# List of wars involving Croatia

The following is an incomplete list of wars fought by Croatia, by Croatian people or regular armies during periods when independent Croatian states existed, from the Early Middle Ages to the present day.
The list gives the name, the date, the Hungarian allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
    Victory
    Defeat
    Result of civil or internal conflict
    A treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, an unknown or indecisive result
    Ongoing conflict

## Duchy of Croatia (7th century–925)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 7th century–925 | Croatian–Venetian wars | Narentines Duchy of Croatia | Republic of Venice | Intermittent victories and defeats |
| 799 | Siege of Trsat | Duchy of Croatia | Francia | Victory |
| 846–848 | Croatian-Byzantine War | Duchy of Croatia | Zadar under the Byzantine strategos | Victory |
| 854 | First Bulgarian-Croatian War | Duchy of Croatia | First Bulgarian Empire | Peace agreement |
| 871 | Conquest of Bari | Holy Roman Empire Lombard principalities Duchy of Croatia (Croatian fleet) | Emirate of Bari | Victory |
| 895-896 | Rebellion against the Prince Petar Gojniković (895-896) | Bran Mutimirović Duchy of Croatia | Principality of Serbia | Defeat From the Duchy of Croatia, Bran Mutimirović attacks the realm of Petar Gojniković, but suffers defeat and gets captured and blinded |

## Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| c. 925 | Hungarian Invasions of Croatia | Kingdom of Croatia | Hungarian tribes | Victory |
| 925–931 | Second Croatian-Bulgarian War | Kingdom of Croatia | First Bulgarian Empire | Victory |
| 968–1018 | Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria | Byzantine Empire Kievan Rus' (until 969) Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Principality of Duklja | First Bulgarian Empire Kievan Rus' (970–971) Pechenegs | Victory |
| 997–1000 | Third Croatian-Bulgarian War | Kingdom of Croatia | First Bulgarian Empire | Victory |
| c. 1040–1185 | Byzantine–Norman wars | Kingdom of France Kingdom of Sicily Lombard duchies Papal States Kingdom of Croatia Raška and Duklja | Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice Holy Roman Empire | Victory |
| 1091–1102 | War of the Croatian Succession | Kingdom of Croatia Allies of king Petar Snačić | Kingdom of Hungary Allies among Croatian nobles in Slavonia | Defeat Death of king Petar Snačić Croatia enters into a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary |

## Croatia in personal union with Hungary (1102–1527)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1108 | Hungarian war with the Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia | Victory |
| 1108–1126 | Hungarian-Bohemian wars | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Duchy of Bohemia | Peace agreement |
| 1115–1119 | Croatian-Venetian War | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Republic of Venice | Defeat |
| 1123 | Stephen II's intervention in the Kievan Rus' internal conflict | Kingdom of Hungary Iaroslav Sviatopolkovich | Kievan Rus' | Hungarian withdrawal |
| 1124–1125 | Croatian-Venetian War | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Republic of Venice | Defeat |
| 1127–1129 | Byzantine-Hungarian War | Kingdom of Hungary Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Peace agreement |
| 1132 | Hungarian-Polish War | Kingdom of Hungary Margraviate of Austria | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1136–1137 | Béla II's Balkan campaigns against Venice and the Byzantine Empire | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice | Victory |
| 1146 | German-Hungarian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Bavaria Margraviate of Austria | Victory |
| 1149–1152 | Géza II's intervention in the conflict between the Principality of Galicia and Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Hungary Kievan Rus' | Principality of Galicia | Peace agreement |
| 1148–1155 | Hungarian-Byzantine wars | Kingdom of Hungary Grand Principality of Serbia | Byzantine Empire | Ceasefire |
| 1162–1165 | Hungarian civil war between Stephen III and his uncles Ladislaus and Stephen | Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire | Ladislaus and Stephen's army Byzantine Empire | Stephen III's victory |
| 1180–1185 | Hungarian-Byzantine war | Kingdom of Hungary | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
| 1188–1189 | Béla III's military campaign against Galicia | Kingdom of Hungary | Principality of Galicia | Victory |
