List of conflicts in Asia

This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, see List of conflicts in the Middle East.

East Asia

China

Ancient period

See also: History of China

• Battle of Zhuolu circa 2500 BCE
• Jia-Shang Conflict circa 1628–1600 BCE
• Yin-Zhou Conflict circa 1035–1027 BCE
• Chu-Han Contention 206–202 BCE
• Yellow Turban Rebellion 184
• Three Kingdoms Period 221–280
• Wu Hu Invasion 304

Medieval period

• Sui Conquest 581
• Chen–Sui Wars 588-589
• Goguryeo-Sui Wars 598–615
• Transition from Sui to Tang 613-628
• Tang-Göktürks War 629-630
• Tang-Tuyuhun War 634-635
• Battle of Songzhou, Tang-Tufan War 638
• Tang-Xiyu states War 640-648
• Goguryeo-Tang Wars 645–668
• Tang-Xueyantuo Wars 645-646
• An Shi Rebellion 756–763
• Mongol invasions 1206–1368
  • Genghis Khan's Invasion 1205-1209
  • Yuan Dynasty Conquests 1211-1234
  • Battle of Yamen 1279
• Ming Dynasty military conquests 1368-1644
• Japanese invasions of Korea 1592–1598

Qing Dynasty

• Ten Great Campaigns 1755–1792
• Miao Rebellion 1795-1806
• White Lotus Rebellion 1796-1805
• Sino-Portuguese War
• First Opium War 1839–1842
• Sino-Sikh war 1841-1842
• Second Opium War 1856–1860
• Sino-Sikh War 1841-1842
• Taiping Rebellion 1851–1864
• Nien Rebellion 1851-1868
• Sino-French War 1884-1885
• Sino-Japanese Wars
  • First Sino-Japanese War 1894–1895
  • Second Sino-Japanese War 1937–1945
• Boxer Rebellion 1899–1901

Republic of China

See also: History of the Republic of China

• Chinese Civil War 1927–1950
• World War II 1937–1945
  • Pacific War 1937-1945
  • Second Sino-Japanese War 1937–1945
  • China Burma India Theater of World War II 1942-1945

People's Republic of China

• Cold War 1950-1991
  • Korean War 1950–1953
  • Sino–Soviet border conflict 1969
  • Chola incident 1967
  • Sino-Indian War 1962
  • Sino-Vietnamese War 1979, 1984
  • 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish 1987

Taiwan

• Ten Great Campaigns 1787–1788
• 1895 Japanese Conquest of Taiwan 1895
• Chinese Civil War 1906–1921

Japan

• Toi invasion 1019
• Genpei War 1180–1185
• Mongol invasions of Japan 1274–1281
  • Battle of Bun'ei 1274
  • Battle of Kōan 1281
• Ōnin War 1467
• Sengoku period 1467–1603
• Japanese invasions of Korea 1592–1598
• Shimabara Rebellion 1637-38
• First Sino-Japanese War 1894–1895
• 1895 Japanese Conquest of Taiwan 1895
• Boxer Rebellion 1899–1901
• Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905
• World War I 1914–1918
  • Siege of Tsingtao 1914
• World War II 1937–1945
  • Pacific War 1937–1945
  • Second Sino-Japanese War 1937–1945
  • Soviet-Japanese Border Wars 1938–1945
  • Battle of Midway 1942

Korea

• Gojoseon-Han War 108 BCE
• Conflicts of Three Kingdoms 1st Century-668
  • King Gwanggaeto Conquests 391–413
• Goguryeo-Sui Wars 598–614
• Goguryeo-Tang Wars 645–668
• Conflicts of Later Three Kingdoms 892–936
• Goryeo-Khitan Wars 993–1019
• Jurchen Campaigns 1104-1107
• Mongol invasions of Korea 1231–1259
• Japanese invasions of Korea 1592–1598
• First Manchu invasion of Korea 1627
• Second Manchu invasion of Korea 1636
• French Campaign against Korea 1866
• United States expedition to Korea 1871
• Korean War 1950–1953
• Korean DMZ Conflict (1966-1969)
• Korean maritime border incidents 1999-present

Mongolia

• Mongol Empire 1206–1405
• Mongol invasions
• Tatar invasions
• World War II 1938–1945
  • Soviet-Japanese Border Wars 1938-1939
  • Soviet invasion of Manchuria 1945

