List of wars involving Greece
This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other Greek colonies (First Greek colonisation, Second Greek colonisation, Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea, Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greeks in Egypt, Greeks in Syria, Greeks in Malta), Greek Kingdoms of Hellenistic period, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Byzantine Empire/ Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day.
Bronze Age, Greek Bronze age[]
Mycenaean Period[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Notes |
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Trojan War | ca. 1194 BCE or between 1260 BCE |
ca. 1184 BCE and 1240 BCE |
No one knows exactly the years the war took place. Traditional dating is ca. 1194–1184 BCE and modern dating is between 1260 and 1240 BCE. The ancient Greek poet Homer wrote about this war in his epic poem Iliad. |
Ancient Greece[]
Dark Ages[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Notes |
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Dorian invasion | 1187 BCE (?) | 1101 BCE (?) | This is when the mysterious Dorians invaded Greece. This is why it is named Dorian invasion. They still don't know what the Dorians' real name is. This is not classified as a war but it was still important in the Greeks' history. |
Archaic Period[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Battle/siege | Year of battle/ siege |
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First Messenian War | 743 BCE | 724 BCE | ||
Lelantine War | 710 BCE | 650 BCE | ||
Meliac war |
690 BCE (?) | 670 BCE (?) | ||
Second Messenian War | 685 BCE | 668 BCE | Battle of Deres | |
Battle of the Great Foss | 682 BCE | |||
Argos against the Sparta | Battle of Hysiae | 669 BC | ||
Greco-Punic Wars | 600 BCE | 307 BCE | ||
First Sacred War | 595 BCE | 585 BCE | Siege of Kirrha | 585 BC |
Arcadia against the Sparta | Battle of the Fetters | 550 BC | ||
Argos against the Sparta | Battle of Champions/ Battle of Thyrea | 546 BC | ||
Battle of Pallene | 546 BC | |||
Battle of Alalia | Sometime between 540 BC and 535 BC |
Classical Period[]
5th century BC[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/siege | Years of battle / siege |
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Greco-Persian Wars/ Persian Wars | 499 BCE | 449 BCE | 499 BCE | ||||
Ionian Revolt | 499 BCE | 488 BCE | Siege of Sardis | 498 BCE | |||
Battle of Ephesus | 498 BCE | ||||||
Revolts at Cyprus | 498 BCE - 497 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Marsyas | 496 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Labraunda | 496 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Pedasus | 496 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Lade | 494 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Miletus | 494 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Chios | 493 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Malene | 493 BCE | ||||||
First Persian invasion of Greece | 492 BCE | 490 BCE | Siege of Lindos | 490 BCE | |||
Siege of Naxos | 490 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Karystos | 490 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Eretria | 490 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Marathon | 490 BCE | ||||||
Second Persian invasion of Greece | 480 BCE | 479 BCE | Battle of Thermopylae | 480 BCE | |||
Battle of Artemisium | 480 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Salamis | 480 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Potidea | 480 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Olynthus | 479 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Plataea | 479 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Mycale | 479 BCE | ||||||
Greek counterattack | 479 BCE | 478 BCE | Siege of Sestos | 479 BC-478 BCE | |||
Siege of Byzantium | 478 BCE | ||||||
Delian League against Persian Empire (Wars of the Delian League) |
477 BCE | 449 BCE | Siege of Eion | 477 BCE–476 BCE or 476 BCE–475 BCE | |||
Battle of the Eurymedon | 466 BCE | ||||||
460 BCE | |||||||
Siege of Memphis | 455 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Prosopitis | |||||||
Battle of Mendesium | |||||||
Siege of Kition | |||||||
Battle of Salamis (Cyprus) | 450 BCE | ||||||
Greco-Punic Wars | 600 BCE | 307 BCE | First Sicilian War | 480 BCE | 480 BCE | Battle of Himera | 480 BCE |
Second Sicilian War | 410 BCE | 340 BCE | Battle of Selinus | 409 BCE | |||
409 BCE | |||||||
406 BCE | |||||||
405 BCE | |||||||
405 BCE | |||||||
Delian League against Greek states (Wars of the Delian League) (Before the First Peloponnesian War) |
476 BCE | 460 BCE | Attack in the island of Skyros | 476 BCE or 475 BCE | |||
Attack in the island of Naxos | 471 BCE | ||||||
Thasian rebellion | 465 BCE | 465 BCE | Siege of Thasos | 465 BCE | |||
Battle of Sepeia | 494 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Cumae | 474 BCE | ||||||
First Peloponnesian War | 460 BCE | 445 BCE | Battle of Aegina | 458 BCE | |||
457 BCE | |||||||
Battle of Oenophyta | 457 BCE | ||||||
Second Sacred War | 449 BCE | 448 BCE | Battle of Delphi | ||||
447 BCE | |||||||
Samian War | 440 BCE | 439 BCE | |||||
Battles who led to the Peloponnesian War | Battle of Sybota | 433 BCE | |||||
Battle of Potidaea | 432 BCE | ||||||
Peloponnesian War | 431 BCE | 404 BCE | Archidamian War | 431 BCE | 421 BCE | Battle of Spartolos | 429 BCE |
Siege of Plataea | 429 BC-427 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Naupactus | 429 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Rhium/ Battle of Chalcis | 429 BCE | ||||||
Mytilenean revolt | 428 BC-427 BCE | ||||||
426 BCE | |||||||
