# List of wars involving Bosnia and Herzegovina

This is a list of wars involving Bosnia and Herzegovina and its predecessor states.

## Medieval Bosnia

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Bosnian Crusade (1235–1241) | Banate of Bosnia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory Status quo ante bellum Hungarian conquest stopped after First Mongol invasion of Hungary Hungarian occupation of peripheral parts of Bosnia reversed after the war |
| War of Hum (1326–1329) | Banate of Bosnia Republic of Ragusa | Kingdom of Serbia | Victory Bosnia captures Hum |
| Attack on Konavle (1349) | Banate of Bosnia | Serbian Empire | Victory City of Konavle sacked Start of the Bosnian-Serbian War |
| Bosnian-Serbian war (1350-1351) | Banate of Bosnia | Serbian Empire | Victory After a failed siege of Bobavc Bosnia regains Hum |
| Partition of Altomanović (1373) | Kingdom of Bosnia Kingdom of Hungary Moravian Serbia | Nikola Altomanović | Victory Bosnia gains most of Raška |
| Bosnian-Hungarian war (1387-1390) | Kingdom of Bosnia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory Bosnia gains Dalmatia |
| Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1386–1592) | Kingdom of Bosnia | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Incorporation of Bosnia and Herzegovina into the Ottoman Empire |

## Ottoman Bosnia

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (1527–1593) | Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Bosnia | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Carniola Serbian Despotate | Inconclusive Ottoman Empire conquered areas of Kingdom of Croatia between Vrbas river and Kupa river. Their advance was conclusively halted in 1593 in Third Battle of Sisak. The remaining land remained under the control of Kingdom of Croatia. Kingdom of Croatia reduced to "Remnants of the remnants" Croatia joins Habsburg Monarchy Formation of Military Frontier Start of the Long Turkish War |
| Serb Uprising in Herzegovina of 1596–1597 (1596–1597) | Bosnia Serb Rebels Bjelopavlići Drobnjaci Nikšići Pivljani | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottoman Empire |
| Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664) | Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Bosnia | Kingdom of France  Holy Roman Empire  Electorate of Saxony  Brandenburg-Prussia  Electorate of Bavaria  Baden-Baden  Swabia  Piedmont-Savoy  Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Victory The Ottomans retain Oradea in Transylvania and gain Nové Zámky from the Kingdom of Hungary Construction of a Habsburg fort along the Waag river, and granted a twenty-year truce. |
| Croatian-Slavonian-Dalmatian theater in the Great Turkish War (1684–1699) | Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Bosnia | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Croatia Republic of Venice | Defeat Liberation of Slavonia and Lika and part of the Pounje from the Ottomans Ottoman Empire pushed out of Central Europe |
| Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718) | Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Bosnia | Habsburg Monarchy Serbian Militia Duchy of Württemberg  Electorate of Bavaria  Republic of Venice Hajduks Serbian rebels | Defeat Treaty of Passarowitz Banat, Serbia, Oltenia and portions of northern Bosnia were ceded to the Habsburgs |
| Battle of Banja Luka (1737) | Ottoman Empire  Bosnia | Austria | Victory Ottomans and Bosnians managed to defend Banja Luka |
| Serbian Revolution (1804–1817) | Ottoman Empire Ayans Pashalik of Scutari Pashalik of Yanina | Serbian rebels | Defeat Establishment of the autonomous Principality of Serbia |
| Jančić's Rebellion (1809) | Bosnia Serb Rebels | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottoman Empire |
| Bosnian Uprising of 1831–1832 (1831–1832) | Bosnian Landlords | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottoman Empire Herzegovina Eyalet was seceded from Bosnia Eyalet Ayan system was abolished |
| Priest Jovica's Rebellion (1834) | Bosnia Christian Rebels Orthodox Serbs Catholic Croats | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottoman Empire |
| Herzegovina Uprising of 1852–1862 (1852–1862) | Bosnia Serb Rebels | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Great Eastern Crisis Serbian–Ottoman Wars Montenegrin–Ottoman War Rebellion suppressed by the Ottoman Empire |
| Pecija's First Revolt (1858) | Bosnia Serb Rebels | Ottoman Empire | Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottoman Empire |
| Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878) | Ottoman Empire  Bosnia | Austria-Hungary | Defeat Incorporation of Bosnia and Herzegovina into Austria-Hungary |

## Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| World War I (1914–1918) | Germany Austria-Hungary  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | France United Kingdom Russia United States Italy Japan China Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil | Defeat End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations Incorporation of Bosnia and Herzegovina into the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (later renamed Yugoslavia) |

## Yugoslav Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Husino Rebellion (1920) | Miners | Yugoslavia | Defeat Rebellion suppressed |
| World War II (1941–1945) | United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Bulgaria Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Bosnian and Herzegovinian Partisans  Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang | Victory Collapse of the German Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War Bosnia becomes a part of SFRY Yugoslavia as the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Cazin Rebellion (1950) | Bosnia and Herzegovina Civilians | Yugoslavia | Defeat Rebellion suppressed |

## Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Bosnian War (1992–1995) | Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia | Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia FR Yugoslavia | Stalemate Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Over 101,000 dead, mainly Bosniaks First genocide in Europe since World War II Deployment of NATO-led forces to oversee the peace agreement Establishment of the Office of the High Representative to oversee the civilian implementation of the peace agreement |
| 1992 Yugoslav campaign in Bosnia (1992) | Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia | Yugoslavia Srpska | Defeat Republika Srpska formed as a separate Serb state from Bosnia TOBiH and HV eliminated from Foča, Višegrad, Prijedor, Ilidža, Zvornik, Kupres, Doboj, Brčko, Bijeljina, Bosanski Šamac and more Establishment of the VRS The JNA leaves Bosnia due to agreements with the UN and were replaced by the VRS |
| Croat–Bosniak War (1992–1994) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia | Stalemate Washington Agreement Creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Intra-Bosnian Muslim War (1993–1995) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Western Bosnia | Victory AP Western Bosnia got abolished. |
| Croatian War of Independence (1994–1995) | Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina | Serbian Krajina Srpska | Victory Yugoslav army formally withdrew from Croatia from January 1992 under the Sarajevo Agreement Croatian forces regained control over most of Republic of Serbian Krajina-held territory Croatian forces advanced into Bosnia and Herzegovina to assist the united Bosnian and Croatian side, which led to the eventual end of the Bosnian War in December 1995 |

## Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan ISAF  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Germany  Italy  France  Czech Republic  Netherlands  Turkey  Romania  Georgia  South Korea  Poland  Denmark  Sweden  Norway  Singapore  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Taliban al-Qaeda | Withdrawal Overthrow of the Taliban-governed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, December 2001. Taliban continue in the form of an insurgency Establishment of the coalition-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, January 2004 Killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, May 2011 Gradual "Afghanization" of combat operations during drawdown of ISAF forces Doha Agreement (2020) between the United States and Taliban beginning withdrawal of United States-led forces, full withdrawal was completed by 30 August 2021 2021 Taliban offensive culminates in overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and end of fighting, 15 August 2021 |
| Iraq War (2003–2008) | Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan MNF–I  United States  United Kingdom  South Korea  Italy  Poland  Australia  New Zealand  Georgia  Ukraine  Netherlands  Spain  Romania  Japan  Denmark  Bulgaria  Bosnia and Herzegovina | SCJL Naqshbandi Army ISI al-Qaeda FIA Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah | Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government Execution of Saddam Hussein Emergence of significant insurgency, rise of al-Qaeda in Iraq Civil war between 2006 and 2008 Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq in 2008 Establishment of parliamentary democracy and formation of new Shia-led government Withdrawal of US forces from Iraq in 2011 |