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List of wars involving Belarus

This is a list of wars and humanitarian conflicts involving the Republic of Belarus and its predecessor states (Principality of Polotsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania,Belarusian People's Republic, Byelorussian SSR). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.

  Belarusian victory

  Belarusian defeat

  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive)

  Ongoing conflict

Grand Duchy of Lithuania[edit]

14th century[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies
Galicia–Volhynia Wars (1340–1392)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Masovia	Galicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania
Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Lithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk)
Lithuanian war of succession (1377–1387)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Andrei of Polotsk	Jogaila victory
Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384)	Duchy of Samogitia Kęstutis Vytautas	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jogaila Skirgaila	Temporary reconciliation
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)	Duchy of Samogitia	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Ostrów Agreement

15th century[edit]

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)	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	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	Grand Duchy of Moscow Crimean Khanate	Eternal Peace (1494)
1492–1537	Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Grand Duchy of Moscow

16th century[edit]

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)

Russian Empire[edit]

Conflict	Belarus & allies	Belarus's opposition	Result
World War I/Russian Civil War (1918)	Belarusian People's Republic  Germany	Bolsheviks  Russian SFSR	Belarusian People's Republic exiled
Slutsk uprising (1920)	Nationalist forces loyal to the Belarusian People's Republic	Russian SFSR  Byelorussian SSR	Rebellion suppressed
Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919	Russian SFSR  Ukrainian SSR  Byelorussian SSR Polrewkom	Second Polish Republic  Ukrainian People's Republic	Defeat: Peace of Riga

Soviet Union[edit]

Conflict	Belarus & allies	Belarus's opposition	Result
Polish-Belarusian ethnic conflict (1939—1954)	Byelorussian SSR Belarusian Collaborators	Polish people Home Army Cursed soldiers Grodno Self Defense [pl] Wołkowysk Self Defense [pl]	Both Sides Claimed victory
World War II (1941–1944)	Soviet Union  Byelorussian SSR	Nazi Germany Belarusian Central Council	Victory: Belarusian Central Council dissolved, results include the Independence Day (Belarus)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)	Soviet Union  Byelorussian SSR  Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen	Afghan Mujahideen Victory Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan After USSR's withdrawal, Afghan Civil War continues

Republic of Belarus[edit]

Conflict	Belarus & allies	Belarus's opposition	Result
First Ivorian Civil War (2002—2007)	Ivory Coast COJEP  Belarus (limited military support and mercenaries)	FNCI	Tentative peace agreement, followed by renewed conflict
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Libyan Jamahiriya  Belarus:[1][2][3][4][5] Military advisers [ru] Snipers MID [ru]/SSB (334th Separate Unit of the 5th Spetsnaz Brigade) Technical specialists	Anti-Gaddafi forces  Qatar Enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:  NATO NATO members  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada  Denmark  France  Italy  Netherlands  Norway[6]  Portugal  Romania  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States Other countries  Jordan[7]  Sweden  United Arab Emirates[8]  Saudi Arabia[9][10] Minor border clashes:  Tunisia	Defeat: Rebel forces overthrow the Libyan government
Russo-Ukrainian War (2022–present)	Russian Federation  Belarus (provision of territory)  Donetsk People's Republic  Luhansk People's Republic	Ukraine Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment Belarusian Volunteer Corps	Ongoing: Belarus provides its territory and infrastructure to the Russian invasion forces and assistance to injured Russian soldiers.

See also[edit]

Lists of wars and battles involving former states on what is now Belarus:

• List of wars involving Kievan Rus'
• List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia
• List of wars and battles involving the Principality of Smolensk
• List of battles of the French invasion of Russia

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