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 (681-1018)
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First Bulgarian-Byzantine War (680-792) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Khazar War (662-670)[citation needed] |
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Victory
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Siege of Constantinople (717–718) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Avar War (799-800)[citation needed] |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Byzantine War (809-822) |
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Victory |
First Bulgarian-Serbian War (839-842) |
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Draw
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Second Bulgarian-Serbian War (853-855) |
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Draw
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Bulgarian-Bosnian War (854-855) |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Croatian War (854-855) |
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Draw
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First Bulgarian-Hungarian War (862-896) |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War (894-896) |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (913-927) |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Serbian War (917-924) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Croatian War (925-931) |
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Draw
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Second Bulgarian-Hungarian War (932-980) |
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Draw
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Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War (967-997) |
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Draw
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Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (968-1018) |
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Defeat
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Third Bulgarian-Croatian War (997-1000) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1185-1201) |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1202-1203) |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian–Latin War (1204-1208) |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Mongol War (1222-1223)[citation needed] |
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Victory
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Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian–Latin War (1234-1235)[verification needed] |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Mongol War (1222-1223) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Nicean War (1254-1257) |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Venetian War (1257-1260) |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Mongol War (1271-1279) |
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Victory
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Bulgarian Civil War (1277–1280) |
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Inconclusive
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Eighth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1279-1280) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Trebizond War (1270-1271) |
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Victory
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Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290-1291) |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1299-1300) |
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Draw
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Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1304-1305) |
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Victory
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Sixth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330-1331) |
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Draw
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Tenth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1332-1333) |
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Victory
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Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1332-1341) |
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Victory
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Byzantine Civil War (1341–1347) |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1344-1362) |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Hungarian War (1365-1369) |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Wallachian War (1384-1386) |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Genoan War (1379-1387) |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1371-1396) |
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Defeat
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Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885) |
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Victory
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Macedonian Struggle War (1893-1908) |
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Draw
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Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908-1946)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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First Balkan War (1912-1913) |
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Balkan League Victory
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Second Balkan War (1913) |
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Armistice
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World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I) (1914–1918) |
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Allied Victory
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Incident at Petrich (1925) | ![]() |
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Victory
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World War II (see Military history of Bulgaria during World War II) (1941–1945) |
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Allied Victory
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People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |
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Warsaw Pact Victory
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Republic of Bulgaria (1990- )
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Iraq War (2003-2011) |
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Coalition Victory
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2011 military intervention in Libya | ![]() |
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NATO Victory
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present) (2001-) |
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Ongoing
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See also
- Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- Bulgarian–Latin wars
- Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
- Bulgarian–Hungarian wars
- Bulgarian–Serbian wars
- Croatian–Bulgarian wars
- Medieval Bulgarian army
- Medieval Bulgarian navy
- Medieval warfare
References
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- ^ "Bulgarian Frigate on Its Way to Libyan Coast". The Sofia Echo. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.