List of wars involving Bulgaria

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This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.

Results of all wars involving Bulgaria

First Bulgarian Empire (680-1018)

First Bulgarian Empire
First Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(680-792)
Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Victory
Siege of Constantinople (717–718) Bulgarian Empire Umayyad Caliphate Victory
First Bulgarian-Serbian War
(839-842)
Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality Defeat
Second Bulgarian-Serbian War
853
Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality Defeat
First Bulgarian-Croatian War

(854)
Bulgarian Empire Croatian Kingdom Draw
  • Bulgarian retreat, peace treaty concluded
Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(894-896)
Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(913-927)
Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Victory
  • The Bulgarian Empire Nearly Conquers Constantinople
Third Bulgarian-Serbian War
(917-924)
Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality

The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Victory
  • Serbia is Conquered by King Simeon and Bulgaria for the first time
Second Bulgarian-Croatian War

(926)
Bulgarian Empire Croatian Kingdom Defeat
Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War
(967-971)
Bulgarian Empire Kievan Rus Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Draw
  • Kievan Rus Conquers Areas of Northern Bulgaria
  • Byzantine victory over the Rus', formal annexation of Bulgaria.[citation needed]
Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(968-1018)
Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Defeat
Third Bulgarian-Croatian War
(997-1000)
Bulgarian Empire Croatian Kingdom Defeat

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)

Second Bulgarian Empire
Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1185-1201)
Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War

(1202-1203)
Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality Victory
  • The
    Kaloyan
    Pushes Serbia to The West
First Bulgarian–Latin War

(1204-1208)
Bulgarian Empire Latin Empire Victory
  • Weakening of the Latin Empire and Enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire
Battle of Klokotnitsa
(1230)
Bulgarian Empire Thessalonican Empire Victory
  • Empire of Thessalonico is Conquered by Bulgaria
Second Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1222-1223)
Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde Empire Victory
Bulgarian Civil War
(1277–1280)
Tsar Constantine
Allies:
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Golden Horde
Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Ivaylo
Allies:
Bulgarian Rebels
Royal victory
  • Peasant Ivaylo Snatches the Throne and Kills The Bulgarian Tsar
  • Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became Emperor of Bulgaria
Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War

(1290-1291)
Bulgarian Empire Serbian Kingdom Defeat
  • Bulgaria loses the Belgrade and Branicevo provinces.
Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1299-1300)[citation needed]
Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde Empire Inconclusive
  • Northern Bulgaria Once Again Becomes a Vassal to Golden Horde
  • King
    Theodore Svetoslav
    Banishes the Mongols to the East
Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1304-1305)[citation needed]
Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Bulgarian Empire Conquers Most of Thrace
Battle of Velbazhd
(1330)
Bulgarian Empire Serbian Kingdom Defeat
Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1332-1341)[citation needed]
Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde Empire Victory
  • The Mongols are Banished Northeast Forever
  • The Bulgarian Empire Begins Conquer Mongol Lands to North
Byzantine Civil War

(1341–1347)
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
John V Palaiologos
Allies:
Bulgarian Empire
Serbian Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
John VI Kantakouzenos
Allies:
Serbian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Victory
  • Kantakouzenos defeats regents, becomes emperor
  • Bulgarian Empire gains northern Thrace
First Bulgarian–Ottoman War

(1344-1371)
Bulgarian Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Bulgaria holds off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian Betrayal of Brothers
Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War

(1371-1396)
Bulgarian Empire Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Fall of the Bulgarian Empire

Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Bulgarian Principality
Russo-Turkish War

(1877-1878)
Romanian Principality
Montenegrin Principality
 Ottoman Empire Victory
Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1885)
Bulgarian Principality Serbian Kingdom Victory
  • Serbia Hits Main Ally, Bulgaria, From Behind, Trusts Between the Two Slavic Nations Crumble
  • Prince
    Alexander of Battenburg
    Leads Bulgaria to a Crushing Victory
Macedonian Struggle War
(1893-1908)
Bulgarian Principality
Romanian Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire
Draw
  • Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania and the Ottoman Empire Fight a Four Way War
  • War Ends Inconclusively After Young Turk Revolution
  • Bulgaria Gains Full Independence in 1908

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908-1946)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Bulgarian Kingdom
First Balkan War
(1912-1913)
Balkan League
Bulgarian Kingdom
Allies:
Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Montenegrin Kingdom
 
Austria Hungarian Empire
Albanian irregulars
Balkan League Victory
  • The Ottoman Empire is nearly pushed out of Europe
  • Bulgaria frees Macedonia, Northern Greece, Albania and South Serbia
  • Treaty of London
Second Balkan War
(1913)
Bulgarian Kingdom Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Kingdom
Montenegrin Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire
Defeat
  • Dissatisfied with gains from the First Balkan War, Bulgaria attacks former allies Serbia and Greece
  • Attacks repulsed by Greece and Serbia, whose armies enter Bulgaria
  • Romanian and Ottoman intervention forces Bulgaria to ask for armistice
  • Bulgarian territorial cessations in Treaty of Bucharest and Treaty of Constantinople
Bulgaria In World War I
World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I)
(1914–1918)
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
  • Due to a border incident, Greek dictator
    Theodoros Pangalos
    sends troops into Bulgaria
  • League of Nations brokers a ceasefire and a Greek withdrawal
  • Greece fined for violating Bulgarian territory
  • Bulgaria pays damages for shooting Greek soldiers[1]
Bulgaria In World War II
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
Japanese Empire
Romanian Kingdom
Allied Victory
  • Bulgarian monarchy abolished and replaced with Communist government
  • Southern Dobruja awarded to Bulgaria postwar

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
(1968)
Poland
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Allies:
Albania
Romania
Yugoslavia
Warsaw Pact Victory
  • Along with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies, Bulgarian troops invade Czechoslovakia
  • Minimal Czechoslovak armed resistance
  • Czech reformist leaders forced to sign Moscow Protocol, ending the Prague Spring

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Republic of Bulgaria
Iraq War
(2003-2011)
 Bulgaria[citation needed]
Allies:
 Iraq
NATO
 United States
Islamic Army of Iraq

Iraq Ba'athist Iraq

Coalition Victory
2011 military intervention in Libya NATO

 United States

 Bulgaria (one frigate as part of NATO contribution)[5]

Libya NATO Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
  • Civil war in Libya

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
  3. ^ "U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence". MSNBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ^ "UK 'to continue deporting failed Iraqi asylum seekers'". BBC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Bulgarian Frigate on Its Way to Libyan Coast". The Sofia Echo. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.