Aetolian campaign | 426 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Olpae | 426 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Idomene | 426 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Delium | 424 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Megara | 424 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Pylos | 425 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Sphacteria | 425 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Amphipolis | 422 BCE | ||||||
The years after the "Peace of Nicias" | 420 BCE | 414 BCE | 418 BCE | ||||
417 BCE | |||||||
Battle of Orneae | 417 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Melos | 416 BCE | ||||||
Sicilian Expedition | 415 BCE | 413 BCE | Attack on Hyccara | 415 BCE | |||
Battle of Syracuse | 415 BCE-413 BCE | ||||||
Decelean War / Ionian War | 413 BCE | 404 BCE | Siege of Miletus | 412 BCE | |||
Battle of Panormus | 412 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Miletus | 412 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Eretria | 411 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Syme | 411 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Cynossema | 411 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Cyzicus | 410 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Abydos | 410 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Chalcedon | 408 BCE | ||||||
Siege of Byzantium | 408 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Notium | 407 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Mytilene | 406 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Notium/Ephesus | 406 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Arginusae | 406 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Aegospotami | 405 BCE | ||||||
Phyle Campaign | 404 BCE | 403 BCE | Battle of Phyle | 404 BCE or 403 BCE | |||
Battle of Munichia | 404 BCE or 403 BCE | ||||||
Battle of Piraeus | 403 BCE | ||||||
Elean War | c. 401 BC | c.400 BC |
Notes | Battle | Year of battle |
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In the battle was not a Greek State, but a large army of Greek mercenaries that helped the Cyrus the Younger. Xenophon wrote about this army of Greek mercenaries, in his work Anabasis. |
Battle of Cunaxa | 401 BCE |
4th century BC[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/siege | Year of battle |
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Greco-Punic Wars | 600 BC | 307 BC | Second Sicilian War | 410 BC | 340 BC | Siege of Motya | 398 BC |
Siege of Segesta | 398 or 397 BC | ||||||
Battle of Messene | 397 BC | ||||||
Battle of Catana | 397 BC | ||||||
Siege of Syracuse | 397 BC | ||||||
Siege of Tauromenium | 394 BC | ||||||
Battle of Abacaenum | 393 BC | ||||||
Battle of Chrysas | 392 BC | ||||||
Battle of Cabala | any year from 378 BC to 375 BC | ||||||
Battle of Cronium | 374 BC | ||||||
Siege of Syracuse | 343 BC | ||||||
Battle of the Crimissus | 339 BC | ||||||
c.400 BC | 394 BC | 395 BC | |||||
Corinthian War | 395 BC | 386 BC | Battle of Haliartus | 395 BC | |||
Battle of Coronea | 394 BC | ||||||
Battle of Cnidus | 394 BC | ||||||
Battle of Nemea | 394 BC | ||||||
Battle of Lechaeum | 391 BC | ||||||
Bosporan–Sindian War | 389 BC | 380 BC | |||||
Bosporan–Heracleote War | 389 BC | 360 BC | |||||
Dionysius I of Syracuse battles | Battle of the Elleporus | 389 BC | |||||
Siege of Rhegium | 386 BC | ||||||
Boeotian War | 378 BC | 371 BC | Battle of Naxos | 376 BC | |||
Battle of Tegyra | 375 BC | ||||||
Theban hegemony | 371 BC | 362 BC | Battle of Leuctra | 371 BC | |||
Battle of Cynoscephalae | 364 BC | ||||||
Battle of Mantinea | 362 BC | ||||||
Philip's II campaigns | 359 BC | 338 BC | Battle of Methone | 359 BC | |||
Battle of Erigon Valley | 358 BC | ||||||
Third Sacred War | 356 BC | 346 BC | Battle of Crocus Field | 352 BC | |||
Siege of Amphipolis | 357 BC | ||||||
Siege of Pydna | 357 BC or 356 BC | ||||||
Siege of Potidea | 356 BC | ||||||
Siege of Methone | 355–354 BC or 354–353 BC | ||||||
Olynthian War | 349 BC | 348 BC | |||||
Siege of Perinthos | 340 BC-339 BC | ||||||
Siege of Byzantion | 340 BC-339 BC | ||||||
Fourth Sacred War | 339 BC | 338 BC | Battle of Chaeronea | 338 BC | |||
Social War | 357 BC | 355 BC | Battle of Embata | 356 BC | |||
Third Sacred War | 356 BC | 346 BC | Battle of Delphi | 355 BC | |||
Battle of Neon | 354 BC | ||||||
Battle of Crocus Field / Volo | 352 BC | ||||||
Battle of Thermopylae | 352 BC | ||||||
Foreign War | 346 BC | 343 BC | Siege of Lyttos | 346 BC | |||
Siege of Kydonia | 343 BC | ||||||
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign | 335 BC | 335 BC | Siege of Pelium | 335 BC | |||
Battle of Thebes | 335 BC | ||||||
Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia | 334 BC | 323 BC | Persian Empire campaign | Battle of the Granicus | 334 BC | ||
Siege of Miletus | 334 BC | ||||||
Siege of Halicarnassus | 334 BC | ||||||
Battle of Issus | 333 BC | ||||||
Siege of Tyre | 332 BC | ||||||
Siege of Gaza | 332 BC | ||||||
Battle of Gaugamela | 331 BC | ||||||
Battle of the Persian Gate | 331 BC | ||||||
Battle of Jaxartes | 329 BC | ||||||
Battle of Gabai | 328 BC | ||||||
Siege of Sogdian Rock | 327 BC | ||||||
Indian campaign | Cophen Campaign | 327 BC-326 BC | |||||
Siege of Aornos | 326 BC | ||||||
Battle of the Hydaspes | 326 BC | ||||||
Mallian Campaign | 326 BC-325 BC | ||||||
Sparta against Alexander the Great regent Antipater | Battle of Megalopolis | 331 BC | |||||
Epirus against Italian tribes | Battle of Pandosia | 331 BC |
Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, Indo-Greek Kingdom and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom[]
( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon helped the Roman Republic.