South Asia

Ancient period

See also: History of India

• Indo-Aryan migration circa 2000 BCE
• Battle of the Ten Kings circa 1500 BCE
• Ramayana War (mythical) circa 1000 BCE
• Kurukshetra War (semi-mythical) circa 1000 BCE
• Magadha Conflicts
  • Nanda Dynasty Conflicts 424-321 BCE
  • Chandragupta Maurya's Conquests 323-298 BCE
  • Kalinga War 265-264 BCE
• Vijaya's Conquest of Sri Lanka 543-504 BCE
• Alexander the Great's Conflicts
  • Siege of Aornos 327-326 BCE
  • Battle of the Hydaspes River 326 BCE
• Gupta Empire Conquests 320-550 AD

Medieval period

• Harsha's Conquests 606-647
• Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent
  • Muhammad bin Qasim's Conquest of Sindh 711-715
  • Battle of Rajasthan 738
  • Delhi Sultanate Conquests 1206-1451
• Pala Empire Conquests 750-850
• Medieval Chola Conquests 848-1130
• Mongol invasions of India 1221-1308

Early modern period

• Mughal Era conflicts
  • Battle of Panipat (1526)
  • Battle of Khanwa 1527
  • Battle of Panipat (1556)
  • Ahom-Mughal conflicts 1615-1682
  • Mughal–Safavid War 1649-1653
  • Battle of Karnal 1739
  • Battle of Panipat (1761)

• Vijayanagara conflicts
  • Battle of Udayagiri 1512
  • Battle of Raichur 1520
  • Battle of Talikoti 1565

• Sikh Empire and Mughal conflicts
  • Battle of Chamkaur 1708
  • First Battle of Anandpur 1700
  • Battle of Nadaun 1687
  • Battle of Saragarhi 1897
  • Battle of Chhappar Chiri 1710
  • Battle of Amritsar 1762
  • Second Battle of Anandpur 1701-1704
  • Battle of Bhangani
  • Battle of Jamrud 1837

• Sino-Sikh war 1841-1842
• Nepalese-Tibetan War 1855-1856

• Sikh Empire and British Empire conflicts
  • Battle of Chillianwala 1849
  • Battle of Mudki 1845
  • Battle of Ramnagar 1848
  • Battle of Gujrat 1849
  • Battle of Aliwal 1846
  • Siege of Multan 1849
  • Battle of Ferozeshah 1845
  • Battle of Sobraon

• Anglo-Mysore Wars
  • First Anglo-Mysore War 1766-1769
  • Second Anglo-Mysore War 1780-1784
  • Third Anglo-Mysore War 1789-1792
  • Fourth Anglo-Mysore War 1798-1799
• Anglo-Maratha Wars
  • First Anglo-Maratha War 1777-1783
  • Second Anglo-Maratha War 1803-1805
  • Third Anglo-Maratha War 1817-1818
• Polygar War 1799-1802
• Gurkha War 1814-1816
• Burmese invasion of Assam 1816-1826
• Anglo-Burmese Wars
  • First Anglo-Burmese War 1823-1826
  • Second Burmese War 1852-1853
  • Third Burmese War 1885-1886
• Anglo-Sikh Wars
  • First Anglo-Sikh War 1845–1846
  • Second Anglo-Sikh War 1848–1849
• Opium Wars
  • First Opium War 1839–1842
  • Second Opium War 1856–1860

British India

See also: British Raj

• Indian independence movement
  • Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • Partition of Bengal (1905)
  • Revolutionary movement for Indian independence 1905-1947
  • Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919
  • Non-cooperation movement 1920-1935
  • Battles and operations of the Indian National Army 1942-1945
  • Quit India Movement 1942-1947
• World War I 1914–1918
• World War II 1939–1945
  • India in World War II 1939–1945
  • South-East Asian theatre of World War II 1941-1945
  • China Burma India Theater of World War II 1942-1945
  • Battles and operations of the Indian National Army 1942-1945
• Partition of India 1947

Republic of India

• Partition of India 1947
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
• Operation Polo 1948
• Operation Vijay (1961)
• Sino-Indian War 1962
• Insurgency in Northeast India 1964- ongoing
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Naxalite-Maoist insurgency 1967- ongoing
• Bangladesh Liberation War
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Siachen conflict 1984
  • Operation Meghdoot 1984
• Operation Bluestar 1984
  • Operation Woodrose 1984
• Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War 1987-1990
  • Operation Pawan 1987
  • Operation Viraat 1988
  • Operation Trishul 1988
  • Operation Checkmate 1988
• 1988 Maldives coup d'état 1988
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir 1989- ongoing
• Kargil War 1999