| 1197–1199 | Civil war between Emeric king and his brother Andrew II | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Andrew II's army | Emeric's victory |
| 1201–1205 | Emeric's Balkan wars | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Second Bulgarian Empire Banate of Bosnia Grand Principality of Serbia | Croatian/Hungarian victories |
| 1202–1204 | Fourth Crusade | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade Republic of Venice | Defeat |
| 1217–1218 | Andrew II's participation in the Fifth Crusade | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Archduchy of Austria Latin Empire | Ayyubids | Croatian/Hungarian withdrawal |
| 1235–1241 | Bosnian Crusade | Coloman of Galicia | Banate of Bosnia | Status quo ante bellum |
| 1241–1242 | First Mongol invasion of Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Mongols | Mongol withdrawal |
| 1243 | Venetian War for Zadar | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Republic of Venice | Defeat |
| 1250–1278 | Hungarian-Bohemian wars | Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Austria | Victory |
| 1264–1265 | Internal conflict between Béla IV and his son Stephen V | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Stephen V's army | Stephen V's victory Stephen V gets Eastern Hungary as a duchy |
| 1268 | Mačva War | Béla IV of Hungary | Kingdom of Serbia | Peace agreement |
| 1272–1279 | Feudal anarchy | Ladislaus IV king of Hungary Csák family | Kőszegi family Gutkeled family | Royal victory |
| 1277 | Stefan Dragutin-Stefan Uroš I conflict | Stefan Dragutin Kingdom of Hungary | Stefan Uroš I | Stefan Dragutin's victory |
| 1277 | Hungary's war with the Vlach ruler Litovoi | Kingdom of Hungary | Litovoi's army | Victory |
| 1282 | Cuman uprising | Kingdom of Hungary | Cumans | Victory |
| 1285–1286 | Second Mongol invasion of Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Golden Horde | Victory |
| 1291 | German-Hungarian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Victory |
| 1292–1300 | Andrew III's war with the Kőszegi family | Kingdom of Hungary | Kőszegi family | Andrew III's victory |
| 1301–1308 | Hungarian interregnum, struggles for the country's throne | Charles of Anjou Kingdom of Croatia Duchy of Austria Máté Csák's army László Kán's army | Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Bavaria Kőszegi family | Victory Charles I becomes Croatian and Hungarian king |
| 1310–1321 | Charles I's wars for centralizing power against Croatian and Hungarian aristocracy | Kingdom of Hungary | Máté Csák Aba family Borsa family Apor family Kőszegi family | Royal victory Centralization of the Hungarian Kingdom |
| 1322 | Feudal and dynastic conflicts in Croatia | Coalition of Croatian noblemen and Dalmatian coastal towns with support of the royal forces of king Charles I Robert | Mladen II Šubić of Bribir and his allies | Defeat of Mladen II |
| 1322–1337 | Hungarian-Austrian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Austria Holy Roman Empire Kőszegi family Babonić family | Status quo ante bellum |
| 1321–1324 | Hungarian-Serbian War | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Bosnia Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia | Kingdom of Serbia | Defeat |
| 1330 | Hungarian-Wallachian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia | Hungarian defeat at the battle of Posada |
| 1347–1349 1350–1352 | Neapolitan campaigns of Louis the Great | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Kingdom of Naples | First campaign: Croatian/Hungarian victory Second campaign: Status quo ante bellum |
| 1345–1358 | Croatian-Venetian War | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia | Republic of Venice | Victory Treaty of Zadar |
| 1345 | Hungarian war with the Golden Horde for Moldavia | Kingdom of Hungary | Golden Horde | Victory Liberation of Moldavia under Mongol rule |
| 1360–1369 | Louis I's Balkan wars against Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia and Bosnia | Kingdom of Hungary | Serbian Empire Second Bulgarian Empire Wallachia Kingdom of Bosnia | Temporary Hungarian victories |
| 1372–1381 | War of Chioggia | Padua Kingdom of Hungary Republic of Genoa Duchy of Austria | Republic of Venice Milan Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Cyprus | Paduan military victory, practically status quo ante bellum |
| 1384–1394 | Civil war between a part of the Hungarian nobility and Mary, Queen of Hungary and Emperor Sigismund | Kingdom of Hungary | Horváti family Kingdom of Naples | Emperor Sigismund's victory |
