List of wars involving the Czech lands

This is a list of wars involving the Czech Republic and its predecessor states.

Before 850

Year War Allies Enemies Leaders Events Conclusion
626 War against Avars Samo's empire Avar Khaganate Samo Victory
631 War between Samo's empire and Frank Empire Samo's empire Francia Samo Battle of Wogastisburg Victory
79?–795 Francian Campaigns against Avars Czechs
Francia 		Avar Khaganate Victory
805 Great Turkestan War Czechs Francia Lech Siege of Canburg Victory
833 Conquest of Nitrian Principality Principality of Moravia Principality of Nitra Mojmir I Victory
848–849 Louis the German's campaign against Bohemia Bohemia East Francia 14 princes Battle of Záseky Victory

850–1526

Year War Allies Enemies Leaders Events Conclusion
864–874 Great Moravia war against East Francia Great Moravia
Bohemia 		East Francia Svatopluk I
Bohemian princes 		Battle of Vltava Victory
936–950 Bohemian-Saxon war Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Boleslaus I Battle of Meissen (936)
Siege of castle Nova 		Defeat
955 Battle of Lechfeld Kingdom of Germany
Duchy of Bohemia 		Principality of Hungary Otto I
Boleslaus I 		Victory
967 Polish–Veletian War Duchy of Poland
Duchy of Bohemia 		Veleti
Wolinians 		Battle between Mieszko I and Wichmann Victory
975–978 War against Otto II Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Boleslaus II Battle of Pilsen (976) Victory
988–990 Polish-Bohemian War Duchy of Bohemia Duchy of Poland
Holy Roman Empire 		Boleslaus II Defeat
995 War against Slavník dynasty Duchy of Bohemia Zlicans Boleslaus II Victory
1002–1005 Polish-German War Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Duchy of Poland Henry II
Jaromír 		Victory
1015–1018 Polish-German War[1] Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Duchy of Poland Henry II
Oldřich 		Defeat
1029–1031 Polish-German War Duchy of Bohemia (since 1029)

Holy Roman Empire Others

Kingdom of Poland 
Kingdom of Hungary
Conrad II
Bretislaus I 		Victory
1030–1031 Campaign into Hungary Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Bretislaus I Bretislaus I led the Bohemian army and devastated the land until Esztergom and marched until River Garam. He was forced to retreat however
1035 Campaign against Lutici Duchy of Bohemia Lusatia Bretislaus I Victory
1040–1041 War against Henry III. Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Bretislaus I Battle at Brůdek
Siege of Prague (1041) 		Defeat
1042–1044 German-Hungarian War Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Kingdom of Hungary Henry III
Bretislaus I 		Victory
1051 Emperor Henry III.'s military campaigns against Hungary Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Kingdom of Hungary Henry III
Bretislaus I 		Defeat
1063 Siege of Hradec nad Moravicí Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Vratislaus II Victory
1073–1075 Saxon revolt Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Duchy of Saxony Henry IV
Vratislaus II 		Battle of Langensalza (1075) Victory
1077–1088 Great Saxon Revolt Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Rudolf of Rheinfelden Henry IV
Vratislaus II 		Battle of Flarchheim
Battle on the Elster 		Victory
1126 War of succession to the Duchy of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Soběslav I Victory
1132-1135 Soběslaus I raids into Silesia Duchy of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland Soběslaus I Victory
1145–1149 Second Crusade Duchy of Bohemia
Crusaders 		Saracens Vladislaus II Defeat
1158 Milan Campaign Duchy of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Milan Frederick Barbarossa
Vladislaus II 		Victory
1189–1192 Third Crusade Duchy of Bohemia
Crusaders 		Muslims
Byzantine Empire 		Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick VI
Děpolt II 		German–Byzantine war
Battle of Philomelion (1190)
Battle of Iconium (1190)
Siege of Acre (1189–1191) 		Military victory
1241 Mongol invasion of Moravia[2] Kingdom of Bohemia Mongol Empire Mongols retreated
1254–1255 Prussian Crusade Kingdom of Bohemia
Teutonic Knights 		Grand Duchy of Lithuania Ottokar II Battle of Rudau (1254) Victory
1257 Bohemia–Bavarian War Kingdom of Bohemia Bavaria Ottokar II Defeat
1260 War of Styria Kingdom of Bohemia
Duchy of Austria 		Kingdom of Hungary Ottokar II Victory
1267–1268 Prussian Crusade Kingdom of Bohemia
Teutonic Knights 		Grand Duchy of Lithuania Ottokar II Retreat
1270–1271 Hungarian Campaign Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Ottokar II Victory
1273 Bohemian–Hungarian War Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Ottokar II Victory
1278 War against Rudolf von Habsburg Ottokar II Defeat
1291-1292 Wenceslaus II.'s Polish Campaign Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Sandomierz Wenceslaus II Victory
1298 Fight for the rule over the Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Bohemia
Duchy of Austria 		County of Nassau
Electoral Palatinate 		Victory
1304 Anti-Bohemian Coalition Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire
Charles I of Hungary 		Wenceslaus II Siege of Kutná Hora (1304) Victory
1315 War against Matthew III Csák Kingdom of Bohemia Máté Csák's domain John of Bohemia Battle of Holíč (1315) Victory
1314–1322 Double reign of Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Bohemia
Louis IV. 		Frederick the Fair John of Bohemia Battle of Mühldorf Victory
1326–1332 Polish–Teutonic War Kingdom of Bohemia

