List of wars involving Greece

This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other Greek colonies (First Greek colonisation, Second Greek colonisation, Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea, Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greeks in Egypt, Greeks in Syria, Greeks in Malta), Greek Kingdoms of Hellenistic period, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Byzantine Empire/ Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day.

Bronze Age, Aegean civilizations

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Mycenaean Period

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Notes
Trojan War ca. 1194 BCE
or between 1260 BCE 		ca. 1199 BCE
and 1240 BCE 		No one knows exactly the years the war took place. 1260 and 1240 BCE.
The Greek poet Homer wrote about this war in his epic poem Iliad.

Ancient Greece

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Dark Ages

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Notes
Dorian invasion ? ? This is when the mysterious Dorians invaded Greece. This is why it is named Dorian invasion. It is still unknown what the Dorians' real name is. This is not classified as a war but it was still important in the Greeks' history.

Archaic Period

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Battle/siege Year of battle/ siege
First Messenian War[1] 743 BCE 724 BCE
Lelantine War 710 BCE 650 BCE

Meliac war

690 BCE (?) 670 BCE (?)
Second Messenian War 685 BCE 668 BCE Battle of Deres
Battle of the Great Foss 682 BCE
Argos against the Sparta Battle of Hysiae 669 BC
Greco-Punic Wars 600 BCE 307 BCE
First Sacred War 595 BCE 585 BCE Siege of Kirrha 585 BC
Arcadia against the Sparta Battle of the Fetters 550 BC
Argos against the Sparta Battle of Champions/ Battle of Thyrea 546 BC
Battle of Pallene 546 BC
Battle of Alalia Sometime between 540 BC and 535 BC

Classical Period

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5th century BC

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/siege Years of battle / siege
Greco-Persian Wars/ Persian Wars 499 BCE 449 BCE Siege of Naxos 499 BCE
Ionian Revolt 499 BCE 488 BCE Siege of Sardis 498 BCE
Battle of Ephesus 498 BCE
Revolts at Cyprus 498 BCE - 497 BCE
Battle of Marsyas 496 BCE
Battle of Labraunda 496 BCE
Battle of Pedasus 496 BCE
Battle of Lade 494 BCE
Battle of Miletus 494 BCE
Battle of Chios 493 BCE
Battle of Malene 493 BCE
First Persian invasion of Greece 492 BCE 490 BCE Siege of Lindos 490 BCE
Siege of Naxos 490 BCE
Siege of Karystos 490 BCE
Siege of Eretria 490 BCE
Battle of Marathon 490 BCE
Second Persian invasion of Greece 480 BCE 479 BCE Battle of Thermopylae 480 BCE
Battle of Artemisium 480 BCE
Battle of Salamis 480 BCE
Siege of Potidea 480 BCE
Siege of Olynthus 479 BCE
Battle of Plataea 479 BCE
Battle of Mycale 479 BCE
Greek counterattack 479 BCE 478 BCE Siege of Sestos 479 BC-478 BCE
Siege of Byzantium 478 BCE
Delian League against Persian Empire
(Wars of the Delian League) 		477 BCE 449 BCE Siege of Eion 477 BCE–476 BCE or 476 BCE–475 BCE
Battle of the Eurymedon 466 BCE
Battle of Papremis 460 BCE
Siege of Memphis 455 BCE
Siege of Prosopitis
Battle of Mendesium
Siege of Kition
Battle of Salamis (Cyprus) 450 BCE
Greco-Punic Wars 600 BCE 307 BCE First Sicilian War 480 BCE 480 BCE Battle of Himera 480 BCE
Second Sicilian War 410 BCE 340 BCE Battle of Selinus 409 BCE
Second Battle of Himera 409 BCE
Siege of Akragas 406 BCE
Battle of Gela 405 BCE
Sack of Camarina 405 BCE
Delian League against Greek states
(Wars of the Delian League)
(Before the First Peloponnesian War) 		476 BCE 460 BCE Attack in the island of Skyros 476 BCE or 475 BCE
Attack in the island of Naxos 471 BCE
Thasian rebellion 465 BCE 465 BCE Siege of Thasos 465 BCE
Battle of Sepeia 494 BCE
Battle of Cumae 474 BCE
First Peloponnesian War 460 BCE 445 BCE Battle of Aegina 458 BCE
Battle of Tanagra 457 BCE
Battle of Oenophyta 457 BCE
Second Sacred War 449 BCE 448 BCE Battle of Delphi
Battle of Coronea 447 BCE
Samian War 440 BCE 439 BCE
Battles which led to the Peloponnesian War Battle of Sybota 433 BCE
Battle of Potidaea 432 BCE
Peloponnesian War 431 BCE 404 BCE Archidamian War 431 BCE 421 BCE Battle of Spartolos 429 BCE
Siege of Plataea 429 BC-427 BCE
Battle of Naupactus 429 BCE
Battle of Rhium/ Battle of Chalcis 429 BCE
Mytilenean revolt 428 BC-427 BCE
Battle of Tanagra 426 BCE
Aetolian campaign 426 BCE
Battle of Olpae 426 BCE
Battle of Idomene 426 BCE
Battle of Delium 424 BCE
Battle of Megara 424 BCE
Battle of Pylos 425 BCE
Battle of Sphacteria 425 BCE
Battle of Amphipolis 422 BCE
The years after the "Peace of Nicias" 420 BCE 414 BCE Battle of Mantinea 418 BCE
Battle of Hysiae 417 BCE
Battle of Orneae 417 BCE
Battle of Melos 416 BCE
Sicilian Expedition 415 BCE 413 BCE Attack on Hyccara 415 BCE
Battle of Syracuse 415 BCE-413 BCE
Decelean War / Ionian War 413 BCE 404 BCE Siege of Miletus 412 BCE
Battle of Panormus 412 BCE
Battle of Miletus 412 BCE
Battle of Eretria 411 BCE
Battle of Syme 411 BCE
Battle of Cynossema 411 BCE
Battle of Cyzicus 410 BCE
Battle of Abydos 410 BCE
Siege of Chalcedon 408 BCE
Siege of Byzantium 408 BCE
Battle of Notium 407 BCE
Battle of Mytilene 406 BCE
Battle of Notium/Ephesus 406 BCE
Battle of Arginusae 406 BCE
Battle of Aegospotami 405 BCE
Phyle Campaign 404 BCE 403 BCE Battle of Phyle 404 BCE or 403 BCE
Battle of Munichia 404 BCE or 403 BCE
Battle of Piraeus 403 BCE
Elean War c. 401 BC c.400 BC
Notes Battle Year of battle
In the battles was not a Greek State, but a large army of Greek mercenaries that helped the Cyrus the Younger.
Xenophon wrote about this army of Greek mercenaries, in his work Anabasis. 		Battle of Cunaxa 401 BCE
Battles between the Ten Thousand and the Persian army during their route back to Greece. 401 - 399 BCE