War | Start of the war | End of the war | Name of the conflict | Start of the conflict | End of the conflict | Name of battle / siege | Years of battle / siege |
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Lamian War | 323 BC | 322 BC | Battle of Plataea | 323 BC | |||
Battle of Thermopylae | 323 BC | ||||||
Siege of Lamia | 323–322 BC | ||||||
Battle of Amorgos | 322 BC | ||||||
Defeat of Leonnatus by Antiphilus | 322 BC | ||||||
Battle of Crannon | 322 BC | ||||||
Wars of the Diadochi | 322 BC | 281 BC | First War of the Diadochi | 322 BC | 320 BC | ||
Second War of the Diadochi | 319 BC | 315 BC | Battle of Paraitakene | 317 BC | |||
Battle of Gabiene | 316 BC | ||||||
Siege of Pydna | 317–316 or 315 BC | ||||||
Third War of the Diadochi | 314 BC | 311 BC | Battle of Gaza | 312 BC | |||
Babylonian War | 311 BC | 309 BC | |||||
Fourth War of the Diadochi | 308 BC | 301 BC | Battle of Salamis | 306 BC | |||
Siege of Rhodes | 305–304 BC | ||||||
Battle of Ipsus | 301 BC | ||||||
The struggle over Macedon | 298 BC | 285 BC | |||||
The struggle of Lysimachus and Seleucus | 285 BC | 281 BC | Battle of Corupedium | 281 BC | |||
Greek–Punic Wars | 600 BC | 307 BC | Third Sicilian War | 315 BC | 307 BC | Battle of Himera | 311 BC |
Siege of Syracuse | 311 BC - 309 BC | ||||||
Battle of White Tunis | 310 BC | ||||||
Seleucid–Mauryan war | 305 BC | 303 BC | |||||
Boeotian revolt | Siege of Thebes | 292–291 or 290 BC | |||||
Wars of Pyrrhus | 292 BC | 272 BC | Invasion of Thessaly | 292 BC | |||
Pyrrhic War | 280 BC | 275 BC | Battle of Heraclea | 280 BC | |||
Battle of Asculum | 279 BC | ||||||
Siege of Syracuse | 278 BC | ||||||
Siege of Lilybaeum | 278 BC | ||||||
Battle of the Cranita hills | 277 BC | ||||||
Battle of the Strait of Messina | 276 BC | ||||||
Battle of Beneventum | 275 BC | ||||||
Siege of Sparta | 272 BC | ||||||
Battle of Argos | 272 BC | ||||||
Damascene War | 280 BC | 279 BC | |||||
Gallic invasions of Greece | 280 BC | 275 BC | Battle of Thermopylae | 279 BC | |||
Battle for Delphi | 279 BC | ||||||
Syrian Wars | 274 BC | 168 BC | First Syrian War | 274 BC | 271 BC | ||
Second Syrian War | 260 BC | 253 BC | |||||
Third Syrian War | 246 BC | 241 BC | Battle of Andros | 246 BC | |||
Fourth Syrian War | 219 BC | 217 BC | Battle of Raphia/ Battle of Gaza | 217 BC | |||
Fifth Syrian War | 202 BC | 195 BC | Battle of Panium | 200 BC | |||
Sixth Syrian War | 170 BC | 168 BC | |||||
Chremonidean War | 267 BC | 261 BC | |||||
Antigonid Macedonia against Ptolemaic Egypt | Battle of Cos | within the period 262–255 BC | |||||
Seleucid Empire civil war | Battle of Ancyra | 237 BC | |||||
Seleucid–Parthian wars | 238 BC | 129 BC | Parni conquest of Parthia | 238 BC | |||
Battle of Ecbatana | 129 BC | ||||||
Seleucid Empire against the Kingdom of Pergamon | Battle of the Harpasus | 229 BC | |||||
Illyrian Wars | 229 BC | 168 BC | Battle of Paxos | 229 BC | |||
Cleomenean War | 229/228 BC | 222 BC | Battle of Ladoceia | 227 BC | |||
Battle of Dyme | 226 BC | ||||||
Battle of Sellasia | 222 BC | ||||||
Lyttian War | 221/220 BC | 219 BC | |||||
Social War | 220 BC | 217 BC | |||||
Second Punic War | 218 BC | 201 BC | Siege of Syracuse | 214–212 BC | |||
Macedonian Wars | 214 BC | 148 BC | First Macedonian War | 214 BC | 205 BC | First Battle of Lamia | 209 BC |
Second Battle of Lamia | 209 BC | ||||||
Battle of Mantinea | 207 BC | ||||||
