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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 (622-1185)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Old Great Bulgarian Empire
Bulgarian-Turkic War
(622-632) 		Bulgarian Empire West Turkic Khaganate Victory
First Bulgarian-Khazar War
(662-670) 		Bulgarian Empire Khazar Khaganate Draw
First Bulgarian Empire
First Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(680-792) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
 Victory
Second Bulgarian-Khazar War
(662-670) 		Bulgarian Empire Khazar Khaganate Victory
  • Death of the Great Khan Asparukh
  • Destruction and Conquest of Southern Khazaria
Bulgarian-Arabian War
(717-718) 		Bulgarian Empire Umayyad Caliphate Victory
  • The Bulgarian Army Annihilates the Arabic Army
  • Emperor Tervel is Crowned "Savior of Europe"
Bulgarian-Avar War
(799-800) 		Bulgarian Empire File:Avar Empire flag.png Avar Khaganate Victory
  • King Krum Destroys the Entire Avar Khaganate
Second Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(809-822) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
 Victory
  • Emperor Tervel takes Constantinople and Puts Justinian in Power
  • King Krum Obliterates the Byzantine Armies and Conquers Byzantine Land
Third Bulgarian-Khazar War
(824-825) 		Bulgarian Empire Khazar Khaganate Victory
  • Emperor Omurtag Banishes the Khazars to the North.
  • Bulgaria Reconquers Land to the North From the Khazars
Bulgarian-Frankish War
(827-829) 		Bulgarian Empire Frankish Empire Victory
  • Emperor Omurtag Defeats the Franks, and Pushes them West
First Bulgarian-Serbian War
(839-842) 		Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality Draw
  • Serbia is Recognized by The Bulgarian Empire
Second Bulgarian-Serbian War
(853-855) 		Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality Draw
  • Bulgaria and Serbia Form a Slavic Alliance
Bulgarian-Bosnian War
(854-855) 		Bulgarian Empire Bosnian Banate Victory
  • Bulgaria Takes Down and Conquers the Entire Banate of Bosnia
First Bulgarian-Croatian War
(854-855) 		Bulgarian Empire Croatian Kingdom Draw
First Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(862-896) 		Bulgarian Empire Hungarian Empire Victory
  • King Simeon The Great's Invincible Army Slaughter the Magyar Hungarians
  • Bulgaria Force the Migrating Hungarians to Settle in the Pannonian Plain
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

Serbian Principality 		Victory
  • Serbia is Conquered For the First Time by Invincible King Simeon
  • 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 Second Time
Second Bulgarian-Croatian War
(925-931) 		Bulgarian Empire Croatian Kingdom Draw
  • The Bulgarian Army Takes Croatian Land to the East
Second Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(932-980) 		Bulgarian Empire Hungarian Empire Draw
  • The Bulgarian Empire Drive Out the Hungarians to the North
First Bulgarian-Pecheneg War
(967-971) 		Bulgarian Empire Pecheneg Khanate Victory
  • Pechenegs Suffer a Heavy Defeat and Banished to the North
Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War
(967-997) 		Bulgarian Empire Kievan Rus Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire 		Draw
  • Kievan Rus Conquers Areas of Northern Bulgaria
  • The Rus are Defeated in a Three Way War Between Bulgaria and the Byzantines
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 Victory
  • Croatian Civil War is Ended, Bulgarian Empire Conquers Southern Croatia
Sixth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1040-1071) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Draw
First Bulgarian-Seljuk War
(1054-1071) 		Bulgarian Empire File:Seljuqs Eagle.svg Seljuk Empire Victory
  • The Seljuk Turks are Pushed Back to Eastern Asia Minor
Second Bulgarian-Pecheneg War
(1090-1091) 		Bulgarian Empire Pecheneg Khanate Victory
  • Pechenegs are Banished from The Northern Balkans
Bulgarian-Cuman War
(1140-1145) 		Bulgarian Empire Cumanian Empire Victory
  • Bulgarians Defeat the Cumans, Make an Alliance Against Byzantium
Second Bulgarian-Seljuk War
(1112-1113) 		Bulgarian Empire File:Seljuqs Eagle.svg Seljuk Empire Victory
  • The Seljuk Turks Are Halted
  • The Seljuk Sultanate Continues War With The Byzantine Empire until their eventual fall