4th century BC

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/siege Year of battle
Greco-Punic Wars 600 BC 307 BC Second Sicilian War 410 BC 340 BC Siege of Motya 398 BC
Siege of Segesta 398 or 397 BC
Battle of Messene 397 BC
Battle of Catana 397 BC
Siege of Syracuse 397 BC
Siege of Tauromenium 394 BC
Battle of Abacaenum 393 BC
Battle of Chrysas 392 BC
Battle of Cabala any year from 378 BC to 375 BC
Battle of Cronium 374 BC
Siege of Syracuse 343 BC
Battle of the Crimissus 339 BC
Spartan-Persian War c.400 BC 394 BC Battle of Sardis 395 BC
Corinthian War 395 BC 386 BC Battle of Haliartus 395 BC
Battle of Coronea 394 BC
Battle of Cnidus 394 BC
Battle of Nemea 394 BC
Battle of Lechaeum 391 BC
Bosporan–Sindian War 389 BC 380 BC
Bosporan–Heracleote War 389 BC 360 BC
Dionysius I of Syracuse battles Battle of the Elleporus 389 BC
Siege of Rhegium 386 BC
Boeotian War 378 BC 371 BC Battle of Naxos 376 BC
Battle of Tegyra 375 BC
Theban hegemony 371 BC 362 BC Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
Battle of Cynoscephalae 364 BC
Battle of Mantinea 362 BC
Philip's II campaigns 359 BC 338 BC Battle of Methone 359 BC
Battle of Erigon Valley 358 BC
Third Sacred War 356 BC 346 BC Battle of Crocus Field 352 BC
Siege of Amphipolis 357 BC
Siege of Pydna 357 BC or 356 BC
Siege of Potidea 356 BC
Siege of Methone 355–354 BC or 354–353 BC
Olynthian War 349 BC 348 BC
Siege of Perinthos 340 BC-339 BC
Siege of Byzantion 340 BC-339 BC
Fourth Sacred War 339 BC 338 BC Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC
Social War 357 BC 355 BC Battle of Embata 356 BC
Third Sacred War 356 BC 346 BC Battle of Delphi 355 BC
Battle of Neon 354 BC
Battle of Crocus Field / Volo 352 BC
Battle of Tamynae 354 BC or 350 BC
Battle of Thermopylae 352 BC
Foreign War 346 BC 343 BC Siege of Lyttos 346 BC
Siege of Kydonia 343 BC
Alexander the Great's Balkan campaign 335 BC 335 BC Siege of Pelium 335 BC
Battle of Thebes 335 BC
Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia 334 BC 323 BC Persian Empire campaign Battle of the Granicus 334 BC
Siege of Miletus 334 BC
Siege of Halicarnassus 334 BC
Battle of Issus 333 BC
Siege of Tyre 332 BC
Siege of Gaza 332 BC
Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC
Battle of the Persian Gate 331 BC
Battle of Jaxartes 329 BC
Battle of Gabai 328 BC
Siege of Sogdian Rock 327 BC
Indian campaign Cophen Campaign 327 BC-326 BC
Siege of Aornos 326 BC
Battle of the Hydaspes 326 BC
Mallian Campaign 326 BC-325 BC
Sparta against Alexander the Great regent Antipater Battle of Megalopolis 331 BC
Epirus against Italian tribes Battle of Pandosia 331 BC

