List of wars involving Bulgaria
This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.
Results of all wars involving Bulgaria[edit]
First Bulgarian Empire (680-1018)[edit]
Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)[edit]
Second Bulgarian Empire | |||
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Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1185-1201) |
Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory
|
Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1202-1203) |
Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Principality | Victory
|
First Bulgarian–Latin War (1204-1208) |
Bulgarian Empire | Latin Empire | Victory
|
Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230) |
Bulgarian Empire | Thessalonican Empire | Victory
|
First Bulgarian-Mongol War(1241) | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Victory
|
Bulgarian Civil War (1277–1280) |
Bulgarian Empire Tsar Constantine Allies: Byzantine Empire Golden Horde |
Bulgarian Empire Tsar Ivaylo Allies: Bulgarian Rebels |
Royal victory
|
Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290-1291) |
Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Kingdom | Defeat
|
Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1299-1300)[citation needed] |
Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Victory
|
Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1304-1305)[citation needed] |
Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory
|
Battle of Velbazhd (1330) |
Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Kingdom | Defeat |
Byzantine Civil War (1341–1347) |
Byzantine Empire John V Palaiologos Allies: Bulgarian Empire Serbian Empire |
Byzantine Empire John VI Kantakouzenos Allies: Serbian Empire Ottoman Empire |
Victory
|
First Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1344-1371) |
Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1371-1396) |
Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Bulgarian Principality | |||
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) |
Bulgarian Principality Allies: Russian Empire Serbian Principality Romanian Principality Montenegrin Principality |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885) |
Bulgarian Principality | Serbian Kingdom | Victory
|
Macedonian Struggle War (1893-1908) |
Bulgarian Principality | Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom Ottoman Empire |
Draw
|
Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908-1946)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Bulgarian Kingdom | |||
First Balkan War (1912-1913) |
Balkan League Bulgarian Kingdom Allies: Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Montenegrin Kingdom |
Ottoman Empire Allies: Austria Hungarian Empire Albanian irregulars |
Balkan League Victory
|
Second Balkan War (1913) |
Bulgarian Kingdom | Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom Montenegrin Kingdom Ottoman Empire |
Defeat
|
Bulgaria In World War I | |||
World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I) (1914–1918) |
Bulgarian Kingdom Central Powers: German Empire Ottoman Empire Austria Hungarian Empire |
Allied Powers: United States Britain Italian Kingdom Russian Empire French Republic Occupied by Central Powers: Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom |
Allied Victory
|
Post World War I Conflicts | |||
Incident at Petrich (1925) | Bulgarian Kingdom | Greek Kingdom | Victory
|
Bulgaria In World War II | |||
World War II (see Military history of Bulgaria during World War II) (1941–1945) |
Bulgarian Kingdom Allied Powers: Soviet Union United States Greek Kingdom United Kingdom French Republic Yugoslavian Kingdom |
Bulgarian Kingdom Axis Powers: Nazi Germany Italian Kingdom Japanese Empire Romanian Kingdom |
Allied Victory
|
People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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People's Republic of Bulgaria | |||
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |
Bulgaria Allies: Soviet Union Hungary Poland |
Czechoslovakia Allies: Albania Romania Yugoslavia |
Warsaw Pact Victory
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Republic of Bulgaria (1990–)[edit]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Republic of Bulgaria | |||
Iraq War (2003-2011) |
Bulgaria[citation needed] Allies: Iraq NATO United States |
Baath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda Islamic Army of Iraq |
Coalition Victory
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2011 military intervention in Libya | NATO | Libya | NATO Victory
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See also[edit]
- Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- Bulgarian–Latin wars
- Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
- Bulgarian–Hungarian wars
- Bulgarian–Serbian wars
- Croatian–Bulgarian wars
- Medieval Bulgarian army
- Medieval Bulgarian navy
- Medieval warfare
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