Second Macedonian War | 200 BC | 197 BC | Battle of Cynoscephalae | 197 BC | |||
Third Macedonian War | 172 BC | 168 BC | Battle of Callinicus | 171 BC | |||
Battle of Pydna | 168 BC | ||||||
Fourth Macedonian War | 150 BC | 148 BC | Battle of Pydna | 148 BC | |||
Seleucid Empire against the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom | 208 BC | 206 BC | Battle of the Arius | 208 BC | |||
Siege of Bactra | 208–206 BC | ||||||
Cretan War | 205 BC | 200 BC | Battle of Chios | 201 BC | |||
Battle of Lade | 201 BC | ||||||
War against Nabis/ Laconian War | 195 BC | 195 BC | Battle of Gythium | 195 BC | |||
Siege of Sparta | 195 BC | ||||||
Roman–Seleucid War | 192 BC | 188 BC | Battle of Thermopylae | 191 BC | |||
Battle of Magnesia | 190 BC | ||||||
Battle of the Eurymedon | 190 BC | ||||||
Battle of Myonessus | 190 BC | ||||||
Battle of Magnesia | 190 BC | ||||||
Aetolian War | 191 BC | 189 BC | |||||
Galatian War * | 189 BC | 189 BC | Battle of Mount Olympus | 189 BC | |||
Maccabean Revolt | 167 BC | 160 BC | Battle of Wadi Haramia | 167 BC | |||
Battle of Beth Horon | 166 BC | ||||||
Battle of Emmaus | 166 BC | ||||||
Battle of Beth Zur | 164 BC | ||||||
Battle of Beth Zechariah | 162 BC | ||||||
Battle of Adasa | 161 BC | ||||||
Battle of Dathema | |||||||
Battle of Elasa | 160 BC | ||||||
Seleucid Dynastic Wars | 157 BC | 63 BC | |||||
Achaean League against the Roman Republic | Battle of Corinth | 146 BC | |||||
Seleucid Empire against the Ptolemaic Egypt | Battle of Antioch | 145 BC | |||||
War of the Heavenly Horses | 104 BC | 101 BC | |||||
Seleucid Empire against the Nabataean Kingdom | Battle of Cana | 84 BC |
Medieval Greece[]
Byzantine Period, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire (Empire of Trebizond, Despotate of Epirus, Despotate of the Morea, Empire of Nicaea, Principality of Theodoro) and Frankokratia[]
(Frankokratia was after 1204, when Crusader states were established on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire)
In 330 the Emperor Constantine the Great changed the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople. Greek population was part of the Byzantine Empire and the Emperor Heraclius completed the Hellenization (replaced Latin with Greek as the official language, etc.) of the Empire.
330–619[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/ Siege | Years Of Battle/ Siege |
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Samaritan Revolts | 484 | 572 | |||||
Byzantine–Sasanian wars | 421 | 628 | War of 421–422 | 421 | 422 | ||
War of 440 | 440 | 440 | |||||
Anastasian War | 502 | 506 | |||||
Iberian War | 526 | 532 | Battle of Dara | 530 | |||
Battle of Callinicum | 531 | ||||||
Lazic War | 541 | 562 | |||||
War of 572–591 | 572 | 592 | Battle of Solachon | 586 | |||
Battle of Martyropolis | 588 | ||||||
Battle of Blarathon | 592 | ||||||
War of 602–628 | 602 | 628 | Battle of Antioch | 613 | |||
Jewish revolt | 614-628 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 626 | ||||||
Battle of Nineveh | 627 | ||||||
Nika riots | 532 | 532 | |||||
Vandalic War | 533 | 534 | Battle of Ad Decimum | 533 | |||
Battle of Tricamarum | 533 | ||||||
Gothic War | 535 | 554 | Battle of Taginae | 552 | |||
Battle of Mons Lactarius | 553 |
620–1204[]
In 620, the Heraclius introduced Greek as the official language of the Empire. He also, adopted the Greek title of Basileus instead of the Latin Caesar, Augustus, or Imperator.
