This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood. Dates indicate the years in which Lithuania was involved in the war. Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Lithuania, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Kingdom of Lithuania Mongol invasions of Lithuania (1258–1259, 1275, 1279, and 1325)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

14th century Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1340–1392 Galicia–Volhynia Wars Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of MasoviaGalicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania 1368–1372 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver Grand Duchy of MoscowLithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk) 1377–1387 War of the Lithuanian Succession (1377–1387) Grand Duchy of LithuaniaJogaila Grand Duchy of LithuaniaAndrei of PolotskJogaila victory 1381–1384 Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) Duchy of SamogitiaKęstutisVytautas Grand Duchy of LithuaniaJogailaSkirgailaTemporary reconciliation 1389–1392 Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) Duchy of Samogitia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of PolandOstrów Agreement

15th century Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1409–1411 Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Teutonic OrderPeace of Thorn (1411) 1414 Hunger War Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Teutonic OrderMediation at the Council of Constance 1422 Golub War Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Moldavia Teutonic OrderVictory 1431–1435 Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435) Kingdom of Poland Teutonic OrderVictory Peace of Brześć Kujawski 1432–1438 Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) Sigismund Kęstutaitis Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Švitrigaila Grand Duchy of Rus Teutonic Order Livonian Order Golden Horde Principality of MoldaviaSvitrigaila's defeat 1487–1494 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1487–1494) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde Principality of Moscow Crimean KhanateDefeat

16th century Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1500–1503 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1500–1503) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Livonian Confederation Principality of Moscow Crimean Khanate Pskov RepublicPrincipality of Novgorod-SeverskDefeat 1507–1508 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1507–1508) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Principality of MoscowDisputed 1508 Glinski Rebellion Grand Duchy of Lithuania Glinski supportersGovernment's victory 1512–1522 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1512–1522) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Principality of MoscowDefeat 1524 Ottoman-Tatar invasion of Lithuania and Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Ottoman-Tatars 1534–1537 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1534–1537) Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Principality of MoscowDisputed1561–1570Northern Seven Years' War Polish–Lithuanian union Free City of Lübeck Denmark–Norway Kingdom of Sweden Treaty of Stettin (1570)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

19th-century uprisings against the Russian Empire Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1830–1831 November Uprising Congress Poland Russian EmpireDefeat 1863–1865 January Uprising Polish National Government Russian EmpireDefeat

20th century

Interwar Lithuania (1918–1940) Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1918–1919 Lithuanian–Soviet War Lithuania Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia Victory Lithuanian independence protected against Soviet attempt to destroy it 1919 War against the Bermontians Lithuania West Russian Volunteer Army Victory Lithuanian independence saved 1919–1920 Polish–Lithuanian War Lithuania Poland Defeat Lithuania loses its capital Vilnius but protects its independence against Poland Lithuanian authorities prevented the 1919 Polish coup attempt in Lithuania During the entire interwar period Lithuania refused to legally recognize Vilnius as a part of Poland and in 1939 Lithuania by concluding the Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty reacquired about one fifth of the historic Vilnius Region, including the capital city of Vilnius 1923 Klaipėda Revolt Lithuania Lithuanian Riflemen's Union Directorate of the Klaipėda Region French administration Victory Klaipėda Region rebecomes part of Lithuania according to the Klaipėda Convention 1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania Lithuania Poland Defeat Lithuania accepts the ultimatum 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania Lithuania Defeat Klaipėda Region ceded to Nazi Germany 1940Soviet occupation of the Baltic states Estonia Estonian Communist Party Latvian Communist Party Lithuanian Communist PartyDiplomatic support: Soviet victory Soviet troops militarily occupy the Baltic states Baltic governments deposed Rigged elections produce communist governments under Soviet control, which request admission to the USSR Baltic states annexed de facto as republics of the Soviet Union, not widely recognized by the outside world Beginning of partisan resistance to Soviet rule

Lithuania under occupation Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1941 June Uprising in Lithuania Provisional Government of Lithuania Lithuanian Activist Front

Red Army NKVD Lithuanian victory Soviet forces expelled Provisional Government of Lithuania established Independence of Lithuania declared Beginning of the Holocaust in Lithuania 1941–1944 German occupation of Lithuania Lithuanian anti-Nazi resistance Inconclusive 1944–1956 Guerilla war in the Baltic states Lithuanian partisans Latvian partisans Estonian partisans

Soviet victory

Lithuania's independence restored (1990s) Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for Lithuania and/or its allies 1990–1991 Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts

State Border Guard Service

OMON Lithuanian victory Lithuanian statehood preserved 1991 January Events Department of National Defense Lithuanian Riflemen's Union Soviet Army 76th Airborne DivisionLithuanians celebrate 20th Anniversary assault of the Vilnius television tower by the Soviet Troops. Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 January 2011 KGB Alpha Group National Salvation Committee of the Lithuanian SSR Lithuanian victory Soviet forces withdraw from the cities Lithuanian statehood preserved

21st century 2001, War in Afghanistan 2003, Iraq War

See also History of Europe List of wars Military of Lithuania List of wars involving Belarus List of wars involving Estonia List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia List of wars and battles involving the Golden Horde List of wars involving Kievan Rus' List of wars involving Latvia List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow List of wars involving the Novgorod Republic List of wars and battles involving the Principality of Smolensk List of wars involving the Principality of Tver List of wars involving Poland List of wars involving Russia List of wars involving Ukraine

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