
40 år
Comanche-krigene
000000001836-01-01-00001836
000000001875-01-01-00001875
39 år
Krigen i Afghanistan (1978 til i dag)
000000001978-04-27-000027 april 1978
Igangværende
39 år, 6 måneder, 1 uge og 2 dage
Kurdisk-tyrkisk konflikt (1978 til i dag)
000000001978-11-27-27-000027 november 1978
Igangværende
38 år, 11 måneder, 1 uge og 2 dage
Separatistiske bevægelser i Assam
000000001979-01-01-00001979
Igangværende
38 år
Guatemalas borgerkrig
000000001960-01-01-00001960
000000001996-01-01-00001996
36 år
Intern konflikt i Peru
000000001980-05-17-000017 maj 1980
Igangværende
37 år, 5 måneder, 2 uger og 5 dage
Franske religionskrige
000000001562-01-01-00001562
000000001598-01-01-00001598
36 år
Maoistisk oprør i Tyrkiet
000000001980-01-01-00001980
Igangværende
37 år
Banankrige
000000001898-01-01-00001898
000000001934-01-01-00001934
36 år
Krige mellem anglo-powhatanerne
000000001610-01-01-00001610
000000001646-01-01-00001646
36 år
Den hellige mands oprør
000000001901-01-01-00001901
000000001936-01-01-00001936
35 år
Ayutthaya-Lan Na-krigen
000000001441-01-01-00001441
000000001474-01-01-00001474
33 år
Rosenkrigene
000000001455-01-01-00001455
000000001487-01-01-00001487
32 år
Første skotske uafhængighedskrig
000000001296-01-01-00001296
000000001328-01-01-00001328
32 år
Konflikten i Casamance
000000001982-01-01-00001982
000000002014-01-01-00002014
32 år
Anglo-Mysore-krigene
000000001767-01-01-00001767
000000001799-01-01-00001799
32 år
Libysk modstandsbevægelse
000000001911-01-01-00001911
000000001943-01-01-00001943
32 år
Anden vikingeinvasion af de britiske øer
000000000980-01-01-0000980
000000001012-01-01-00001012
32 år
Aceh-krigen
000000001873-01-01-00001873
000000001904-01-01-00001904
31 år
Afaqi Khoja-oprør
000000001826-01-01-00001826
000000001857-01-01-00001857
31 år
Somalisk borgerkrig
000000001986-01-01-00001986
Igangværende
31 år
Problemer
000000001968-01-01-00001968
000000001998-01-01-00001998
30 år
Den franske erobring af Algeriet
000000001827-01-01-00001827
000000001857-01-01-00001857
30 år
Trediveårskrigen
000000001618-01-01-00001618
000000001648-01-01-00001648
30 år
Eritreas uafhængighedskrig
000000001961-09-01-01-00001 September 1961
000000001991-05-29-000029 maj 1991
29 år, 8 måneder og 4 uger
Murid-krigen
000000001830-01-01-00001830
000000001859-01-01-00001859
29 år
Lord's Resistance Army oprør
000000001987-01-01-00001987
Igangværende
30 år
Portugisisk genoprettelseskrig
000000001640-01-01-00001640
000000001668-01-01-00001668
28 år
Nagorno-Karabakh-konflikten
000000001988-01-01-00001988
Igangværende
29 år
Oprør i Aceh
000000001976-12-04-00004 December 1976
000000002005-08-15-000015 August 2005
28 år, 8 måneder, 1 uge og 4 dage
Konflikt mellem befolkningsgrupper i det palæstinensiske mandatområde
0000000019001920-03-01-00001 marts 1920
000000001948-05-15-000015 maj 1948
28 år, 2 måneder og 2 uger
Nicaraguansk revolution
000000001962-01-01-00001962
000000001990-01-01-00001990
28 år
FULRO-oprøret mod Vietnam
000000001964-01-01-00001964
000000001992-01-01-00001992
28 år
Kommunistisk oprør i Sarawak
000000001962-12-01-0000December 1962
000000001990-11-03-00003 November 1990
27 år, 10 måneder, 4 uger og 1 dag
Peloponnesisk krig
-9999999999999569-01-01-0000431 F.KR.
-99999999999596-01-01-0000404 F.KR.
27 år
Krige i New Zealand
000000001845-01-01-00001845
000000001872-01-01-00001872
27 år
Oprør i Jammu og Kashmir
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Igangværende
28 år
Abkhasisk-georgisk konflikt
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Igangværende
28 år
Georgisk-ossetisk konflikt
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Igangværende
28 år
Kommunistisk oprør i Sarawak
000000001962-12-01-0000December 1962
000000001990-11-03-00003 November 1990
27 år, 10 måneder, 4 uger og 1 dag
Sekterisme i Pakistan
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Igangværende
28 år
Intern konflikt i Bangladesh
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Igangværende
28 år
Angolansk borgerkrig
000000001975-01-01-00001975
000000002002-01-01-00002002
27 år
Russisk-finske krige
000000001918-01-27-000027 januar 1918
000000001944-09-19-000019 september 1944
26 år, 7 måneder, 3 uger og 2 dage
DHKP/C-oprøret i Tyrkiet
000000001990-04-01-00001 april 1990
Igangværende
27 år, 7 måneder og 4 dage
Mughal-Maratha-krigene
000000001681-09-01-0000September 1681
000000001707-05-01-0000May 1707
25 år og 8 måneder
Livoniske krig
000000001558-01-01-00001558
000000001583-01-01-00001583
25 år
Somalisk borgerkrig
000000001991-05-01-0000May 1991
Igangværende
26 år og 6 måneder
Sri Lankas borgerkrig
000000001983-07-23-000023 juli 1983
000000002009-05-18-000018 maj 2009
25 år, 9 måneder, 3 uger og 4 dage
Spansk-amerikanske uafhængighedskrige
000000001808-01-01-00001808
000000001833-01-01-00001833
25 år
Oromo-konflikt
000000001992-01-01-00001992
Igangværende
25 år
Oprør i Meghalaya
000000001992-01-01-00001992
Igangværende
25 år
Indonesiens besættelse af Østtimor
000000001975-12-07-00007 December 1975
000000001999-10-31-000031 oktober 1999
