List of wars involving Yugoslavia

This is a list of wars involving Yugoslavia.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920) Part of the aftermath of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–1923	Czechoslovakia Romania Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Republic of Prekmurje Kingdom of Hungary France	Hungarian Republic Hungarian SR Slovak SR	Victory Hungarian defeat Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Partial Romanian occupation of Hungary Treaty of Trianon Miklós Horthy takes power as Regent of Hungary
Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia (1918–1929) Part of the aftermath of World War I	State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs Maister's fighters After unification with Kingdom of Serbia on 1 December 1918: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Units from Lower Styria Units from Ljubljana After 13 February ceasefire: Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Republic of German-Austria Carinthia (Provisional state government of Carinthia) Republic of German-Austria Carinthia (Provisional state government of Carinthia) Republic of German-Austria Carinthia (Provisional state government of Carinthia)	Ceasefire In Carinthian plebiscite southeastern Carinthia votes in favour of joining Austria. Territorial changes are coordinated by Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Majority of southeastern Carinthia is ceded to Austria Meža Valley and Jezersko are ceded to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Christmas Uprising (1919)	Montenegrin Whites Yugoslavia	Montenegrin Greens Italy	Victory The uprising was put down
Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) Part of World War II	Yugoslavia	Germany Italy Hungary	Defeat Occupation of Yugoslavia Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Eastern Front (World War II) (1941–1945) Part of the World War II	Allies Soviet Union Poland Yugoslavia (from 1944) Czechoslovakia (from 1943) Tuva (until 1944) Former Axis powers or co-belligerents Romania (from 1944) Bulgaria (from 1944) Finland (from 1944) Aerial role only Free France (1943–45) United Kingdom (1941) United States (1944)	Axis powers Germany Romania (until 1944) Hungary Italy (until 1943) Bulgaria (until 1944) Axis puppet states Slovakia Croatia Co-belligerents Finland (until 1944)	Victory End of World War II in Europe (concurrently with the Western Front) Soviet Union occupies Eastern Europe and establishes pro-Soviet Communist regimes in various countries (including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany) Establishment of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia Beginning of the Cold War and the creation of the Iron Curtain The beginning of the Greek Civil War Borders of Poland adjusted
Operation Valuable (1949-1954)	United States United Kingdom CIA MI6 Supported by: Yugoslavia NATO: Greece Italy West Germany Turkey	Communist Albania	Defeat Albanian forces defeated Yugoslav and American forces Operation failed
Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe (1944–1960s) Croatian Anti-Communist Resistance in Yugoslavia	Communist Forces: Soviet Union East Germany Polish People's Republic Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Hungarian People's Republic Socialist Republic of Romania People's Republic of Bulgaria Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Anti-Communist Forces: In the Soviet Union: Ukrainian Insurgents Russian Insurgents Polish Insurgents Estonian Insurgents Latvian Insurgents Lithuanian Insurgents In the Balkans: Bulgarian Insurgents Serbian Insurgents Croatian Insurgents Romanian Insurgents Other European states: German Insurgents Hungarian Insurgents	Communist Victory Most Anti-Communist Insurgents were defeated
Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)	MPLA SWAPO MK Cuba (1975–91) East Germany (1975–89) Soviet Union (1975–89) Yugoslavia (1975–91)	UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa (1975–89) Zaire (1975)	Victory Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989 Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92 Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991 and 1992 onward, but civil war continues Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002 Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002 Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
Ten-Day War (1991)	Yugoslavia	Slovenia	Defeat Brioni Accords Slovenia leaves Yugoslavia and becomes an independent country
Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)	Serbian Krajina Republika Srpska (1992–95) Yugoslavia (1991–92) Yugoslav People's Army (controlled by Serbia)	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–95)	Defeat Croatia leaves Yugoslavia and becomes an independent country Croatian forces regain control over most of RSK-held Croatian territory Croatian forces advance into Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the eventual end of the Bosnian War
1992 Yugoslav campaign in Bosnia (1992)	Yugoslavia Srpska	Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia	Victory Republika Srpska formed as a separate Serb state from Bosnia TOBiH and HV eliminated from Foča, Višegrad, Prijedor, Ilidža, Zvornik, Kupres, Doboj, Brčko, Bijeljina, Bosanski Šamac and more Establishment of the VRS The JNA leaves Bosnia due to agreements with the UN and were replaced by the VRS

See also

• List of wars involving Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of wars involving Croatia
• List of wars involving Kosovo
• List of wars involving Montenegro
• List of wars involving North Macedonia
• List of wars involving Serbia
• List of wars involving Slovenia