successful and repelled international invasions ordered by date.

 

1945 - present
World War II (1939-1945)
1918 - 1939
World War I (1914 - 1918)
1800 - 1915
1700 - 1815
1300 - 1699
1200 - 1299
Mongol invasions
900 - 1199
Before 900
Macedonian invasions


1945 - present
2006 invasion of Lebanon by Israel
2003 invasion of Iraq by a coalition led by the USA
2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the USA and allies
1999 invasion of India by the Pakistan Army, the paramilitary Northern Light Infantry, and other irregulars
1994 invasion of Haiti by a multinational force (MNF) led by the USA
1991 invasion of Kuwait by a coalition force of 34 nations led by the USA
1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq
1989 invasion of Liberia launched from Côte d'Ivoire by the National Patriotic Front of Liberia
1989 invasion of Panama by the USA
1983 invasion of Grenada by the USA and "allied Caribbean nations"
1982 invasion of Lebanon by Israel
1982 invasion of Falkland Islands by the United Kingdom
1982 invasion of Falkland Islands initially by Argentine civilians, followed by official Argentina forces
1979 invasion of Vietnam by China
1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR
1979 invasion of Uganda by Tanzania and Ugandan exiles
1978 invasion of Tanzania by Uganda
1978 invasion of Lebanon by Israel
1978 invasion of Cambodia by Vietnam
1978 invasion of Sealand initially by German and Dutch civilians and then by former "head of state" and other civilians
1977 invasion of Ethiopia by Somalia
1975 invasion of East Timor by Indonesia
1975 invasion of Spanish Sahara by Morocco
1974 invasion of Northern Cyprus by Turkey
1973 invasion of Israel by Egypt Syria and other Arab allies
1971 invasion of East Pakistan by India
1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact
1967 invasions of Biafra by Nigeria
1967 invasions of Nigeria by Biafra
1967 invasion of Syria by Israel
1967 invasion of Jordan by Israel
1967 invasion of Israel by Jordan and Syria
1967 invasion of Egypt by Israel
1965 invasion of Pakistan by India
1965 invasion of India by Pakistan Army and irregulars
1965 invasion of Dominican Republic by USA and OAS
1964 invasion of the Turkish Cypriot Enclave Kokkina by Cyprus and Greece
1961 invasion of Goa by India
1961 failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban allies of the USA, particularly its CIA
1956 invasion of Hungary by the USSR
1956 invasion of Egypt by France, UK and Israel
Korean War
Pusan Perimeter – Inchon – Chosin Reservoir – Imjin River – Gloster Hill– Kapyong – Hill Eerie - The Hook - Pork Chop Hill - Bloody Ridge - Heartbreak Ridge
1951 invasion of North Korea by United Nations and South Korea
1951 invasion of South Korea by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and North Korea
1950 invasion of North Korea by United Nations and South Korea
1950 invasion of South Korea by North Korea
1950 invasion of Tibet by China
1948 invasion of Lebanon and Egypt by Israeli forces
1948 invasion of Israel by Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Transjordanian and other forces
1947 invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan irregulars
1945 invasion of Vietnam by France, with British and Indian support.