23 år, 10 måneder, 3 uger og 3 dage
Sydafrikansk grænsekrig
000000001966-08-26-000026 august 1966
000000001990-03-21-000021 marts 1990
24 år
Første puniske krig
-9999999999999736-01-01-0000264 F.KR.
-99999999999759-01-01-0000241 BC
23 år
Silesiske krige
000000001740-01-01-00001740
000000001763-01-01-00001763
23 år
Borgerkrig i Laos
000000001953-11-09-00009 november 1953
000000001975-12-02-00002 December 1975
22 år, 3 uger og 2 dage
Anden Sudanesiske borgerkrig
000000001983-01-01-00001983
000000002005-01-01-00002005
22 år
Besættelse af Araucanía
000000001861-01-01-00001861
000000001883-01-01-00001883
22 år
Konflikt i Chiapas
000000001994-01-01-00001994
Igangværende
23 år
Oprør i Ogaden
000000001994-01-01-00001994
Løbende
23 år
Normannernes erobring af England
000000001066-01-01-00001066
000000001088-01-01-00001088
22 år
Kandyan-krigene
000000001796-01-01-00001796
000000001818-01-01-00001818
22 år
Lille krig i Ungarn
000000001530-01-01-00001530
000000001552-01-01-00001552
22 år
Kommunistisk oprør i Malaysia (1968-89)
000000001968-06-17-000017 juni 1968
000000001989-12-02-00002 december 1989
21 år, 5 måneder, 2 uger og 1 dag
Anden Afar-opstand
000000001995-01-01-00001995
Igangværende
22 år
USA's besættelse af Nicaragua
000000001912-01-01-00001912
000000001933-01-01-00001933
21 år
Lazisk krig
000000000541-01-01-0000541
000000000562-01-01-0000562
21 år
Den store nordiske krig
000000001700-01-01-00001700
000000001721-01-01-00001721
21 år
Den osmanniske erobring af Habesh
000000001557-01-01-00001557
000000001578-01-01-00001578
21 år
Muslimsk erobring af Persien
000000000633-01-01-0000633
000000000654-01-01-0000654
21 år
Oprør under de allierede demokratiske styrker
000000001996-01-01-00001996
Igangværende
21 år
Eumerella-krigene
000000001840-01-01-00001840
000000001860-01-01-00001860
20 år
Krigen om de sicilianske vesper
000000001282-01-01-00001282
000000001302-01-01-00001302
20 år
Somaliland-kampagnen
000000001900-01-01-00001900
000000001920-01-01-00001920
20 år
Konflikten i Chittagong Hill Tracts
000000001977-01-01-00001977
000000001997-12-02-00002 December 1997
20 år, 3 uger og 6 dage
Vietnamkrig
000000001955-11-01-00001 november 1955
000000001975-04-30-000030 april 1975
19 år, 5 måneder, 4 uger og 1 dag
Byzantinsk-sasanidisk krig 572-591
000000000572-01-01-0000572
000000000591-01-01-0000591
19 år
USA's besættelse af Haiti
000000001915-07-28-000028. juli 1915
000000001934-08-01-00001 august 1934
19 år og 4 dage
Miao oprør (1854-73)
000000001854-01-01-00001854
000000001873-01-01-00001873
19 år
Gotisk krig
000000000535-01-01-0000535
000000000554-01-01-0000554
19 år
Al-Qaeda-oprør i Yemen
000000001998-01-01-00001998
Igangværende
19 år
Kommunekonflikter i Nigeria
000000001998-01-01-00001998
Løbende
19 år
Jeroboams oprør
-9999999999999069-01-01-0000931 F.KR.
-99999999999087-01-01-0000913 F.KR.
18 år
Kommunistisk oprør i Thailand
000000001965-01-01-00001965
000000001983-01-01-00001983
18 år
Basmachi-bevægelsen
000000001916-01-01-00001916
000000001934-01-01-00001934
18 år
Mahdist-krigen
000000001881-01-01-00001881
000000001899-01-01-00001899
18 år
Anden puniske krig
-99999999999782-01-01-0000218 F.KR.
-99999999999799-01-01-0000201 F.KR.
17 år
Den etiopiske borgerkrig
000000001974-09-12-000012 september 1974
000000001991-06-04-00004 juni 1991
16 år, 8 måneder, 3 uger og 2 dage
Første Sudanesiske borgerkrig
000000001955-08-18-000018 august 1955
000000001972-03-27-000027 marts 1972
16 år, 7 måneder, 1 uge og 2 dage
Bolivias uafhængighedskrig
000000001809-01-01-00001809
000000001825-01-01-00001825
16 år
Chilenske uafhængighedskrig
000000001810-01-01-00001810
000000001821-01-01-00001821 eller 000000001826-01-01-01-00001826
11-16 år
Den polsk-ottomanske krig (1683-99)
000000001683-01-01-00001683
000000001699-01-01-00001699
16 år
Krigen i Vestsahara
000000001975-10-30-000030 oktober 1975
000000001991-09-06-00006 september 1991
15 år, 10 måneder og 1 uge
Den store tyrkiske krig
000000001683-07-14-000014 juli 1683
000000001699-01-26-000026 januar 1699
15 år, 6 måneder, 1 uge og 5 dage
Libanesisk borgerkrig
000000001975-04-13-000013 april 1975
000000001990-10-13-000013 oktober 1990
15 år og 6 måneder
Bush-krig i Rhodesien
000000001964-07-04-00004 juli 1964
000000001979-12-12-000012 December 1979
15 år, 5 måneder, 1 uge og 1 dag
Krig mod terror
000000002001-09-11-000011 september 2001
Igangværende
16 år, 1 måned, 3 uger og 4 dage
Morean-krigen
000000001684-01-01-00001684
000000001699-01-01-00001699
15 år
Den lange tyrkiske krig
000000001591-01-01-00001591
000000001606-01-01-00001606
15 år
Oprør i Maghreb (2002-nutid)
000000002002-04-11-000011 april 2002
Igangværende
15 år, 6 måneder, 3 uger og 4 dage
Krig mellem Cambodja og Vietnam
000000001977-04-30-000030 april 1977
000000001991-10-23-000023 oktober 1991
14 år, 5 måneder, 3 uger og 2 dage
Taliban-oprøret
000000002002-01-01-00002002
Igangværende
15 år
Jødisk-babylonisk krig
-9999999999999399-01-01-0000601 F.KR.
-99999999999414-01-01-0000586 F.KR.
15 år
Tredje Indokina-krig
000000001978-01-01-00001978
000000001992-01-01-00001992
