# List of wars involving Georgia (country)

This is a list of wars involving Georgia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
    Georgian victory
    Georgian defeat
    Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
    Ongoing conflict

## Colchis and Iberia

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 720s BC | Scytho-Cimmerian invasion of Colchis | Colchis | Scythians Cimmerians | Defeat |
| 65 BC | Pompey's campaign of Georgia | Kingdom of Iberia Colchis | Roman Republic | Defeat Vassalization of Iberia Annexation of Colchis |
| 35-54 | Iberian–Armenian War | Kingdom of Iberia Roman Empire (35-50, 52-54) | Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire Roman Empire (50-51) | Inconclusive Iberia subjugates Armenia, but subsequently retreats under pressure from the Parthians. |
| 58-63 | Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 | Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Commagene Kingdom of Pontus | Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire | Defeat Treaty of Rhandeia Arsacids established on Armenian throne |

## Early Medieval fragmentation

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 526-532 | Iberian War | Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Iberia Ghassanids Huns Heruli Kingdom of Aksum Kingdom of Kinda | Sasanian Empire Lakhmid kingdom Sabirs | Inconclusive Perpetual Peace (532) |
| 541-562 | Lazic War | Byzantine Empire Lazica (548-562) | Sasanian Empire Lazica (541-548) | Inconclusive Fifty-Year Peace Treaty |
| 602-628 | Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Perso-Turkic war of 627–629 | Sasanian Empire Avars (and Slavic allies) Sasanian Iberia Jewish and Samaritan rebels (c. 614) Lakhmids Lombards Visigoths | Byzantine Empire Western Turkic Khaganate Ghassanids | Defeat End of Sasanian Iberia |
| 735-737 | Umayyad invasion of Georgia | Principality of Iberia Kingdom of Abkhazia | Umayyad Caliphate | Defeat |
| 914 | Sajid invasion of Georgia | Kingdom of the Iberians Principality of Kakheti Kingdom of Abkhazia | Sajid dynasty | The Sajids withdraw from Georgia |
| 993-998 | David III's campaigns against the Muslims | Kingdom of the Iberians Bagratid Armenia | Marwanids Rawadid dynasty | Victory |

## Kingdom of Georgia

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1014-1022 | Byzantine–Georgian war (1014-1022) | Kingdom of Georgia Bagratid Armenia Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti | Byzantine Empire | Defeat Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1022 |
| 1028 | Byzantine–Georgian war (1028) | Kingdom of Georgia | Byzantine Empire | Byzantine–Georgian treaty of 1031 |
| 1033-1058 | Georgian civil war of 1033-1058 | Kingdom of Georgia Varangians | Demetrius of Anacopia (1033-1042) Liparit IV of Kldekari (1039-1060) Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget | Bagrat IV was recognized as king |
| 1064-1068 | Alp Arslan's invasions of Georgia | Kingdom of Georgia | Seljuk Empire Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids | Defeat |
| 1117-1124 | Georgian conquest of Shirvan | Kingdom of Georgia | Seljuk Empire Shirvanshahs | Victory Conquest of Shirvan |
| 1204 | Georgian expedition to Chaldia | Kingdom of Georgia | Byzantine Empire | Victory Foundation of the Empire of Trebizond |
| 1204-1206 | Georgian campaigns of Ahlatshahs [ka] | Kingdom of Georgia | Shah-Armens Emirate of Kars | Victory The Georgians annexed Kars |
| 1208-1210 | Ayyubid–Georgian wars [ka] | Kingdom of Georgia | Ayyubid Empire Emirs of Homs Emirs of Hama Emirs of Baalbek | Inconclusive Thirty Years' Truce |
| 1209-1211 | Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids | Kingdom of Georgia | Eldiguzids | Victory The Eldiguzids became vassals of Georgia |
| 1048-1213 | Georgian–Seljuk wars | Kingdom of Georgia Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti Kipchaks Alania Shirvanshahs | Seljuk Empire Eldiguzids Emirate of Tbilisi Shaddadids Shah-Armens Artuqids Saltukids Sultanate of Rum | Victory |
| 1225-1228 | Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia [ka] | Kingdom of Georgia | Khwarazmian Empire | Defeat |
| 1220-1236 | Mongol invasions of Georgia | Kingdom of Georgia | Mongol Empire | Defeat |
| 1302-1303 | Azat Mousa's invasion of Georgia | Principality of Samtskhe | Sultanate of Rum | Victory |
| 14th century | Vameq's invasion of Jiketi | Duchy of Mingrelia | Kingdom of Zichia | Victory |
| 1386-1403 | Timurid invasions of Georgia | Kingdom of Georgia | Timurid Empire | Defeat Truce of Shamkor |
| 1405 | George's campaign against the Timurids | Kingdom of Georgia | Timurid Empire | Victory George succeeded in expanding Georgia's borders temporarily to their former extent. |
| 1407-1502 | Turkoman invasions of Georgia | Kingdom of Georgia Shirvanshah Safavid Empire (1502) | Qara Qoyunlu (1407-1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1468-1502) | Victory End of invasions against Georgia and consolidation of Safavids in Persia |
| 1463-1493 | Georgian civil war of 1463–1491 [Fr] | Kingdom of Georgia Duchy of Mingrelia | Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Samtskhe Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia  Kingdom of Kakheti | Fall of Kingdom of Georgia |