Hellenistic Period, Roman Period, Indo-Greek Kingdom and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

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( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon helped the Roman Republic.

War Start of the war End of the war Name of the conflict Start of the conflict End of the conflict Name of battle / siege Years of battle / siege
Lamian War 323 BC 322 BC Battle of Plataea 323 BC
Battle of Thermopylae 323 BC
Siege of Lamia 323–322 BC
Battle of Amorgos 322 BC
Defeat of Leonnatus by Antiphilus 322 BC
Battle of Crannon 322 BC
Wars of the Diadochi 322 BC 281 BC First War of the Diadochi 322 BC 320 BC
Second War of the Diadochi 319 BC 315 BC Battle of Paraitakene 317 BC
Battle of Gabiene 316 BC
Siege of Pydna 317–316 or 315 BC
Third War of the Diadochi 314 BC 311 BC Battle of Gaza 312 BC
Babylonian War 311 BC 309 BC
Fourth War of the Diadochi 308 BC 301 BC Battle of Salamis 306 BC
Siege of Rhodes 305–304 BC
Battle of Ipsus 301 BC
The struggle over Macedon 298 BC 285 BC
The struggle of Lysimachus and Seleucus 285 BC 281 BC Battle of Corupedium 281 BC
Greek–Punic Wars 600 BC 307 BC Third Sicilian War 315 BC 307 BC Battle of Himera 311 BC
Siege of Syracuse 311 BC - 309 BC
Battle of White Tunis 310 BC
Seleucid–Mauryan war 305 BC 303 BC
Boeotian revolt Siege of Thebes 292–291 or 290 BC
Wars of Pyrrhus 292 BC 272 BC Invasion of Thessaly 292 BC
Pyrrhic War 280 BC 275 BC Battle of Heraclea 280 BC
Battle of Asculum 279 BC
Siege of Syracuse 278 BC
Siege of Lilybaeum 278 BC
Battle of the Cranita hills 277 BC
Battle of the Strait of Messina 276 BC
Battle of Beneventum 275 BC
Siege of Sparta 272 BC
Battle of Argos 272 BC
Damascene War 280 BC 279 BC
Gallic invasions of Greece 280 BC 275 BC Battle of Thermopylae 279 BC
Battle for Delphi 279 BC
Syrian Wars 274 BC 168 BC First Syrian War 274 BC 271 BC
Second Syrian War 260 BC 253 BC
Third Syrian War 246 BC 241 BC Battle of Andros 246 BC
Fourth Syrian War 219 BC 217 BC Battle of Raphia/ Battle of Gaza 217 BC
Fifth Syrian War 202 BC 195 BC Battle of Panium 200 BC
Sixth Syrian War 170 BC 168 BC
Chremonidean War 267 BC 261 BC
Antigonid Macedonia against Ptolemaic Egypt Battle of Cos within the period 262–255 BC
Seleucid Empire civil war Battle of Ancyra 237 BC
Seleucid–Parthian wars 238 BC 129 BC Parni conquest of Parthia 238 BC
Battle of Ecbatana 129 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Attalid kingdom Battle of the Harpasus 229 BC
Illyrian Wars 229 BC 168 BC Battle of Paxos 229 BC
Cleomenean War 229/228 BC 222 BC Battle of Ladoceia 227 BC
Battle of Dyme 226 BC
Battle of Sellasia 222 BC
Lyttian War 221/220 BC 219 BC
Social War 220 BC 217 BC
Second Punic War 218 BC 201 BC Siege of Syracuse 214–212 BC
Macedonian Wars 214 BC 148 BC First Macedonian War 214 BC 205 BC First Battle of Lamia 209 BC
Second Battle of Lamia 209 BC
Battle of Mantinea 207 BC
Second Macedonian War 200 BC 197 BC Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC
Third Macedonian War 172 BC 168 BC Battle of Callinicus 171 BC
Battle of Pydna 168 BC
Fourth Macedonian War 150 BC 148 BC Battle of Pydna 148 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom 208 BC 206 BC Battle of the Arius 208 BC
Siege of Bactra 208–206 BC
Cretan War 205 BC 200 BC Battle of Chios 201 BC
Battle of Lade 201 BC
War against Nabis/ Laconian War 195 BC 195 BC Battle of Gythium 195 BC
Siege of Sparta 195 BC
Roman–Seleucid War 192 BC 188 BC Battle of Thermopylae 191 BC
Battle of Magnesia 190 BC
Battle of the Eurymedon 190 BC
Battle of Myonessus 190 BC
Battle of Magnesia 190 BC
Aetolian War 191 BC 189 BC
Galatian War * 189 BC 189 BC Battle of Mount Olympus 189 BC
Maccabean Revolt 167 BC 160 BC Battle of Wadi Haramia 167 BC
Battle of Beth Horon 166 BC
Battle of Emmaus 166 BC
Battle of Beth Zur 164 BC
Battle of Beth Zechariah 162 BC
Battle of Adasa 161 BC
Battle of Dathema
Battle of Elasa 160 BC
Seleucid Dynastic Wars 157 BC 63 BC
Achaean League against the Roman Republic Battle of Corinth 146 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Ptolemaic Egypt Battle of Antioch 145 BC
War of the Heavenly Horses 104 BC 101 BC
Seleucid Empire against the Nabataean Kingdom Battle of Cana 84 BC

