List of wars involving Slovakia
Appearance
This is a list of wars involving the Slovak Republic and its predecessor states. There have been 15 wars that ever included Slovakia, only one of them being after Slovakia became independent. The first war was the Hungarian–Czechoslovak War, which was between Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The most recent is the ongoing War on Terror.
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1918-1919 | Hungarian-Czechoslovak War | ![]() |
until 21 March 1919![]() from 21 March 1919 |
Slovak Defeat; formation of the short lived Slovak Soviet Republic |
1919 | Polish-Czechoslovak War | ![]() |
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Cieszyn Silesia divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland[1] |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1938 | Sudeten German uprising | ![]() |
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Uprising partially suppressed |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1939 | Slovak-Hungarian War | ![]() |
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Slovak Defeat[3] |
1939-1945 | World War II | ![]() |
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Defeat; Dissolution of the Slovak Republic[6] |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1948 | 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état | ![]() |
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Appointment of a communist-dominated government[7] |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1950-1953 | Korean War | ![]() |
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Military Stalemate; Korean Conflict continues |
1953 | Air battle over Merklín | ![]() |
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Czechoslovak victory; 1 American F-84 Thunderjet is shot down, yet the pilot survives. |
1953 | Plzeň uprising of 1953[9] | ![]() |
Plzeň Workers | Czechoslovak victory; uprisings suppressed |
1955-1975 | Vietnam War | ![]() |
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North Vietnam-Viet Cong victory; formation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
1968-1975 | Cambodian Civil War | ![]() |
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GRUNK-North Vietnamese Victory; establishment of Democratic Kampuchea |
1968 | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | ![]() |
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Warsaw Pact victory[11] |
1978-1989 | Cambodian-Vietnamese War | ![]() |
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Vietnamese Victory; collapse of Democratic Kampuchea |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1990-1991 | Gulf War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Coalition Victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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2001–present | War on Terror | ![]() |
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Ongoing conflict
• Taliban victory in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
References
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- ^ Chen, Peter C. "The Slovak-Hungarian War". World War II Database. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Slovakian Axis Forces in WWII". FeldGrau.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Slovakia History, Slovakia in World War II". SlovakiaSite. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "1939-1945 - Slovak Republic - World War II". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Post-war Slovakia 1945-1989 - Profil Slovenskej Kultúry". Slovak Culture Profile. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Marek, Jaromír. "Českoslovenští lékaři stáli v korejské válce na straně KLDR. Jejich mise stále vyvolává otazníky". iROZHLAS. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Popular Resistance in Communist Czechoslovakia: The Plzeň Uprising, June 1953". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Willoughby, Ian. "MIRKO DOLÁK – A CZECH MARINE IN VIETNAM". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "A Look Back... The Prague Spring & the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2019.