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/ Siege | Years Of Battle/ Siege |
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Arab–Byzantine wars | 629 | 1050 | Siege of Damascus (634) | 634 | |||
Battle of Yarmouk | 636 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 674–678 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 717-718 | ||||||
Siege of Nicaea | 727 | ||||||
Battle of Akroinon | 740 | ||||||
1169 | 1169 | ||||||
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars | 680 | 1355 | Battle of Ongal | 680 | |||
Battle of Anchialus | 708 | ||||||
Battle of Marcellae | 756 | ||||||
Battle of Marcellae | 792 | ||||||
Siege of Serdica | 809 | ||||||
Battle of Pliska | 811 | ||||||
Battle of Versinikia | 813 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 813 | ||||||
Siege of Adrianople | 813 | ||||||
Battle of Achelous | 917 | ||||||
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria | 968 | 1018 | Battle of the Gates of Trajan | 986 | |||
Battle of Spercheios | 997 | ||||||
Battle of Kleidion | 1014 | ||||||
Battle of Dyrrhachium | 1018 | ||||||
Uprising of Peter Delyan | 1040 | 1041 | First Battle of Thessalonica | 1040 | |||
Second Battle of Thessalonica | 1040 | ||||||
Battle of Ostrovo | 1041 | ||||||
Uprising of Asen and Peter | 1185 | 1204 | |||||
The revolt of Bardanes Tourkos | 803 | 803 | |||||
The revolt against Emperor Michael II the Amorian | 820 | 823 | Siege of Constantinople | 821–822 | |||
Rus'–Byzantine Wars | Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus' | ||||||
Rus'–Byzantine War | 860 | 860 | |||||
Rus'–Byzantine War | 907 | 907 | |||||
Rus'–Byzantine War | 941 | 941 | |||||
Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria | 967/968 | 971 | Battle of Silistra | 968 | |||
Battle of Arcadiopolis | 970 | ||||||
Siege of Dorostolon | 971 | ||||||
Rus'–Byzantine War | 1024 | 1024 | |||||
Rus'–Byzantine War | 1043 | 1043 | |||||
Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes | 974 | 975 | |||||
Byzantine–Georgian wars | 1014 | 1051 | Battle of Shirimni/ Battle of Palakazio | 1021 | |||
Battle of Sasireti | 1042 | ||||||
The revolt of Leo Tornikios | 1047 | 1047 | Siege of Constantinople | 1047 | |||
Byzantine–Seljuq wars | 1048 | 1308 | Battle of Manzikert | 1071 | |||
Siege of Nicaea | 1113 | ||||||
Battle of Myriokephalon | 1176 | ||||||
Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir | 1177 | ||||||
Battle of Antioch on the Meander | 1211 | ||||||
Byzantine–Norman wars | 1050 | 1185 | Battle of Dyrrhachium | 1081 | |||
Siege of Thessalonica | 1185 | ||||||
Battle of Demetritzes | 1185 | ||||||
Rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder | 1077 | 1078 | Battle of Kalavrye | 1078 | |||
First Crusade | 1096 | 1099 | Siege of Nicaea | 1097 | |||
Fourth Crusade | 1202 | 1204 | First Siege of Constantinople | 1203 | |||
Second Siege of Constantinople | 1204 |
1205–1460[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/ Siege | Years Of Battle/ Siege |
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Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros | 1205 | ||||||
Battle of Adramyttium | 1205 | ||||||
Battle of the Rhyndacus | 1211 | ||||||
Battle of Poimanenon | 1223 or 1224 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 1235 | ||||||
Siege of Rhodes | 1248–1249 or 1250 | ||||||
Battle of Pelagonia | 1259 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 1260 | ||||||
Capture of Constantinople by Nicaean troops under Alexios Strategopoulos | 1261 | ||||||
Battle of Prinitza | 1263 | ||||||
Battle of Settepozzi | 1263 | ||||||
Battle of Makryplagi | 1263 or 1264 | ||||||
Battle of Neopatras | Between 1272 and 1275 | ||||||
Battle of Demetrias | Between 1272 and 1275 | ||||||
Battle of Pharsalus | 1277 | ||||||
Siege of Berat | 1280–1281 | ||||||
Byzantine–Genoese War | 1348 | 1349 | |||||
Battle of the Echinades | 1427 | ||||||
Byzantine–Ottoman wars | 1265 | 1453 | Battle of Bapheus | 1302 | |||
Catalan campaign in Asia Minor | 1303 | 1313 | |||||
Siege of Prusa | 1326 | ||||||
Siege of Nicaea | 1328–1331 | ||||||
Battle of Pelekanon | 1329 | ||||||
Siege of Nicomedia | 1333–1337 | ||||||
Battle of Adrianople | 1365 | ||||||
Siege of Philadelphia | 1390 | ||||||
Blockade of Constantinople | 1390–1402 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 1422 | ||||||
Siege of Thessalonica | 1422–1430 | ||||||
Siege of Constantinople | 1453 | ||||||
Byzantines against Catalan Company | Battle of Apros | 1305 | |||||
Byzantine civil war | 1321 | 1328 | |||||
Byzantine civil war | 1341 | 1347 | |||||
Revolt of the Zealots of Thessalonica | 1342 | 1350 | |||||
Byzantine civil war | 1352 | 1357 | |||||
Revolt of Saint Titus | 1363 | 1368 | |||||
Byzantine civil war | 1373 | 1379 | |||||
Morea revolt | 1453 | 1454 |
Modern Era[]
Ottoman Greece[]
1461–1799[]
( * ) Greeks helped the Christian armies.
( ** ) Greeks helped the Russian army.
In 1460 the Ottomans conquered the Despotate of the Morea, in 1461 the Empire of Trebizond, in 1475 the Principality of Theodoro, in 1479 the Despotate of Epirus and by 1500 most of the plains and islands were in Ottoman hands. Holdouts included Rhodes, conquered in 1522, Cyprus in 1571, Crete, retained by the Venetians until 1669, and the Ionian islands which remained primarily under the rule of the Republic of Venice.
