This is a list of wars involving the Czech Republic and its predecessor states.
Before 850[]
| Year | War | Allies | Enemies | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626 | War against Avars | Samo's empire | Avar Khaganate | Victory |
| 631 | War between Samo's empire and Frank Empire | Samo's empire | Francia | Victory |
| 805 | War against Charles the Great | Czechs | Francia | Unknown |
| 833 | Conquest of Nitrian Principality | Great Moravia | Principality of Nitra | Victory |
| 848-849 | Louis the German's campaign against Bohemia | Bohemia | East Francia | Defeat |
850-1526[]
| Year | War | Allies | Enemies | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800/862–973 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Duchy of Bohemia Great Moravia others |
Hungarians | Victory |
| 864-874 | Great Moravia war against East Francia | Great Moravia Bohemia |
East Francia | Victory |
| 936-950 | Bohemian-Saxon War | Duchy of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat |
| 975-978 | War against Otto II. | Duchy of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | Victory |
| 988-990 | Polish-Bohemian War (990) | Duchy of Bohemia | Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire |
Defeat |
| 995 | War against Slavník dynasty | Duchy of Bohemia | Zlicans | Victory |
| 1002-1005 | Polish-Bohemian War | Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire |
Duchy of Poland | Victory |
| 1010-1019 | Polish-German War | Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire |
Duchy of Poland | Victory |
| 1030-1031 | Intervention in Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
Kingdom of Hungary | Indecisive |
| 1035 | Campaign against Lutici | Duchy of Bohemia | Lusatia | Victory |
| 1039-1047 | Polish-Bohemian War | Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1040-1041 | War against Henry III. | Duchy of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat |
| 1042-1044 | Bretislaus I and Henry III. invasions of Hungary | Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire |
Kingdom of Hungary | Victory |
| 1063 | Siege of Hradec nad Moravicí | Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1051 | Campaign in Hungary | Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire |
Kingdom of Hungary | Victory |
| 1070 | Polish-Bohemian War | Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1077 - 1088 | Great Saxon Revolt | Duchy of Bohemia Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor |
Rudolf of Rheinfelden | Victory |
| 1104–1105 | Expeditions into Pomerania | Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1126 | Duchy of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | War of succession to the Duchy of Bohemia | Victory |
| 1145 - 1149 | Second Crusade | Duchy of Bohemia Crusaders |
Saracens | Defeat |
| 1158 | Milan Campaign | Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire |
Milan | Victory |
| 1189-1192 | Third Crusade | Duchy of Bohemia Crusaders |
Muslims | Military victory |
| 1241 | Mongol invasion of Moravia[1] | Kingdom of Bohemia | Mongol Empire | Mongols retreated |
| 1254-1255 | Prussian Crusade | Kingdom of Bohemia Teutonic Knights |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Victory |
| 1257 | Bohemia-Bavarian War | Kingdom of Bohemia | Bavaria | Defeat |
| 1260 | War of Styria | Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Austria |
Kingdom of Hungary | Victory |
| 1267-1268 | Prussian Crusade | Kingdom of Bohemia Teutonic Knights |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Retreat |
| 1270-1271 | Hungarian Campaign | Kingdom of Bohemia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory |
| 1273 | Bohemian-Hungarian War | Kingdom of Bohemia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory |
| 1278 | War against Rudolf von Habsburg | Kingdom of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary |
Defeat |
| 1291-1292 | Wenceslaus II.'s Polish Campaign | Kingdom of Bohemia | Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high | Victory |
| 1298 | Fight for the rule over the Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Austria |
County of Nassau Electoral Palatinate |
Victory |
| 1304 | Anti-Bohemian Coalition | Kingdom of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire Charles I of Hungary |
Victory |
| 1315 | War against Matthew III Csák | Kingdom of Bohemia | Máté Csák's domain | Victory |
| 1314-1322 | Double reign of Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Bohemia Louis IV. |
Frederick the Fair | Victory |
| 1331-1332 | War against Louis IV. | Kingdom of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat |
| 1345-1348 | Polish-Bohemian War (1345–1348) | Kingdom of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland (Piast) | Defeat |
| 1346 | Hundred Years' War | Kingdom of Bohemia France |
England | Defeat |
| 1419-1434 | Hussite Wars | Radical Hussites | Papal States Holy Roman Empire Utraquist hussites |
