The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages as well as late modern period and contemporary history.
The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Middle Ages
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Avar-Serbian War (629-632) | Serbs |
Avar Khaganate | Victory
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (839–42) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (853) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924 | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Magyar-Serb conflict (c. 960) | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (998) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Serb Uprising (1034—1042) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Byzantine-Norman wars (1040–1189) | ![]()
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Indecisive
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Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095) | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29) | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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Bulgarian-Serbian War (1203) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Mongol invasion of the Balkans (1241—1242)
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Mongols | Defeat of the military alliance led by the Kingdom of Hungary
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Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde | ![]() |
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Victory |
Epirote–Nicaean conflict (1258—1261) |
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Inconclusive
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Byzantine-Catalan Wars (1305–1311)[1] | ![]()
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Catalan Company Allies: Anatolian Turkish Beyliks ![]() |
Victory |
Serbian-Crusader Conflict | ![]() ![]() Allies: ![]() |
Turcopoles | Victory
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Serbian-Anjou War (1318–1320)[3][4] | ![]() |
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Partial Victory
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War of Hum (1326–1329) | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() |
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Victory[10]
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Serbian Invasion of Macedonia (1342–1343) Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347 |
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Victory
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Serbian Invasion of Albania (1342–1345)[11][12] Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347 |
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Victory
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Ottoman-Timurid War 1399–1402
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Defeat
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Second Scutari War (1419–23) | Zeta Serbian Despotate (after 1421) Albanian nobility |
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Inconclusive
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Ottoman-Serbian Wars (1352–1499) | Serbian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
Modern Period
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Uprising against the Dahije (1804) |
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Victory
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First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813) Part of the Serbian Revolution |
Supported by: |
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Inconclusive
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Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Part of the Serbian Revolution and Russo-Turkish Wars |
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Victory[17] | |
Hadži-Prodan's rebellion (1814) |
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Defeat
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Second Serbian Uprising (1815–1817) Part of the Serbian Revolution |
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Victory
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Niš Rebellion (1821) |
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Defeat
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Serb uprising (1848–1849) Part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire |
Victory
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Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis |
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Inconclusive |
First Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1877) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis |
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Victory
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Second Serbian–Ottoman War (1877–1878) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis and the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) |
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Victory
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Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) |
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Coalition Victory
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Timok Rebellion (1883) |
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People's Radical Party | Victory
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Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885) |
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Defeat
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Macedonian struggle (1901) |
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Inconclusive
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First Balkan War (1912–1913) Part of the Balkan Wars |
Balkan League: Supported by: | Victory[30] | |
Serbian invasion of Albania (1912–1913) Part of the Balkan Wars |
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Victory
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Tikveš Uprising (1913) |
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Victory
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Second Balkan War (1913) Part of the Balkan Wars |
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Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913) |
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Victory
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Third Peasant Revolt in Albania (September–October 1914) |
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Serbo-Italian backed Republic of Central Albania Victory
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Serbian campaign and Balkans theatre (1914–1918) Part of the European theatre of World War I |
Allied Powers
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Central Powers:
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Victory |
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–23 |
Victory
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Impresa di Pola (1918) Part of the Adriatic Campaign in 1918 and the Adriatic question |
Defeat
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1918–1920 unrest in Split (1918–1920) Part of the Adriatic question |
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Inconclusive
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Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia (1918–1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I |
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Military victory |
Christmas Uprising (1919) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the creation of Yugoslavia |
Montenegrin Whites Victory
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Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings (1919-1924) |
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Victory
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Koplik War (1920-1921) |
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Inconclusive
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Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921) |
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Inconclusive
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Zogu Invasion of Albania (1924) |
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Zogu-Yugoslav Victory
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Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) Part of the Balkans campaign and Mediterranean theatre of World War II |
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Axis | Defeat
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World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–1945) Part of the European theatre of World War II |
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Axis
German puppet states and governments:
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Yugoslav Partisan Victory
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Contemporary Period
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Ten-Day War
(1991) Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
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Defeat
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Croatian War of Independence[b] (1991–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
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Defeat
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War in Bosnia[c] (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
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Inconclusive
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Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
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Military Stalemate[32]
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Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001) [citation needed]Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
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Victory[33] |