14 år
Oprør i Dhofar
000000001962-01-01-00001962
000000001976-01-01-00001976
14 år
Years of Lead (Italien)
000000001968-01-01-00001968
000000001982-01-01-00001982
14 år
Taiping-oprøret
000000001850-01-01-00001850
000000001864-01-01-00001864
14 år
Russisk-tyrkisk krig (1686-1700)
000000001686-01-01-00001686
000000001700-01-01-00001700
14 år
Abessinisk-Adal-krigen
000000001529-01-01-00001529
000000001543-01-01-00001543
14 år
Markomanniske krige
000000000166-01-01-0000166
000000000180-01-01-0000180
14 år
Anden kinesisk-japanske krig
000000001931-09-18-000018 september 1931
000000001945-09-09-09-00009 september 1945
13 år, 11 måneder, 3 uger og 1 dag
Krig i Darfur
000000002003-02-26-000026 februar 2003
Igangværende
14 år, 8 måneder, 1 uge og 3 dage
Krig i Afghanistan (2001-2014)
000000002001-10-07-00007 oktober 2001
000000002014-12-28-000028 december 2014
13 år, 2 måneder og 3 uger
Portugisisk kolonikrig
000000001961-02-04-00004 februar 1961
000000001974-04-25-000025 april 1974
13 år, 2 måneder og 3 uger
Angolansk uafhængighedskrig
000000001961-02-04-00004 februar 1961
000000001974-04-25-000025 april 1974
13 år, 2 måneder og 3 uger
Darul Islam oprør
000000001949-08-01-0000August 1949 - 000000001962-09-02-00002 september 1962
000000001962-09-01-0000September 1962
13 år, 3 uger og 5 dage
Den spanske arvefølgekrig
000000001702-07-09-00009 juli 1702
000000001715-07-11-000011 juli 1715
13 år og 2 dage
Konflikter i Nigerdeltaet
000000002003-01-01-00002003
Igangværende
14 år
Peruviens uafhængighedskrig
000000001811-01-01-00001811
000000001824-01-01-00001824
13 år
Venezuelansk uafhængighedskrig
000000001810-01-01-00001810
000000001823-01-01-00001823
13 år
Alexander den Stores krige
-9999999999999664-01-01-0000336 F.KR.
-99999999999677-01-01-0000323 F.KR.
13 år
Krig i det nordvestlige Pakistan
000000002004-03-16-000016 marts 2004
Igangværende
13 år, 7 måneder, 2 uger og 6 dage
Konflikt mellem Iran og PJAK
000000002004-04-01-00001 april 2004
Løbende
13 år, 7 måneder og 4 dage
Napoleonskrigene
000000001001803-05-18-000018 maj 1803
000000001815-11-20-000020 november 1815
12 år, 6 måneder og 2 dage
Burundisk borgerkrig
000000001993-10-21-000021 oktober 1993
000000002006-04-15-000015 april 2006
12 år, 5 måneder, 3 uger og 4 dage
Haitiansk revolution
000000001791-08-21-000021 august 1791
000000001001804-01-01-00001 januar 1804
12 år, 4 måneder, 1 uge og 4 dage
Borgerkrig i Salvador
000000001979-10-15-000015 oktober 1979
000000001992-01-16-000016 januar 1992
12 år, 3 måneder og 1 dag
Den malaysiske nødsituation
000000001948-06-16-000016 juni 1948
000000000019001960-07-12-000012 juli 1960
12 år, 3 uger og 5 dage
Kivu-konflikten
000000002004-01-01-00002004
Igangværende
13 år
Oprør i Sistan og Baluchestan
000000002004-01-01-00002004
Igangværende
13 år
Konflikt i irakiske flyveforbudszoner
000000001991-01-01-00001991
000000002003-01-01-00002003
12 år
Krigene i de tre kongeriger
000000001639-01-01-00001639
000000001651-01-01-00001651
12 år
Kimbriske krig
-99999999999887-01-01-0000113 F.KR.
-99999999999899-01-01-0000101 F.KR.
12 år
Guinea-Bissaus uafhængighedskrig
000000001963-01-23-000023 januar 1963
000000001974-09-10-000010 september 1974
11 år, 7 måneder, 2 uger og 4 dage
Paraguays folkehær oprør
000000002005-08-27-000027 august 2005
Igangværende
12 år, 2 måneder, 1 uge og 2 dage
Mexicansk uafhængighedskrig
00000000001810-09-16-000016 september 1810
00000000181821-09-27-000027 september 1821
11 år, 1 uge og 4 dage
Dano-svensk krig (1501-12)
000000001501-01-01-00001501
000000001512-01-01-00001512
11 år
Poolafdelingens oprør
000000001997-01-01-00001997
000000002008-01-01-00002008
11 år
Oprør i Punjab
000000001984-01-01-00001984
000000001995-01-01-00001995
11 år
Sino-vietnamesiske konflikter 1979-90
000000001979-01-01-00001979
000000001990-01-01-00001990
11 år
Dronning Anne-krigen
000000001702-01-01-00001702
000000001713-01-01-00001713
11 år
Sierra Leones borgerkrig
000000001991-03-23-000023 marts 1991
000000002002-01-18-000018 januar 2002
10 år, 9 måneder, 3 uger og 5 dage
Nepalesisk borgerkrig
000000001001996-02-13-000013 februar 1996
000000002006-11-21-000021 november 2006
10 år, 9 måneder, 1 uge og 1 dag
Houthi-oprøret i Yemen
000000002004-06-18-000018 juni 2004
000000002015-02-06-00006 februar 2015
10 år, 7 måneder, 2 uger og 5 dage
Jugoslaviske krige
000000001001991-03-31-000031 marts 1991
000000002001-11-12-000012 november 2001
10 år, 7 måneder, 1 uge og 5 dage
Gaza-Israel-konflikten
000000002006-06-01-0000June 2006
Igangværende
11 år og 5 måneder
Mexicansk narkokrig
000000002006-12-11-000011 December 2006
Løbende
10 år, 10 måneder, 3 uger og 4 dage
Algerisk borgerkrig
000000001991-12-26-000026 december 1991
000000002002-02-08-00008 februar 2002
10 år, 1 måned, 1 uge og 6 dage
Mexicansk revolution
000000001910-01-01-00001910
000000001920-01-01-00001920
10 år
Oprør i Hercegovina (1852-62)
000000001852-01-01-00001852
000000001862-01-01-00001862
10 år
Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
List of longest wars
War
Start date
End date
Duration