Teutonic Order Others

Kingdom of Poland

Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Hungary

John of Bohemia Treaty of Kalisz (1343)
1331–1332 War against Louis IV. Kingdom of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire John of Bohemia Battle of Mailberg (1332) Defeat
1345–1348 Polish-Bohemian War Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Poland (Piast) John of Bohemia Treaty of Namysłów
1346 Hundred Years' War Kingdom of Bohemia
France 		England John of Bohemia Defeat
1419–1434 Hussite Wars Radical Hussites Papal States
Holy Roman Empire
Utraquist hussites 		Defeat of radicals
1437-1442 Hungarian–Ottoman War Kingdom of Hungary
Taborites 		Ottoman Empire Sigismund of Luxembourg
John Jiskra of Brandýs 		Siege of Szendrő Victory
1438-1439 War of Bohemian succession[3] Kingdom of Bohemia
Electorate of Saxony
Holy Roman Empire 		Kingdom of Poland
Hussites 		Siege of Tábor (1438)
Battle of Sellnitz 		Defeat of Pro-Jagiellon side
1443–1444 Crusade of Varna Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary 		Ottoman Empire Władysław III
Jan Čapek of Sány 		Defeat
1468–1478 Bohemian War Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary George of Poděbrady Battle of Vilémov Treaty of Brno

1526–1918

Year War Allies Enemies Conclusion
1530–1552 Little War in Hungary Kingdom of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire 		Ottoman Empire Indecisive
1546–1547 Schmalkaldic War Kingdom of Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Spain 		Schmalkaldic League Victory
1611 Invasion of Passau Army Kingdom of Bohemia Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau Victory
1618–1620 Bohemian Revolt Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Defeat
1620–1648 Thirty Years' War Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Empire 		Protestant states Peace of Westphalia
1680 Peasant Uprising Czech Peasants Austrian Empire Defeat
1775 Peasant Uprising Czech Peasants Austrian Empire Defeat
1848 Pentecostal Storm Czechs Austrian Empire Defeat
1914–1918 World War I Kingdom of Bohemia (as part of Austria-Hungary)
Margraviate of Moravia (as part of Austria-Hungary)
Central Powers 		Allied Powers Defeat
1914–1918 World War I Czechoslovak Legions
Triple Entente 		Central Powers Victory
1917–1922 Russian Civil War Czechoslovak Legions
White Movement 		Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Legions did get in Vladivostok, White army defeated

Since 1918

Year War Allies Enemies Losses Conclusion
1919 Polish–Czechoslovak War Czechoslovakia Poland 44-53 killed Victory
1918–1920 Revolutions and interventions in Hungary Czechoslovakia
Romania 		Hungary 2824 killed or missing Victory
1938 Sudeten German uprising Czechoslovakia German Insurgents 100 killed Partially suppressed
1939 Axis invasion of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Nazi Germany 1 killed Defeat
1939 Hungarian Invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine Czechoslovakia Kingdom of Hungary
Ukrainian nationalists 		40 killed Defeat
1939–1945 World War II Czechoslovak government-in-exile
Allies 		Axis powers 325,000 killed Victory
1945 Racibórz Conflict Czechoslovakia Poland None Agreement
1945–1947 Operation B Czechoslovakia
Poland
Soviet Union 		Ukrainian Insurgent Army 49 killed Victory
1948–1949 Israeli War of Independence Israel
supported by Czechoslovakia 		Arab states None Victory
1950–1953 Korean War Communist states including Czechoslovakia South Korea
United Nations 		None Military stalemate;
Ceasefire reached through Korean Armistice Agreement
1953 Merklín incident Czechoslovakia United States None Victory
1953 Uprising in Plzeň Czechoslovakia Plzeň workers None Uprising crushed
1955–1975 Vietnam War[4] Communist states including Czechoslovakia South Vietnam
United States 		None Victory
1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Warsaw Pact 137 killed Defeat
1970s–1980s Angolan Civil War MPLA supported by:
Czechoslovakia and others 		UNITA 1 killed Victory
1990–1991 Gulf War Czechoslovakia
United States and other 		Iraq 1 killed Victory
1999 Kosovo War NATO including the Czech Republic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia None Victory
2002–2021 War in Afghanistan Czech Republic
United States
United Kingdom and others 		Insurgents 14 killed Defeat
2003–2009 Iraq War[5] Czech Republic
United States
United Kingdom and others 		Insurgents 1 killed Victory
2004 Unrest in Kosovo[6][7] Czech Republic
Kosovo Force 		Kosovo Albanians None Unrest suppressed
Peace reached through mutual agreement
2011 First Libyan Civil War[8] Anti-Gaddafi movement
NATO supported by the Czech Republic 		Libya None Victory
2012–present Mali War Czech Republic
Mali
France
ECOWAS 		National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Islamists 		None Ongoing

References

  1. ^ Zakrzewski, Stanisław (2006). Bolesław Chrobry Wielki. Universitas. pp. 285 and 288–289.
  2. ^ Czech: cs:Mongolský vpád na Moravu roku 1241
  3. ^ Wyrozumski, Jerzy (1986). Historia Polski do roku 1505 (History of Poland until 1505). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe (Polish Scientific Publishers PWN). pp. 198–206. ISBN 83-01-03732-6.
  4. ^ "Korejská záhada zůstává nevyřešena" (in Czech). Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Historie zahraničních misí" (in Czech). Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Češi v Kosovu: Hlídkovali i kuchaři" [Czechs in Kosovo: Cooks also patrolled]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 26 March 2004.
  7. ^ "Češi zachránili 140 Srbů" [Czechs saved 140 Serbs]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 20 March 2004.
  8. ^ "V letounech AWACS budou Kaddáfího kontrolovat i Češi" [Gaddafi will also be controlled by the Czechs in AWACS planes]. Novinky.cz (in Czech). 18 May 2011.
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