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
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
(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
17941795 invasion of Holland by France
1794 invasion of Austrian
(Southern) Netherlands by France
17931794 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
16701671 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
15921598 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
15271543
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
12531258 invasions of Korea by Mongols
(sixth campaign)
12511259 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)
12111234
invasion of Northern China by Mongols
1232 invasion of Korea by Mongols (second
campaign)
1231 invasion of Korea by Mongols (first campaign)
12181220
invasion of Khwarizm by Mongols
12051209 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)
11151118 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)
10971098 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
10281029 invasion of Norway by Canute the Great from
Anglo-Saxon England
1019 invasion of Kyushu, Japan by Jurchen pirates
10151016
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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