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/siege | Years of Battle / siege |
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Ottoman–Venetian Wars * | 1463 | 1718 | First Ottoman–Venetian War | 1463 | 1479 | ||
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War | 1570 | 1573 | Battle of Lepanto | 1571 | |||
Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War / Cretan War | 1645 | 1669 | |||||
Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War / Morean War | 1684 | 1699 | |||||
Siege of Rhodes * | 1522 | 1522 | |||||
Revolts at Vonitsa and Epirus | 1585 | 1585 | |||||
Himara Revolt | 1596 | 1596 | |||||
Thessaly Revolt | 1600 | 1600 | |||||
Revolt of Dionysius the Philosopher | 1611 | 1611 | |||||
Russo-Turkish War ** | 1768 | 1774 | Orlov Revolt | 1770 | 1770 | Battle of Chesma | 1770 |
Revolt of Daskalogiannis | 1770 | 1770 | |||||
Naval battles between Lambros Katsonis fleet and Ottoman Empire's fleet. | 1778 | 1790 | |||||
Ottoman invasion of Mani | 1780 | 1780 | Siege of Grigorakos tower | 1780 | |||
Battle of Vromopigada | 1780 | ||||||
Siege of Kastania | 1780 |
19th century[]
1800–1832[]
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/siege | Years of battle / siege |
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Souliote War | 1803 | 1803 | |||||
Ottoman invasions of Mani | 1803 | 1803 | Invasion of 1803 | ||||
1807 | 1807 | Invasion of 1807 | |||||
1815 | 1815 | Invasion of 1815 | |||||
Greek War of Independence | 1821 | 1832 | Battle of Kalamata | 1821 | |||
Siege of Patra | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Alamana | 1821 | ||||||
Siege of the Acropolis | 1821–1822 | ||||||
Battle of Gravia Inn | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Doliana | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Valtetsi | 1821 | ||||||
Siege of Tripolitsa | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Sculeni | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Dragashani | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of the Trench | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Vasilika | 1821 | ||||||
Battle of Peta | 1822 | ||||||
First Siege of Missolonghi | 1822 | ||||||
Battle of Dervenakia | 1822 | ||||||
Battle of Alatas island (near Trikeri) | 1823 | ||||||
Battle of Karpenisi | 1823 | ||||||
Second Siege of Missolonghi | 1823 | ||||||
Third Siege of Missolonghi | 1825–1826 | ||||||
Battle of Sphacteria | 1825 | ||||||
Battle of Maniaki | 1825 | ||||||
Battle of the Lerna Mills | 1825 | ||||||
Battle of Kleisova islet | 1826 | ||||||
Battle of Arachova | 1826 | ||||||
Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani | 1826 | 1826 | Battle of Vergas | 1826 | |||
Battle of Diro | 1826 | ||||||
Battle of Polytsaravo | 1826 | ||||||
Siege of the Acropolis | 1826–1827 | ||||||
Battle of Trikeri | 1827 | ||||||
Battle of Kamatero | 1827 | ||||||
Battle of Phaleron | 1827 | ||||||
Battle of Navarino | 1827 | ||||||
Chios expedition | 1827 | ||||||
Battle of Frangokastello | 1828 | ||||||
Battle of Petra | 1829 | ||||||
Greek civil wars | 1823 | 1825 | First Greek civil war | 1823 | 1824 | ||
Second Greek civil war | 1824 | 1825 |
1833–1899[]
( * ) Greeks helped the Russian army.
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Battle/ Siege | Years Of Battle/ Siege |
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Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1841 | 1841 | |||||
Crimean War * | 1853 | 1856 | Battle of Eupatoria
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Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire | 1854 | 1854 | Battle of Filiadona | 1854 | |||
Battle of Melissatika | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of the gardens of Ano Volos | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Fyllouria | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Sphlaio | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Pedino | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Dhmario | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Skoulhkaria | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Domokos | 1854 | ||||||
Battle of Thaumako | 1854 | ||||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1858 | 1858 | |||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1866 | 1869 | |||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1878 | 1878 | |||||
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire | 1878 | 1878 | Epirus Revolt | 1878 | 1878 | Revolt of Tzoumerka | 1878 |
Revolt of Valtos | 1878 | ||||||
Revolt of Radovitsi | 1878 | ||||||
Revolt of Arta | 1878 | ||||||
Battle of Lykoursi | 1878 | ||||||
Thessaly Revolt | 1878 | 1878 | Battle of Kato Moni Ksenias | 1878 | |||
Battle of Palio Platano | 1878 | ||||||
Battle of Sourvia | 1878 | ||||||
First Battle of Makrinitsa | 1878 | ||||||
Second Battle of Makrinitsa | 1878 | ||||||
Battle of Kedros | 1878 | ||||||
Battle of Sekliza | 1878 | ||||||
Battle of Mataragka | 1878 | ||||||
Battle of Mouzaki | 1878 | ||||||
Macedonian Revolt | 1878 | 1878 | |||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1885 | 1885 | |||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1888 | 1888 | |||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1889 | 1889 | |||||
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire | 1895 | 1896 | |||||
Greco-Turkish War | 1897 | 1897 | Battle of Livadeia, Crete | 1897 | |||
Battle of Tyrnavos | 1897 | ||||||
Battle of Farsala | 1897 | ||||||
Battle of Domokos | 1897 | ||||||
1897 | 1898 |
20th century[]
1900–1938[]
( * ) Greece officially entered World War I in 1917.
