List of wars involving Serbia

This article is about conflicts involving modern Serbia. For conflict involving the medieval state, see List of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages.

The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the late modern period and contemporary history.

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Serbian victory

  Serbian defeat

  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

  Ongoing conflict

Late modern period

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Serbian revolution (1804–1817)
Uprising against the Dahije (1804)	Serb rebels	Dahije	Victory Outbreak of First Serbian Uprising
First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813)	Serbia Aided by: Russia (1807–12)	Dahije (1804) Ottoman Empire	Defeat Ottoman suppression Abolishment of Serbian rebel government Outbreak of Hadži Prodan's Revolt
Tican's Rebellion (1807)	Serb peasants in Syrmia	Austria	Defeat The rebellion was suppressed
Hadži Prodan's Revolt (1814)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat The Ottomans inflicted more persecution against the Serbs Outbreak of Second Serbian Uprising
Second Serbian Uprising (1815–1817)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Victory Establishment of the autonomous Principality of Serbia
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)
Niš Rebellion (1821)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Rebellion suppressed by the Ottomans
Niš Rebellion (1841)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat 10–11,000 Serbs fled to the Principality of Serbia
Serb Uprising (1848–49)	Serbs in Austria Serbian volunteers Aided by: Austria	Hungary	Victory Establishment of the autonomous Serbian Vojvodina
Herzegovina Uprising Nevesinje gun (1875–77)	Serb rebels Aided by: Serbia Montenegro	Ottoman Empire	Victory Great Eastern Crisis Outbreak of Serbian–Ottoman War Outbreak of Montenegrin–Ottoman War
Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1878)	Serbia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin de jure independence of Serbia
Russo-Turkish war (1877–1878)	Russia Grand Duchy of Finland Romania Serbia Montenegro Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin de jure independence of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.
Kumanovo Uprising (1878)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat The uprising was suppressed by the Ottomans
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)
Timok Rebellion (1883)	Government royal forces of King Milan	Rebels led by Radicals	Government Victory Rebellion suppressed
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)	Serbia	Bulgaria	Defeat Recognition of the Bulgarian unification
Macedonian Struggle (1893–1908)	Chetniks Greek Macedonian Committee Ethniki Etaireia	IMRO SMAC BTRB Gemitzides Ottoman Empire	Conflicts were stopped after the Young Turk Revolution
First Balkan War (1912–1913)	Balkan League Serbia Montenegro Bulgaria Greece	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of London Outbreak of the Second Balkan War
Tikveš Uprising (1913)	Serbia	IMRO Bulgarian army generals	Victory Suppression of uprising Outbreak of the Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War (1913)	Serbia Montenegro Greece Romania Ottoman Empire	Bulgaria	Victory The defeat of Bulgaria Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Constantinople
Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913)	Serbia	IMRO Kachaks Supported by: Albania Bulgarian army Austro-Hungarian army	Victory Suppression of uprising
World War I Serbian Campaign (1914–1918)	Allied Powers Serbia Montenegro Russia (until 1917) France (1915–18) United Kingdom (1915–18) Greece (1917–18)	Central Powers Austria-Hungary Bulgaria (1915–18) Germany (1915-18)	Victory Liberation of Serbia Fall of Austro-Hungarian, German and Ottoman empires Serbia lost more than 1,200,000 inhabitants (30% of its overall population and 60% of its male population) Syrmia, Banat, Bačka and Baranja and Montenegro proclaimed unification with Serbia Creation of Yugoslavia Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Neuilly
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)
Christmas Uprising (1919)	Montenegrin Whites Yugoslavia	Montenegrin Greens Italy	Victory The uprising was put down
Invasion of Yugoslavia April War (1941)	Yugoslavia	Axis Germany Italy Hungary	Defeat Occupation of Yugoslavia by the Axis Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis Creation of pro-Axis puppet states World War II in Yugoslavia
World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–1945)	Allies Partisans (from July 1941) Soviet Union (1944–45) United Kingdom (1943–45) United States (limited involvement, 1943–45) Former Axis powers or puppet states Bulgaria (1944–45) Albania (1944–45) Yugoslavia (April 1941) Chetniks (from May 1941) Supported by: United Kingdom (until 1943) United States (until 1943)	Axis Germany Serbian government (until 1944) Montenegro (1943–44) Pećanac Chetniks (1941–43) Russian Corps Slovene Home Guard (1943–45) Italy (until 1943) Albania (until 1943) Montenegro (until 1943) Anti-Communist Militia (1941–43) Hungary Bulgaria (until 1944) Axis puppet states Croatia Albania (1943–44) Chetniks	Partisan Victory Liberation of Yugoslavia Defeat and collapse of Nazi Germany Defeat and overthrow of Independent State of Croatia and other Axis collaborators Defeat and dissolution of Chetniks Serbian genocide Establishment of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
War in Croatia (1991–1995)	JNA (1991–92) Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska (1992–95)	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995) NATO (1995)	Defeat Fall of Serbian Krajina Expulsion of over 300,000 Serbs
Bosnian War (1992–1995)	SFR Yugoslavia (1992) Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (1993–95) Supported by: FR Yugoslavia	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Croatian Herzeg-Bosnia (until 1994) NATO (bombing operations, 1995)	Military stalemate Dayton Agreement Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina Over 100,000 dead Deployment of NATO-led forces
Kosovo War (1998–1999)	FR Yugoslavia	KLA NATO Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States Albania	Defeat Kumanovo Agreement Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia debated Expulsion of over half of the Serb civilians Kosovo remains a province of Yugoslavia KLA join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency 5 October Overthrow
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001)	FR Yugoslavia	UÇPMB	Victory UÇPMB disbanded Konculj Agreement (peace) Former UÇPMB and KLA veterans regroup and form the NLA; start of 2001 insurgency in FYR Macedonia

See also

• List of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages