List of wars involving Yugoslavia

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This is a list of wars involving Yugoslavia.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943)[edit]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary
(1918–1920)
Part of the aftermath of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–1923 		 Czechoslovakia
Romania Romania
 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Republic of Prekmurje
Kingdom of Hungary
 France 		Hungarian Republic
Hungarian SR
Slovak SR 		Victory
Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia
(1918–1929)
Part of the aftermath of World War I 		 State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
  • Maister's fighters
    After unification with Kingdom of Serbia on 1 December 1918:

 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

  • Units from Lower Styria
  • Units from Ljubljana
    After 13 February ceasefire:

Kingdom of Yugoslavia Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Austria Republic of German-Austria Ceasefire
  • In Carinthian plebiscite southeastern Carinthia votes in favour of joining Austria.
  • Territorial changes are coordinated by Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  • Majority of southeastern Carinthia is ceded to Austria
  • Meža Valley and Jezersko are ceded to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Christmas Uprising
(1919) 		Montenegrin Whites
 Yugoslavia 		Montenegrin Greens
 Italy 		Victory
  • The uprising was put down
Invasion of Yugoslavia
(1941)
Part of World War II 		 Yugoslavia  Germany
 Italy
Hungary 		Defeat

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992)[edit]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Eastern Front (World War II)
(1941–1945)
Part of the World War II 		Allies
 Soviet Union
Poland
Yugoslavia (from 1944)
 Czechoslovakia (from 1943)
Tuva (until 1944)[1]
Former Axis powers or co-belligerents
 Romania (from 1944)
Bulgaria (from 1944)
 Finland (from 1944)
Aerial role only
Free France (1943–45)
United Kingdom (1941)
United States (1944) 		Axis powers
 Germany[a]
 Romania (until 1944)
 Hungary
 Italy (until 1943)
 Bulgaria (until 1944)
Axis puppet states
 Slovakia
 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 regimes in various countries (including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany)
  • Establishment 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
Operation Valuable
(1949-1954) 		 United States
 United Kingdom
CIA
MI6
Supported by:
  Communist Albania Defeat
  • Albanian forces defeated Yugoslav and American forces
  • Operation failed
Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe
(1944–1960s) 		Communist Forces:
 Soviet Union
 East Germany
 Polish People's Republic
 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
 Hungarian People's Republic
 Socialist Republic of Romania
 People's Republic of Bulgaria
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		Anti-Communist Forces:
In the Soviet Union:
Ukrainian Insurgents
Russia Russian Insurgents
Polish Insurgents
Estonia Estonian Insurgents
Latvia Latvian Insurgents
Lithuania Lithuanian Insurgents
In the Balkans:
Bulgaria Bulgarian Insurgents
Serbian Insurgents
Croatian Insurgents
Romanian Insurgents
Other European states:
Germany German Insurgents
Hungarian Insurgents 		Communist Victory
  • Most Anti-Communist Insurgents were defeated
Angolan Civil War
(1975–2002) 		MPLA
SWAPO
MK
 Cuba (1975–91)
 East Germany (1975–89)
 Soviet Union (1975–89)
 Executive Outcomes (1975–91)
 Yugoslavia 		UNITA
FNLA
FLEC
 South Africa (1975–89)
 Zaire (1975) 		Victory
  • Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989
  • Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92
  • 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
  • Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002
  • Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002
  • Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
Ten-Day War
(1991) 		 Yugoslavia  Slovenia Defeat
  • Brioni Accords
  • Slovenia leaves Yugoslavia and becomes an independent country
Croatian War of Independence
(1991–1995) 		Serbian Krajina
 Republika Srpska (1992–95)

 Yugoslavia (1991–92)

 Croatia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–95) 		Defeat
  • Croatia leaves Yugoslavia and becomes an independent country
  • Croatian forces regain control over most of RSK-held Croatian territory
  • Croatian forces advance into Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the eventual end of the Bosnian War

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Germany's allies, in total, provided a significant number of troops and material to the front. There were also numerous foreign units recruited by Germany, notably the Spanish Blue Division and the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Toomas Alatalu. Tuva: A State Reawakens. Soviet Studies, Vol. 44, No. 5 (1992), pp. 881–895.
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