World War II (1939 - 1945)
1945 invasion of Hong Kong by Britain
1945 invasion of Japanese-controlled Northeast China and Korea by the USSR
1945 invasion of Burma by Allied forces
1945 invasion of Okinawa by the USA
1945 invasion of Poland, Austria and Eastern Germany by the USSR
1944 invasion of Western Germany by Allied forces
1944 invasion of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia by the USSR
1944 invasion of Belgium, the southern Netherlands, Luxembourg, Greece, the Philippines, Albania by Allied forces
1944 invasion of Guam by the USA
1944 Invasion of Southern France by the USA and Britain
1944 invasion of Normandy, France by the USA, Britain and Canada
1944 invasion of Hungary by Germany
1944 invasion of Marshall Islands by the USA
1943 invasion of Italy by the USA, Britain, and Canada
1943 invasion of Italy (Sicily) by Britain, the USA and one of the many allies, Canada
1943 Battle of Tarawa USA invasion of Marianas Islands.
1942 invasion of North Africa by the USA and Britain
1942 invasion of Vichy France by Germany
1942 invasion of Indonesia by Japan
1941 invasion of Solomon Islands by the USA
1941 invasion of Guam, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Singapore by Japan
1941 invasion of Malaya, Borneo and Hong Kong by Japan
1941 invasion of the USSR by Germany
1941 invasion of Iraq and Syria by Britain
1941 invasion of Greenland and Iceland by the USA
1941 invasion of Yugoslavia by Germany, Hungary and Italy
1941 crete by Germany, Italy
1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor by Australian and Dutch forces
1940 Greece by Italy Germany
1940 invasion of Albania by Greece
1940 invasion of British Somaliland, Egypt, Greece by Italy
1940 invasion of Iceland by Britain
1940 invasion of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands and Romania by Germany
1939 invasion of Finland by the USSR
1939 invasion of Poland by Germany and the USSR initiating World War II in Europe



1918 - 1939
1939 invasion of Albania by Italy
1938–1939 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany and Hungary
1937 invasion of China by Japan
1935–1936 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy
1931 invasion of Chinese Manchuria by Japan
1923 invasion of Greek Corfu by Italy
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
Smyrna (Izmir) - Aydin - 1st Inönü - 2nd Inönü - Sakarya - Dumlupinar
1922 invasion of Smyrna by Turkey
1921 invasion of Anatolia by Turkey
1920 invasion of Anatolia by Greece
1920 invasion of Poland by Russia
1919 invasion of Smyrna by Greece
1919 invasion of Ukraine and Belarus by Bolshevik Russia and Poland
1918 invasion of Bolshevik Russia by multiple expeditions from Entente countries

World War I (1914 - 1918)
1916 invasion of Romania by Germany
1915 invasion of Russia by Germany and Austro-Hungary
1915 invasion of Montenegro by Austro-Hungary
1915 invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria and Germany
1915 invasion of Ottoman Empire by Great Britain and Russia
1915 invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungary
1914 invasion of Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands by Japan
1914 invasion of France by Germany
1914 invasion of German East Africa by the British Indian Army
1914 invasion of New Guinea by Australia
1914 invasion of Samoa by New Zealand
1914 invasion of Austro - Hungarian Galicia by Russia
1914 invasion of Germany by Russia
1914 invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungary
1914 invasion of South Africa by Germany
1914 invasion of Togoland by France and Britain
1914 invasion of Alsace by France
1914 invasion of Luxemburg and Belgium by Germany



1800 - 1915
1915 invasion of Haiti by the USA
1912 invasion of Albania by Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro
1912 invasion of Macedonia by the Balkan League (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria)
1912 invasion of Macedonia by Albania
1911 invasion of Libya by Italy
1910 invasion of Tibet by China
1904 invasion of Tibet by British-Indian army
1900 invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance
1898 invasion of the Philippines by the USA
1898 invasion of Puerto Rico by the USA
1898 invasion of Spanish Cuba by the USA
1897 invasion of Greece by the Ottoman Empire
1897 invasion of Crete by Greece
1895–1896 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy
1893 invasion of Hawaii by the USA
1879 invasion of Peru by Chile
1879 invasion of Bolivia by Chile
1878 invasion of Ottoman Turkey by Russia
1877 invasion of Ottoman Bulgaria by Russia, Romania, Finland and Bulgarians
1871 invasion of Korea by the USA
1862–1867 invasion of Mexico by France
1864 invasion of Peruvian Chincha Islands by Spain
1859 invasion of Lombardy-Venetia by Sardinia-Piedmont and France
1859 invasion of Sardinia-Piedmont by Austria
1858 invasion of Vietnam by France
1856 invasion of China by French-British Alliance
1855 invasion of Ottoman Turkey by Russia
1854–1855 invasions of Finland by the United Kingdom
1854 invasion of Russia by United Kingdom and France
1853 invasion of Wallachia by Ottoman Empire
1853 invasion of Moldavia and Wallachia by Russia
1846 invasion of Mexico by USA
1841 invasion of Bolivia by Peru
1838 invasion of Peru by Chile and Peruvians
1837 invasion of Peru by Chile
1836 invasion of Chile by exiled ex-President assisted by the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands by United Kingdom
1832 invasion of Ottoman Syria by Egypt
1830 invasion of Algeria by France
1825 invasion of Greece by Egypt
1821 invasion of Ottoman Greece by Greek Russian army officers
1814 invasion of the USA by United Kingdom
1813 invasion of Canada by USA
1812 invasions of Canada by USA
1812 invasions of USA by United Kingdom, Canada and Native American allies
1806–1807 invasions of Spanish Río de la Plata basin colonies by United Kingdom
1805 invasion of Tripoli by USA and mercenaries

