List of wars involving Lithuania
Introduction This is a '''list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania''' throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood. Dates indicate the years in which Lithuania was involved in the war. Notable militarised interstate disputes are included. : : : :
[[Kingdom of Lithuania]] * Mongol invasions of Lithuania (1258–1259, 1275, 1279, and 1325)
[[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] === 14th century === Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies Galicia–Volhynia Wars (1340–1392) 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Golden Horde 20px Kingdom of Poland20px Kingdom of Hungary20px Duchy of MasoviaGalicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372) 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Principality of Tver Grand Duchy of MoscowLithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk) Lithuanian war of succession (1377–1387) 20px Grand Duchy of LithuaniaJogaila 20px Grand Duchy of LithuaniaAndrei of PolotskJogaila victory Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) 20px Duchy of SamogitiaKęstutisVytautas 20px Grand Duchy of LithuaniaJogailaSkirgailaTemporary reconciliation Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) 20px Duchy of Samogitia 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Kingdom of PolandOstrów Agreement=== 15th century === Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies 1409–1411 Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Kingdom of Poland 20px Teutonic OrderPeace of Thorn (1411) 1414 Hunger War 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Kingdom of Poland 20px Teutonic OrderMediation at the Council of Constance 1422 Gollub War 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Kingdom of Poland20px Moldavia 20px Teutonic OrderVictory 1431–1435 Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435) 20px Kingdom of Poland 20px Teutonic OrderVictory (Peace of Brześć Kujawski) 1432–1438 Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Kingdom of Poland 20px Grand Duchy of Rus20px Teutonic Order20px Livonian Order20px Golden Horde20px Principality of MoldaviaSvitrigaila's defeat 1487–1494 Lithuanian–Muscovite War 20px Grand Duchy of LithuaniaGolden Horde 20px Grand Duchy of MoscowCrimean KhanateEternal Peace (1494) 1492–1537 Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania 20px Grand Duchy of Moscow=== 16th century === Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies 1508 Glinski Rebellion 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania Glinski supportersGovernment's victory 1524 Ottoman-Tatar invasion of Lithuania and Poland 20px Grand Duchy of Lithuania20px Kingdom of Poland Ottoman-Tatars1561–1570Northern Seven Years' War20px Polish–Lithuanian union20px Free City of Lübeck20px Denmark–Norway20px Kingdom of SwedenTreaty of Stettin (1570)
[[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] === 16th century === Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies 1576–1582 Livonian War 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth20px Livonian Confederation20px Denmark–Norway20px Kingdom of Sweden20px Zaporozhian Cossacks20px Principality of Transylvania 20px Tsardom of RussiaQasim KhanateVictory 1587–1588 War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588) Supporters of Sigismund Vasa, mainly Poles Supporters of Maximilian of Austria, mainly Germans, but including many Poles and HungariansSigismund victory=== 17th century === Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies 1600–1629 Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 20px Kingdom of Sweden 1605–1618 Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 20px Tsardom of Russia20px Kingdom of SwedenVictory 1606–1608 Zebrzydowski Rebellion 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth RokoszGovernment's victory 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth20px Holy Roman Empire20px Spanish Empire20px Kingdom of Hungary 20px Swedish Empire Denmark20px Dutch Republic20px Kingdom of FrancePeace of Westphalia 1654–1656 Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth20px Crimean Khanate 20px Tsardom of RussiaDefeat 1655–1661 Second Northern War 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norwayalt= Russia (1656–1658)22px Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–1656, 1657–1660)  Swedish Empire Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–1657) Principality of Transylvania alt= Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)  22px Grand Duchy of Lithuania  Treaty of Oliva 1667–1671 Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 20px Crimean Khanate20px Cossack HetmanatePolish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) 1672–1676 Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth20px Wallachia  23px Crimean Khanate  Principality of Moldavia26px Cossack HetmanateDefeat 1683–1699 Great Turkish War Holy Roman Empire*  Habsburg monarchy*  Bavaria*  Franconia* *  Swabia* 13px Duchy of Styria*  Royal Hungary*  Kingdom of Croatia*  Duchy of Mantua Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia*  Republic of Venice Montenegro Albanian rebelsSerbian rebelsGreek rebelsBulgarian rebelsRomanian rebelsCroatian rebelsVassal states:* * Shamkhalate of Tarki* * * * Treaty of Karlowitz 1697–1702 Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702) House of Sapieha RadziwiłłHouse of WiśniowieckiPac familyOgiński family=== 18th century === Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies 1700–1721 Great Northern War  Treaty of Nystad 1733–1738 War of the Polish Succession  Poland loyal to Stanisław I Spain  Poland loyal to Augustus IIITreaty of Vienna (1738) 1792 Polish–Russian War of 1792 20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Russian EmpireDefeat1794Kościuszko Uprising20px Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian EmpireDefeat
19th-century uprisings against Russian rule  Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies 1830–1831 November Uprising 20px Congress Poland 20px Russian EmpireDefeat 1863–1865 January Uprising 20px Polish National Government 20px Russian EmpireDefeat
20th century === Interwar Lithuania (1918–1940) === Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies Lithuanian–Soviet War (1918–1919)  Lithuania  Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia'''Victory'''* Lithuanian independence protected against Soviet attempt to destroy it War against the Bermontians(1919)  Lithuania 20px West Russian Volunteer Army'''Victory'''* Lithuanian independence saved Polish–Lithuanian War(1919–1920)  Lithuania  Poland'''Inconclusive'''* Lithuania loses its capital Vilnius but protects its independence against Poland Klaipėda Revolt(1923)  Lithuania* 20px Lithuanian Riflemen's Union* 20px Directorate of the Klaipėda Region  French administration'''Victory'''* Klaipėda Region rebecomes part of Lithuania according to the Klaipėda ConventionPolish ultimatum to Lithuania(1938) Lithuania Poland'''Defeat'''* Lithuania accepts the ultimatumGerman ultimatum to Lithuania(1939) Lithuania'''Defeat'''* Klaipėda Region ceded to Nazi GermanySoviet occupation of the Baltic states(1940) Lithuania'''Defeat'''* Baltic states lose their independence=== Lithuania under occupation === Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies June Uprising in Lithuania(1941)  Lithuanian partisans* Provisional Government of Lithuania* Lithuanian Activist Front * '''Victory'''* Brief Lithuanian independence German occupation of Lithuania(1941–1944)  Lithuanian anti-Nazi resistance  Guerilla war in the Baltic states(1944–1953)  Lithuanian partisans Latvian partisans Estonian partisans Defeat=== Lithuania's independence restored (1990s) === Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts(1990–1991)  * Lithuanian State Border Guard Service * * OMON'''Victory'''* Lithuanian statehood preserved January Events(1991)* 19x19px Department of National Defense* 27x27px Lithuanian Riflemen's Union*  Soviet Army** 21x21px 76th Airborne Division* 25x25px KGB** 22x22px Alpha Group National Salvation Committee of the Lithuanian SSR'''Victory'''* Soviet forces withdraw from the cities* Lithuanian statehood preserved
21st century * 2001, War in Afghanistan* 2003, Invasion of Iraq* 2023, War in Ukraine
See also * History of Europe* List of wars* Military of Lithuania* List of wars involving Belarus* List of wars involving Estonia* List of wars involving Latvia* List of wars involving the Grand Duchy of Moscow* List of wars involving Russia* List of wars involving Ukraine
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