Medieval Greece

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Byzantine period and Frankokratia

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Byzantine Greece, Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire (Empire of Trebizond, Despotate of Epirus, Despotate of the Morea, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Thessalonica, Principality of Theodoro), and Frankokratia (after 1204, when Crusader states were established on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire).

In 330 the Emperor Constantine the Great changed the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople. Greek population was part of the Empire and the Eastern part of the Roman Empire was already heavily Hellenized and Emperor Heraclius completed the Hellenization (replaced Latin with Greek as the official language, etc.) of the Byzantine Empire.

330–619

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/ Siege Years Of Battle/ Siege
Samaritan Revolts 484 572
Byzantine–Sasanian wars 421 628 War of 421–422 421 422
War of 440 440 440
Anastasian War 502 506
Iberian War 526 532 Battle of Dara 530
Battle of Callinicum 531
Lazic War 541 562
War of 572–591 572 592 Battle of Solachon 586
Battle of Martyropolis 588
Battle of Blarathon 592
War of 602–628 602 628 Battle of Antioch 613
Jewish revolt 614-628
Siege of Constantinople 626
Battle of Nineveh 627
Nika riots 532 532
Vandalic War 533 534 Battle of Ad Decimum 533
Battle of Tricamarum 533
Gothic War 535 554 Battle of Taginae 552
Battle of Mons Lactarius 553

620–1204

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In 620, the Heraclius introduced Greek as the official language of the Empire. He also, adopted the Greek title of Basileus instead of the Latin Caesar, Augustus, or Imperator.

War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/ Siege Years Of Battle/ Siege
Arab–Byzantine wars 629 1050 Siege of Damascus (634) 634
Battle of Yarmouk 636
Siege of Constantinople 674–678
Siege of Constantinople 717-718
Siege of Nicaea 727
Battle of Akroinon 740
1169 1169
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars 680 1355 Battle of Ongal 680
Battle of Anchialus 708
Battle of Marcellae 756
Battle of Marcellae 792
Siege of Serdica 809
Battle of Pliska 811
Battle of Versinikia 813
Siege of Constantinople 813
Siege of Adrianople 813
Battle of Achelous 917
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria 968 1018 Battle of the Gates of Trajan 986
Battle of Spercheios 997
Battle of Kleidion 1014
Battle of Dyrrhachium 1018
Uprising of Peter Delyan 1040 1041 First Battle of Thessalonica 1040
Second Battle of Thessalonica 1040
Battle of Ostrovo 1041
Uprising of Asen and Peter 1185 1204
The revolt of Bardanes Tourkos 803 803
Siege of Patras (805 or 807) 805 or 807 805 or 807
The revolt against Emperor Michael II the Amorian 820 823 Siege of Constantinople 821–822
Rus'–Byzantine Wars Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'
Rus'–Byzantine War 860 860
Rus'–Byzantine War 907 907
Rus'–Byzantine War 941 941
Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria 967/968 971 Battle of Silistra 968
Battle of Arcadiopolis 970
Siege of Dorostolon 971
Rus'–Byzantine War 1024 1024
Rus'–Byzantine War 1043 1043
Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes 974 975
Byzantine–Georgian wars 1014 1051 Battle of Shirimni/ Battle of Palakazio 1021
Battle of Sasireti 1042
The revolt of Leo Tornikios 1047 1047 Siege of Constantinople 1047
Byzantine–Seljuq wars 1048 1308 Battle of Manzikert 1071
Siege of Nicaea 1113
Battle of Myriokephalon 1176
Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir 1177
Battle of Antioch on the Meander 1211
Byzantine–Norman wars 1050 1185 Battle of Dyrrhachium 1081
Siege of Thessalonica 1185
Battle of Demetritzes 1185
Rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder 1077 1078 Battle of Kalavrye 1078
First Crusade 1096 1099 Siege of Nicaea 1097
Fourth Crusade 1202 1204 First Siege of Constantinople 1203
Second Siege of Constantinople 1204

