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

History of War

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)	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Ottoman suppression Abolishment of Serbian rebel government Outbreak of Hadži Prodan's Revolt
Tican's Rebellion (1807)	Serb peasants (Syrmia)	Austria	Defeat The rebellion was suppressed
Hadži Prodan's Revolt (1814)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Turks inflicted more persecution against the Serbs Outbreak of Second Serbian Uprising
Second Serbian Uprising (1815–1817)	Serb rebels Bulgarian rebels	Ottoman Empire	Victory Establishment of the 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 (Austria) Serbian volunteers Aided by: Bulgarian rebels Austria	Hungary	Victory Serbian autonomy Establishment of Serbian Vojvodina
Herzegovina Uprising (Nevesinje gun) (1875–77)	Serb rebels Aided by: Serbia Bulgaria Montenegro	Ottoman Empire	Victory Great Eastern Crisis Outbreak of Serbian–Ottoman War Outbreak of Montenegrin–Ottoman War
Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1878)	Serbia Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin de jure independence of Serbia and Montenegro.
Russo-Turkish war (1877–1878)	Russia Bulgaria Romania Serbia Montenegro	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin de jure independence of Serbia and Montenegro.
Kumanovo Uprising (1878)	Serb rebels	Ottoman Empire	Defeat The uprising was suppressed by the Ottomans

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)
Timok Rebellion (1883)	Serbia	People's Radical Party	Victory (to the government) Rebellion suppressed
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)	Serbia	Bulgaria	Defeat The Serbian Army is heavily defeated Trust between the two Slavic nations crumble Recognition of the Bulgarian unification
Macedonian Struggle (1893–1908)	Chetniks Greek Macedonian Committee Ethniki Etaireia	IMRO SMAC BTRB Gemitzides Ottoman Empire	Draw Conflicts were stopped after the Young Turk Revolution Many flee to Bulgaria to seek safety
First Balkan War (1912–1913)	Balkan League: Serbia Bulgaria Montenegro Greece	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of London Outbreak of the Second Balkan War
Tikveš Uprising (1913)	Serbia	IMRO	Victory Suppression of uprising Many flee to Bulgaria to seek safety Outbreak of the Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War (1913)	Serbia Montenegro Greece Romania Ottoman Empire	Bulgaria	Draw Bulgaria Holds of the Alliance on 5 Fronts Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Constantinople War Carries on into World War 1
Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913)	Serbia	IMRO Kachaks Albania	Victory Suppression of uprising
World War I (Serbian Campaign) (1914–1918)	Serbia Montenegro Bulgaria (1917–18) Russia (until 1917) United Kingdom (1915–18) France (1915–18) Greece (1917–18)	Austria-Hungary Bulgaria (1915–17) Germany (1915-18) Ottoman Empire (1916–18)	Victory Serbia restores control of territory, and annexes regions left of Sava and Danube (mainly Vojvodina). Syrmia, Banat, Bačka and Baranja and Montenegro proclaimed unification with Serbia Creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Neuilly
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)
Christmas Uprising (1919)	Montenegrin Whites Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Montenegrin Greens Italy	Victory The uprising was put down
April War (Invasion of Yugoslavia) (1941)	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Germany Bulgaria (Until 1944) 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)	Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941) Chetniks Partisans United Kingdom (1943–45) Soviet Union (1944–45) Bulgaria (1944–45) Albania (1944–45) United States (limited involvement)	Germany Italy (until 1943) Croatia Hungary Bulgaria (until 1944) Albania (1943–44) Chetniks	Victory (to the Partisans) German and Italian withdrawal from Yugoslavia. Creation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
SFR / FR Yugoslavia (1945–2006)
War in Slovenia (Ten-Day War) (1991)	SFR Yugoslavia	Slovenia	Defeat Yugoslav People's Army withdrawal Brioni Agreement
War in Croatia (1991–1995)	SFR Yugoslavia (until 1992) Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska (1992–95)	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995) NATO (1995)	Defeat Sarajevo Agreement 200,000 Serbs expelled from their homes. Reintegration of Krajina into Croatia.
Bosnian War (1992–1995)	SFR Yugoslavia (until 1992) Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (1993–95) Supported by: FR Yugoslavia	Bosnia and Herzegovina (until 1994) Croatian Herzeg-Bosnia (until 1994) Croatia (until 1994) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–95) Croatia (1994–95) NATO (1995)	Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia. Deployment of NATO-led IFOR.
Kosovo War (1998–1999)	FR Yugoslavia	KLA NATO Belgium Bulgaria Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States Albania	Defeat Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo KLA disarmed in Kosovo Kosovo remains a province of Yugoslavia United Nations Resolution 1244 KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency.
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