## Kingdoms and principalities

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1533 | Mamia's invasion of Jiketi | Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria | Kingdom of Zichia | Defeat The allies won the first battle, but the Circassians defeated the allies in the second battle |
| 1547 | Ottoman invasion of Guria | Principality of Guria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
| 1541-1566 | Tahmasp I's campaigns in Kartili and Kakheti | Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Iran | Defeat |
| 1578-1590 | Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign | Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli (1578-1588) Kingdom of Kakheti (1578) Principality of Samtskhe (1578, 1582–1587) Principality of Guria (1583-1587) | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria (1578-1583, after 1587) Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Samtskhe (1578-1582) Shaybanids | Ottoman victory Treaty of Istanbul (1590) |
| 1603-1612 | Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612) | Safavid Iran Kingdom of Kartli  Kingdom of Kakheti | Ottoman Empire | Victory Treaty of Nasuh Pasha |
| 1614-1617 | Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns | Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Iran | Defeat |
| 1623-1658 | War of the Kingdom of Imereti (1623-1658) [fr] | Kingdom of Imereti Salipartiano (from 1657) | Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia Kingdom of Kartli Childir Eyalet | Imeretian victory Imereti restores hegemony over western Georgia |
| 1703 | Ottoman invasion of western Georgia | Ottoman Empire | Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Guria Principality of Mingrelia | Victory |
| 1722-1723 | Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) | Russian Empire Ukrainian Cossacks Kingdom of Kartli | Safavid Iran | Victory Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723) |
| 1730-1735 | Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735) Caucasus Campaign (1735) | Safavid Iran  Kingdom of Kakheti (from 1732) Kingdom of Kartli (from 1735) Quba Khanate (from 1734) Shamkhalate of Tarki (from 1734) | Ottoman Empire | Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1736) Treaty of Ganja |
| 1738-40 | Nader Shah's invasion of India | Afsharid Empire Kingdom of Kakheti | Mughal Empire Hyderabad State Oudh | Victory |
| 1768-1774 | Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) | Russian Empire Zaporozhian Host Greek insurgents Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate | Victory Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca |
| 1796 | Persian expedition of 1796 | Russian Empire Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti | Qajar Iran | Russian withdrawal Tactical Russian victory Strategic Persian victory |
| 1806-1812 | Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) | Russian Empire Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1812) Wallachia | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Abkhazia (1808-1810) | Victory Treaty of Bucharest (1812) |
| 1828-1829 | Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) | Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Armenian Oblast Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria Principality of Svaneti Principality of Abkhazia Supported by: France United Kingdom | Ottoman Empire | Victory Treaty of Adrianople (1829) |
| 1853-1856 | The Caucasus front of the Crimean War | Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Erivan Governorate Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia (1853-1855) | Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia (1855-1856) | The victory at the front, but the defeat of Russia in the war |
| 1722-1864 | Russo-Circassian War | Russian Empire Kalmyk Khanate Principality of Mingrelia (1803–1864) Principality of Guria (1810–1829) Principality of Svaneti (1810-1859) Principality of Abkhazia (1810-1864) | Circassian Confederation Kabardia (East Circassia) (until 1822) | Victory Annexation of Circassia by the Russian Empire |
| 1817-1864 | Caucasian War | Russian Empire Kuban Cossacks Shamkhalate of Tarki Principality of Guria (until 1829) Principality of Svaneti (until 1859) Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Abkhazia (from 1810) | Circassian Confederation Caucasian Imamate | Victory Russian annexation of the North Caucasus |
| 1877-1878 | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | Russian Empire Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate Erivan Governorate Dagestan Oblast Terek Oblast Baku Governorate Kuban Oblast Elisabethpol Governorate | Ottoman Empire Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet | Victory Treaty of San Stefano |
| 1914-1918 | World War I | Allied Powers  Russian Empire Georgians within the Russian Empire  France  United Kingdom  Serbia  Belgium  Japan  Montenegro  Luxembourg  Italy (from 1915)  Romania (from 1916)  Portugal (from 1916)  United States (from 1917)  Greece (from 1917)  China (from 1917) | Central Powers  German Empire Georgian Legion  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Sultanate of Darfur (until 1916)  Bulgaria (from 1915)  Jabal Shammar (from 1915) | Allied victory Russia prematurely withdraws from war with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |

## Georgian Democratic Republic

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1914-1918 | Caucasus Campaign | Russian Empire (1914–17) Kutaisi Governorate Tiflis Governorate  United Kingdom (1918) Armenia (1918) Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918)  Russian SFSR (1918) Baku Commune (1918) | Ottoman Empire Trebizond Vilayet Erzurum Vilayet Bitlis Vilayet Van Vilayet Sivas Vilayet Azerbaijan (1918) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1918)  German Empire (1914–17)  German Empire (1918)  Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918) | Compromise |
| 1918 | Abkhazia conflict (1918) | Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Democratic Republic of Georgia Supported by: German Empire | Abkhaz Bolsheviks Supported by: Russian SFSR Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic  Ottoman Empire Abkhaz Muhajirs | Victory |
| 1918-1919 | Sochi conflict | Democratic Republic of Georgia | Russian SFSR White movement | Inconclusive Gagra is transferred to Georgia The rest of Sochinsky okrug is transferred to Russia |
| 1918 | Armeno-Georgian War | Democratic Republic of Georgia | First Republic of Armenia | Inconclusive With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia. |
| 1918-1920 | Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920) First Ossetian uprising Second Ossetian uprising Third Ossetian uprising | Democratic Republic of Georgia | Ossetian Bolsheviks Supported by: Russian SFSR | Victory All Ossetian uprisings were suppressed by Georgians |
| 1921 | Red Army invasion of Georgia | Democratic Republic of Georgia | Russian SFSR  Armenian SSR  Azerbaijan SSR Ankara Government | Defeat Establishment of the Georgian SSR |

## Georgian SSR

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1941-1945 | World War II | Allies  Soviet Union  Georgian SSR  United States  United Kingdom  China  Free France  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Yugoslavia  Greece  Denmark  Norway  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Mexico  Ethiopia | Axis  Germany Georgian Legion  Japan Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Vichy France  Finland  Thailand  Manchukuo  Croatia  Slovakia | Allied victory |
| 1979-1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | Soviet Union  Georgian SSR Afghanistan | Afghan Mujahideen | Defeat |

## Republic of Georgia

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1991-1993 | Georgian Civil War 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état | Pro-Gamsakhurdia forces Parts of National Guard Zviadists Supported by:  Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | Pro-Shevardnadze forces Military Council State Council Parts of National Guard Mkhedrioni  Russia (since October 1993) | Shevardnadze's victory Gamsakhurdia government expunged |
| 1991-1992 | South Ossetian war | Georgia | South Ossetia Russia | Defeat |
| 1992-1993 | War in Abkhazia | Georgia Georgian Armed Forces Mkhedrioni Zviadists UNA-UNSO "Argo" | Abkhazia Abkhazian Armed Forces Bagramyan Battalion Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus  Russia Kuban Cossacks Don Cossacks | Defeat |
| 1998 | War in Abkhazia (1998) | White Legion Forest Brotherhood | Abkhazia | Defeat |
| 2008 | Russo-Georgian War | Georgia | Russia South Ossetia Abkhazia | Defeat |
| 2001–2021 | War in Afghanistan | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan National Security Forces Advisers, Non-combat support, & Counter-terrorism operations: Resolute Support  Australia  Czech Republic  Georgia (IPAP)  Germany  Italy  Romania  Turkey  Spain United Kingdom  United States | Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition | Defeat |
| 2003-2011 | Iraq War | United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Spain Denmark MNF–I INC New Iraqi Army KDP PUK Turkey (Political Support) | Ba'athist Iraq Ba'ath Loyalists SCJL Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades | Victory |