List of invasions

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This is a list of both successful and repelled international invasions ordered by date.

Contents 1 1945 - present 2 World War II (1939-1945) 3 1919 - 1939 4 World War I (1914 - 1918) 5 1700 - 1915 6 1300 - 1699 7 1200 - 1299 7.1 Mongol invasions 8 900 - 1199 9 Before 900 10 See also

1945 - present

• 2003 invasion of Iraq by a coalition led by the United States
• 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and allies
• 1994 invasion of Haiti by a multinational force (MNF) led by the United States
• 1991 invasion of Kuwait by a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States
• 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq
• 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States
• 1983 invasion of Grenada by the United States and allied Caribbean nations
• 1982 invasion of Lebanon by Israel.
• 1982 invasion of Falkland Islands by the United Kingdom
• 1982 invasion of Falkland Islands initially by Argentine civilians, followed by official Argentina forces
• 1979 invasion of Vietnam by China
• 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union
• 1978 invasion of Lebanon by Israel.
• 1978 invasion of Cambodia by Vietnam
• 1978 invasion of Sealand (micronation located on Roughs Tower) initially by German and Dutch civilians and then by former "head of state" and other civilians
• 1975 invasion of East Timor by Indonesia
• 1974 invasion of Northern Cyprus by Turkey
• 1973 Invasion of Israel by Egypt Syria and other Arab allies
• 1971 invasion of East Pakistan by India
• 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact
• 1967 invasion of Syria by Israel
• 1967 invasion of Jordan by Israel
• 1967 invasion of Israel by Jordan and Syria
• 1967 invasion of Egypt by Israel
• 1961 invasion of Goa by India
• 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban allies of the United States, particularly its CIA
• 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union
• 1956 invasion of Egypt by France, United Kingdom and Israel
• 1950 invasion of Tibet by China
• 1948 invasion of Lebanon and Egypt by Israeli forces
• 1948 invasion of Israel by Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Transjordanian and other forces
• 1945 invasion of Vietnam by France, with British and Indian

World War II (1939-1945)

• 1945 invasion of Hong Kong by Britain
• 1945 invasion of Japanese-controlled Northeast China and Korea by the Soviet Union
• 1945 invasion of Burma by Allied forces
• 1945 invasion of Okinawa by the United States
• 1945 invasion of Poland, Austria and Eastern Germany by the Soviet Union
• 1944 invasion of Western Germany by Allied forces
• 1944 invasion of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia by the Soviet Union
• 1944 invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Greece, the Philippines, Albania by Allied forces
• 1944 invasion of Guam by the United States
• 1944 Invasion of Southern France by the United States and Britain
• 1944 invasion of Normandy, France by the United States, Britain and Canada
• 1944 invasion of Hungary by Germany
• 1943 invasion of Italy by the United States and Britain
• 1943 invasion of Italy (Sicily) by Britain, the United States and Canada
• 1942 invasion of North Africa by the United States and Britain
• 1942 invasion of Vichy France by Germany
• 1942 invasion of Indonesia by Japan
• 1941 invasion of Solomon Islands by the United States
• 1941 invasion of Guam, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Singapore by Japan
• 1941 invasion of Malaya, Borneo and Hong Kong by Japan
• 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany
• 1941 invasion of Iraq and Syria by Britain
• 1941 invasion of Greenland and Iceland by the United States
• 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia by Germany, Hungary and Italy
• 1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor by Australian and Dutch forces
• 1940 invasion of Albania by Greece
• 1940 invasion of British Somaliland, Egypt, Greece by Italy
• 1940 invasion of Iceland by Britain
• 1940 invasion of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands and Romania by Germany
• 1939 invasion of Finland by the Soviet Union
• 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union initiating World War II in Europe

1919 - 1939

• 1939 invasion of Albania by Italy
• 1938-1939 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany and Hungary
• 1937 invasion of China by Japan
• 1935-1936 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy
• 1931 invasion of Chinese Manchuria by Japan
• 1922 invasion of Smyrna by Turkey
• 1921 invasion of Anatolia by Turkey
• 1920 invasion of Anatolia by Greece
• 1920 invasion of Poland by Russia
• 1919 invasion of Smyrna by Greece
• 1919 invasion of Ukraine and Belarus by Bolshevist Russia and Poland

World War I (1914 - 1918)

• 1916 invasion of Romania by Germany
• 1915 invasion of Russia by Germany and Austro-Hungary
• 1915 invasion of Ottoman Empire by Britain and Russia
• 1914 invasion of Austro-Hungary by Russia
• 1914 invasion of Germany by Russia
• 1914 invasion of France by Germany
• 1914 invasion of Luxemburg and Belgium by Germany
• 1914 invasion of Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands by Japan
• 1914 invasion of New Guinea by Australia
• 1914 invasion of Samoa by New Zealand
• 1914 invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungary
• 1914 invasion of South Africa by Germany
• 1914 invasion of Togoland by France and Britain