Pakistan

• Partition of India 1947
• Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
  • Siachen conflict 1984
  • Kargil War 1999
• Bangladesh Liberation War 1971
  • Operation Searchlight
  • 1971 Bangladesh atrocities
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
• War in Waziristan 2004- ongoing
• Balochistan conflict 2004- ongoing
• 2007 Pakistani state of emergency

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Liberation War 1971
  • Operation Searchlight
  • 1971 Bangladesh atrocities
  • Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• 2001 Indian-Bangladeshi border conflict
• 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis

Bhutan

• Ten Great Campaigns 1766–1788

Nepal

• Ten Great Campaigns 1790–1792
• Gurkha War 1814-1816
• Nepalese-Tibetan War 1855-1856
• Nepal Civil War 1996–2006

Sri Lanka

• East India Company Conquest 1796
• Kandian Wars 1803-1815
• Sri Lankan independence movement 1914-1948
• 1971 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)
• Sri Lankan Civil War 1983-2009
  • Eelam War I 1976-1987
  • 1987-89 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)
  • Eelam War II 1990-1995
  • Eelam War III 1995-2002
  • Eelam War IV 2006-2009

Indochina

Burma

• Medieval Chola Invasions 1020-1130
• Burmese–Siamese War (1548–49)
• Sino–Burmese War (1765–1769)
• Burmese invasion of Assam 1816-1826
• Anglo-Burmese Wars
  • First Anglo-Burmese War 1823-1826
  • Second Burmese War 1852-1853
  • Third Burmese War 1885-1886
• World War II 1939–1945
  • South-East Asian theatre of World War II 1941-1945
  • Japanese occupation of Burma 1942-1945
  • China Burma India Theater of World War II 1942-1945
• Internal conflict in Burma 1948-ongoing
  • 2007 Burmese anti-government protests 2007

Cambodia

• Preah Thaong and Neang Neak Conflict circa 100 AD
• Medieval Chola Invasions 1020-1130
• First Indochina War 1945-1954
• Cambodian Civil War 1967-1975
• Vietnam War 1957–1975
• Cambodian-Vietnamese War 1975–1989
• Vietnamese border raids in Thailand 1978-1988
• 1997 clashes in Cambodia 1997
• Cambodian–Thai border stand-off 2008-ongoing

Laos

• Vietnam War 1957–1975
• Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong 1975-ongoing

Thailand

• Medieval Chola Invasions 1020-1130
• World War II 1939–1945
  • French-Thai War 1940–1941
• South Thailand insurgency 2004-Ongoing

Vietnam

• Thuc-Lac Viet War 258–257 BCE
• Thuc-Qin War 217–207 BCE
• Trieu-Han War 111 BCE
• Uprising wars against Chinese domination 39, 40–43, 137-138, 156-160, 178-181, 248, 299-319, 319-323, 468-485, 542-544, 548–570, 687, 722, 791-798, 803, 819-820, 905
• Ngô Quyền war of independence 938-939
• War between the 12 warlords 966-968
• War against the Song Dynasty 981
• War against the Song Dynasty 1075-1077
• Mongol invasions of Vietnam 1257-58, 1284–85, 1287–88
• Viet-Champa wars 982, 1312, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1446–1471, 1695, 1796
• War against the Ming Dynasty 1407-1427
• Le-Mac civil war 1553–1592
• Trịnh–Nguyễn War 1627–1673
• Nguyen-Khmer War 1714–1755
• Qing-Tay Son War 1788–1789
• Tay Son-Siam War 1784-1785
• French-Nguyen war 1858–1885
• First World War 1914–1918
  • Vietnam during the First World War
• Second World War 1940–1945
  • Vietnam during the Second World War
• First Indochina War 1946-1954
• Vietnam War 1954–1975
• Battle of Hoang Sa 1974
• Cambodian-Vietnamese War 1975–1989
• Sino-Vietnamese War 1979
• Vietnamese border raids in Thailand 1979-1988
• Sino-Vietnamese border conflict 1979-1990
• Johnson South Reef Skirmish 1988

Malay archipelago

Indonesia

• Medieval Chola Invasions 1020-1130
• Mongol invasion of Java 1293

• Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 1962-1966
• Insurgency in Aceh 1976-2005

Malaysia

• Medieval Chola Invasions 1020-1130
• Honourable East India Company Conquest 1786
• World War II
  • Battle of Malaya 1941-1942
• Malay Emergency 1948-1960

• Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 1962-1966

Singapore

• Medieval Chola Invasions 1020-1130
• Honourable East India Company Conquest 1819
• World War II
  • Battle of Singapore 1942

