List of invasions explained

An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to natural resources or strategic positions, effecting a change in the ruling government, or any combination thereof.

2000–present

See main article: List of invasions in the 21st century.

1945–1999

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
1999 invasion of Kargil Pakistan India
1998 invasion of Democratic Republic of Congo Uganda
Rwanda
1998 invasion of Ethiopia
1994 invasion of Haiti Haiti
1991 invasion of Iraq











Czechoslovakia



























Iraq
1991 invasion of Saudi Arabia Iraq
1990 invasion of Kuwait Iraq Kuwait
1990 invasion of Rwanda Rwandan Patriotic Front
1989 invasion of LiberiaNational Patriotic Front of Liberia
1989 invasion of Panama Panama
1988 invasion of Spratly Islands China
1984 Indian capture of Siachen India Pakistan
1983 invasion of Grenada Grenada
1982 invasion of Iraq
1982 invasion of Lebanon
1982 invasion of Falklands Argentina
1980 invasion of Iran Iraq
1979 invasion of Afghanistan
1979 invasion of Thailand Thailand
1979 invasion of Vietnam
1979 invasion of Uganda Uganda
1978 invasion of Cambodia Cambodia
1978 invasion of Tanzania Uganda
1978 invasion of Lebanon
1977 invasion of Ethiopia Somalia Ethiopia
1976 invasion of Lebanon Lebanon
1975 invasion of East Timor Indonesia
1975 invasion of Spanish Sahara Morocco
1975 invasion of Koh Poulo Wai Cambodia
1975 invasion of Thổ Chu Islands Cambodia
1975 invasion of South Vietnam
1974 invasion of Cyprus Turkey Cyprus
1974 invasion of Paracel Islands
1973 Invasion of Israel
1972 invasion of South Vietnam
1971 invasion of Laos[1]
1971 invasion of Pakistan and East Pakistan India Pakistan
1970 invasion of Cambodia[2] [3] [4]
1970 invasion of Cambodia Khmer Republic
1969 Invasion of Honduras El Salvador Honduras
1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
1968 invasion of South Vietnam National Liberation Front

United States
1967 invasion of Kingdom of Sikkim Nathu La and Cho La clashes China India
1967 invasions of Biafra Nigeria
1967 invasions of Biafra Nigeria
1967 invasion of Egypt
1967 invasion of Syria Israel
1967 invasion of Jordan Jordan
1965 counter-invasion of Pakistan India Pakistan
1965 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan India
1965 invasion of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
1962 invasion of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh China
1961 invasion of New Guinea Indonesia
1961 Indian annexation of Goa India Portugal
1961 invasion of Cuba United States Cuba
1958 invasion of Laos Laos
1957 invasion of Spanish Sahara Morocco Spain

France

1956 invasion of Hungary Hungary
1956 invasion of Egypt

1954 Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli India Portugal
1950 invasion of North Korea
1950 invasion of South Korea
1950 invasion of Tibet
1948 Indian annexation of Hyderabad
1948 Arab League invasion of Israel

All-Palestine Protectorate


Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
1947 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
1946 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam
1945 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam
1945 invasion of Indonesia Indonesia

World War II (1939–1945)

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
1945 invasion of occupied Asia

Vietnam

Mongolia


1945 invasion of occupied Europe
Poland
1945 invasion of Croatia Croatia
1945 invasion of Slovakia Slovakia
1945 invasion of Italy

Italy
Italy
1944 invasion of Azad Hind Azad Hind
1944 invasion of Bulgaria Bulgaria
1944 invasion of Yugoslavia
1944 invasion of occupied Europe


1944 invasion of Albania Albania
1944 invasion of the Pacific
1944 invasion of East Asia China
1944 invasion of Romania Romania
1944 invasion of Hungary Hungary
1943 invasion of Italy

Italy
1943 invasion of the Pacific
1942 invasion of North Africa
1942 invasion of Solomon Islands
1942 invasion of Alaska
1942 invasion of Vichy France
1942 invasion of Madagascar
1942 invasion of UK Pacific
1941 invasion of East Indies
1941 invasion of US Pacific
1941 invasion of UK Pacific
1941 invasion of Sarawak
1941 invasion of Thailand Thailand
1941 invasion of the Soviet Union Germany
1941 invasion of Indochina Thailand
1941 invasion of Iran
1941 invasion of Syria Syria
1941 invasion of Lebanon Lebanon
1941 invasion of Indochina Vietnam
1941 invasion of Greenland Greenland
1941 invasion of Yugoslavia

Bulgaria
Hungary
1941 invasion of Greece
1941 invasion of Italian-occupied Albania Albania Italy
1941 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam
1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor
Portugal
1940 invasion of Egypt