| 1366–1526 | Ottoman–Hungarian wars | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Wallachia  Moldavia Serbian Despotate | Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia | Defeat Final defeat at the Battle of Mohács Hungarian Kingdom partitioned War continues between the Habsburgs and Ottomans |
| 1411–1433 | Croatian-Venetian War | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Duchy of Milan | Republic of Venice | Defeat Dalmatia becomes part of Venice |
| 1419–1434 | Hussite Wars | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary | Hussites | Victory |
| 1428–1432 | War of the South Danube | Kingdom of Hungary Wallachia Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Ottoman Empire | Ceasefire |
| 1437–1442 | Hungarian-Ottoman border conflicts, Ottoman raids in Southern Hungary and Transylvania | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
| 1440–1442 | Civil war between Wladyslaw I and Ladislaus | Kingdom of Poland Hungarian nobles | Cillei family and other Hungarian nobles | Peace agreement Wladyslaw is accepted as Hungarian king |
| 1443–1444 | Long campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian withdrawal |
| 1458–1459 | Matthias I's war with Ján Jiskra | Kingdom of Hungary | Jiskra's soldiers | Royal victory |
| 1458–1465 | War in Bosnia | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive A part of Bosnia is occupied by the Ottoman Empire |
| 1471–1476 | Matthias Corvinus' intervention in the Moldovian-Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary Moldavia | Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive After initial Hungarian and Moldavian victories, Hungary stopped supporting Moldavia Stephen III of Moldavia becomes a vassal of the Ottoman Empire |
| 1480–1481 | Ottoman invasion of Otranto | Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Aragon Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
| 1482–1488 | Austrian-Hungarian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Victory |
| 1490–1491 | War of the Hungarian Succession | Kingdom of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Poland (the two countries were not allies) | Inconclusive The Bohemian king, Wladislaus won over the Polish army and got the Hungarian throne Wladislaus is defeated by the Holy Roman Empire, which reconquered Vienna and the other parts of Austria |
| 1492–1493 | The Black Army's uprising | Kingdom of Hungary | Black Army | Victory Destruction of the Black Army |
| 1514 | Peasant revolt led by György Dózsa | Kingdom of Hungary | Peasant rebels | Revolt suppressed |
| 1493–1593 | Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War | Until 1526: Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Hungary From 1527: Habsburg monarchy | Until 1526: Ottoman Empire From 1527: Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Bosnia | Inconclusive Expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe was stopped in Battle of Sisak 1593. |

## Croatia within the Habsburg Monarchy (1527–1918)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1573 | Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt | Croatian, Styrian and Carniolan nobility Uskoks | Croatian and Slovenian peasant rebels | Peasant defeat |
| 1593–1606 | Long Turkish War | Holy Roman Empire  Habsburg monarchy  Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Transylvania Wallachia Moldavia Spain Zaporozhian Cossacks Serbian Hajduks Papal States Tuscany Knights of St. Stephen Duchy of Ferrara Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Savoy | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Nogai Horde | Inconclusive Peace of Zsitvatorok |
| 1618–1648 | Thirty Years' War | Imperial alliance:  Habsburg Monarchy Spanish Empire  Bavaria Catholic League Croatian cavalry in the Catholic League | Anti-Imperial alliance:  France Sweden  Dutch Republic Hesse-Kassel | Peace of Westphalia Some sources claim that Swedish Emperor Gustavus Adolphus was killed by Croatian cavalrymen during the Battle of Lützen |
| 1663–1664 | Austro-Turkish War | Holy Roman Empire  Electorate of Saxony  Brandenburg-Prussia  Habsburg monarchy  Electorate of Bavaria  Piedmont-Savoy Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Hungary League of the Rhine:  Baden-Baden  Swabia  Kingdom of France | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate  Moldavia Wallachia | Austria and allies military victory Ottoman commercial and diplomatic victory Peace of Vasvár |