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Part | Start | Finish | Battle | Year Of Battle |
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Macedonian Struggle | 1904 | 1908 | ||||||||
Theriso revolt | 1905 | 1906 | ||||||||
Balkan Wars | 1912 | 1913 | First Balkan War | 1912 | 1913 | Battle of Elassona | 1912 | |||
Battle of Sarantaporo | 1912 | |||||||||
Invasion of Imbros | 1912 | |||||||||
Battle of Giannitsa | 1912 | |||||||||
Battle of Pente Pigadia | 1912 | |||||||||
Battle of Vevi | 1912 | |||||||||
Himara revolt | 1912 | |||||||||
Battle of Elli | 1912 | |||||||||
Battle of Korytsa | 1912 | |||||||||
Battle of Bizani | 1913 | |||||||||
Battle of Lemnos | 1913 | |||||||||
Second Balkan War | 1913 | 1913 | Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas | 1913 | ||||||
Battle of Doiran | 1913 | |||||||||
Battle of Demir Hisar / Sidirokastro | 1913 | |||||||||
Battle of Kresna Gorge | 1913 | |||||||||
Icarian revolution against the Ottoman Empire | 1912 | 1912 | ||||||||
World War I (Greece in World War I) * |
1914 | 1918 | Mediterranean Theater | 1914 | 1918 | Battle of Imbros | 1918 | |||
Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front | 1914 | 1918 | Battle of Skra-di-Legen | 1918 | ||||||
Vardar Offensive | 1918 | 1918 | Battle of Doiran | 1918 | ||||||
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War | 1918 | 1920 | ||||||||
Greco-Turkish War | 1919 | 1922 | Greek landing at Smyrna | 1919 | ||||||
Battle of Tellidede | 1919 | |||||||||
Battle of Aydın | 1919 | |||||||||
Greek Summer Offensive | 1920 | |||||||||
Battle of the Gediz | 1920 | |||||||||
First Battle of İnönü | 1921 | |||||||||
Second Battle of İnönü | 1921 | |||||||||
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir / Battle of Dorylaion | 1921 | |||||||||
Battle of Sakarya / Battle of the Sangarios | 1921 | |||||||||
Battle of Dumlupınar | 1922 | |||||||||
Corfu incident | 1923 | 1923 | ||||||||
Incident at Petrich | 1925 | 1925 |
1939–1945[]
( * ) Greece entered the World War II at 1940.
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Fronts | Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Start of the conflict | Finish of the conflict | Part | Start (of "Part") | Finish (of "Part") | Part II | Year(s) (of "Part II") | Battle | Year Of Battle |
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World War II (Greece in World War II) * | 1939 | 1945 | Western Front | 1939 | 1945 | West European Campaign | 1944 | 1945 | The Invasion of Normandy | 1944 | 1944 | Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord) | 1944 | ||
Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and African Fronts | 1940 | 1945 | |||||||||||||
Balkans Campaign | 1940 | 1941 | Greco-Italian War | 1940 | 1941 | Italian offensive and Greek counteroffensive | 1940-1941 | Battle of Pindus | 1940 | ||||||
Battle of Elaia–Kalamas | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Morava–Ivan | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Korytsa | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Saranda | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Himara | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
Capture of Klisura Pass | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Trebeshina | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Italian Spring Offensive (Operation Primavera) | 1941 | Battle of Hill (Height) 731 | 1941 | ||||||||||||
Battle of Greece/ German Invasion of Greece | 1941 | 1941 | Battle of the Mainland (Operation Marita) |
1941 | |||||||||||
Battle of Metaxas Line | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Vevi / Battle of Klidi Pass | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Kleisoura Pass | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Thermopylae | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Crete (Operation Mercury) |
1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Maleme | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Rethymno | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Battle of Heraklion | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
North African Campaign | 1940 | 1943 | Western Desert Campaign | 1940 | 1943 | Second Battle of El Alamein | 1942 | ||||||||
Tunisia Campaign | 1942 | 1943 | Battle of Ksar Ghilane (Ksar Rhilane) | 1943 | |||||||||||
Battle of Wadi Akarit | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
Adriatic Campaign | 1940 | 1945 | |||||||||||||
Mediterranean Campaign | 1940 | 1945 | Dodecanese Campaign | 1943 | 1943 | Battle of Kos | 1943 | ||||||||
Battle of Leros | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
Action off Cape Bougaroun | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
Raid on Santorini | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Raid on Ios | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Raid on Mykonos | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Raid on Amorgos | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Operation Tenement | 1944 | 1944 | Raid on Symi | 1944 | |||||||||||
Operation Dragoon | 1944 | 1944 | |||||||||||||
Greek Resistance against Axis occupation | 1941 | 1945 | Drama Uprising | 1941 | |||||||||||
ESPO bombing | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
Gorgopotamos Bridge sabotage | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
Kidnap of General Kreipe | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Damasta sabotage | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Italian Campaign | 1943 | 1945 | Battle of Rimini | 1944 |
1946–1949[]
There were fights between Greeks before 1946, but these were the prelude and not officially the start of the civil war
War | Start of the war | Finish of the war | Battle | Year Of Battle |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greek Civil War | 1946 | 1949 | Battle of Litochoro | 1946 |
Battle of Karditsa | 1948 | |||
Battle of Sofades | 1948 | |||
Battle of Edessa | 1948 | |||
Battle of Naousa | 1948 | |||
Battle of Ardea | 1948 | |||
Battle of Naousa | 1949 | |||
Battle of Karpenisi | 1949 | |||
Battle of Leonidio | 1949 | |||
Battle of Agios Vasilios of Cynuria | 1949 | |||
Battle of Florina | 1949 | |||
Battle of Tsarnos line | 1949 | |||
Battle of Vitsi | 1949 | |||
Battle of Grammos | 1949 |
1950–1989[]
( * ) Greece didn't participate at the battles and didn't declare war on Turkey, only some Greek units participated (mostly ELDYK).