1205–1460

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War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/ Siege Years Of Battle/ Siege
Nicaean–Latin wars Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros 1205
Battle of Adramyttium 1205
Battle of the Rhyndacus 1211
Battle of Poimanenon 1223 or 1224
Siege of Constantinople 1235
Siege of Rhodes 1248–1249 or 1250
Battle of Pelagonia 1259
Siege of Constantinople 1260
Capture of Constantinople by Nicaean troops under Alexios Strategopoulos 1261
Battle of Prinitza 1263
Battle of Settepozzi 1263
Battle of Makryplagi 1263 or 1264
Battle of Neopatras Between 1272 and 1275
Battle of Demetrias Between 1272 and 1275
Battle of Pharsalus 1277
Siege of Berat 1280–1281
Byzantine–Genoese War 1348 1349
Battle of the Echinades 1427
Byzantine–Ottoman wars

(until the siege of Constantinople, there were battles between the Byzantines and the Ottomans even after the capture of Constantinople)

1265 1453 Battle of Bapheus 1302
Catalan campaign in Asia Minor 1303 1313
Siege of Prusa 1326
Siege of Nicaea 1328–1331
Battle of Pelekanon 1329
Siege of Nicomedia 1333–1337
Battle of Adrianople 1365
Siege of Philadelphia 1390
Blockade of Constantinople 1390–1402
Siege of Constantinople 1422
Siege of Thessalonica 1422–1430
Siege of Constantinople 1453
Byzantines against Catalan Company Battle of Apros 1305
Byzantine civil war 1321 1328
Byzantine civil war 1341 1347
Revolt of the Zealots of Thessalonica 1342 1350
Byzantine civil war 1352 1357
Revolt of Saint Titus 1363 1368
Byzantine civil war 1373 1379
Morea revolt 1453 1454

Modern Era

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Ottoman Greece

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1461–1799

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( * ) Greeks helped the Christian armies.
( ** ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

In 1460 the Ottomans conquered the Despotate of the Morea, in 1461 the Empire of Trebizond (the Akcakale castle captured by the Turks in 1467 though), in 1475 the Principality of Theodoro, in 1479 the Despotate of Epirus and by 1500 most Greece was ruled by the Ottoman empire. Holdouts included Rhodes, conquered in 1522, Cyprus in 1571, Crete, retained by the Venetians until 1669, and the Ionian islands which remained primarily under the rule of the Republic of Venice.

War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/siege Years of Battle / siege
Ottoman–Venetian Wars * 1463 1718 First Ottoman–Venetian War 1463 1479
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War 1570 1573 Battle of Lepanto 1571
Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War / Cretan War 1645 1669
Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War / Morean War 1684 1699
Siege of Rhodes * 1522 1522
Revolts at Vonitsa and Epirus 1585 1585
Himara Revolt 1596 1596
Thessaly Revolt 1600 1600
Revolt of Dionysius the Philosopher 1611 1611
Russo-Turkish War ** 1768 1774 Orlov Revolt 1770 1770 Battle of Chesma 1770
Revolt of Daskalogiannis 1770 1770
Naval battles between Lambros Katsonis fleet and Ottoman Empire's fleet. 1778 1790
Ottoman invasion of Mani 1780 1780 Siege of Grigorakos tower 1780
Battle of Vromopigada 1780
Siege of Kastania 1780

