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)[]

Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg First Bulgarian Empire
First Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(680-792)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Victory
Siege of Constantinople (717–718) Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Umayyad Flag.svg Umayyad Caliphate Victory
First Bulgarian-Serbian War
(839-842)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svgBulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality Draw
  • Serbia is Recognized by The Bulgarian Empire
Second Bulgarian-Serbian War
853
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality Draw
  • Bulgaria and Serbia Form a Slavic Alliance
Bulgarian-Bosnian War
(854)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Coat of arms of Banate of Bosnia.svg Bosnian Banate Victory
  • Bulgaria Takes Down and Conquers the Entire Banate of Bosnia[citation needed]

1118

First Bulgarian-Croatian War
(854)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Coat of arms of Croatia 1495.svg Croatian Kingdom Draw
  • Croatia Quickly Sues for Peace Before King Simeon The Great Takes the South[citation needed]
Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(894-896)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Victory
Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(913-927)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire

Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality
Victory
  • Serbia is Conquered For the First Time by King Simeon
  • The Bulgarian Empire Nearly Conquers Constantinople
Third Bulgarian-Serbian War
(917-924)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg 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
(926)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Coat of arms of Croatia 1495.svg Croatian Kingdom Defeat
Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War
(967-971)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Seal of Sviatoslav I of Kiev (obverse).svg Kievan Rus Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Draw
  • Kievan Rus Conquers Areas of Northern Bulgaria
  • Byzantine victory over the Rus', formal annexation of Bulgaria.
Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(968-1018)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Defeat
Third Bulgarian-Croatian War
(997-1000)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire[citation needed] Coat of arms of Croatia 1495.svg Croatian Kingdom Victory
  • Croatian Civil War is Ended, Bulgarian Empire Conquers Southern Croatia[citation needed]

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Second Bulgarian Empire
Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1185-1201)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire
  • Bulgarian Empire Resurfaces as Strongest Power In Eastern Europe[citation needed]
Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1202-1203)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svgBulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Principality Victory
First Bulgarian–Latin War
(1204-1208)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Blason Empire Latin de Constantinople.svg Latin Empire Victory
  • Weakening of the Latin Empire and Enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire
Battle of Klokotnitsa
(1230)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Fessaloniki.png Thessalonican Empire Victory
  • Empire of Thessalonico is Conquered by Bulgaria
Second Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1222-1223)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde Empire Victory
  • The Bulgarian Army Pushes Back Nogai Khan and His Powerful Army
Bulgarian Civil War
(1277–1280)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Constantine
Allies:
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
Golden Horde flag 1339.svg Golden Horde
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Ivaylo
Allies:
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Rebels
Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Rebels
Inconclusive
  • Peasant Ivaylo Snatches the Throne and Kills The Bulgarian Tsar
  • Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became Emperor of Bulgaria
Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1290-1291)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svgBulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Kingdom Defeat
  • Bulgaria loses the Belgrade and Branicevo provinces.
Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1299-1300)[citation needed]
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde flag 1339.svg 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)[citation needed]
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Bulgarian Empire Conquers Most of Thrace
Sixth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1330-1331)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svgBulgarian Empire Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Kingdom Draw
  • Both Kingdom's Form a Slavic Alliance
Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1332-1341)[citation needed]
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Golden Horde flag 1339.svg 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:
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Serbian Cross.svg Serbian Empire
The double-headed Byzantine Eagle. Byzantine Empire
King Kantakouzenos
Allies:
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire
Victory
First Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1344-1362)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Bulgaria holds off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian Betrayal of Brothers
Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1371-1396)
Coat of arms of Bulgaria (version by constitution).svg Bulgarian Empire Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Fall of the Bulgarian Empire

Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Arms of Bulgaria 1879-1907.svg Bulgarian Principality
Russian-Turkish War
(1877-1878)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Russian Empire
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbian Principality
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Romanian Principality
Flag of the Principality of Montenegro.svg Montenegrin Principality
 Ottoman Empire Victory
Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1885)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Principality State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg 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)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Principality Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Greek Kingdom
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Romanian Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire
Draw
  • Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania 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
Arms of Bulgaria 1908-1946.svg Bulgarian Kingdom
First Balkan War
(1912-1913)
Balkan League
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Kingdom
Allies:
Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Greek Kingdom
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbian Kingdom
Flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg Montenegrin Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire
Allies:
Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918.svg Austria Hungarian Empire
Flag of Albania.svg Albanian Legion
Balkan League Victory
  • The Ottoman Empire is nearly pushed out of Europe
  • Bulgaria free Macedonia, Northern Greece, Albania and South Serbia
  • Treaty of London
Second Balkan War
(1913)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Kingdom Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Greek Kingdom
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Romanian Kingdom
Flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg Montenegrin Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire
Defeat
  • Dissatisfied with gains from the First Balkan War, Bulgaria attacks former allies Serbia and Greece
  • Attacks repulsed by Greece and Serbia, whose armies enter Bulgaria
  • Romanian intervention forces Bulgaria to ask for armistice
  • Bulgarian territorial cessations in Treaty of Bucharest and Treaty of Constantinople
Arms of Bulgaria 1908-1946.svg Bulgaria In World War I
World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I)
(1914–1918)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Kingdom
Central Powers:
Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
 Ottoman Empire
Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918.svg Austria Hungarian Empire
Allied Powers:
 United States
 British Empire
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svgItalian Kingdom
Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Russian Empire
Flag of France.svgFrench Republic
Occupied by Central Powers:
Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Greek Kingdom
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Romanian Kingdom
Allied Victory
Arms of Bulgaria 1908-1946.svg Post World War I Conflicts
Incident at Petrich (1925) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Kingdom Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Greek Kingdom Victory
  • Due to a border incident, Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos sends troops into Bulgaria
  • League of Nations brokers a ceasefire and a Greek withdrawal
  • Greece fined for violating Bulgarian territory
  • Bulgaria pays damages for shooting Greek soldiers[1]
Arms of Bulgaria 1908-1946.svg Bulgaria In World War II
World War II (see Military history of Bulgaria during World War II)
(1941–1945)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Kingdom
Allied Powers:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
 United States
Hellenic Kingdom Flag 1935.svg Greek Kingdom
 United Kingdom
Flag of France.svgFrench Republic
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943–1946).svgYugoslavian Kingdom
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Kingdom
Axis Powers:
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svgItalian Kingdom
Flag of Japan.svg Japanese Empire
Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg Romanian Kingdom
Allied Victory
  • Bulgarian monarchy abolished and replaced with Communist government
  • Southern Dobruja awarded to Bulgaria postwar

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Flag of Bulgaria (1946-1967).svg People's Republic of Bulgaria
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
(1968)
Flag of Bulgaria (1946-1967).svg Bulgaria
Allies:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Allies:
Albania
Romania
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
Warsaw Pact Victory
  • Along with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies, Bulgarian troops invade Czechoslovakia
  • Minimal Czechoslovak armed resistance
  • Czech reformist leaders forced to sign Moscow Protocol, ending the Prague Spring

Republic of Bulgaria (1990- )[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Republic of Bulgaria
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

Coalition Victory
2011 military intervention in Libya NATO

 United States

 Bulgaria (one frigate as part of NATO contribution)[5]

Libya NATO Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
  • Civil war in Libya
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
(2001-2021)
 Bulgaria
[citation needed]Allies:
NATO
 Russia
 Afghanistan
 United States
Afghanistan Taliban
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
Defeat
  • Airstrikes on ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Afghanistan
  • Terrorism in Europe (2014–present)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Thomopoulos, Elaine (2012). The History of Greece. ABC-CLIO. p. 110. ISBN 9780313375118.
  2. ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
  3. ^ "U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence". MSNBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ^ "UK 'to continue deporting failed Iraqi asylum seekers'". BBC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Bulgarian Frigate on Its Way to Libyan Coast". The Sofia Echo. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.
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