Reconquista
000000000718-01-01-0000718-000000000722-01-01-0000722
000000001492-01-01-00001492
774 years


Roman–Persian Wars
-999999999946-01-01-000054 BC
000000000628-01-01-0000628
681 years


Germanic Wars
-999999999887-01-01-0000113 BC
000000000569-01-01-0000569
681 years


Ottoman wars in Europe
000000001265-01-01-00001265
000000001918-01-01-00001918
653 years


Serbian–Turkish conflict
000000001312-01-01-00001312
000000001918-01-01-00001918
606 years


Croatian–Ottoman wars
000000001443-01-01-00001443
000000001878-01-01-00001878
435 years


Arab–Byzantine wars
000000000634-01-01-0000634
000000001050-01-01-00001050
416 years


Mexican Indian Wars
000000001519-01-01-00001519
000000001933-01-01-00001933
414 years


Spanish–Moro conflict
000000001500-01-01-00001500
000000001900-01-01-00001900
400 years


Byzantine–Arab wars (780–1180)
000000000780-01-01-0000780
000000001180-01-01-00001180
400 years


Yaqui Wars
000000001533-01-01-00001533
000000001929-01-01-00001929
396 years


Polish–Russian Wars
000000001558-01-01-00001558
000000001939-01-01-00001939
381 years


Philippine revolts against Spain
000000001521-01-01-00001521
000000001898-01-01-00001898
377 years


Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
000000001415-01-01-00001415
000000001769-01-01-00001769
354 years


Russo-Turkish wars
000000001568-01-01-00001568
000000001918-01-01-00001918
350 years


Dano-Swedish wars
000000001470-01-01-00001470
000000001814-01-01-00001814
344 years


Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
000000001651-01-01-00001651
000000001986-01-01-00001986
335 years


Apache–Mexico Wars
000000001600-01-01-00001600
000000001915-01-01-00001915
315 years


Russo–Swedish Wars
000000001495-01-01-00001495
000000001809-01-01-00001809
314 years


Ottoman–Persian Wars
000000001514-01-01-00001514
000000001823-01-01-00001823
309 years


Burmese–Siamese wars
000000001547-01-01-00001547
000000001855-01-01-00001855
308 years


American Indian Wars
000000001622-01-01-00001622
000000001924-01-01-00001924
302 years


Ottoman–Venetian Wars
000000001422-01-01-00001422
000000001718-01-01-00001718
296 years


Arauco War
000000001536-01-01-00001536
000000001825-01-01-00001825
289 years


Arauco War
000000001536-01-01-00001536
000000001818-01-01-00001818
282 years


Hispano-Moroccan wars
000000001681-01-01-00001681
000000001958-01-01-00001958
277 years


Viking invasions of England
000000000793-01-01-0000793
000000001066-01-01-00001066
273 years


Navajo Wars
000000001600-01-01-00001600
000000001866-01-01-00001866
266 years


Ottoman–Habsburg wars
000000001526-01-01-00001526
000000001791-01-01-00001791
265 years


Byzantine–Seljuq wars
000000001048-01-01-00001048
000000001308-01-01-00001308
260 years


Polish–Ottoman Wars
000000001443-01-01-00001443
000000001699-01-01-00001699
256 years


Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
000000001481-01-01-00001481
000000001718-01-01-00001718
237 years


Chechen–Russian conflict
000000001785-01-01-00001785
Ongoing
232 years


Islamic conquest of Afghanistan
000000000642-01-01-0000642
000000000870-01-01-0000870
228 years


Anglo-Spanish Wars
000000001585-01-01-00001585
000000001808-01-01-00001808
223 years


Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
000000001265-01-01-00001265
000000001479-01-01-00001479
214 years


Polish–Teutonic War
000000001308-01-01-00001308
000000001521-01-01-00001521
213 years


Franco-Moroccan conflicts
000000001765-01-01-00001765
000000001958-01-01-00001958
193 years


Cossack uprisings
000000001591-01-01-00001591
000000001775-01-01-00001775
184 years


Russo-Persian Wars
000000001651-01-01-00001651
000000001828-01-01-00001828
177 years


Spanish conquest of Guatemala
000000001521-01-01-00001521
000000001697-01-01-00001697
176 years


Spanish conquest of Chiapas
000000001523-01-01-00001523
000000001695-01-01-00001695
172 years


Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars
000000001368-01-01-00001368
000000001537-01-01-00001537
169 years


Russian conquest of Siberia
000000001580-01-01-00001580
000000001747-01-01-00001747
167 years


Fitnas
000000000656-01-01-0000656
000000000819-01-01-0000819
163 years


Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
000000001366-01-01-00001366
000000001526-01-01-00001526
160 years


Polish–Swedish wars
000000001563-01-01-00001563
000000001721-01-01-00001721
158 years


Anglo-Dutch Wars
000000001652-01-01-00001652
000000001810-01-01-00001810
158 years


