List of wars involving Bulgaria

This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.

Results of all wars involving Bulgaria[edit]

First Bulgarian Empire (680-1018)[edit]

First Bulgarian Empire
First Bulgarian-Byzantine War (680-792)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory Formation and Expansion of the First Bulgarian Empire
Siege of Constantinople (717–718)	Bulgarian Empire	Umayyad Caliphate	Victory
First Bulgarian-Serbian War (839-842)	Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Principality	Defeat
Second Bulgarian-Serbian War 853	Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Principality	Defeat
First Bulgarian-Croatian War (854)	Bulgarian Empire	Croatian Kingdom	Draw Bulgarian retreat, peace treaty concluded
Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War (894-896)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory Expansion of the Bulgarian Empire
Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (913-927)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory The Bulgarian Empire Nearly Conquers Constantinople
Third Bulgarian-Serbian War (917-924)	Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Principality Byzantine Empire	Victory Serbia is Conquered by King Simeon and Bulgaria for the first time
Second Bulgarian-Croatian War (926)	Bulgarian Empire	Croatian Kingdom	Defeat
Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War (967-971)	Bulgarian Empire	Kievan Rus Empire Byzantine Empire	Draw Kievan Rus Conquers Areas of Northern Bulgaria Byzantine victory over the Rus', formal annexation of Bulgaria.^{[citation needed]}
Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (968-1018)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Defeat Dissolution of the First Bulgarian Empire Kingdom of Duklja Becomes Last Remaining Region Left Unconquered
Third Bulgarian-Croatian War (997-1000)	Bulgarian Empire	Croatian Kingdom	Defeat

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)[edit]

Second Bulgarian Empire
Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1185-1201)	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire Bulgarian Empire Resurfaces as Strongest Power In Eastern Europe^{[citation needed]}
Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1202-1203)	Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Principality	Victory The Bulgarian Empire Under King Kaloyan Pushes Serbia to The West
First Bulgarian–Latin War (1204-1208)	Bulgarian Empire	Latin Empire	Victory Weakening of the Latin Empire and Enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire
Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230)	Bulgarian Empire	Thessalonican Empire	Victory Empire of Thessalonico is Conquered by Bulgaria
Second Bulgarian-Mongol War (1222-1223)	Bulgarian Empire	Golden Horde Empire	Victory The Bulgarian Army Pushes Back Nogai Khan and His Powerful Army
Bulgarian Civil War (1277–1280)	Bulgarian Empire Tsar Constantine Allies: Byzantine Empire Golden Horde	Bulgarian Empire Tsar Ivaylo Allies: Bulgarian Rebels	Royal victory Peasant Ivaylo Snatches the Throne and Kills The Bulgarian Tsar Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became Emperor of Bulgaria
Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War (1290-1291)	Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Kingdom	Defeat Bulgaria loses the Belgrade and Branicevo provinces.
Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1299-1300)^{[citation needed]}	Bulgarian Empire	Golden Horde Empire	Inconclusive Northern Bulgaria Once Again Becomes a Vassal to Golden Horde King Theodore Svetoslav Banishes the Mongols to the East
Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1304-1305)^{[citation needed]}	Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire	Victory Bulgarian Empire Conquers Most of Thrace
Battle of Velbazhd (1330)	Bulgarian Empire	Serbian Kingdom	Defeat
Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1332-1341)^{[citation needed]}	Bulgarian Empire	Golden Horde Empire	Victory The Mongols are Banished Northeast Forever The Bulgarian Empire Begins Conquer Mongol Lands to North
Byzantine Civil War (1341–1347)	Byzantine Empire John V Palaiologos Allies: Bulgarian Empire Serbian Empire	Byzantine Empire John VI Kantakouzenos Allies: Serbian Empire Ottoman Empire	Victory Kantakouzenos defeats regents, becomes emperor Bulgarian Empire gains northern Thrace
First Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1344-1371)	Bulgarian Empire	Ottoman Empire	Victory Bulgaria holds off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian Betrayal of Brothers
Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1371-1396)	Bulgarian Empire	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Fall of the Bulgarian Empire

Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Bulgarian Principality
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)	Bulgarian Principality Allies: Russian Empire Serbian Principality Romanian Principality Montenegrin Principality	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin The Ottoman Empire is Heavily Defeated and Nearly Pushed Out of Europe Independence of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885)	Bulgarian Principality	Serbian Kingdom	Victory Serbia Hits Main Ally, Bulgaria, From Behind, Trusts Between the Two Slavic Nations Crumble Prince Alexander of Battenburg Leads Bulgaria to a Crushing Victory
Macedonian Struggle War (1893-1908)	Bulgarian Principality	Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom Ottoman Empire	Draw Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania and the Ottoman Empire Fight a Four Way War War Ends Inconclusively After Young Turk Revolution Bulgaria Gains Full Independence in 1908

