List of wars involving Slovakia

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This is a list of wars involving the Slovak Republic and its predecessor states. There have been 15 wars that ever included Slovakia, only one of them being after Slovakia became independent. The first war was the Hungarian–Czechoslovak War, which was between Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The most recent is the ongoing War on Terror.

List of wars

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
First Czechoslovak Republic
1918–1919 Hungarian-Czechoslovak War File:Flag of Bohemia.svg Czechoslovakia Until 21 March 1919:
File:Flag of Hungary (1918–1919).svg Hungarian Republic
From 21 March 1919:
File:Socialist red flag.svg Hungary
Slovak defeat; formation of the short lived Slovak Soviet Republic
1919 Polish-Czechoslovak War File:Flag of Bohemia.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland Cieszyn Silesia divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland[1]
Second Czechoslovak Republic
1938 Sudeten German uprising File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of the Sudets (without CoA).svg
SdP sympathisers[2]

File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany

Uprising partially suppressed
Slovak Republic (partially recognised)
1939 Slovak-Hungarian War File:Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovak Republic (1939–1945) File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary Slovak defeat[3]
1939–1945 World War II Axis:
File:Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovak Republic (1939–1945)[4][5]
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany
File:Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan
File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary
Allies:
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Victory of the Allies and Czechoslovakia (with the Slovak National Council on their side); defeat and dissolution of the Slovak Republic,[6] which according to Czechoslovak law (and the theory of legal continuity) never existed. The current Slovak Republic does not consider itself a successor state of the wartime Slovak Republic.
Third Czechoslovak Republic
1948 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of the KSC.svg Communist Party

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Appointment of a communist-dominated government[7]
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
1950–1953 Korean War File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia[8]

File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland File:Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg Romania

File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations

Military stalemate; Korean Conflict continues
1953 Air battle over Merklín File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Czechoslovak victory; 1 American F-84 Thunderjet is shot down, but the pilot survives.
1953 Plzeň uprising of 1953[9] File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Plzeň Workers Czechoslovak victory; uprisings suppressed
1955–1975 Vietnam War File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia,[citation needed] File:Flag of North Vietnam (1955–1975).svg North Vietnam, File:FNL Flag.svg Viet Cong, File:Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg, Khmer Rouge, File:Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg Khmer Issarak, File:Flag of Laos.svg Pathet Lao, File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China, File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea, File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union, File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba, File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland, File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary, File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany, File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria, File:Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg Romania File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam, File:Flag of the United States.svg United States, File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea, File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand, File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia, File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand, File:Flag of Laos (1952-1975).svg Laos, File:Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg Khmer Republic, File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines, File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey, File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain, File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan, File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil, File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan, File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran, File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia, File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany, File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom North Vietnam-Viet Cong victory; formation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1968–1975 Cambodian Civil War File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg GRUNK
File:Flag of North Vietnam (1955–1975).svg North Vietnam
File:FNL Flag.svg Viet Cong
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia
File:Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg Khmer Republic
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand

GRUNK-North Vietnamese victory; establishment of Democratic Kampuchea
1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of Bulgaria (1967–1971).svg Bulgaria
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Warsaw Pact victory[10]
1978–1989 Cambodian-Vietnamese War File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
File:Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg Kampuchea
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
File:Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.svg Democratic Kampuchea

File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (alleged)

Vietnamese victory; collapse of Democratic Kampuchea
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
1990–1991 Gulf War File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia, File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait, File:Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg United States, File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom, File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia, File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt, File:Flag of France.svg France, File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria, File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco, File:Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman, File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan, File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada, File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates, File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar, File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh, File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy, File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger, File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines, File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden, File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina, File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal, File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain, File:Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Bahrain, File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium, File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland, File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea, File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore, File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway, File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece, File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark, File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand, File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary File:Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Iraq Coalition victory
Slovakia
2001–present War on Terror File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

File:Flag of NATO.svg NATO

File:Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda

File:Islamic State flag.svg ISIL File:Flag of Taliban.svg Afghan Taliban File:Flag of Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg Pakistani Taliban

Ongoing conflict

Taliban victory in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

References

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