Australian frontier wars
000000001788-01-01-00001788
000000001934-01-01-00001934
146 years


Mongol invasions and conquests
000000001206-01-01-00001206
000000001337-01-01-00001337
131 years


Early Muslim conquests
000000000622-01-01-0000622
000000000750-01-01-0000750
128 years


Second Hundred Years' War
000000001689-01-01-00001689
000000001815-01-01-00001815
126 years


Mughal-Sikh Wars
000000001635-01-01-00001635
000000001753-01-01-00001753
118 years


Hundred Years' War
000000001337-01-01-00001337
000000001453-01-01-00001453
116 years


Russo-Kazan Wars
000000001438-01-01-00001438
000000001552-01-01-00001552
114 years


Jin–Song Wars
000000001125-01-01-00001125
000000001234-01-01-00001234
109 years


Seleucid–Parthian wars
-999999999762-01-01-0000238 BC
-999999999871-01-01-0000129 BC
109 years


Georgian–Seljuk wars
000000001099-01-01-00001099
000000001203-01-01-00001203
104 years


Russo-Circassian War
000000001763-01-01-00001763
000000001864-01-01-00001864
101 years


Xhosa Wars
000000001779-01-01-00001779
000000001889-01-01-00001889
110 years


Tuareg rebellion
000000001916-01-01-00001916
Ongoing
101 years


Kurdish separatism in Iran
000000001918-01-01-00001918
Ongoing
99 years


Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
000000001921-03-06-00006 March 1921
Ongoing
96 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days


Afghan–Sikh Wars
000000001751-01-01-00001751
000000001837-01-01-00001837
86 years


Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
000000001918-01-01-00001918
000000002003-01-01-00002003
85 years


Dagohoy Rebellion
000000001744-01-24-000024 January 1744
000000001829-08-31-000031 August 1829
85 years, 7 months and 1 week


Anglo-Afghan War
000000001839-01-01-00001839
000000001919-01-01-00001919
80 years


Eighty Years' War
000000001568-01-01-00001568
000000001648-01-01-00001648
80 years


Spanish conquest of Petén
000000001618-01-01-00001618
000000001697-01-01-00001697
79 years


Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
000000000673-01-01-0000673
000000000751-01-01-0000751
78 years


Anglo-Ashanti wars
000000001823-01-01-00001823
000000001900-01-01-00001900
77 years


Umayyad conquest of Hispania
000000000711-01-01-0000711
000000000788-01-01-0000788
77 years


Muslim conquest of Sicily
000000000827-06-01-0000June 827
000000000902-08-01-0000August 902
75 years and 2 months


Apache Wars
000000001849-01-01-00001849
000000001924-01-01-00001924
75 years


Jewish–Roman wars
000000000066-01-01-000066
000000000136-01-01-0000136
70 years


Dzungar–Qing Wars
000000001687-01-01-00001687
000000001758-01-01-00001758
71 years


Indo-Pakistani wars
000000001947-10-22-000022 October 1947
Ongoing
70 years and 2 weeks


Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar
000000001947-01-01-00001947
Ongoing
70 years


Internal conflict in Myanmar
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Ongoing
69 years


Israeli–Palestinian conflict
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Ongoing
69 years


Israeli–Lebanese conflict
000000001948-05-14-000014 May 1948
Ongoing
69 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day


Arab–Israeli conflict
000000001948-05-15-000015 May 1948
Ongoing
69 years, 5 months and 3 weeks


Balochistan conflict
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Ongoing
69 years


Pacification of Algeria
000000001835-01-01-00001835
000000001903-01-01-00001903
68 years


Kashmir conflict
000000001948-10-22-000022 October 1948
Ongoing
69 years and 2 weeks


Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
000000001949-01-01-00001949
Ongoing
68 years


Karen conflict
000000001949-01-01-00001949
Ongoing
68 years
Civil war between the Bamar people and the Karen people that has been ongoing since 1948, little less than a year after Myanmar gained independence from the British.



Korean War (Fatherland Liberation War)
000000001950-01-01-00001950
Ongoing (Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953)
67 years


Argentine Civil Wars
000000001814-01-01-00001814
000000001880-01-01-00001880
66 years


Italian Wars
000000001494-01-01-00001494
000000001559-01-01-00001559
65 years


Darfurs Civil War
000000001722-01-01-00001722
000000001786-01-01-00001786
46 years


Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
000000001954-01-01-00001954
Ongoing
63 years


Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
000000000647-01-01-0000647
000000000709-01-01-0000709
62 years


Sudanese Civil Wars
000000001955-08-18-000018 August 1955
Ongoing
62 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days


Sixty Years' War
000000001754-01-01-00001754
000000001814-01-01-00001814
60 years


Dutch–Portuguese War
000000001601-01-01-00001601
000000001661-01-01-00001661
60 years


Lelantine War
-999999999290-01-01-0000710 BC
-999999999350-01-01-0000650 BC
60 years


Italian unification
000000001815-01-01-00001815
000000001871-01-01-00001871
56 years


South Thailand insurgency
000000001960-01-01-00001960
Ongoing
57 years


Xinjiang conflict
000000001960-01-01-00001960
Ongoing
57 years


Texas–Indian wars
000000001820-01-01-00001820
000000001875-01-01-00001875
55 years


Papua conflict
000000001962-01-01-00001962
Ongoing
55 years


Moro attacks on Sabah
000000001962-01-01-00001962
Ongoing
55 years


Insurgency in Northeast India
000000001963-01-01-00001963
Ongoing
54 years


Colombian Conflict
000000001964-01-01-00001964
Ongoing
53 years


Basque conflict
000000001959-01-01-00001959
000000002011-01-01-00002011
52 years


Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
000000001344-01-01-00001344
000000001396-01-01-00001396
52 years


Galicia–Volhynia Wars
000000001340-01-01-00001340
000000001392-01-01-00001392
52 years


Insurgency in Manipur
000000001964-11-24-000024 November 1964
Ongoing
52 years, 11 months, 1 week and 5 days