Philippines

• Philippine Revolution 1896 - 1898
• Spanish-American War
  • Battle of Manila Bay 1898
• Philippine-American War 1898–1913
• World War II
  • Battle of Bataan 1942
  • Battle of Surigao Strait 1944
  • Battle off Samar 1944
  • Battle of Mindoro 1944
  • Battle of Luzon1944
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944
  • Battle of Manila 1945
  • Battle of Mindanao 1945
  • Battle of Leyte 1944
  • Battle of Corregidor 1945
  • Invasion of Lingayen Gulf 1945
• Hukbalahap Rebellion 1946-1954
• Islamic insurgency in the Philippines 1969-ongoing
• Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines 2002-ongoing

Need to add also NPA (New People Army) ongoing

Russia

• Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria 1223-1236
• Mongol invasion of Rus 1237-1240
• Russo-Kazan Wars 1438-1552
• Russo–Crimean War (1571)
• Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905
• World War I 1914–1917
• World War II 1939–1945
  • Soviet-Japanese Border Wars 1938-1939
  • Winter War 1939–1940
  • Soviet invasion of Manchuria 1945
• Cold War 1945–1973, 1979–1991
  • Sino-Soviet border conflict 1969
  • Soviet war in Afghanistan 1979-1989
• 2008 South Ossetia war 2008

Chronological list of wars

20th century

• 1904 - 1905 Russo-Japanese War
• 1911 Wuchang Uprising
• 1914 - 1918 World War I
• 1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War
• 1919 May Fourth Movement
• 1920 Zhili-Anhui War
• 1920 - 1921 Guangdong-Guangxi War
• 1922 First Zhili–Fengtian War
• 1924 Second Zhili–Fengtian War
• 1926 - 1928 Kuomintang - Warlords conflict
• 1927 - 1936 Chinese Civil War
• 1929 Sino-Soviet War
• 1929 Afghan civil war
• 1937 - 1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
• 1939 - 1945 World War II
  • 1939 - 1945 Indian Ocean conflict
  • 1940 Japanese invasion of French Indochina
  • 1940 - 1941 Franco-Thai War
  • 1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand

• • 1941 - 1942 Japanese invasion of Philippines
  • 1941 - 1942 Japanese invasion of Malaya
  • 1941 - 1942 Japanese invasion of Dutch Indies
  • 1942 - 1945 New Guinea campaign
  • 1942 - 1945 Burma Campaign
  • 1944 - 1945 Allied invasion of Philippines
  • 1944 - 1945 Japan campaign
  • 1945 Second French Indochina Campaign
  • 1945 British invasion of Malaya and Singapore
  • 1945 Borneo campaign
  • 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
• 1946 - 1950 Chinese Civil War
• 1946 - 1954 First Indochina War
• 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
• 1950 - 1953 Korean War
• 1951 - 1954 Abadan Crisis
• 1954 - 1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis
• 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
• 1959 Tibetan uprising
• 1959 - 1975 Vietnam War
• 1962 Sino-Indian War
• 1964 - today Manipur conflict
• 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• 1967 - today Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
• 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict
• 1970-1995 Punjab Insurgency
• 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• 1971 Maoist rebellion in Sri Lanka
• 1978 - 1979 Cambodian-Vietnamese War
• 1978 - today Kurdish–Turkish conflict
• 1979 - today Assam conflict
• 1979 - 1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan
• 1979 - 1998 Khmer Rouge insurgency
• 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
• 1983 - 2009 Sri Lankan Civil War
• 1984 Siachen conflict
• 1984 Operation Bluestar
• 1987 - 1988 Thai-Laotian Border War
• 1989 - today Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• 1989 Tiananmen protests
• 1989 - today Tripura rebellion
• 1989 - 1992 Mujahideen - Communist war in Afghanistan
• 1992 - 1996 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
• 1992 - 1997 Civil war in Tajikistan
• 1993 - today Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
• 1995 Hanish Islands conflict
• 1995 - 1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
• 1996 - 2001 Taliban-Northern Alliance conflict
• 1998 - 2001 Islamic insurgency in Uzbekistan
• 1999 Kargil War

21st century

• 2001 Indian-Bangladeshi border conflict
• 2001 - today War on Terrorism
  • 2001 - today Afghanistan War
  • 2002 - today Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines
  • 2002 - today Islamic terrorism in Indonesia
  • 2002 - today Islamic insurgency in Xinjiang
  • 2004 - today War in North-West Pakistan
  • 2004 - today South Thailand insurgency
• 2003 Bhutan's war on Indian rebels
• 2005 Islamic uprising in Uzbekistan
• 2008 - 2009 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off

See also

• List of conflicts in the Middle East