List of wars involving Lithuania

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.

Victory of Lithuania (and allies)

Defeat of Lithuania (and allies)

Another result*

*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 Masovia	Galicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania
1368–1372	Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Lithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk)
1377–1387	Lithuanian war of succession (1377–1387)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Andrei of Polotsk	Jogaila victory
1381–1384	Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384)	Duchy of Samogitia Kęstutis Vytautas	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila Skirgaila	Temporary reconciliation
1389–1392	Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)	Duchy of Samogitia	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Ostrów 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 Order	Peace of Thorn (1411)
1414	Hunger War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Teutonic Order	Mediation at the Council of Constance
1422	Gollub War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Moldavia	Teutonic Order	Victory
1431–1435	Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435)	Kingdom of Poland	Teutonic Order	Victory 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 Moldavia	Svitrigaila's defeat
1487–1494	Lithuanian–Muscovite War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde	Principality of Moscow Crimean Khanate	Eternal Peace (1494)
1492–1537	Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Principality of Moscow

16th century

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1508	Glinski Rebellion	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Glinski supporters	Government's victory
1524	Ottoman-Tatar invasion of Lithuania and Poland	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Ottoman-Tatars
1561–1570	Northern Seven Years' War	Polish–Lithuanian union Free City of Lübeck Denmark–Norway	Kingdom of Sweden	Treaty of Stettin (1570)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

This is a list of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795).^[a]