19th century

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1800–1832
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War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/siege Years of battle / siege
Souliote War 1803 1803
Ottoman invasions of Mani 1803 1803 Invasion of 1803
1807 1807 Invasion of 1807
1815 1815 Invasion of 1815
Greek War of Independence 1821 1832 Battle of Kalamata 1821
Siege of Patra 1821
Battle of Alamana 1821
Siege of the Acropolis 1821–1822
Battle of Gravia Inn 1821
Battle of Doliana 1821
Battle of Valtetsi 1821
Siege of Tripolitsa 1821
Battle of Sculeni 1821
Battle of Dragashani 1821
Battle of the Trench 1821
Battle of Vasilika 1821
Battle of Peta 1822
First Siege of Missolonghi 1822
Battle of Dervenakia 1822
Battle of Alatas island (near Trikeri) 1823
Battle of Karpenisi 1823
Second Siege of Missolonghi 1823
Third Siege of Missolonghi 1825–1826
Battle of Sphacteria 1825
Battle of Maniaki 1825
Battle of the Lerna Mills 1825
Battle of Kleisova islet 1826
Battle of Arachova 1826
Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani 1826 1826 Battle of Vergas 1826
Battle of Diro 1826
Battle of Polytsaravo 1826
Siege of the Acropolis 1826–1827
Battle of Trikeri 1827
Battle of Kamatero 1827
Battle of Phaleron 1827
Battle of Itea 1827
Battle of Navarino 1827
Chios expedition 1827
Battle of Frangokastello 1828
Battle of Petra 1829
Greek civil wars 1823 1825 First Greek civil war 1823 1824
Second Greek civil war 1824 1825

Ottoman Greece and Kingdom of Greece

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The Kingdom of Greece established in 1832.

1832–1899

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( * ) Greeks helped the Russian army.

War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Battle/ Siege Years Of Battle/ Siege
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1841 1841
Crimean War * 1853 1856 Siege of Sevastopol 1854-1855
Battle of Eupatoria 1855
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire 1854 1854 Battle of Filiadona 1854
Battle of Melissatika 1854
Battle of the gardens of Ano Volos 1854
Battle of Fyllouria 1854
Battle of Sphlaio 1854
Battle of Pedino 1854
Battle of Dhmario 1854
Battle of Skoulhkaria 1854
Battle of Domokos 1854
Battle of Thaumako 1854
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1858 1858
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1866 1869
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1878 1878
Revolts in Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus against Ottoman Empire 1878 1878 Epirus Revolt 1878 1878 Revolt of Tzoumerka 1878
Revolt of Valtos 1878
Revolt of Radovitsi 1878
Revolt of Arta 1878
Battle of Lykoursi 1878
Thessaly Revolt 1878 1878 Battle of Kato Moni Ksenias 1878
Battle of Palio Platano 1878
Battle of souvria 1878
First Battle of Makrinitsa 1878
Second Battle of Makrinitsa 1878
Battle of Kedros 1878
Battle of Sekliza 1878
Battle of Mataragka 1878
Battle of Mouzaki 1878
Macedonian Revolt 1878 1878
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1885 1885
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1888 1888
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1889 1889
Cretan Revolt against Ottoman Empire 1895 1896
Greco-Turkish War 1897 1897 Battle of Livadeia, Crete 1897
Battle of Tyrnavos 1897
Battle of Farsala 1897
Battle of Domokos 1897
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) 1897 1898

20th century

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1900–1938

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( * ) Greece officially entered World War I in 1917.

War Start of the war Finish of the war Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Part Start Finish Battle Year Of Battle
Macedonian Struggle 1904 1908
Theriso revolt 1905 1906
Balkan Wars 1912 1913 First Balkan War 1912 1913 Battle of Elassona 1912
Battle of Sarantaporo 1912
Invasion of Imbros 1912
Battle of Giannitsa 1912
Battle of Pente Pigadia 1912
Battle of Vevi 1912
Himara revolt 1912
Battle of Elli 1912
Battle of Korytsa 1912
Battle of Bizani 1913
Battle of Lemnos 1913
Second Balkan War 1913 1913 Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas 1913
Battle of Doiran 1913
Battle of Demir Hisar / Sidirokastro 1913
Battle of Kresna Gorge 1913
Icarian revolution against the Ottoman Empire 1912 1912
World War I
(Greece in World War I) * 		1914 1918 Mediterranean Theater 1914 1918 Battle of Imbros 1918
Balkans Campaign / Macedonian front 1914 1918 Battle of Skra-di-Legen 1918
Vardar Offensive 1918 1918 Battle of Doiran 1918
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War 1918 1920
Greco-Turkish War 1919 1922 Greek landing at Smyrna 1919
Battle of Tellidede 1919
Battle of Aydın 1919
Greek Summer Offensive 1920
Battle of the Gediz 1920
First Battle of İnönü 1921
Second Battle of İnönü 1921
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir / Battle of Dorylaion 1921
Battle of Sakarya / Battle of the Sangarios 1921
Battle of Dumlupınar 1922
Corfu incident 1923 1923
Incident at Petrich 1925 1925

1939–1945

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( * ) Greece entered the World War II at 1940.