Bulgaria
Egypt
1940 invasion of Greece
1940 invasion of Sudan Sudan
1940 invasion of Kenya Kenya
1940 invasion of Somaliland Somaliland
1940 invasion of Vietnam
1940 invasion of Iceland Iceland
1940 invasion of Faroe Islands Denmark
1940 invasion of Denmark Denmark
1940 invasion of Norway Norway
1940 invasion of Belgium
1940 invasion of France
1940 invasion of Luxembourg Luxembourg
1940 invasion of the Netherlands
1940 invasion of the Channel Islands
1939 invasion of China China
1939 invasion of Finland Finland
1939 invasion of Lithuania Lithuania
1939 invasion of Latvia Latvia
1939 invasion of Estonia Estonia
1939 invasion of French colonies
  • Spratly Islands
  • Paracel Islands
1939 invasion of Poland Poland
1939 invasion of Poland
Poland

Interwar (1918–1939)

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
1939 invasion of Mongolia Japan

Mongolia
1939 invasion of Albania Italy Albania
1938 invasion of the Soviet Union Japan
1938 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
1937 invasion of China Japan China
1935 invasion of Ethiopia Italy
1932 invasion of Bolivia Paraguay Bolivia
1931 invasion of Manchuria Japan China
1923 invasion of Corfu Italy
1923 invasion of the Ruhr France
Belgium
1920 invasion of Poland
Poland
1919 invasion of Eastern Thrace and Western Anatolia Turkey
1919 invasion of Ukraine
1919 invasion of Hungary
1919 invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine
1918 invasion of Russia United Kingdom
Canada
Japan


Poland
United States
France
Australia




China

World War I (1914–1918)

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
1917 invasion of Hungary United Kingdom
1916 invasion of Romania Romania
1916 invasion of Austria-Hungary
1916 invasion of Mexico
1916 invasion of Vietnam France Vietnam
1915 invasion of Russia
1915 invasion of Montenegro
1915 invasion of Serbia
Bulgaria
1915 invasion of Ottoman Empire United Kingdom
1915 invasion of Serbia
1915 invasion of German South West Africa South-West Africa
1914 invasion of German Pacific Japan
1914 invasion of France France
1914 invasion of East Africa United Kingdom East Africa
1914 invasion of Tsingtao Japan
United Kingdom
1914 invasion of New Guinea Australia New Guinea
1914 invasion of Samoa Samoa
1914 invasion of Kamerun United Kingdom
France
Kamerun
1914 invasion of Galicia
1914 invasion of Germany
1914 invasion of Serbia
1914 invasion of South Africa
1914 invasion of Togoland
United Kingdom
Togoland
1914 invasion of Alsace France
1914 invasion of Belgium Belgium
1914 invasion of Luxembourg Luxembourg
See also: World War I timeline

1800–1915

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
1915 invasion of Haiti Haiti
1913 invasion of Bulgaria



1912 invasion of Macedonia



1911 invasion of Libya
1910 invasion of Korea
1910 invasion of Tibet
1904 invasion of Russia
1904 invasion of Tibet
1903 invasion of Bolivia
1902 invasion of Manchuria
1900 invasion of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State
1900 invasion of China





Italy
1899 invasion of British Africa
  • Natal
1898 invasion of the Philippines
1898 invasion of Spain
1897 invasion of Greece
1897 invasion of Crete
1895 invasion of South African Republic
1895 invasion of Ethiopia
1895 invasion of Taiwan Taiwan
1894 invasion of China
1894 invasion of Korea
1893 invasion of Hawaii
1884 invasion of Chinese TonkinVietnam
1879 invasion of Peru
1879 invasion of Bolivia
1878 invasion of Ottoman Turkey
1877 invasion of Ottoman Bulgaria

Bulgarian Legion

Ottoman Bulgaria
1871 invasion of France North German Confederation
1871 invasion of Korea
1868 invasion of Abyssinia
1866 invasion of Korea
1865 invasion of Tonkin, Vietnam Black Flag Army Siam Luang Phrabang
1864 invasion of Peruvian Chincha Islands Spain
1864 invasion of Paraguay
1863 invasion of the United States
1862 invasion of the United States
1862–1867 invasion of Mexico
1861–1865 invasions of the Confederate States
1859 invasion of Lombardy-Venetia Sardinia-Piedmont Lombardy-Venetia
1859 invasion of Sardinia-Piedmont Sardinia-Piedmont
1858 invasion of VietnamVietnam
1856 invasion of ChinaChina
1855 invasion of Ottoman Turkey
1854–1855 invasions of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland
1854 invasion of Russia
1853 invasion of Moldavia and Wallachia Moldavia Wallachia
1852 invasion of Argentina

