List of Wars Involving Poland

Modern History

In the turmoil of the First World War, Poles managed to regain independence and then to expand their territory in a series of local wars and uprisings; only to be occupied again during the next world war. The second half of the 20th century was more peaceful, but still tense, as Poland was involved in the Cold War on the Soviet side.

Date	Conflict	Allies	Enemies	Result
1918–1919 1918–1919 1918 1919	Polish–Ukrainian War Battle of Lwów Battle of Przemyśl Chortkiv offensive	Second Polish Republic Kingdom of Romania	West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic	Polish victory
1918–1919 1918	Greater Poland Uprising Polish coup attempt	Poles	Germans	Polish victory
1918–1919	Polish-German skirmishes	Second Polish Republic	Germans	Indecisive
1919	Polish coup attempt	Legal government	National Democracy	Failure of coup
1919	Polish–Czechoslovak War	Second Polish Republic	Czechoslovakia	Polish defeat
1919–1920/21 1919 1920 1920 1920	Polish–Soviet War Vilna offensive Kiev Offensive Battle of Warsaw Battle of the Niemen River other battles	Second Polish Republic Latvia Ukrainian People's Republic	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Polish victory Peace of Riga
1919–1921 1919 1919 1919 1920 1921 1921	Silesian Uprisings Olesno Upspring First Silesian Uprising Battle of Godów Second Silesian Uprising Third Silesian Uprising Battle of Annaberg	Poles	Weimar Republic	Polish defeat (I) Indecisive (II) Polish victory (III)
1919–1920 1919 1920	Polish–Lithuanian War Sejny Uprising Żeligowski's Mutiny	Second Polish Republic	Lithuania Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Polish victory
1926	May Coup	Government Stanisław Wojciechowski	Sanation Józef Piłsudski	Józef Piłsudski's victory
1938	Capture of Zaolzie	Second Polish Republic	Czechoslovakia	Polish victory
1939	World War II – Invasion of Poland Battle of Westerplatte Battle of the Border Battle of Wizna Siege of Warsaw Battle of the Bzura Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski Battle of Kock other battles	Second Polish Republic	Nazi Germany Soviet Union Slovakia	Polish defeat
1939–1945 1939–1940 1940 1942–1943 1943–1944 1944	World War II – Polish resistance movement Hubal's fight Czortków Uprising Zamość Uprising Operation Tempest Warsaw Uprising Armia Krajowa Actions	Polish Underground State	Nazi Germany Soviet Union	Partial liberation of Poland
1939–1945 1939–1945 1940 1940 1940 1940 1941–1945 1941 1942 1944 1944–1945 1944 1944	World War II – Polish Armed Forces Battle of the Atlantic Norwegian Campaign Battles of Narvik Battle of France Battle of Britain Mediterranean theatre of World War II Siege of Tobruk Battle of Gazala Battle of Monte Cassino Western Front Falaise pocket Operation Market Garden	Polish government-in-exile United Kingdom France United States Allies	Nazi Germany Kingdom of Italy Axis	Potsdam Conference
1943–1945 1943 1944 1945 1945 1945	World War II – Eastern Front Battle of Lenino Battle of Studzianki Battle of Kolberg Battle of Berlin Battle of Bautzen	Soviet Union Polish Committee of National Liberation State National Council The Republic of Poland	Nazi Germany	Potsdam Conference
1944–1956 1945	Fight against Cursed soldiers Augustów roundup	The Republic of Poland Soviet Union	Polish Underground State: Freedom and Independence NIE National Military Union others	Crushing of the rebellion
1944–1949 1944	Fight against Ukrainian Insurgent Army Battle of Leszczawa Górna	Soviet Union The Republic of Poland Czechoslovakia	Ukrainian Insurgent Army	Crushing of the rebellion
1944–1949	Fight against Werwolf	The Republic of Poland Soviet Union	Werwolf others	Crushing of the rebellion
1945	Polish–Czechoslovak border conflict of Kłodzko	The Republic of Poland	Czechoslovakia	Indecisive
1956	Poznań protests	People's Republic of Poland	Anti-communist civilian protesters	Polish victory, crushing of rebellion
1968	Invasion of Czechoslovakia	Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union People's Republic of Poland People's Republic of Hungary People's Republic of Bulgaria East Germany	Czechoslovakia	Warsaw Pact victory
2002–present 2002–present 2007 2009 2003 2003–2008 2004 2007	War on Terror War in Afghanistan Operation Achilles Operation Eagle Feather 2003 invasion of Iraq Iraq War Battle of City Hall Operation Black Eagle	USA United Kingdom Canada Poland others	al-Qaeda Taliban Iraq others	Ongoing

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