War/ Mission | Start of the war/mission | Finish of the war/mission | Force | Start operating of the force | Finish operating of the force | Battle | Year Of Battle |
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Korean War | 1950 | 1953 | Greek Expeditionary Force in Korea (EKSE) |
1950 | 1958 | First Battle of Wonju | 1951 |
Second Battle of Wonju | 1951 | ||||||
Battle of Hill 381 in Icheon | 1951 | ||||||
Battle of Hill 326 | 1951 | ||||||
Battle of Hill 313 in Yeoncheon (Scotch Hill) | 1951 | ||||||
Battle of Nori Hill | 1952 | ||||||
Sieges of Outpost Harry | 1953 | ||||||
Battle of Bukjeong Pass | 1953 | ||||||
CONGO-UNIKOM | 1960 | 1961 | Air Task Force of Congo | ||||
Turkish invasion of Cyprus * | 1974 | 1974 | Greek Force of Cyprus (ELDYK) | 1959 | Present | Battle of Paphos | 1974 |
Attacks against the area of Kioneli | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of the ELDYK camp | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of Nicosia International Airport | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of Lapithos | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of Karava | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of Vasilia Passage | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of the English College | 1974 | ||||||
Battle of the ELDYK camp | 1974 |
1990–1999[]
( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.
The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role
War/ Mission | Start of the war/mission | Finish of the war/mission | Name of the International Force | Start operating of the force | Finish operating of the force | Name of the Greek Force * | Start operating of the force | Finish operating of the force | Operation | Start | Finish |
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Gulf War | 1990 | 1991 | |||||||||
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) | 1991 | 2003 | |||||||||
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI) | 1991 | 2003 | |||||||||
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | 2004 | Implementation Force (IFOR) | 1995 | 1996 | Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB) |
1995 | 2004 | Operation Joint Endeavour | 1995 | 1996 |
Stabilisation Force (SFOR) | 1996 | 2004 | Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB) |
1995 | 2004 | Operation Joint Guard | 1996 | 1998 | |||
Operation Joint Forge | 1998 | 2004 | |||||||||
United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) | 1993 | 1995 | Unified Task Force (UNITAF) | 1993 | 1994 | Greek Task Force of Somalia (ELLASOM) | 1993 | 1994 | |||
Rebellion in Albania | 1997 | 1997 | Operation Kosmas | 1997 | 1997 | ||||||
Greek Force in Albania (ELDAL) |
1997 | 1997 | Operation Alba | 1997 | 1997 | ||||||
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) |
1999 | 2011 | |||||||||
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War | 1999 | Present | Kosovo Force (KFOR) |
1999 | Present | Greek Force in Kosovo (ELDYKO) |
1999 | 2003 |
21st century[]
( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.
( ** ) Operations started in the 20th century but continuing into the 21st century are listed in both centuries.
( *** ) ISAF was in Afghanistan from 2001–2014, but ELDAF-TESAF was from 2002-2012. Some trainers of the Hellenic Air Force who are training Afghanese pilots stayed there longer than the ELDAF-TESAF.
( **** ) The Greek Forces in Afghanistan was named ELDAF until 2005 and later they renamed to TESAF.
( ***** ) The Maritime Task Force (MTF) is the naval component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role.
War/ Mission | Start of the war/mission | Finish of the war/mission | Name of the International Force | Start operating of the force | Finish operating of the force | Name of the Greek Force * | Start operating of the force | Finish operating of the force | Operation | Start | Finish |
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United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) ** | 1991 | 2003 | |||||||||
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI) ** |
1991 | 2003 | |||||||||
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina ** |
1992 | 2004 | Stabilisation Force (SFOR) | 1996 | 2004 | Greek Force in Bosnia (ELDYB) |
1995 | 2004 | Operation Joint Forge | 1998 | 2004 |
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) ** |
1999 | 2011 | Operation Artemis | 2003 | 2003 | ||||||
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War ** | 1999 | Present | Kosovo Force (KFOR) |
1999 | Present | Greek Force in Kosovo (ELDYKO) |
1999 | 2003 | |||
Greek Force in Kosovo-2 (ELDYKO-2) |
2003 | 2011 | |||||||||
Greek Force in Kosovo-3 (ELDYKO-3) |
2011 | Present | |||||||||
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia and missions in Republic of Macedonia | 2001 | 2003 | Greek Force in Skopje
(ELDYS) |
2001 | 2003 | Operation Essential Harvest | 2001 | 2001 | |||
Operation Amber Fox | 2001 | 2002 | |||||||||
Operation Allied Harmony | 2002 | 2003 | |||||||||
Operation Concordia | 2003 | 2003 | |||||||||
War in Afghanistan | 2001 | 2014 | International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) *** | 2001 | 2014 | Greek Force in Afghanistan (ELDAF) *** / **** |
2002 | 2005 | |||
Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan (TESAF) *** / **** |
2005 | 2012 | |||||||||
Operation Active Endeavour | 2001 | 2016 | Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED or SNFM) |
1992 | 2004 | ||||||
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) |
2005 | 2016 | |||||||||
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa | 2002 | Present | Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) |
2005 | Present | Operation Ocean Shield | 2009 | 2016 | |||
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) | 2005 | 2011 | |||||||||
Missions in Lebanon | 2006 | Present | Μaritime Task Force (MTF) ***** |
2006 | Present | ||||||
Military intervention in Libya | 2011 | 2011 | Operation Unified Protector | 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
American-led intervention in Iraq against ISIS | 2014 | present | |||||||||
Operation Irini | 2020 | present |
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