| 1683–1699 | Great Turkish War | Holy Roman Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Hungary Republic of Venice Duchy of Mantua Spanish Empire Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro Serbian rebels Greek rebels Bulgarian rebels | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate  Moldavia Principality of Upper Hungary (until 1685) Wallachia Transylvania | Victory Treaty of Karlowitz Most of the territories were regained, except for lands known as Turkish Croatia |
| 1716–1718 | Austro-Turkish War | Habsburg monarchy Croats in the Habsburg Imperial Army | Ottoman Empire | Victory Treaty of Passarowitz |
| 1788–1791 | Austro-Turkish War | Habsburg monarchy Croats in the Habsburg Imperial Army | Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive Treaty of Sistova |
| 1803–1815 | Napoleonic Wars | Austrian Empire Croats in the Imperial Austrian Army | French Republic (1792–1804) First French Empire (1804–1815) Various client states Croats of the Grande Armée | Victory Congress of Vienna |
| 1848–1849 | Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | Austrian Empire Kingdom of Croatia Serbian Vojvodina Serbian volunteers Pro-Habsburg Hungarians Slovak National Council Transylvanian Romanians Supreme Ruthenian Council Czech volunteers Bohemian and Moravian volunteers Transylvanian Saxons  Russian Empire | Kingdom of Hungary Legions of the revolutionaries from German states Polish legions Italian legions Viennese legion Hungarian Germans Hungarian Slovenes Pro-Hungarian Slovaks Pro-Hungarian Romanians Rusyns Zipser Saxons Croats from Western Hungary and Muraköz Šokac and Bunjevac people Banat Bulgarians Hungarian Jews | Victory Surrender at Világos Josip Jelačić was instrumental in defeating the Hungarians |
| 1866 | Third Italian War of Independence | Principality of Liechtenstein Austrian Empire Kingdom of Dalmatia (Croatian sailors) | Kingdom of Italy | Military Victory, Diplomatic Defeat Austria cedes Venetia to France, and France than cedes it to Italy |
| 1878 | Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Kingdom of Dalmatia | Bosnia Vilayet Ottoman Empire (not openly) | Victory Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1899–1901 | Boxer Rebellion | Eight-Nation Alliance: United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Kingdom of Dalmatia | Boxers Qing dynasty | Victory |
| 1914–1918 | World War I | Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Kingdom of Dalmatia  Germany Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | Allied Powers: Russia France British Empire Serbia Montenegro Belgium Japan Italy Portugal Romania United States Hejaz Greece Brazil Siam | Defeat |

## Kingdom of Yugoslavia, WWII and post-war Yugoslavia (1918–1991)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1918-1920 | Revolutions and interventions in Hungary | Czechoslovakia  Kingdom of Romania  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Republic of Prekmurje Kingdom of Hungary  France | Hungarian Republic Hungarian SR Slovak SR | Victory Hungarian defeat Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Partial Romanian occupation of Hungary Treaty of Trianon Miklós Horthy takes power as Regent of Hungary |
| 1918–1929 | Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia | State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1 December 1918) | Republic of German-Austria  Carinthia First Austrian Republic (from 1919) | Ceasefire In Carinthian plebiscite southeastern Carinthia votes in favour of joining Austria Territorial changes are coordinated by Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| 1919 | Christmas Uprising | Montenegrin Whites Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Montenegrin Greens Kingdom of Italy | Victory The uprising was put down |
| 1920-1921 | Koplik War | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Principality of Albania | Mixed results Yugoslavs are forced to withdraw due to international pressure United Kingdom insists on slight adaptations in the regions of Debar, Prizren and Kastrati in the interest of Yugoslavia |
| 1921 | Albanian-Yugoslav Border War | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kingdom of Greece Republic of Mirdita | Principality of Albania | Peace brokered by the League of Nations Recognition of Albanian sovereignty and borders Mirdita rebels disbanded |
| 1941 | Axis Invasion of Yugoslavia | Kingdom of Yugoslavia Banovina of Croatia | Germany Italy Bulgaria Hungary | Defeat Occupation of Yugoslavia Partition of parts of Yugoslavia between the Axis Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes in Serbia and Montenegro Axis establish the puppet state Independent State of Croatia |