War Start of the war Finish of the war Fronts Start Finish Name of conflict Start of the conflict Finish of the conflict Part Start (of "Part") Finish (of "Part") Part II Year(s) (of "Part II") Battle Year Of Battle
World War II (Greece in World War II) * 1939 1945 Western Front 1939 1945 West European Campaign 1944 1945 The Invasion of Normandy 1944 1944 Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord) 1944
Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and African Fronts 1940 1945
Balkans Campaign 1940 1941 Greco-Italian War 1940 1941 Italian offensive and Greek counteroffensive 1940-1941 Battle of Pindus 1940
Battle of Elaia–Kalamas 1940
Battle of Morava–Ivan 1940
Battle of Korytsa 1940
Battle of Saranda 1940
Battle of Himara 1940
Capture of Klisura Pass 1941
Battle of Trebeshina 1941
Italian Spring Offensive (Operation Primavera) 1941 Battle of Hill (Height) 731 1941
Battle of Greece/ German Invasion of Greece 1941 1941 Battle of the Mainland
(Operation Marita) 		1941
Battle of Metaxas Line 1941
Battle of Vevi / Battle of Klidi Pass 1941
Battle of Kleisoura Pass 1941
Battle of Thermopylae 1941
Battle of Crete
(Operation Mercury) 		1941
Battle of Maleme 1941
Battle of Rethymno 1941
Battle of Heraklion 1941
North African Campaign 1940 1943 Western Desert Campaign 1940 1943 Second Battle of El Alamein 1942
Tunisia Campaign 1942 1943 Battle of Ksar Ghilane (Ksar Rhilane) 1943
Battle of Wadi Akarit 1943
Adriatic Campaign 1940 1945
Mediterranean Campaign 1940 1945 Dodecanese Campaign 1943 1943 Battle of Kos 1943
Battle of Leros 1943
Action off Cape Bougaroun 1943
Raid on Santorini 1944
Raid on Ios 1944
Raid on Mykonos 1944
Raid on Amorgos 1944
Operation Tenement 1944 1944 Raid on Symi 1944
Operation Dragoon 1944 1944
Greek Resistance against Axis occupation 1941 1945 Drama Uprising 1941
ESPO bombing 1942
Gorgopotamos Bridge sabotage 1942
Kidnap of General Kreipe 1944
Damasta sabotage 1944
Italian Campaign 1943 1945 Allied invasion of Sicily 1943
Battle of Anzio 1944
Battle of Rimini 1944

1946–1949

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There were fights between Greeks before 1946, but these were the prelude and not officially the start of the civil war

War Start of the war Finish of the war Battle Year Of Battle
Greek Civil War 1946 1949 Battle of Litochoro 1946
Battle of Karditsa 1948
Battle of Sofades 1948
Battle of Edessa 1948
Battle of Naousa 1948
Battle of Ardea 1948
Battle of Naousa 1949
Battle of Karpenisi 1949
Battle of Leonidio 1949
Battle of Agios Vasilios of Cynuria 1949
Battle of Florina 1949
Battle of Tsarnos line 1949
Battle of Vitsi 1949
Battle of Grammos 1949

1950–1989

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( * ) Greece didn't participate at the battles and didn't declare war on Turkey, only some Greek units participated.

War/Mission Start of the war/mission Finish of the war/mission Force Start operating of the force Finish operating of the force Battle Year Of Battle
Korean War 1950 1953 Greek Expeditionary Force in Korea
(EKSE) 		1950 1958 Battle of Chosin Reservoir 1950
First Battle of Wonju 1951
Second Battle of Wonju 1951
Battle of Hill 381 in Icheon 1951
Battle of Hill 326 1951
Battle of Hill 313 in Yeoncheon (Scotch Hill) 1951
Battle of Nori Hill 1952
Sieges of Outpost Harry 1953
Battle of Bukjeong Pass 1953
CONGO-UNIKOM 1960 1961 Air Task Force of Congo
Turkish invasion of Cyprus * 1974 1974 Greek Force of Cyprus (ELDYK) 1959 Present Battle of Paphos 1974
Attacks against the area of Kioneli 1974
Battle of the ELDYK camp 1974
Battle of Nicosia International Airport 1974
Battle of Lapithos 1974
Battle of Karava 1974
Battle of Vasilia Passage 1974
Battle of the English College 1974
Battle of the ELDYK camp 1974

1990–1999

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( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.

