# List of wars involving Bangladesh

This is a list of battles and wars that involved or occurred in Bangladesh since its formation.
Bangladesh victory
Bangladesh defeat
Another result
Ongoing conflict

## List

| Conflict | Bangladesh and allied forces | Opposition forces | Results |
| Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971) Location: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bay of Bengal | Bangladesh  India (3–16 December 1971) Soviet Union | Pakistan United States | Victory Independence of Bangladesh |
| Internal conflict in Bangladesh (1972–present) Location: Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Various anti-Government groups | Ongoing First phase crushed Establishment of military rule in Bangladesh Second phase crushed Signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord Preservation of the territorial integrity of Bangladesh Third phase ongoing |
| Communist insurgency in Bangladesh (1972–1975) Location: Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Communist insurgents Gonobahini Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party | Victory Crushing of the insurgency Establishment of military rule in Bangladesh |
| Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict (1977–1997) Location: Chittagong Hill Tracts | Bangladesh | Tribal insurgents Shanti Bahini Supported by:  Myanmar (alleged) | Victory Signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord Preservation of the territorial integrity of Bangladesh |
| Gulf War (Operation Moru-prantar) (1991) Location: Iraq and Kuwait | Bangladesh United States Kuwait France Saudi Arabia United Kingdom and other states:  Syria  Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Canada  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Thailand  Italy  Australia  Netherlands  Niger  Philippines  Sweden  Argentina  Senegal  Spain  Bahrain  Belgium  Poland  South Korea  Singapore  Norway Czechoslovakia  Greece  Denmark  New Zealand  Hungary | Iraq | Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait |
| Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002) Location: Sierra Leone | Bangladesh Sierra Leone Pakistan Guinea Nigeria Jordan and other states:  Ghana  United Kingdom  United States  Kenya  Belarus  Russia  India  Ukraine  Norway  Germany  New Zealand | RUF AFRC (1997–2002) West Side Boys (1998–2000) Liberia (1997–2002) NPFL (1991–2002) Libya Burkina Faso Moldova | Victory Rebels defeated. Bengali declared honorary official language because of their help in the war. |
| Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation (1991) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border and Northern Rakhine State | Bangladesh (border skirmish) Rohingya Solidarity Organisation | Myanmar | Victory Burmese tactical failure Failure to disarm and expel RSO insurgents |
| 1999 East Timorese crisis (1999–2005) Location: East Timor | Bangladesh Timor-Leste Pakistan Malaysia Turkey Jordan and other states:  Egypt  Tajikistan  Singapore  Senegal  Niger  Nigeria  Gambia  Benin  New Zealand  Thailand  Argentina  Australia  Austria  Bolivia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brazil  Bulgaria  Canada  Chile  China  Croatia  Denmark  Fiji  France  Germany  Ghana  Ireland  Italy  Japan  Kenya  Mexico  Mozambique  Namibia  Nepal  Norway  Peru  Philippines  Portugal  Russia  Samoa  Serbia and Montenegro  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  South Korea  Sri Lanka  Sweden  Ukraine  Uruguay  United Kingdom  United States  Vanuatu  Zambia  Zimbabwe | Pro-Indonesia militia | Victory Stabilisation of East Timor and defeat of militia. 1 Bangladeshi killed and 1 wounded by IED |
| Bangladesh Rifles Revolt (2009) Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh | Mutineers from Bangladesh Rifles | Victory Crushing of the revolt |
| Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present) Operation BEKPA 2 Location:Central African Republic | Central African Republic  Russia Rwanda Bangladesh (As a part of MINUSCA) | Coalition of Patriots for Change Republic of Logone MPC PRNC Lord's Resistance Army | Ongoing Bangladesh sent special operations forces to operate as MINUSCA in Central African Republic |
| Bangladesh–Arakan Army Conflict (2015) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border | Bangladesh | Arakan Army | Victory Expulsion of the Arakan Army from Bangladeshi territory |