Victory

Defeat

Another result*

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

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
1558–1583^[1]	Livonian War^[1] Russian invasion of Livonia (1558–1560)^[2] Lithuanian–Muscovite war (1562–1570) Truce 1570–1576 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory (1577–1582)^[3]	Livonian Confederation (1558–61, Lithuanian protectorate since 1559^[2]) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1559–61, 1562–69) From 1569:^[3] Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–70, 1577–82)^[4] Principality of Transylvania (1577–82) Crimean Khanate^[5] Denmark–Norway (1560–62, 75–83) Kingdom of Sweden (1560–64, 70–75, 77–83) Zaporozhian Cossacks	Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate	Polish–Lithuanian, Dano–Norwegian and Swedish victory Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania Estonia to Sweden Ösel to Denmark–Norway Military and economic disaster for Russia (Muscovy)^[b]
1587–1588	War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588) Siege of Kraków Battle of Byczyna	Sigismund III Supporters of Sigismund Vasa, mainly Poles	Maximilian III Supporters of Maximilian of Austria, mainly Germans, but including many Poles and Hungarians	Sigismund victory
1598–1599	War against Sigismund	Polish–Swedish union under Sigismund III Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Swedish Empire	Protestant Swedish separatists Duke Charles of Södermanland	Defeat End of Polish–Swedish union Charles became king of Sweden (1604)
1600–1629	Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire (1626–29)	Kingdom of Sweden (known as Swedish Empire after 1611)	Defeat 1611: disputed; status quo 1618: indecisive; 1625: Swedish victory 1629: Swedish victory
1605–1618	Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) (Dmytriads)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth False Dmitry I False Dmitry II	Tsardom of Russia Swedish Empire Don Cossacks	Costly victory Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth reached largest territorial extent Sigismund renounced Russian throne
1606–1608	Zebrzydowski Rebellion	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Rokosz	Government victory
1618–1648	Thirty Years' War Battle of Humenné^[8]	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Kingdom of Hungary	Swedish Empire Denmark Dutch Republic Kingdom of France	Peace of Westphalia
1620–1621	Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia	Treaty of Khotyn
1632–1634	Smolensk War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks	Tsardom of Russia	Victory Treaty of Polyanovka (Polanów)
1633–1634	Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldavia Budjak Horde	Inconclusive
1648–1657	Khmelnytsky Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate	Defeat Loss of the Cossack Hetmanate (vassalised by the Tsardom of Russia) The Ruin (Ukrainian history)
1654–1667	Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia	Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate	Defeat
1655–1661	Second Northern War The (Russo-)Swedish Deluge (in Poland) The Ruin (in Ukraine)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway Habsburg Monarchy Tsardom of Russia (1656–1658) Crimean Khanate Dutch Republic Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–1656, 1657–1660)	Swedish Empire Principality of Transylvania Cossack Hetmanate (1657)^[9] Grand Duchy of Lithuania Wallachia Moldavia Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–1657)	Treaty of Oliva
1667–1671	Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate	Victory Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)
1672–1676	Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Wallachia	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Moldavia Cossack Hetmanate Lipka Tatars	Defeat Treaty of Buchach Treaty of Żurawno^[10]
1683–1699	Great Turkish War Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)	Holy Roman Empire HRE states Habsburg monarchy Bavaria Franconia Saxony Swabia Duchy of Styria Royal Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Duchy of Mantua Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Republic of Venice Spanish Empire Montenegro rebel factions Albanian rebels Serbian rebels Greek rebels Bulgarian rebels Romanian rebels Croatian rebels	Ottoman Empire Vassal states: Crimean Khanate Shamkhalate of Tarki^[11] Upper Hungary (1683–5) Moldavia Wallachia Transylvania	Treaty of Karlowitz
1697–1702	Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702)	House of Sapieha	Radziwiłł House of Wiśniowiecki Pac family Ogiński family
1700–1721	Great Northern War Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (list of battles)	Swedish Empire Holstein-Gottorp (1700–1714) Warsaw Confederation (1704–1709) Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Crimean Khanate (1710–1714) Cossack Hetmanate (1708–1714) Dutch Republic (1700) England (1700) Scotland (1700) Ireland (1700) Great Britain (1719–1720)	Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Kalmyk Khanate Saxony (1700–1706, 1709–1719) Duchy of Courland (1700–1701) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1701–1704, 1709–1719) Sandomierz Confederation (1704–1709) Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–1720) Prussia (1715–1720) Hanover (1715–1719) Great Britain (1717–1719) Montenegro (1711–1712) Moldavia (1711)	Inconclusive for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Treaty of Altranstädt (1706) 1720 Stockholm ceasefire offer [de; cs]; not signed by Poland–Lithuania or Saxony 1729 Stockholm peace declaration [de; cs; sv]; signed by Saxony 1732 peace declaration [cs; sv]; signed by Poland–Lithuania
1704–1706	Civil war in Poland (1704–1706) (part of the Great Northern War)	Warsaw Confederation Supported by: Swedish Empire	Sandomierz Confederation Supported by: Tsardom of Russia	Warsaw Confederation victory Treaty of Altranstädt
1733–1738	War of the Polish Succession	Poland loyal to Stanisław I Supported by: Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of Sardinia Duchy of Parma	Poland loyal to Augustus III Supported by: Russian Empire Habsburg monarchy Holy Roman Empire (from 1734) Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Prussia	Treaty of Vienna (1738) Augustus III confirmed as king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania Stanisław received Lorraine as compensation
1768–1772	War of the Bar Confederation (list of battles)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Habsburg monarchy^[c]	Defeat First Partition of Poland (1772)
1792	Polish–Russian War of 1792 (list of battles)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire Targowica Confederation	Defeat Constitution of 3 May 1791 Second Partition of Poland (1792)
1794	Kościuszko Uprising (list of battles)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tadeusz Kościuszko Jan Henryk Dąbrowski	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Habsburg monarchy^[d]	Defeat Third Partition of Poland (1795): Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist.

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 Empire	Defeat
1863–1865	January Uprising	Polish National Government	Russian Empire	Defeat

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 Saxon Volunteers	Russian SFSR 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
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	Nazi Germany	Defeat Klaipėda Region ceded to Nazi Germany
1940	Soviet occupation of the Baltic states	Lithuania Latvia Estonia	Soviet Union	Defeat Baltic states lose their independence

Lithuania under occupation

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its allies
1941	June Uprising in Lithuania	Lithuanian partisans Provisional Government of Lithuania Lithuanian Activist Front	Soviet Union Lithuanian SSR	Victory Brief Lithuanian independence
1941–1944	German occupation of Lithuania	Lithuanian anti-Nazi resistance	Nazi Germany	Inconclusive
1944–1953	Guerilla war in the Baltic states	Lithuanian partisans Latvian partisans Estonian partisans	Soviet Union	Defeat

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	Lithuania Lithuanian State Border Guard Service	Soviet Union Lithuanian SSR OMON	Victory Lithuanian statehood preserved
1991	January Events	Lithuania Department of National Defense Lithuanian Riflemen's Union	Soviet Union Soviet Army 76th Airborne Division^[12] KGB Alpha Group^[12] National Salvation Committee of the Lithuanian SSR	Victory Soviet forces withdraw from the cities Lithuanian statehood preserved