The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role

War/Mission Start of the war/mission Finish of the war/mission Name of the International Force Start operating of the force Finish operating of the force Name of the Greek Force * Start operating of the force Finish operating of the force Operation Start Finish
Gulf War 1990 1991
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) 1991 2003
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq (UNGCI) 1991 2003
NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 2004 Implementation Force (IFOR) 1995 1996 Greek Force in Bosnia
(ELDYB) 		1995 2004 Operation Joint Endeavour 1995 1996
Stabilisation Force (SFOR) 1996 2004 Greek Force in Bosnia
(ELDYB) 		1995 2004 Operation Joint Guard 1996 1998
Operation Joint Forge 1998 2004
United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) 1993 1995 Unified Task Force (UNITAF) 1993 1994 Greek Task Force of Somalia (ELLASOM) 1993 1994
Rebellion in Albania 1997 1997 Operation Kosmas 1997 1997
Greek Force in Albania
(ELDAL) 		1997 1997 Operation Alba 1997 1997
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUSCO) 		1999 2011
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War 1999 Present Kosovo Force
(KFOR) 		1999 Present Greek Force in Kosovo
(ELDYKO) 		1999 2003

21st century

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( * ) If the Greek force had/have a specific name.
( ** ) Operations started in the 20th century but continuing into the 21st century are listed in both centuries.
( *** ) ISAF was in Afghanistan from 2001–2014, but ELDAF-TESAF was from 2002-2012. Some trainers of the Hellenic Air Force who are training Afghanese pilots stayed there longer than the ELDAF-TESAF. RSM was in Afghanistan from 2015-2021.
( **** ) The Greek Forces in Afghanistan was named ELDAF until 2005 and later they renamed to TESAF.
( ***** ) The Maritime Task Force (MTF) is the naval component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

The Greek forces had/have mostly peacekeeping, humanitarian, logistics, reconstruction and support role.

War/ Mission Start of the war/mission Finish of the war/mission Name of the International Force Start operating of the force Finish operating of the force Name of the Greek Force * Start operating of the force Finish operating of the force Operation Start Finish Outcome
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) ** 1991 2003 Victory
United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq
(UNGCI) ** 		1991 2003 Victory
NATO intervention in Bosnia and
Herzegovina ** 		1992 2004 Stabilisation Force (SFOR) 1996 2004 Greek Force in Bosnia
(ELDYB) 		1995 2004 Operation Joint Forge 1998 2004 Victory
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUSCO) ** 		1999 2011 Operation Artemis 2003 2003 Victory
Peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after Kosovo War ** 1999 Present Kosovo Force
(KFOR) 		1999 Present Greek Force in Kosovo
(ELDYKO) 		1999 2003 Ongoing
Greek Force in Kosovo-2
(ELDYKO-2) 		2003 2011
Greek Force in Kosovo-3
(ELDYKO-3) 		2011 Present
Insurgency in North Macedonia and missions in North Macedonia 2001 2003 Greek Force in Skopje

(ELDYS)

2001 2003 Operation Essential Harvest 2001 2001 Victory
  • Macedonian government agrees to give greater political rights to Macedonian Albanians following the ceasefire
Operation Amber Fox 2001 2002
Operation Allied Harmony 2002 2003
Operation Concordia 2003 2003
War in Afghanistan 2001 2021 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Resolute Support Mission (RSM) *** 2001 2021 Greek Force in Afghanistan
(ELDAF) *** / **** 		2002 2005 Defeat
Special Composition Battalion in Afghanistan
(TESAF) *** / **** 		2005 2012
Operation Active Endeavour 2001 2016 Standing Naval Force Mediterranean
(STANAVFORMED or SNFM) 		1992 2004 Victory
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2
(SNMG2) 		2005 2016
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa 2002 Present Standing NATO Maritime Group 2
(SNMG2) 		2005 Present Operation Ocean Shield 2009 2016 Ongoing
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 2005 2011 Victory
Missions in Lebanon 2006 Present Maritime Task Force
(MTF) ***** 		2006 Present Ongoing
Military intervention in Libya 2011 2011 Operation Unified Protector 2011 2011 Victory
American-led intervention in Iraq against ISIS[2] 2014 present Ongoing
Operation Irini[3] 2020 present Ongoing
Operation Prosperity Guardian[4] 2023 present Ongoing
Operation Aspides[5] 2023 present Ongoing

References

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  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W.H.S. Jones; H.A. Ormerod. London: Robert Hale Ltd.
  2. ^ Lewis, Paul; Ackerman, Spencer; Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (17 June 2014). "Iraq crisis: Barack Obama sends in US troops as Isis insurgency worsens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ "EU launches Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ Zhdannikov, Dmitry; Armstrong, Rachel (22 December 2023). "What is U.S.-led Red Sea coalition and which countries are backing it?". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Aspides mission officially established". Agence Europe. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
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