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1422)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Second Bulgarian Empire
Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1185-1201) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire
  • Bulgarian Empire Resurfaces as Strongest Power In Eastern Europe
Third Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(1202-1203) 		Bulgarian Empire Hungarian Empire Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1202-1203) 		Bulgarian Empire Serbian Principality Victory
First Bulgarian–Latin War
(1204-1208) 		Bulgarian Empire Latin Empire Victory
  • Weakening of the Latin Empire and Enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire
First Bulgarian-Seljuk War
(1210-1211) 		Bulgarian Empire File:Seljuqs Eagle.svg Seljuk Empire Victory
First Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1222-1223) 		Bulgarian Empire Mongol Empire Victory
Bulgarian-Thessalonican War
(1230-1232) 		Bulgarian Empire Thessalonican Empire Victory
  • Empire of Thessalonico is Conquered by Bulgaria
First Bulgarian-Nicean War
(1234-1235) 		Bulgarian Empire Nicean Empire Victory
Second Bulgarian–Latin War
(1234-1235)[verification needed] 		Bulgarian Empire Latin Empire Victory
Second Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1222-1223) 		Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde Empire Victory
First Bulgarian-Crimean War
(1241-1244) 		Bulgarian Empire Crimean Khanate Victory
  • Crimean Tatars are Swept by the Powerful Bulgarian Army
  • The Crimean Army Retreats Back to Crimea
Second Bulgarian-Nicean War
(1254-1257) 		Bulgarian Empire Nicean Empire Victory
  • The North of the Nicean Empire is Demolished and Conquered by the Bulgarian Empire
Bulgarian-Venetian War
(1257-1260) 		Bulgarian Empire Venice Kingdom Victory
First Bulgarian-Trebizond War
(1270-1271) 		Bulgarian Empire Trebizond Empire Victory
Third Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1271-1279) 		Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde Empire Victory
  • Northern Bulgaria Becomes a Vassal to Golden Horde
  • Peasant Ivalyo Snatches The Throne and Crushes The Mongols North
Bulgarian Civil War
(1277–1280) 		Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Constantine
Allies:
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Golden Horde 		Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Ivaylo
Allies:
Bulgarian Rebels
Serbian Rebels 		Victory
  • Peasant Ivaylo Snatches the Thrown and Kills The Bulgarian Tsar
  • Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became Emperor of Bulgaria
Eighth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1279-1280) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Ivaylo The Peasant King, Takes Down The Byzantine Army in the Balkan Mountains
Second Bulgarian-Trebizond War
(1270-1271) 		Bulgarian Empire Trebizond Empire Victory
Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1290-1291) 		Bulgarian Empire Serbian Kingdom Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1299-1300) 		Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde Empire Draw
  • 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) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Bulgarian Empire Conquers Most of Thrace
Sixth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1330-1331) 		Bulgarian Empire Serbian Kingdom Draw
  • Both Kingdom's Form a Slavic Alliance
Tenth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1332-1333) 		Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Final War Between the Two Empires
Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1332-1341) 		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
King Palaiologos
Allies:
Bulgarian Empire
Serbian Empire 		The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
King Kantakouzenos
Allies:
Bulgarian Empire
Ottoman Empire 		Victory
First Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1344-1362) 		Bulgarian Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Bulgaria holds off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian Betrayal of Brothers
Fourth Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(1365-1369) 		Bulgarian Empire Hungarian Empire Victory
Bulgarian-Savoyan War
(1365-1370) 		Bulgarian Empire Savoyan Duchy Victory
Bulgarian-Wallachian War
(1384-1386) 		Bulgarian Empire Wallachian Principality Victory
  • The Bulgarian Army Ravages and Conquers Land to the North
  • Wallachian King Dan I is Killed in Battle
Bulgarian-Genoan War
(1379-1387) 		Bulgarian Empire Genoan Kingdom Victory
  • Bulgarian Navy Crushes the Large Genoan Fleet
  • Peace Treaty is Signed
Ottoman Civil War
(1402–1413) 		Ottoman Empire
Sultan Mehmed I
Allies:
Bulgarian Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire 		Ottoman Empire
Sultan Musa Celebi
Allies:
Serbian Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire 		Victory
  • Memed I Defeats Regents, Becomes Sultan
  • Bulgaria Regains Northeastern Thrace From Ottoman Empire
Second Bulgarian-Crimean War
(1414-1415) 		Bulgarian Empire Crimean Khanate Victory
  • Crimean Tatars are Banished Back to the North
  • First War Where Bulgaria Uses Gun Powder Powered Cannons
Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1371-1422) 		Bulgarian Empire Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Fall of the Bulgarian Empire


