List of wars involving Slovenia

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The following is an incomplete list of wars fought by Slovenia, by its people or regular armies during periods when Slovene states (whether constituent or sovereign) existed, from antiquity to the present day.

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Slovenian victory
  Slovenian defeat
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

19th Century[]

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1848–1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848

 Hungary

Slovenian nationalists and peasants

  •   Radical dissidents of the Zedinjena Slovenija movement (minor confrontations only)
  •   Peasant's revolts in Ig and elsewhere
:

Austria

 Russian Empire

Defeat, Austro-Russian victory.
  • Feudalism is abolished in most Slovenian lands

World War I[]

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1914–1918 World War I Central Powers:

 Austria-Hungary
 Germany
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria (1915–18)

Allies:

France
 British Empire
 Russia (1914–17)
 Italy
 United States (1917–18)
 Serbia
and others

Defeat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is dissolved.
1918–1919 Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia  State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (before unification)

 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (after unification)

Austria German-Austria
  •  Carinthia (Provisional state government of Carinthia)
Ceasefire
  • In Carinthian plebiscite southeastern Carinthia votes in favour of joining Austria.
  • Territorial changes are coordinated by Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
  • Majority of southeastern Carinthia is ceded to Austria.
  • Meža Valley and Jezersko are ceded to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1919 Prekmurje and Yugoslav Clashes against Hungary of 1919  Republic of Prekmurje (before Bela Kun's invasion and the occupation by Hungary)

 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

 Hungarian Soviet Republic Compromised victory
  • Prekmurje Republic is secured by Yugoslav forces after being occupied by Hungary.
  • Hungarian Soviet Republic is dissolved by the Entente via Romania.

World War II[]

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1941 World War IIInvasion of Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia  Germany
 Italy
Hungary
Axis victory
  • Occupation of Yugoslavia
  • Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis
  • Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes
1941–1945 World War IIWorld War II in Yugoslavia Partisans

 Soviet Union (1944–45)
Bulgaria (1944–45)
Albania (1944–45)
 United Kingdom (1942–1945)
 United States (limited involvement, 1943–45)

 Germany

 Italy (until 1943)
 Croatiaa
VNSa
 Hungary
 Bulgaria (until 1944)
 Croatiaa
VNSa (until 1944)
Albania (1943–44)
Slovene Home Guard (1943–45)
Pećanac Chetniks

Allied victory

Since World War II[]

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1991 Ten-Day War  Slovenia  Yugoslavia Decisive Slovene victory
  • Brioni Accords
    • Slovene independence upheld and recognized by Yugoslavia

Peacekeeping missions[]

Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops deployed
Insignia NATO Army KFOR.svg KFOR ? Ongoing  Kosovo 316

References[]

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