(1700 -1815)
Napoleonic Wars
Third Coalition – Fourth Coalition – Peninsular – Fifth Coalition – Invasion of Russia – Sixth Coalition – Seventh Coalition
1813 invasion of France by the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal
1812 invasion of Canada by the USA
1812 invasion of Russia by France
1810 invasion of French Mauritius by the United Kingdom
1810 invasion of Portugal by France
1809 invasion of Flanders by the United Kingdom
1808 invasion of Portugal by the United Kingdom
1807 invasion of Portugal by France
1805 invasion of Bavaria by Austria
French Revolutionary Wars
First Coalition – Second Coalition
1800 invasion of Piedmont by France
1799 invasion of French Ionian Islands by Russian and Ottoman Empires
1798 invasion of the Kingdom of Ireland by France
1798 invasion of Egypt by France
1795 invasion of Bavaria by France
1794–1795 invasion of Holland by France
1794 invasion of Austrian (Southern) Netherlands by France
1793–1794 invasion of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia by France
1793 invasion of Breda by French forces led by Dumouriez
1792 invasion of Poland by Russia
1788 invasion of Nepal by China
1775 invasion of Canada by the USA
1757 invasion of Bohemia by Prussia
1756 invasion of Saxony by Prussia
1745 invasion of Scotland (Jacobites) by England
1745 invasion of England by Scotland (Jacobites)
1741 invasion of Spanish Cuba by England
1720 invasion of Tibet by China
1718 invasion of Sicily by Austria with British support
1718 invasion of Sicily by Spain
1717 invasion of Sardinia by Spain
1716 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks

1300 - 1699
1688 invasion of England by the Netherlands
1693 invasion of Mongolia by China
1683 invasion of Formosa by China
1672 invasion of Dutch Republic by France with English support
1670–1671 invasion of Spanish Panama by the English privateer Morgan
1668 invasion of Spanish Panama by the English privateer Morgan
1668 invasion of Spanish Cuba by the English privateer Morgan
1655 invasion of western Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Sweden
1654 invasion of eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia
1650 invasion of Scotland by England
1644 invasion of China by Manchu tribes
1609 invasion of Russia by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1572 invasion of Spanish Nombre de Dios by the English privateer Drake
1594 invasion of Cambodia by Siam
1592–1598 invasion of Korea by Japan
1573 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
1571 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
1537 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
1527–1543 invasion of Ethiopia by Adal
1515 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by France
1513 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by Papal-hired Swiss mercenaries and Republic of Venice
1499 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by France
1431 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
1421 invasion of Egypt by the Kingdom of Cyprus
1407 invasion of Vietnam by China
1403 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Genoa
Wars of Scottish Independence
First – Second
1333 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" and England
1332 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" from England

1200 - 1299
1297 invasion of Monaco by an Italian army
1296 invasion of Scotland by England
1291 invasion of Acre by the Mamluks
1268 invasion of Antioch by the Mamluks
1246 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Empire
1224 invasion of the Kingdom of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Despotate of Epirus
1204 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Fourth Crusade
1204 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
1203 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
1202 invasion of Hungary-Croatia by Venice and the Fourth Crusade