Balkan Revolution (1800–1877)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Revolutionary Bulgaria
Second Serbian Uprising
(1815–1817) 		Bulgarian Rebels
Allies:
Serbian Rebels 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
Greek-Ottoman War
(1821–1829) 		Bulgarian Rebels
Allies:
Greek Rebels
Serbian Rebels 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
Northern Serbian Uprising
(1848-1849) 		Bulgarian Rebels
Allies:
Serbian Rebels
Montenegrin Rebels 		Hungarian Kingdom Victory
Bosnia and Herzegovina Uprising
(1875-1877) 		Bulgarian Rebels
Allies:
Serbian Rebels
Montenegrin Rebels 		 Ottoman Empire Victory

Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Bulgarian Principality
Bulgarian-Ottoman War
(1876-1878) 		Bulgarian Rebels
Allies:
Russian Empire 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
  • War in connection with the Russo Turkish War
  • Treaty of San Stefano
  • Independence and Formation of the Principality of Bulgaria
Montenegrin-Ottoman War
(1876-1878) 		Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Montenegrin Principality
Serbian Principality 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
  • War in Connection with the Russo Turkish War
  • Independence of Montenegro
Serbian-Ottoman War
(1876-1878) 		Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Serbian Principality
Montenegrin Principality 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
  • War in Connection with the Russo Turkish War
  • Independence of Serbia
Romanian-Ottoman War
(1877-1878) 		Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Romanian Principality
Russian Empire 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
  • War in Connection with the Russo Turkish War
  • Independence of Romania
Russian-Turkish War
(1877-1878) 		Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Russian Empire
Serbian Principality
Romanian Principality
Montenegrin Principality 		 Ottoman Empire Victory
Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1884-1885) 		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 Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire 		Draw
  • Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece 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 		 Ottoman Empire
Austria Hungarian Empire 		Victory
  • Bulgarian Led Coalition Annihilate the Ottoman Army
  • The Ottoman Empire is Nearly Pushed out of Europe
  • Bulgaria Free Macedonia, Northern Greece, Albania and South Serbia
  • Treaty of London
  • Serbia and Greece Violate Land Treaty, Outbreak of the Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War
(1913-1914) 		Bulgarian Kingdom Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Kingdom
Montenegrin Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire 		Draw
Bulgaria In World War 1
World War 1
(1914-1918) 		Bulgarian Kingdom
Central Powers:
German Empire
 Ottoman Empire
Austria Hungarian Empire 		Allied Powers:
 United States
 Britain
Italian Kingdom
Russian Empire
Greek Kingdom
French Republic
Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Kingdom 		Victory
  • Bulgaria and the Central Powers Annihilate the Allies on the Entire Eastern Front

