List of Wars Involving Georgia (country) - List of Wars

List of Wars

  • Mid-8th century BC - Conquest and destruction of the early Georgian state of Diaokhi by the Urartians.
  • 720s BC - Invasion of the Western Georgian power of Colchis by Cimmerians and Scythians.
  • End of 3rd century BC - Unification of Eastern Georgian tribes into the kingdom of Iberia (or Kartli) under Prince Pharnavaz and independence from the Seleucid Empire. This war as described in medieval sources might be mythical.
  • 65 BC - Roman expedition in Kartli and Colchis under Pompey.
  • 51 AD - War between Armenia and Iberia
  • 130s AD - King Pharasmanes II of Iberia organizes the Alans’ raids against the Roman and Parthian vassal states of (Albania, Media, Armenia, and Cappadocia).
  • 270s AD - Anti-Roman uprising in Colchis.
  • 482-484 - King Vakhtang I Gorgasali's war of resistance against the Persian invaders in Kartli.
  • 526-532 - Iberian War, fought between the Eastern Roman Empire and Sassanid Empire over Iberia.
  • 541-562 - Lazic War, fought between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Empire for control of the Western Georgian kingdom of Lazica.
  • 572 - National uprising in Kartli against the Persians
  • 627 - Fall of Tbilisi under a joint Byzantine and Khazar attack.
  • 640s-10th century - Arab invasions in Georgia; Georgian resistance to Arab invaders.
  • 735-737 - Marwan ibn Muhammad's invasion of Georgia
  • 914 - Sajid invasion of Georgia
  • 1064-1308 - Byzantine–Georgian wars
  • 1080 - Turk-Seljuk invasions in Georgia (Great Turkish Invasion: "Didi Turkoba" in Georgian).
  • 1099-1213 - Georgian-Seljuk wars.
  • 1184-1213 - Wars of Queen Tamar
  • 1210 - Expedition of Georgian army in Iran
  • 1225-1231 - Khwarezmian invasion of Georgia
  • 1235-1236 - Mongol Invasion of Georgia
  • 1259-1260, 1297 - Unsuccessful uprisings against the Mongols
  • 1330s - King George V the Brilliant expels the Mongols and restores the integrity of the Kingdom of Georgia.
  • 1386-1403 - Timur's invasions of Georgia
  • 1407-1502 - Turkoman invasions of Georgia
  • 1578 - Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign
  • 15th-18th centuries - Wars of resistance against the Persian and Ottoman invaders
  • 16th-19th centuries - Lekianoba: repeated incursions of Dagestani tribes into Georgia.
  • September 1795 - The last Persian invasion under Mohammad Khan Qajar.
  • 1810 - Invasion of the western Georgian Kingdom of Imereti by the Russian Empire.
  • 19th century - Russian-Turkish and Russian-Persian wars, fought partly on the territory of Georgia.
  • 1857 - Large anti-Russian uprising in the Principality of Mingrelia.
  • 1914-1918 - World War I; Georgians fought in the Russian armies until the collapse of the Russian Empire; Caucasus Campaign between Russia and the Ottoman Empire on Georgian territory.
  • April–June 1918 - Turkish-Georgian war, between the Ottoman Empire and the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • June–October 1918 - German Caucasus Expedition
  • July 1918-May 1919 - Sochi conflict between the Democratic Republic of Georgia, Soviet and White Russian forces.
  • December 1918 - Georgian–Armenian War
  • 1918-1920 - Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920), and other unsuccessful Soviet Russian-backed pro-Bolshevik revolts in various regions of Georgia.
  • October 1919-April 1920 - First Soviet Russian aggression: border clashes during the Bolshevik coup attempt; Peace Treaty of Moscow signed on May 7, 1920, in which Soviet Russia recognized Georgian independence.
  • February 11-March 19, 1921 - Red Army invasion of Georgia, loss of independence.
  • March 12–18, 1921 - Turkish troops occupy Batumi and Akhalkalaki as Soviet armies invade Georgia, are pushed back by Georgian troops who finally cede the territory to the Soviets.
  • 1922-1924 - Guerrilla resistance to Soviet occupation.
  • August 1924 - August Uprising against the Soviet occupation.
  • 1939-1945 - World War II; Georgian soldiers in the Soviet army, but also the Wehrmacht and various anti-nazi resistance movements in Europe.
  • April 5-May 20, 1945 - Georgian Uprising of Texel
  • 1991 - 1994 - Georgian Civil War, consisting of the following conflicts:
    • January 5, 1991-July 14, 1992 - 1991–1992 South Ossetia War; part of the Georgian–Ossetian conflict, still unresolved.
    • December 22, 1991-January 6, 1992 - Military coup d'état in Tbilisi, overthrow of President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, leading to lasting political unrest and conflict between partisans of Gamsakhurdia, government forces, and militias such as the Mkhedrioni.
    • August 14, 1992-May 15, 1994 - War in Abkhazia; part of the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict, still unresolved.
    • October–November 1993 - civil war in western Georgia leading to the defeat of Zviad Gamsakhurdia's forces.
  • May 20–26, 1998 - War in Abkhazia (1998)
  • October 1999 - April 2008 - Georgian participation in the Kosovo Force (KFOR).
  • 2003-August 2008 - Georgian participation in the Multi-National Force in Iraq.
  • 2004-Tskhinvali battle between Georgia and Russia. Result Tskhinvali becomes closed for Georgians, Russian backed separatists entered in Tskhinvali
  • August 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war, or Russo-Georgian War.
  • 2009–present - Georgian participation in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

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