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908-1946)[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Bulgarian Kingdom
First Balkan War (1912-1913)	Balkan League Bulgarian Kingdom Allies: Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Montenegrin Kingdom	Ottoman Empire Allies: Austria Hungarian Empire Albanian irregulars	Balkan League Victory The Ottoman Empire is nearly pushed out of Europe Bulgaria frees Macedonia, Northern Greece, Albania and South Serbia Treaty of London
Second Balkan War (1913)	Bulgarian Kingdom	Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom Montenegrin Kingdom Ottoman Empire	Defeat Dissatisfied with gains from the First Balkan War, Bulgaria attacks former allies Serbia and Greece Attacks repulsed by Greece and Serbia, whose armies enter Bulgaria Romanian and Ottoman intervention forces Bulgaria to ask for armistice Bulgarian territorial cessations in Treaty of Bucharest and Treaty of Constantinople
Bulgaria In World War I
World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I) (1914–1918)	Bulgarian Kingdom Central Powers: German Empire Ottoman Empire Austria Hungarian Empire	Allied Powers: United States Britain Italian Kingdom Russian Empire French Republic Occupied by Central Powers: Greek Kingdom Serbian Kingdom Romanian Kingdom	Allied Victory Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine results in Bulgarian territorial cessations
Post World War I Conflicts
Incident at Petrich (1925)	Bulgarian Kingdom	Greek Kingdom	Victory Due to a border incident, Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos sends troops into Bulgaria League of Nations brokers a ceasefire and a Greek withdrawal Greece fined for violating Bulgarian territory Bulgaria pays damages for shooting Greek soldiers^[1]
Bulgaria In World War II
World War II (see Military history of Bulgaria during World War II) (1941–1945)	Bulgarian Kingdom Allied Powers: Soviet Union United States Greek Kingdom United Kingdom French Republic Yugoslavian Kingdom	Bulgarian Kingdom Axis Powers: Nazi Germany Italian Kingdom Japanese Empire Romanian Kingdom	Allied Victory Bulgarian monarchy abolished and replaced with Communist government Southern Dobruja awarded to Bulgaria postwar

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)	Bulgaria Allies: Soviet Union Hungary Poland	Czechoslovakia Allies: Albania Romania Yugoslavia	Warsaw Pact Victory Along with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies, Bulgarian troops invade Czechoslovakia Minimal Czechoslovak armed resistance Czech reformist leaders forced to sign Moscow Protocol, ending the Prague Spring

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–)[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Republic of Bulgaria
Iraq War (2003-2011)	Bulgaria^{[citation needed]} Allies: Iraq NATO United States	Baath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda Islamic Army of Iraq Ba'athist Iraq	Coalition Victory Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror Invasion and occupation of Iraq Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war^[2] Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency,^[3] improvements in public security^[4] Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government. U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq War on ISIL Iraqi Civil War
2011 military intervention in Libya	NATO United States Bulgaria (one frigate as part of NATO contribution)^[5]	Libya	NATO Victory The NTC assumed interim control of Libya. Civil war in Libya

References[edit]

^ Thomopoulos, Elaine (2012). The History of Greece. ABC-CLIO. p. 110. ISBN 9780313375118.
^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
^ "U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence". MSNBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
^ "UK 'to continue deporting failed Iraqi asylum seekers'". BBC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
^ "Bulgarian Frigate on Its Way to Libyan Coast". The Sofia Echo. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.

[1] Thomopoulos, Elaine (2012). The History of Greece. ABC-CLIO. p. 110. ISBN 9780313375118.

[2] "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". NBC News. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.

[3] "U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence". MSNBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[4] "UK 'to continue deporting failed Iraqi asylum seekers'". BBC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

[5] "Bulgarian Frigate on Its Way to Libyan Coast". The Sofia Echo. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.

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Results of all wars involving Bulgaria[edit]

First Bulgarian Empire (680-1018)[edit]

Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)[edit]

Principality of Bulgaria (1876-1908)[edit]

Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908-1946)[edit]

People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946-1990)[edit]

Republic of Bulgaria (1990–)[edit]

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