Communist insurgency in Myanmar
000000001939-01-01-00001939
000000001989-01-01-00001989
50 years


Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
000000000968-01-01-0000968
000000001018-01-01-00001018
50 years


Greco-Persian Wars
-999999999501-01-01-0000499 BC
-999999999551-01-01-0000449 BC
50 years


Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
000000001967-05-18-000018 May 1967
Ongoing
50 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 4 days


Comanche–Mexico Wars
000000001821-01-01-00001821
000000001870-01-01-00001870
49 years


Wars of the Diadochi
-999999999678-01-01-0000322 BC
-999999999725-01-01-0000275 BC
47 years


Civil conflict in the Philippines
000000001969-01-01-00001969
Ongoing
48 years


CPP–NPA–NDF rebellion
000000001969-03-29-000029 March 1969
Ongoing
48 years, 7 months and 1 week


Moro conflict
000000001969-03-29-000029 March 1969
Ongoing
48 years, 7 months and 1 week


Caucasian War
000000001817-01-01-00001817
000000001864-01-01-00001864
47 years


Western Sahara conflict
000000001970-01-01-00001970
Ongoing
47 years


Chadian Civil Wars
000000001965-01-01-00001965
000000002010-01-01-00002010
45 years


Kongo Civil War
000000001665-01-01-00001665
000000001709-01-01-00001709
44 years


Sino-Dutch conflicts
000000001620-01-01-00001620
000000001662-01-01-00001662
42 years


Thirty-Eight Years' War
000000000770-01-01-0000770
000000000811-01-01-0000811
41 years


Cabinda War
000000001975-11-08-00008 November 1975
Ongoing
41 years, 11 months and 4 weeks


Insurgency in Laos
000000001975-12-03-00003 December 1975
Ongoing
41 years, 11 months and 2 days


Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict
000000001976-01-01-00001976
Ongoing
41 years


Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts
000000001918-01-01-00001918
000000001958-01-01-00001958
40 years


Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
000000001532-01-01-00001532
000000001572-01-01-00001572
40 years


Chichimeca War
000000001550-01-01-00001550
000000001590-01-01-00001590
40 years


Umayyad invasion of Gaul
000000000719-01-01-0000719
000000000759-01-01-0000759
40 years


Comanche Wars
000000001836-01-01-00001836
000000001875-01-01-00001875
39 years


War in Afghanistan (1978–present)
000000001978-04-27-000027 April 1978
Ongoing
39 years, 6 months, 1 week and 2 days


Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
000000001978-11-27-000027 November 1978
Ongoing
38 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days


Assam separatist movements
000000001979-01-01-00001979
Ongoing
38 years


Guatemalan Civil War
000000001960-01-01-00001960
000000001996-01-01-00001996
36 years


Internal conflict in Peru
000000001980-05-17-000017 May 1980
Ongoing
37 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 5 days


French Wars of Religion
000000001562-01-01-00001562
000000001598-01-01-00001598
36 years


Maoist insurgency in Turkey
000000001980-01-01-00001980
Ongoing
37 years


Banana Wars
000000001898-01-01-00001898
000000001934-01-01-00001934
36 years


Anglo-Powhatan Wars
000000001610-01-01-00001610
000000001646-01-01-00001646
36 years


Holy Man's Rebellion
000000001901-01-01-00001901
000000001936-01-01-00001936
35 years


Ayutthaya-Lan Na War
000000001441-01-01-00001441
000000001474-01-01-00001474
33 years


Wars of the Roses
000000001455-01-01-00001455
000000001487-01-01-00001487
32 years


First War of Scottish Independence
000000001296-01-01-00001296
000000001328-01-01-00001328
32 years


Casamance conflict
000000001982-01-01-00001982
000000002014-01-01-00002014
32 years


Anglo-Mysore Wars
000000001767-01-01-00001767
000000001799-01-01-00001799
32 years


Libyan resistance movement
000000001911-01-01-00001911
000000001943-01-01-00001943
32 years


Second Viking Invasion of the British Isles
000000000980-01-01-0000980
000000001012-01-01-00001012
32 years


Aceh War
000000001873-01-01-00001873
000000001904-01-01-00001904
31 years


Afaqi Khoja revolts
000000001826-01-01-00001826
000000001857-01-01-00001857
31 years


Somali Civil War
000000001986-01-01-00001986
Ongoing
31 years


The Troubles
000000001968-01-01-00001968
000000001998-01-01-00001998
30 years


French conquest of Algeria
000000001827-01-01-00001827
000000001857-01-01-00001857
30 years


Thirty Years' War
000000001618-01-01-00001618
000000001648-01-01-00001648
30 years


Eritrean War of Independence
000000001961-09-01-00001 September 1961
000000001991-05-29-000029 May 1991
29 years, 8 months and 4 weeks


Murid War
000000001830-01-01-00001830
000000001859-01-01-00001859
29 years


Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
000000001987-01-01-00001987
Ongoing
30 years


Portuguese Restoration War
000000001640-01-01-00001640
000000001668-01-01-00001668
28 years


Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
000000001988-01-01-00001988
Ongoing
29 years


Insurgency in Aceh
000000001976-12-04-00004 December 1976
000000002005-08-15-000015 August 2005
28 years, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days


Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
000000001920-03-01-00001 March 1920
000000001948-05-15-000015 May 1948
28 years, 2 months and 2 weeks


Nicaraguan Revolution
000000001962-01-01-00001962
000000001990-01-01-00001990
28 years


FULRO insurgency against Vietnam
000000001964-01-01-00001964
000000001992-01-01-00001992
28 years


Communist insurgency in Sarawak
000000001962-12-01-0000December 1962
000000001990-11-03-00003 November 1990
27 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day


Peloponnesian War
-999999999569-01-01-0000431 BC
-999999999596-01-01-0000404 BC
27 years


New Zealand Wars
000000001845-01-01-00001845
000000001872-01-01-00001872
27 years


Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years


Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years


Georgian–Ossetian conflict
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years


Communist insurgency in Sarawak
000000001962-12-01-0000December 1962
000000001990-11-03-00003 November 1990
27 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day


