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*[[Military operations of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict|2006 invasion of Lebanon]] by [[Israel]]
*[[Military operations of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict|2006 invasion of Lebanon]] by [[Israel]]
*[[2003 invasion of Iraq]] by [[United States]]-led coalition
*[[2003 invasion of Iraq]] by [[United States]]-led coalition
* "Andrew Lloyd Webber is a cat laxative" invasion<ref>[http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,24063.0.html]<ref>
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*[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|2001 invasion of Afghanistan]] by [[United States]]-led coalition
*[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|2001 invasion of Afghanistan]] by [[United States]]-led coalition


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This is a list of invasions ordered by date. An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity.

2000 – present

1946 – 1999

World War II (1939–1945)

  • 1945 invasion of Japan by the Allies
  • 1945 invasion of Japanese-occupied Vietnam by the Allies, and disarmed the Japanese army
  • 1945 invasion of Japanese-controlled Manchuria and Korea by the Soviet Union
  • 1945 invasion of Japanese Burma by Allied forces
  • 1945 invasion of Okinawa, Japan by the United States
  • 1945 invasion of Poland, Austria and Eastern Germany by the Soviet Union
  • 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by Allied forces
  • 1944 invasion of Western Germany by Allied forces
  • 1944 invasion of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia by the Soviet Union
  • 1944 invasion of Belgium, the southern Netherlands, Luxembourg, Greece, the Philippines, Albania by Allied forces
  • 1944 invasion of Guam by the United States
  • 1944 invasion of Southern France by the United States, Britain and Free France
  • 1944 invasion of East Asia by Japan
  • 1944 invasion of Normandy, France by the United States, Britain and Canada
  • 1944 invasion of Hungary by Germany
  • 1944 invasion of Marshall Islands by the United States
  • 1943 invasion of Gilberts & Marshall Islands by Japan
  • 1943 invasion of Italy by the United States, Britain and Canada
  • 1943 invasion of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands by Japan
  • 1943 invasion of Italy (Sicily) by Britain, the United States and Canada
  • 1942 invasion of Vichy French North Africa by the United States, Britain and Free French Forces
  • 1942 invasion of Solomon Islands by the United States, Australia and New Zealand
  • 1942 invasion of Alaska by Japan
  • 1942 invasion of Vichy France by Germany
  • 1942 invasion of Madagascar by Allied forces
  • 1942 invasion of Indonesia by Japan
  • 1942 invasion of New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea and Singapore by Japan
  • 1942 invasion of Solomon Islands by Japan
  • 1941 invasion of Netherlands East Indies, Guam and Borneo by Japan
  • 1941 invasion of Wake Island, Hong Kong and Philippines by Japan
  • 1941 invasion of Malaya and Thailand by Japan
  • 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany and many other Axis forces (Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia)
  • 1941 invasion of Vichy Indochina by Thailand
  • 1941 invasion of Iran by the Soviet Union and Britain
  • 1941 invasion of Vichy French Syria and Lebanon by Australian and Free French forces
  • 1941 invasion of Southern French Indochina by Japan
  • 1941 invasion of Greenland and Iceland by the United States
  • 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia by Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
  • 1941 invasion of Southern Vietnam by Japan
  • 1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor by Australian and Dutch forces
  • 1940 invasion of Albania by Greece
  • 1940 invasion of Egypt, Greece by Italy, Germany and Bulgaria
  • 1940 invasion of Sudan, Kenya, British Somaliland by Italy
  • 1940 invasion of Vietnam by Japan, destroying the French colony
  • 1940 invasion of Iceland by Britain
  • 1940 invasion of Southern France by Italy
  • 1940 invasion of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands and Romania by Germany
  • 1939 invasion of Finland by the Soviet Union
  • 1939 invasion of French and Vietnamese-held Spratly Islands by Japan
  • 1939 invasion of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by the Soviet Union
  • 1939 invasion of French and Vietnamese-held Paracel Islands by Japan
  • 1939 invasion of Poland by the Soviet Union
  • 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany and Slovakia initiating World War II in Europe

    • See also: Timeline of World War II

    1918 – 1940

    World War I (1914–1918)

    See also: World War I timeline

    1800 – 1915

    Great French War (1792–1815)

    See also: French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

    1700 – 1792

    1600 – 1699

    1500 – 1599

    1300 – 1499

    Timurid invasions

    1200 – 1299

    Mongol invasions

    900 – 1199

    Before 900

    Approx between 4000 BC and 3000 BC: Invasions of Aryans into the Indian Subcontinent

    Muslim conquests

    Main article: Muslim conquests

    Punic Wars

    Main article: Punic Wars

    Macedonian invasions

    Main article: Alexander the Great

    Peloponnesian War

    Main article: Peloponnesian War

    431-404 BC multiple invasions of Athens and allies by Sparta and allies; multiple invasions of Spartan allies by Athens and allies

    Asian Invasions of Greece

    Main article: Greco-Persian Wars
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