21st century

2001, War in Afghanistan
2003, Iraq War

Notes

^ Also known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland–Lithuania, Republic of Both Nations, Rzeczpospolita, Žečpospolita, Річ Посполита (Rich Pospolyta), and other names.
^ "Skrynnikov's data support the conclusion that the combination of the oprichnina and the Livonian War, which wrought economic havoc on their estates, ruined many pomeshchiki and weakened Muscovy's military might. (...) the human and economic resources on much of that territory were exhausted."^[6] "The reign of Ivan IV the Terrible was, in short, a disaster for Muscovy. (...) his subjects were impoverished, his economic resources depleted, his army weakened, and his realm militarily defeated."^[7]
^ The Habsburg monarchy (Austria) did not engage in active hostilities during the War of the Bar Confederation, but it did join Russia and Prussia in carrying out the First Partition of Poland in the war's aftermath in 1772, occupying Commonwealth towns and cities in its allotted partition.
^ The Habsburg monarchy (Austria) did not engage in active hostilities during the Kościuszko Uprising, but it did join Russia and Prussia in carrying out the Third Partition of Poland in the uprising's aftermath.

References

^ ^a ^b Martin 2007, p. 393.
^ ^a ^b Martin 2007, p. 401.
^ ^a ^b Martin 2007, p. 402.
^ Martin 2007, pp. 401–402.
^ Martin 2007, pp. 398, 401.
^ Martin 2007, p. 414.
^ Martin 2007, p. 415.
^ Bánlaky 1942, az 1619. évi hadjárat.
^ Hrushevsky 2003, pp. 327ff.
^ Bentkowska 2003, p. 416.
^ "Абдусаламов Магомед-паша Балашович Феодальные междоусобицы кумыкских владетелей во второй половине XVII века", ИСОМ, no. 4, C.33, 2014, retrieved 26 May 2023
^ ^a ^b Lithuanians celebrate 20th Anniversary assault of the Vilnius television tower by the Soviet Troops. Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 January 2011

[1] Also known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland–Lithuania, Republic of Both Nations, Rzeczpospolita, Žečpospolita, Річ Посполита (Rich Pospolyta), and other names.

[9] "Skrynnikov's data support the conclusion that the combination of the oprichnina and the Livonian War, which wrought economic havoc on their estates, ruined many pomeshchiki and weakened Muscovy's military might. (...) the human and economic resources on much of that territory were exhausted."^[6] "The reign of Ivan IV the Terrible was, in short, a disaster for Muscovy. (...) his subjects were impoverished, his economic resources depleted, his army weakened, and his realm militarily defeated."^[7]

[14] The Habsburg monarchy (Austria) did not engage in active hostilities during the War of the Bar Confederation, but it did join Russia and Prussia in carrying out the First Partition of Poland in the war's aftermath in 1772, occupying Commonwealth towns and cities in its allotted partition.

[15] The Habsburg monarchy (Austria) did not engage in active hostilities during the Kościuszko Uprising, but it did join Russia and Prussia in carrying out the Third Partition of Poland in the uprising's aftermath.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007393-2] Martin 2007, p. 393.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007401-3] Martin 2007, p. 401.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007402-4] Martin 2007, p. 402.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007401–402-5] Martin 2007, pp. 401–402.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007398,_401-6] Martin 2007, pp. 398, 401.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007414-7] Martin 2007, p. 414.

[FOOTNOTEMartin2007415-8] Martin 2007, p. 415.

[FOOTNOTEBánlaky1942az_1619._évi_hadjárat-10] Bánlaky 1942, az 1619. évi hadjárat.

[FOOTNOTEHrushevsky2003327ff-11] Hrushevsky 2003, pp. 327ff.

[FOOTNOTEBentkowska2003416-12] Bentkowska 2003, p. 416.

[13] "Абдусаламов Магомед-паша Балашович Феодальные междоусобицы кумыкских владетелей во второй половине XVII века", ИСОМ, no. 4, C.33, 2014, retrieved 26 May 2023

[20years2-16] Lithuanians celebrate 20th Anniversary assault of the Vilnius television tower by the Soviet Troops. Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 January 2011

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