Mongol invasions
The Mongol Invasions
1299 invasion of Syria by Mongols (third invasion)
1293 invasion of Java by Mongols
1283,1285,1287 invasions of Vietnam by Mongols
1281 invasion of Syria by Mongols (second invasion)
1281 invasion of Japan by Mongols
1279 invasions of Southern China by Mongols
1274 invasion of Japan by Mongols
1259 invasion of Syria by Mongols (first invasion)
1258 invasion of Baghdad by Mongols
1253–1258 invasions of Korea by Mongols (sixth campaign)
1251–1259 invasion of Persia, Syria and Mesopotamia by Mongols (Timour)
1251 invasion of Korea by Mongols (fifth campaign)
1247 invasion of Korea by Mongols (fourth campaign)
1244 invasion of Anatolia by Mongols
1241 invasion of Austria by Mongols
1240 invasion of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary by Mongols
1237-1238 invasion of Russia by Mongols
1220-1224 invasion of Georgians and the Cumans of the Caucasus, the Kuban, Astrakhan, Russia, Ukraine by Mongols
1235 invasion of Korea by Mongols (third campaign)
1211–1234 invasion of Northern China by Mongols
1232 invasion of Korea by Mongols (second campaign)
1231 invasion of Korea by Mongols (first campaign)
1218–1220 invasion of Khwarizm by Mongols
1205–1209 invasion of Western China by Mongols

900 - 1199
1191 invasion of Jaffa by England (Third Crusade)
1191 invasion of Acre by France, Conrad of Montferrat and England (Third Crusade)
1191 invasion of Cyprus by England (Third Crusade)
1189 invasion of Iconium by the Holy Roman Empire (Third Crusade)
1189 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks (Egypt)
1171,1173,1187 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks (Egypt)
1115–1118 invasion of Egypt by Kingdom of Jerusalem
1102,1103,1105 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Egypt
1099 invasion of Jerusalem by Norman forces (First Crusade)
1097–1098 invasion of Antioch by the First Crusade
1085 invasion of Antioch by the Seljuk Turks
1068 invasion of Egypt by the Seljuk Turks
1066 invasion of England by Norwegian and Norman forces
1028–1029 invasion of Norway by Canute the Great from Anglo-Saxon England
1019 invasion of Kyushu, Japan by Jurchen pirates
1015–1016 invasion of Anglo-Saxon England by Danish, Norwegian, Jomsviking and Polish forces led by Canute the Great
969 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
914, 919, 969 invasions of Egypt by Tunisian Fatimids

Before 900
870 invasion of Malta by Arabs from Sicily
711-718 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Moors
642-711 invasion of Algeria by the Umayyads
639-641 invasion of Egypt by the second caliphate
636 invasion of Antioch by the second caliphate
633 - 651 invasion of Sassanid Empire by the first caliphate
About 600 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
598-614 invasion of Korea by China
540 invasion of Antioch by Persia
520 or 525 invasion of Yemen by Ethiopia (Kingdom of Aksum)

457 Roman general Majorian succeeded to the throne of the Roman Empire (Which at this time only controlled Italy). Majorian immediately set about restoring the empire to its former boundaries. in 458 he invaded France and defeated Theodoric II of the Visigoths, briefly restoring Roman rule to southern France. Majorian then began to assemble a fleet at Cartagena, Italy, with which he intended to invade the Vadal Kingdom in North Africa.
429 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Visigoths
409 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by Vandals and Alans
409 invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula by Suebians
406 CE invasion of Gallia by Vandals, Alans and Suebians

268 Roman Empire by Alamanni
55 BCE - 43 CE invasions of Britain by the Roman Empire


208 BCE invasion of Vietnam by China
219 BCE invasion of Lusitania by the Roman Empire
Approximately between 18th-13th century BCE invasion of Canaan by Joshua and the Israelites.

Macedonian invasions
Wars of Alexander the Great

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