Defeat of radicals |
| 1443-1444 | Crusade of Varna | Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary |
Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
| 1468-1478 | Bohemian War | Kingdom of Bohemia | Kingdom of Hungary | Treaty of Brno |
1526-1918[]
| Year | War | Allies | Enemies | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1530-1552 | Little War in Hungary | Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire |
Ottoman Empire | Indecisive |
| 1546-1547 | Schmalkaldic War | Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Spain |
Schmalkaldic League | Victory |
| 1611 | Invasion of Passau Army | Kingdom of Bohemia | Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau | Victory |
| 1618-1620 | Bohemian Revolt | Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat |
| 1620-1648 | Thirty Years' War | Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire |
Protestant states | Peace of Westphalia |
| 1680 | Peasant Uprising | Czech Peasants | Austrian Empire | Defeat |
| 1775 | Peasant Uprising | Czech Peasants | Austrian Empire | Defeat |
| 1848 | Czech Revolution | Czechs | Austrian Empire | Defeat |
| 1914 - 1918 | World War I | Czechoslovak Legions Triple Entente |
Central Powers | Victory |
| 1917- 1922 | Russian Civil War | Czechoslovak Legions White Movement |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | Defeat |
Since 1918[]
| Year | War | Allies | Enemies | Losses | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Polish–Czechoslovak War | Czechoslovakia | Poland | 44-53 killed | Victory |
| 1918-1920 | Revolutions and interventions in Hungary | Czechoslovakia Romania |
Hungary | 2824 killed or missing | Victory |
| 1938 | Sudeten German uprising | Czechoslovakia | German Insurgents | 100 killed | Military Victory |
| 1939 | Axis invasion of Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | Nazi Germany | 1 killed | Defeat |
| 1939 | Hungarian Invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine | Czechoslovakia | Kingdom of Hungary Ukrainian nationalists |
40 killed | Defeat |
| 1939-1945 | World War II | Czechoslovak government-in-exile Allies |
Axis powers | 325,000 killed | Victory |
| 1945 | Racibórz Conflict | Czechoslovakia | Poland | None | Agreement |
| 1947 | Operation B | Czechoslovakia Poland Soviet Union |
Ukrainian Insurgent Army | 49 killed | Victory |
| 1948-1949 | Israeli War of independence | Israel supported by Czechoslovakia |
Arab states | None | Victory |
| 1950 - 1953 | Korean War | Communist states including Czechoslovakia | South Korea United Nations |
None | Military stalemate; Ceasefire reached through Korean Armistice Agreement |
| 1953 | Merklín incident | Czechoslovakia | United States | None | Victory |
| 1953 | Uprising in Plzeň | Czechoslovakia | Plzeň workers | None | Uprising crushed |
| 1955-1975 | Vietnam War[2] | Communist states including Czechoslovakia | South Vietnam United States |
None | Victory |
| 1968 | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | Warsaw Pact | 137 killed | Defeat |
| 1970s - 1980s | Angolan Civil War | MPLA supported by: Czechoslovakia and others |
UNITA | 1 killed | Victory |
| 1990 - 1991 | Gulf War | Czechoslovakia United States and other |
Iraq | 1 killed | Victory |
| 1999 | Kosovo War | NATO including the Czech Republic | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | None | Victory |
| 2002–present | War in Afghanistan | Czech Republic United States United Kingdom and others |
Insurgents | 14 killed | Indecisive |
| 2003 - 2009 | Iraq War[3] | Czech Republic United States United Kingdom and others |
Insurgents | 1 killed | Victory |
| 2004 | Unrest in Kosovo[4][5] | Czech Republic Kosovo Force |
Kosovo Albanians[citation needed] | None | Unrest suppressed Peace reached through mutual agreement |
| 2011 | Libyan Civil War[6] | Anti-Gaddaffi movement NATO supported by the Czech Republic |
Libya | None | Victory |
| 2012–present | Northern Mali Conflict | Czech Republic Mali France ECOWAS |
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Islamists |
None | Ongoing |
References[]
- ↑ cs:Mongolský vpád na Moravu roku 1241
- ↑ "Korejská záhada zůstává nevyřešena" (in Czech). http://www.svet.czsk.net/clanky/svet/koreapokusy.html. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ↑ "Historie zahraničních misí" (in Czech). Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. http://www.mise.army.cz/historie-misi/historie-zahranicnich-misi-3699/. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ↑ http://zpravy.idnes.cz/cesi-v-kosovu-hlidkovali-i-kuchari-d53-/zpr_nato.aspx?c=A040326_070137_zpr_nato_inc Czech
- ↑ http://zpravy.idnes.cz/cesi-zachranili-140-srbu-0b5-/zahranicni.aspx?c=A040319_231726_zahranicni_pol Czech
- ↑ http://www.novinky.cz/zahranicni/evropa/233695-v-letounech-awacs-budou-kaddafiho-kontrolovat-i-cesi.html Czech
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