Sectarianism in Pakistan
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years


Internal conflict in Bangladesh
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years


Angolan Civil War
000000001975-01-01-00001975
000000002002-01-01-00002002
27 years


Russo-Finnish wars
000000001918-01-27-000027 January 1918
000000001944-09-19-000019 September 1944
26 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days


DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
000000001990-04-01-00001 April 1990
Ongoing
27 years, 7 months and 4 days


Mughal–Maratha Wars
000000001681-09-01-0000September 1681
000000001707-05-01-0000May 1707
25 years and 8 months


Livonian War
000000001558-01-01-00001558
000000001583-01-01-00001583
25 years


Somali Civil War
000000001991-05-01-0000May 1991
Ongoing
26 years and 6 months


Sri Lankan Civil War
000000001983-07-23-000023 July 1983
000000002009-05-18-000018 May 2009
25 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days


Spanish American wars of independence
000000001808-01-01-00001808
000000001833-01-01-00001833
25 years


Oromo conflict
000000001992-01-01-00001992
Ongoing
25 years


Insurgency in Meghalaya
000000001992-01-01-00001992
Ongoing
25 years


Indonesian occupation of East Timor
000000001975-12-07-00007 December 1975
000000001999-10-31-000031 October 1999
23 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days


South African Border war
000000001966-08-26-000026 August 1966
000000001990-03-21-000021 March 1990
24 years


First Punic War
-999999999736-01-01-0000264 BC
-999999999759-01-01-0000241 BC
23 years


Silesian Wars
000000001740-01-01-00001740
000000001763-01-01-00001763
23 years


Laotian Civil War
000000001953-11-09-00009 November 1953
000000001975-12-02-00002 December 1975
22 years, 3 weeks and 2 days


Second Sudanese Civil War
000000001983-01-01-00001983
000000002005-01-01-00002005
22 years


Occupation of Araucanía
000000001861-01-01-00001861
000000001883-01-01-00001883
22 years


Chiapas conflict
000000001994-01-01-00001994
Ongoing
23 years


Insurgency in Ogaden
000000001994-01-01-00001994
Ongoing
23 years


Norman conquest of England
000000001066-01-01-00001066
000000001088-01-01-00001088
22 years


Kandyan Wars
000000001796-01-01-00001796
000000001818-01-01-00001818
22 years


Little War in Hungary
000000001530-01-01-00001530
000000001552-01-01-00001552
22 years


Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89)
000000001968-06-17-000017 June 1968
000000001989-12-02-00002 December 1989
21 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 1 day


Second Afar insurgency
000000001995-01-01-00001995
Ongoing
22 years


United States occupation of Nicaragua
000000001912-01-01-00001912
000000001933-01-01-00001933
21 years


Lazic War
000000000541-01-01-0000541
000000000562-01-01-0000562
21 years


Great Northern War
000000001700-01-01-00001700
000000001721-01-01-00001721
21 years


Ottoman conquest of Habesh
000000001557-01-01-00001557
000000001578-01-01-00001578
21 years


Muslim conquest of Persia
000000000633-01-01-0000633
000000000654-01-01-0000654
21 years


Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
000000001996-01-01-00001996
Ongoing
21 years


Eumerella Wars
000000001840-01-01-00001840
000000001860-01-01-00001860
20 years


War of the Sicilian Vespers
000000001282-01-01-00001282
000000001302-01-01-00001302
20 years


Somaliland Campaign
000000001900-01-01-00001900
000000001920-01-01-00001920
20 years


Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
000000001977-01-01-00001977
000000001997-12-02-00002 December 1997
20 years, 3 weeks and 6 days


Vietnam War
000000001955-11-01-00001 November 1955
000000001975-04-30-000030 April 1975
19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day


Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
000000000572-01-01-0000572
000000000591-01-01-0000591
19 years


United States occupation of Haiti
000000001915-07-28-000028 July 1915
000000001934-08-01-00001 August 1934
19 years and 4 days


Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
000000001854-01-01-00001854
000000001873-01-01-00001873
19 years


Gothic War
000000000535-01-01-0000535
000000000554-01-01-0000554
19 years


Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
000000001998-01-01-00001998
Ongoing
19 years


Communal conflicts in Nigeria
000000001998-01-01-00001998
Ongoing
19 years


Jeroboam's Revolt
-999999999069-01-01-0000931 BC
-999999999087-01-01-0000913 BC
18 years


Communist insurgency in Thailand
000000001965-01-01-00001965
000000001983-01-01-00001983
18 years


Basmachi movement
000000001916-01-01-00001916
000000001934-01-01-00001934
18 years


Mahdist War
000000001881-01-01-00001881
000000001899-01-01-00001899
18 years


Second Punic War
-999999999782-01-01-0000218 BC
-999999999799-01-01-0000201 BC
17 years


Ethiopian Civil War
000000001974-09-12-000012 September 1974
000000001991-06-04-00004 June 1991
16 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days


First Sudanese Civil War
000000001955-08-18-000018 August 1955
000000001972-03-27-000027 March 1972
16 years, 7 months, 1 week and 2 days


Bolivian War of Independence
000000001809-01-01-00001809
000000001825-01-01-00001825
16 years


Chilean War of Independence
000000001810-01-01-00001810
000000001821-01-01-00001821 or 000000001826-01-01-00001826
11-16 years


Polish–Ottoman War (1683–99)
000000001683-01-01-00001683
000000001699-01-01-00001699
16 years


Western Sahara War
000000001975-10-30-000030 October 1975
000000001991-09-06-00006 September 1991
15 years, 10 months and 1 week


Great Turkish War
000000001683-07-14-000014 July 1683
000000001699-01-26-000026 January 1699
15 years, 6 months, 1 week and 5 days


Lebanese Civil War
000000001975-04-13-000013 April 1975
000000001990-10-13-000013 October 1990
15 years and 6 months


Rhodesian Bush War
000000001964-07-04-00004 July 1964
000000001979-12-12-000012 December 1979
15 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day