With-Drawal

  • Bulgaria Defeats the Allies on Almost All Fronts
  • Bulgaria Switches to Allies in 1918
  • Treaty of Versailles
Post World War 1 Conflicts
Bulgarian-Greek War
(1924-1925) 		Bulgarian Kingdom Greek Kingdom Victory
  • Bulgaria and Greece Go to War Over a Border Dispute
  • Bulgaria Defeats the Greek Army
  • After a Decision From League of Nations, Greece Retreats
Bulgaria In World War 2
World War 2
(1938-1945) 		Bulgarian Kingdom
Allied Powers:
Soviet Union
 United States
Greek Kingdom
 United Kingdom
French Republic
Yugoslavian Kingdom 		Bulgarian Kingdom
Axis Powers:
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Italian Kingdom
Japanese Empire
Romanian Kingdom 		Victory
  • Bulgaria and the Axis Powers Heavily Defeat the Allies at the start of the Eastern Front

Victory

  • King Boris III is Killed, Bulgaria Go to The Allies
  • Bulgaria Defeats the Axis Powers and Push Back The Nazis North

Communist Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Communist Bulgaria
Korean War
(1950-1953) 		Bulgaria
Allies:
 North Korea
Soviet Union 		South Korea
 United States
United Nations 		Draw
  • Bulgaria Helps Support North Korea with Weapons and Medical Needs
  • Establishment of Main Borders For North and South Korea
Vietnam War
(1955-1975) 		Bulgaria
Allies:
North Vietnam
Soviet Union 		South Vietnam
 United States
South Korea
Australia 		Victory
  • Bulgaria Helps Support North Vietnam with Weapons and Medical Needs
  • United States are Defeated and are Forced to Withdraw From The War
Warsaw Pact Invasion
(1968-1969) 		Bulgaria
Allies:
Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland 		Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Allies:
Albania
Romania
Yugoslavia 		Victory
  • Allied With The Soviets, Bulgarian Army Tanks Invade Czechoslovakia
  • The Czechoslovakian Army and it's Allies are Heavily Defeated
Attrition War
(1968-1970) 		Bulgaria
Allies:
Soviet Union
  Israel
 United States
United Nations 		Victory
  • The Bulgarian Army Annihilates the Isreali Navy, Airforce and Army of Tanks
  • Bulgaria and Soviet Russia Stop the Main Advance into Egypt
  • The Bulgarian Forces Push Back the U.S Army, Navy, and Airforce Forcing Them to Withdraw From the War
  • The Bulgarian Forces Free Many Suppressed Palestinians Under Isreali Control

Republic of Bulgaria (1990- )

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Republic of Bulgaria
Rwandan Civil War
(1990-1993) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
Rwanda Rebels 		Rwanda Rwanda
Allies:
 Zaire
France France 		Victory
  • Bulgaria Supplies Weapons to the Genocide of a Majority to The Rwandan Population.
  • Bulgaria Then Begins to Help Patriotic Group To Victory
  • The French and Rwandan Armies are Heavily Defeated
Somali Civil War
(1992-1995) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
 United States
United Nations 		Somalia Somalia Victory
  • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
  • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
  • Civil war is ongoing.
Macedonian Insurgency
(2000-2001) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
 Macedonia 		 Albania
Allies:
NATO
 United States 		Victory
  • Ohrid Agreement
  • Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement
  • Ceasefire established
  • The majority of Albanian insurgents agree to disarm in exchange for greater ethnic rights
  • Low intensity resurgence since November 2001
First War in Afghanistan
(2001-2014) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
NATO
 United States
 Afghanistan 		Afghanistan Taliban
Al-Qaeda
Islamic Jihad Union
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Victory
Iraq War
(2003-2011) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
 Iraq
NATO
 United States 		Baath Loyalists
Islamic State of Iraq
Al-Qaeda
Islamic Army of Iraq

Iraq Ba'athist Iraq

Victory
Libyan Civil War
(2010-2011) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
NATO
 United States 		Libya Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
War on ISIL
(2014-) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
NATO
 Russia
 United States 		Islamic State ISIS
Al-Qaeda 		Ongoing
Mali War
(2015-) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
 Mali
 United States
United Nations 		Islamic Militants Ongoing
Second War on Afghanistan
(2015-) 		 Bulgaria
Allies:
NATO
 Russia
 Afghanistan
 United States 		Afghanistan Taliban
Islamic State ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
 Ongoing

See also

References

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