# List of wars involving Lithuania

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.
    Victory of Lithuania (and allies)
    Defeat of Lithuania (and allies)
    Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Lithuania, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

## Kingdom of Lithuania

* Mongol invasions of Lithuania (1258–1259, 1275, 1279, and 1325)

## Grand Duchy of Lithuania
### 14th century

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1340–1392 | Galicia–Volhynia Wars | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde | Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Masovia | Galicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania |
| 1368–1372 | Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372) | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver | Grand Duchy of Moscow | Lithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk) |
| 1377–1387 | Lithuanian war of succession (1377–1387) | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Andrei of Polotsk | Jogaila victory |
| 1381–1384 | Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) | Duchy of Samogitia Kęstutis Vytautas | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila Skirgaila | Temporary reconciliation |
| 1389–1392 | Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) | Duchy of Samogitia | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Ostrów Agreement |

### 15th century

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1409–1411 | Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Teutonic Order | Peace of Thorn (1411) |
| 1414 | Hunger War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Teutonic Order | Mediation at the Council of Constance |
| 1422 | Gollub War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Moldavia | Teutonic Order | Victory |
| 1431–1435 | Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435) | Kingdom of Poland | Teutonic Order | Victory Peace of Brześć Kujawski |
| 1432–1438 | Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) | Sigismund Kęstutaitis Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Švitrigaila Grand Duchy of Rus Teutonic Order Livonian Order Golden Horde Principality of Moldavia | Svitrigaila's defeat |
| 1487–1494 | Lithuanian–Muscovite War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde | Principality of Moscow Crimean Khanate | Eternal Peace (1494) |
| 1492–1537 | Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Principality of Moscow | |

### 16th century

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1508 | Glinski Rebellion | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Glinski supporters | Government's victory |
| 1524 | Ottoman-Tatar invasion of Lithuania and Poland | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Ottoman-Tatars | |
| 1561–1570 | Northern Seven Years' War | Polish–Lithuanian union Free City of Lübeck Denmark–Norway | Kingdom of Sweden | Treaty of Stettin (1570) |

## Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

This is a list of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).
    Victory
    Defeat
    Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Poland–Lithuania, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| 1558–1583 | Livonian War Russian invasion of Livonia (1558–1560) Lithuanian–Muscovite war (1562–1570) Truce 1570–1576 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory (1577–1582) | Livonian Confederation (1558–61, Lithuanian protectorate since 1559) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1559–61, 1562–69) From 1569: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–70, 1577–82) Principality of Transylvania (1577–82) Crimean Khanate Denmark–Norway (1560–62, 75–83) Kingdom of Sweden (1560–64, 70–75, 77–83) Zaporozhian Cossacks | Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate | Polish–Lithuanian, Dano–Norwegian and Swedish victory Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania Estonia to Sweden Ösel to Denmark–Norway Military and economic disaster for Russia (Muscovy) |
| 1587–1588 | War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588) Siege of Kraków Battle of Byczyna | Sigismund III Supporters of Sigismund Vasa, mainly Poles | Maximilian III Supporters of Maximilian of Austria, mainly Germans, but including many Poles and Hungarians | Sigismund victory |
| 1598–1599 | War against Sigismund | Polish–Swedish union under Sigismund III Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Swedish Empire | Protestant Swedish separatists Duke Charles of Södermanland | Defeat End of Polish–Swedish union Charles became king of Sweden (1604) |
| 1600–1629 | Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire (1626–29) | Kingdom of Sweden (known as Swedish Empire after 1611) | Defeat 1611: disputed; status quo 1618: indecisive; 1625: Swedish victory 1629: Swedish victory |
| 1605–1618 | Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) (Dmytriads) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth False Dmitry I False Dmitry II | Tsardom of Russia Swedish Empire Don Cossacks | Costly victory Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth reached largest territorial extent Sigismund renounced Russian throne |
| 1606–1608 | Zebrzydowski Rebellion | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Rokosz | Government victory |
| 1618–1648 | Thirty Years' War Battle of Humenné | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Kingdom of Hungary | Swedish Empire Denmark Dutch Republic Kingdom of France | Peace of Westphalia |
| 1620–1621 | Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia | Treaty of Khotyn |
| 1632–1634 | Smolensk War | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks | Tsardom of Russia | Victory Treaty of Polyanovka (Polanów) |
| 1633–1634 | Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldavia Budjak Horde | Inconclusive |
| 1648–1657 | Khmelnytsky Uprising | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate | Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate | Defeat Loss of the Cossack Hetmanate (vassalised by the Tsardom of Russia) The Ruin (Ukrainian history) |
| 1654–1667 | Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia | Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate | Defeat |
| 1655–1661 | Second Northern War The (Russo-)Swedish Deluge (in Poland) The Ruin (in Ukraine) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway Habsburg Monarchy Tsardom of Russia (1656–1658) Crimean Khanate Dutch Republic Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–1656, 1657–1660) | Swedish Empire Principality of Transylvania Cossack Hetmanate (1657) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Wallachia Moldavia Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–1657) | Treaty of Oliva |
| 1667–1671 | Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate | Victory Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) |
| 1672–1676 | Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Wallachia | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Moldavia Cossack Hetmanate Lipka Tatars | Defeat Treaty of Buchach Treaty of Żurawno |
| 1683–1699 | Great Turkish War Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) | Holy Roman Empire HRE states Habsburg monarchy Bavaria Franconia Saxony Swabia Duchy of Styria Royal Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Duchy of Mantua Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia  Cossack Hetmanate Republic of Venice  Spanish Empire Montenegro rebel factions Albanian rebelsSerbian rebelsGreek rebelsBulgarian rebelsRomanian rebelsCroatian rebels | Ottoman Empire Vassal states: Crimean Khanate Shamkhalate of Tarki Upper Hungary (1683–5) Moldavia Wallachia Transylvania | Treaty of Karlowitz |
| 1697–1702 | Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702) | House of Sapieha | Radziwiłł House of Wiśniowiecki Pac family Ogiński family | |
| 1700–1721 | Great Northern War Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (list of battles) | Swedish Empire Holstein-Gottorp (1700–1714) Warsaw Confederation (1704–1709)  Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Crimean Khanate (1710–1714)  Cossack Hetmanate (1708–1714) Dutch Republic (1700)  England (1700)  Scotland (1700)  Ireland (1700) Great Britain (1719–1720) | Tsardom of Russia  Cossack Hetmanate Kalmyk Khanate Saxony (1700–1706, 1709–1719) Duchy of Courland (1700–1701) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1701–1704, 1709–1719) Sandomierz Confederation (1704–1709) Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–1720) Prussia (1715–1720) Hanover (1715–1719) Great Britain (1717–1719) Montenegro (1711–1712) Moldavia (1711) | Inconclusive for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) 1720 Stockholm ceasefire offer [de; cs]; not signed by Poland–Lithuania or Saxony 1729 Stockholm peace declaration [de; cs; sv]; signed by Saxony 1732 peace declaration [cs; sv]; signed by Poland–Lithuania |
| 1704–1706 | Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (part of the Great Northern War) | Warsaw Confederation Supported by: Swedish Empire | Sandomierz Confederation Supported by: Tsardom of Russia | Warsaw Confederation victory Treaty of Altranstädt |
| 1733–1738 | War of the Polish Succession | Poland loyal to Stanisław I Supported by: Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of Sardinia Duchy of Parma | Poland loyal to Augustus III Supported by: Russian Empire Habsburg monarchy Holy Roman Empire (from 1734) Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Prussia | Treaty of Vienna (1738) Augustus III confirmed as king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania Stanisław received Lorraine as compensation |
| 1768–1772 | War of the Bar Confederation (list of battles) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Habsburg monarchy | Defeat First Partition of Poland (1772) |
| 1792 | Polish–Russian War of 1792 (list of battles) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Russian Empire Targowica Confederation | Defeat Constitution of 3 May 1791 Second Partition of Poland (1792) |
| 1794 | Kościuszko Uprising (list of battles) | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tadeusz Kościuszko Jan Henryk Dąbrowski | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Habsburg monarchy | Defeat Third Partition of Poland (1795): Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist. |

## 19th-century uprisings against the Russian Empire

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1830–1831 | November Uprising | Congress Poland | Russian Empire | Defeat |
| 1863–1865 | January Uprising | Polish National Government | Russian Empire | Defeat |

## 20th century
### Interwar Lithuania (1918–1940)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1918–1919 | Lithuanian–Soviet War | Lithuania Saxon Volunteers | Russian SFSR Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia | Victory Lithuanian independence protected against Soviet attempt to destroy it |
| 1919 | War against the Bermontians | Lithuania | West Russian Volunteer Army | Victory Lithuanian independence saved |
| 1919–1920 | Polish–Lithuanian War | Lithuania | Poland | Defeat Lithuania loses its capital Vilnius but protects its independence against Poland |
| 1923 | Klaipėda Revolt | Lithuania Lithuanian Riflemen's Union Directorate of the Klaipėda Region | French administration | Victory Klaipėda Region rebecomes part of Lithuania according to the Klaipėda Convention |
| 1938 | Polish ultimatum to Lithuania | Lithuania | Poland | Defeat Lithuania accepts the ultimatum |
| 1939 | German ultimatum to Lithuania | Lithuania | Nazi Germany | Defeat Klaipėda Region ceded to Nazi Germany |
| 1940 | Soviet occupation of the Baltic states | Lithuania Latvia Estonia | Soviet Union | Defeat Baltic states lose their independence |

### Lithuania under occupation

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1941 | June Uprising in Lithuania | Lithuanian partisans Provisional Government of Lithuania Lithuanian Activist Front | Soviet Union  Lithuanian SSR | Victory Brief Lithuanian independence |
| 1941–1944 | German occupation of Lithuania | Lithuanian anti-Nazi resistance | Nazi Germany | Inconclusive |
| 1944–1953 | Guerilla war in the Baltic states | Lithuanian partisans Latvian partisans Estonian partisans | Soviet Union | Defeat |

### Lithuania's independence restored (1990s)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its allies |
| 1990–1991 | Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts | Lithuania Lithuanian State Border Guard Service | Soviet Union  Lithuanian SSR OMON | Victory Lithuanian statehood preserved |
| 1991 | January Events | Lithuania Department of National Defense Lithuanian Riflemen's Union | Soviet Union Soviet Army 76th Airborne Division KGB 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, Iraq War