War on Terror
000000002001-09-11-000011 September 2001
Ongoing
16 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 4 days


Morean War
000000001684-01-01-00001684
000000001699-01-01-00001699
15 years


Long Turkish War
000000001591-01-01-00001591
000000001606-01-01-00001606
15 years


Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
000000002002-04-11-000011 April 2002
Ongoing
15 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 4 days


Cambodian–Vietnamese War
000000001977-04-30-000030 April 1977
000000001991-10-23-000023 October 1991
14 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 2 days


Taliban insurgency
000000002002-01-01-00002002
Ongoing
15 years


Jewish–Babylonian War
-999999999399-01-01-0000601 BC
-999999999414-01-01-0000586 BC
15 years


Third Indochina War
000000001978-01-01-00001978
000000001992-01-01-00001992
14 years


Dhofar Rebellion
000000001962-01-01-00001962
000000001976-01-01-00001976
14 years


Years of Lead (Italy)
000000001968-01-01-00001968
000000001982-01-01-00001982
14 years


Taiping Rebellion
000000001850-01-01-00001850
000000001864-01-01-00001864
14 years


Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
000000001686-01-01-00001686
000000001700-01-01-00001700
14 years


Abyssinian–Adal war
000000001529-01-01-00001529
000000001543-01-01-00001543
14 years


Marcomannic Wars
000000000166-01-01-0000166
000000000180-01-01-0000180
14 years


Second Sino-Japanese War
000000001931-09-18-000018 September 1931
000000001945-09-09-00009 September 1945
13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 1 day


War in Darfur
000000002003-02-26-000026 February 2003
Ongoing
14 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days


War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
000000002001-10-07-00007 October 2001
000000002014-12-28-000028 December 2014
13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks


Portuguese Colonial War
000000001961-02-04-00004 February 1961
000000001974-04-25-000025 April 1974
13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks


Angolan War of Independence
000000001961-02-04-00004 February 1961
000000001974-04-25-000025 April 1974
13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks


Darul Islam Rebellion
000000001949-08-01-0000August 1949 – 000000001962-09-02-00002 September 1962
000000001962-09-01-0000September 1962
13 years, 3 weeks and 5 days


War of the Spanish Succession
000000001702-07-09-00009 July 1702
000000001715-07-11-000011 July 1715
13 years and 2 days


Conflict in the Niger Delta
000000002003-01-01-00002003
Ongoing
14 years


Peruvian War of Independence
000000001811-01-01-00001811
000000001824-01-01-00001824
13 years


Venezuelan War of Independence
000000001810-01-01-00001810
000000001823-01-01-00001823
13 years


Wars of Alexander the Great
-999999999664-01-01-0000336 BC
-999999999677-01-01-0000323 BC
13 years


War in North-West Pakistan
000000002004-03-16-000016 March 2004
Ongoing
13 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 6 days


Iran–PJAK conflict
000000002004-04-01-00001 April 2004
Ongoing
13 years, 7 months and 4 days


Napoleonic Wars
000000001803-05-18-000018 May 1803
000000001815-11-20-000020 November 1815
12 years, 6 months and 2 days


Burundian Civil War
000000001993-10-21-000021 October 1993
000000002006-04-15-000015 April 2006
12 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days


Haitian Revolution
000000001791-08-21-000021 August 1791
000000001804-01-01-00001 January 1804
12 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days


Salvadoran Civil War
000000001979-10-15-000015 October 1979
000000001992-01-16-000016 January 1992
12 years, 3 months and 1 day


Malayan Emergency
000000001948-06-16-000016 June 1948
000000001960-07-12-000012 July 1960
12 years, 3 weeks and 5 days


Kivu conflict
000000002004-01-01-00002004
Ongoing
13 years


Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
000000002004-01-01-00002004
Ongoing
13 years


Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
000000001991-01-01-00001991
000000002003-01-01-00002003
12 years


Wars of the Three Kingdoms
000000001639-01-01-00001639
000000001651-01-01-00001651
12 years


Cimbrian War
-999999999887-01-01-0000113 BC
-999999999899-01-01-0000101 BC
12 years


Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
000000001963-01-23-000023 January 1963
000000001974-09-10-000010 September 1974
11 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 4 days


Paraguayan People's Army insurgency
000000002005-08-27-000027 August 2005
Ongoing
12 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days


Mexican War of Independence
000000001810-09-16-000016 September 1810
000000001821-09-27-000027 September 1821
11 years, 1 week and 4 days


Dano-Swedish War (1501–12)
000000001501-01-01-00001501
000000001512-01-01-00001512
11 years


Pool Department insurgency
000000001997-01-01-00001997
000000002008-01-01-00002008
11 years


Insurgency in Punjab
000000001984-01-01-00001984
000000001995-01-01-00001995
11 years


Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90
000000001979-01-01-00001979
000000001990-01-01-00001990
11 years


Queen Anne's War
000000001702-01-01-00001702
000000001713-01-01-00001713
11 years


Sierra Leone Civil War
000000001991-03-23-000023 March 1991
000000002002-01-18-000018 January 2002
10 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days


Nepalese Civil War
000000001996-02-13-000013 February 1996
000000002006-11-21-000021 November 2006
10 years, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day


Houthi insurgency in Yemen
000000002004-06-18-000018 June 2004
000000002015-02-06-00006 February 2015
10 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days


Yugoslav Wars
000000001991-03-31-000031 March 1991
000000002001-11-12-000012 November 2001
10 years, 7 months, 1 week and 5 days


Gaza–Israel conflict
000000002006-06-01-0000June 2006
Ongoing
11 years and 5 months


Mexican Drug War
000000002006-12-11-000011 December 2006
Ongoing
10 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 4 days


Algerian Civil War
000000001991-12-26-000026 December 1991
000000002002-02-08-00008 February 2002
10 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days


Mexican Revolution
000000001910-01-01-00001910
000000001920-01-01-00001920
10 years


Herzegovina uprising (1852–62)
000000001852-01-01-00001852
000000001862-01-01-00001862
10 years
List of longest wars