Entre Rios

Corrientes

Manifest Destiny Invasion of the Western North AmericaNative Americans
1846 invasion of Mexico
1841 invasion of Bolivia
1841 invasion of Cambodia Vietnam Siam Cambodia
1839 invasion of ChinaChina
1838 invasion of Peru
1837 invasion of Peru
1835 invasion of Riograndense Republic Riograndese Republic
1834 invasion of Ladakh Sikh Empire Ladakh
1832 invasion of Syria Egypt Ottoman Empire
1832 invasion of ChampaVietnamChampa
1831 invasion of Cambodia and southern Vietnam SiamVietnam Cambodia
1830 invasion of Algeria France Regency of Algiers
1827 invasion of Laos Siam Kingdom of Vientiane
1825 invasion of Greece Egypt
1817–21 invasions of Assam BurmaAssum
1812–16 invasions of the Banda Oriental United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Banda Oriental
1814 invasion of the United States
1813 invasion of Canada
1812 invasions of Canada
1812 invasions of United States

Native Americans

1812 invasion of CambodiaVietnam Cambodia
1809 invasion of Sweden
1808 invasion of Swedish Finland Swedish Finland
1806–1807 invasions of Spanish Río de la Plata basin colonies Spain
1805 invasion of Tripoli Ottoman Empire

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
Spain

France
France

France
France

France
Sweden
France

France
Spain
France
Piedmont


France

France
Vietnam
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
France
Breda
See also: French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

1700–1792

InvasionInvading forcesDefending forces
1792 invasion of Poland Russia Poland
1792 invasion of Laos Siam Laos
1789 invasion of Vietnam Manchu armyVietnam
1788 invasion of Nepal China Nepal
1788 invasion of Vietnam ChinaVietnam
1788 invasion of Tibet Gorkha KingdomTibet
1788 invasion of Australia BritainIndigenous Australians
1784–1785 Battle of Rach Gam–Xoai Mut Siam Vietnam
1783 Al Khalifa invasion of Bahrain Al Khalifa Bahrain
1782 invasion of Cambodia Siam Cambodia
1778 invasion of Laos Siam Laos
1775 invasion of Canada Thirteen Colonies (United States) Canada
1774 Tây Sơn Revolt Vietnam Annam
1769 invasion of Cambodia Siam Cambodia
1768 Invasion of Corsica France Corsica
1765–1767 invasion of Siam Burma Siam
1757 Battle of Prague Prussia Bohemia
1756 invasion of Saxony Prussia Saxony
1755 Wars over the south VietnamCochinchina
1750 invasion of TibetChinaTibet
1749 invasion of Cochinchina VietnamCochinchina
1741 invasion of Spanish Cuba England Spanish Cuba
1720 invasion of TibetChinaTibet
1718 War of the Quadruple Alliance Austria
Britain
Sicily
1718 War of the Quadruple Alliance Spain Sicily
1718 Great Northern War Sweden Norway
1717 War of the Quadruple Alliance Spain Sardinia
1717 Tatar raidsTatar Transylvania
1717 Omani invasion of BahrainOmani Bahrain
1716 Battle of Petrovaradin Ottoman Empire Austria
1716 Great Northern War Sweden Norway
1716 invasion of Venetian Corfu Ottoman Turks Corfu
1714 Wars over the south VietnamCochinchina
1719 invasion of Sweden Russia Sweden
1707 invasion of Russia Sweden Russia
1706 invasion of Saxony Sweden Saxony
1705 invasion of TibetMongolsTibet
1702 invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Sweden Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1700 invasion of the Swedish Empire Russia
Denmark–Norway
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Sweden

1600–1699

1500–1599

1300–1499

Timurid invasions

1200–1299

Mongol invasions

900 AD –1199 AD

Before 900 AD

Muslim conquests

See main article: Early Muslim conquests.

Punic Wars

See main article: Punic Wars.

Macedonian invasions

See main article: Wars of Alexander the Great.

Peloponnesian War

See 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

Persian invasions of Greece

See main article: Greco-Persian Wars.

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Lebovic. James H.. The limits of U.S. military capability lessons from Vietnam and Iraq. 2010. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore [Maryland]. 978-0801897504. 85.
  3. Book: Blum. William. Killing hope : US military and CIA interventions since World War II. 2004. Zed Books. London [u.a.]. 9781842773697. 134. 2nd impression.. US invaded cambodia..
  4. Book: Corfield. Justin. The history of Cambodia. 2009. Greenwood Press. Santa Barbara, California. 9780313357237. 73.
  5. Web site: Battle of Agincourt. Britannica. 29 August 2020.