1700 - 1915

• 1915 invasion of Haiti by the United States
• 1912 invasion of Albania by Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro
• 1912 invasion of Macedonia by the Balkan League (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria)
• 1912 invasion of Macedonia by Albania
• 1911 invasion of Libya by Italy
• 1910 invasion of Tibet by China
• 1904 invasion of Tibet by British-Indian army
• 1900 invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance
• 1898 invasion of the Philippines by the United States
• 1898 invasion of Puerto Rico by the United States
• 1898 invasion of Cuba by the United States
• 1895-1896 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy
• 1893 Invasion of Hawaii by the United States
• 1862-1867 Invasion of Mexico by France
• 1858 invasion of Vietnam by France
• 1856 invasion of China by French-British Alliance
• 1846 invasion of Mexico by United States
• 1830 invasion of Algeria by France
• 1814 invasion of the United States by Britain
• 1812 invasion of Canada by the United States
• 1812 invasion of Russia by France
• 1805 invasion of Bavaria by Austria
• 1798 invasion of Malta by France
• 1798 invasion of Egypt by France
• 1795 invasion of Bavaria by France
• 1788 invasion of Nepal by China
• 1783 invasion of the Netherlands by England
• 1775 invasion of Canada by the United States
• 1775 invasion of the United States by Britain
• 1757 invasion of Bohemia by Prussia
• 1756 invasion of Saxony by Prussia
• 1745 invasion of Scotland by England
• 1745 invasion of England by Scotland
• 1720 invasion of Tibet by China

1300 - 1699

• 1688 invasion of England by the Netherlands
• 1693 invasion of Mongolia by China
• 1683 invasion of Formosa by China
• 1672 invasion of the Netherlands by England
• 1655 invasion of western Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Sweden
• 1654 invasion of eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia
• 1650 invasion of Scotland by England
• 1644 invasion of China by Manchu tribes
• 1609 invasion of Russia by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• 1594 invasion of Cambodia by Siam
• 1592–1598 invasion of Korea by Japan
• 1515 invasion of Italy by France
• 1499 invasion of Italy by France
• 1421 invasion of Egypt by the Kingdom of Cyprus
• 1407 invasion of Vietnam by China

1200 - 1299

• 1297 invasion of Monaco by an Italian army
• 1296 invasion of Scotland by England
• 1291 invasion of Acre by the Mamluks
• 1268 invasion of Antioch by the Mamluks
• 1246 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Empire
• 1224 invasion of the Kingdom of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Despotate of Epirus
• 1204 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Fourth Crusade
• 1204 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
• 1203 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
• 1202 invasion of Hungary-Croatia by Venice and the Fourth Crusade

Mongol invasions

• 1293 invasion of Java by Mongols
• 1283,1285,1287 invasions of Vietnam by Mongols
• 1281 invasion of Syria by Mongols
• 1279 invasions of Southern China by Mongols
• 1274, 1281 invasions of Japan by Mongols
• 1251–1259 invasion of Persia, Syria and Mesopotamia by Mongols (Timour)
• 1258 invasion of Baghdad by Mongols
• 1244 invasion of Anatolia by Mongols
• 1241 invasion of Austria by Mongols
• 1240 invasion of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary by Mongols
• 1237-1238 invasion of Russia by Mongols
• 1220-1224 invasion of Georgians and the Cumans of the Caucasus, the Kuban, Astrakhan, Russia, Ukraine by Mongols
• 1218–1220 invasion of Khwarizm by Mongols
• 1236 invasion of Korea by Mongols
• 1211–1234 invasion of Northern China by Mongols
• 1205–1209 invasion of Western China by Mongols

900 - 1199

• 1191 invasion of Jaffa by England (Third Crusade)
• 1191 invasion of Acre by France, Conrad of Montferrat and England (Third Crusade)
• 1191 invasion of Cyprus by England (Third Crusade)
• 1189 invasion of Iconium by the Holy Roman Empire (Third Crusade)
• 1189 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks (Egypt)
• 1171,1173,1187 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks (Egypt)
• 1115–1118 invasion of Egypt by Kingdom of Jerusalem
• 1102,1103,1105 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Egypt
• 1099 invasion of Jerusalem by Norman forces (First Crusade)
• 1097–1098 invasion of Antioch by the First Crusade
• 1085 invasion of Antioch by the Seljuk Turks
• 1068 invasion of Egypt by the Seljuk Turks
• 1066 invasion of England by Norwegian and Norman forces.
• 1019 invasion of Kyushu, Japan by Jurchen pirates
• 969 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
• 914, 919, 969 invasions of Egypt by Tunisian Fatimids

Before 900

• 870 invasion of Malta by Arabs from Sicily
• 711-718 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Moors
• 642-711 invasion of Algeria by the Umayyads
• 639-641 invasion of Egypt by the second caliphate
• 636 invasion of Antioch by the second caliphate
• 633 - 651 invasion of Sassanid Empire by the first caliphate
• About 600 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
• 598-614 invasion of Korea by China
• 540 invasion of Antioch by Persia
• 429 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Visigoths
• 409 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by Vandals and Alans
• 409 invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula by Suebians
• 406 CE invasion of Gallia by Vandals, Alans and Suebians
• 55 BCE - 43 CE invasions of Britain by the Roman Empire
• 208 BCE invasion of Vietnam by China
• 219 BCE invasion of Lusitania by the Roman Empire
• Approximately between 18th-13th century BCE invasion of Canaan by Joshua and the Israelites.

See also

• List of battles
• List of wars