| 1941–1945 | World War II in Yugoslavia | Allies: Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia (from 1943) Tuva (until 1944) Romania (from 1944) Bulgaria (from 1944) Finland (from 1944) Yugoslav Partisans Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1945) Federal State of Croatia (1943–1945) Aerial role only: Free France (1943–1945) United Kingdom (1941) United States (1944) | Axis powers: Nazi Germany Romania (until 1944) Hungary Italy (until 1943) Bulgaria (until 1944) Axis puppet states: Slovakia Government of Nation Salvation Independent State of Croatia Co-belligerents: Finland (until 1944) | Victory End of World War II in Europe (concurrently with the Western Front) Soviet Union occupies Eastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet Communist governments in countries including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany SR Croatia becomes a federal constituent of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia Beginning of the Cold War and the creation of the Iron Curtain The beginning of the Greek Civil War Borders of Poland adjusted |
| 1946-1949 | Greek Civil War | Provisional Democratic Government of Greece Supported by:  Soviet Union  People's Socialist Republic of Albania  Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia People's Republic of Croatia | Kingdom of Greece Supported by: United Kingdom United States | Defeat Hellenic Army victory 100,000 ELAS fighters and communist sympathizers serving in DSE ranks were imprisoned, exiled, or executed |
| 1948-1954 | Albanian–Yugoslav conflict | Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia People's Republic of Croatia | People's Socialist Republic of Albania | Defeat Albanian victory |
| 1975–2002 | Angolan Civil War | MPLA SWAPO MK  Cuba  East Germany  Soviet Union  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Socialist Republic of Croatia | UNITA FNLA FLEC  South Africa  Zaire | Victory Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989 Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991 and 1992 onward, but civil war continues Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002 Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002 |

## Republic of Croatia (1991–present)

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1991–1995 | Croatian War of Independence | Republic of Croatia Supported by: Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–1995) Military Professional Resources Inc.(1994–1995) | SFR Yugoslavia (1991-1992) Republic of Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska Supported by: FR Yugoslavia (1992-1995) | Victory Croatian forces regain control over most of RSK-held Croatian territory Croatian forces advance into Bosnia and Herzegovina which helps lead to the eventual end of the Bosnian War |
| 1992–1995 | Bosnian War | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia  Republic of Croatia Supported by: NATO (bombing operations, 1995) | SFR Yugoslavia (until 27 April 1992) AP Western Bosnia Republika Srpska Republic of Serbian Krajina Supported by: FR Yugoslavia | Stalemate Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Over 38,200 civilian casualties, mainly from the Bosnian Muslim ethnic group Almost 57,700 soldiers killed First case of genocide in Europe since World War II Deployment of NATO-led forces to oversee the peace agreement NATO successful bombing operations Establishment of the Office of the High Representative to oversee the civilian implementation of the peace agreement |
| 1992–1994 | Croat-Bosniak War | Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Supported by:  Republic of Croatia | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Supported by: Bosnian mujahideen Croatian Defence Forces (until 1993) | Inconclusive Washington Agreement Creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2001–2021 | War in Afghanistan | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NATO  Republic of Croatia in the International Security Assistance Force and during the Resolute Support Mission | ISAF phase (from 2001): Taliban Islamic Jihad Union Haqqani network (from 2002) al-Qaeda RS phase (from 2015): ISIL-KP Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Pakistani Taliban | Defeat Invasion of Afghanistan Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished Occupation of Afghanistan Establishment of a new Afghan Government and Security Force Taliban insurgency Execution of Osama bin Laden Taliban victory, establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Islamic State–Taliban conflict |