List of wars involving Serbia

The following is a list of wars involving Serbia in the Middle Ages as well as late modern period and contemporary history.

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Serbian victory
  Serbian defeat
  Result of civil or internal conflict
  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)
  Ongoing conflict

Middle Ages

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Avar-Serbian War (629–632)   Serb Settlers
  Avar Khaganate Victory
  • The Serbs move through the Avar Khaganate and settle the Balkan Subcontinent
  • Creation of Principality of Serbia
Roman-Frankish War (802–812)   Byzantine Empire
  Principality of Serbia
  Carolingian Empire Victory
  • Pax Nicephori
    • Most of the Adriatic provinces along with Istra are returned to Byzantine rule
    • Serbia expands its borders to Dinara and Una
Bulgarian-Serbian War (839–42)   Principality of Serbia
  Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Failure of Khan Presian I to take over Serbia
Bulgarian-Serbian War (853)   Principality of Serbia   Bulgarian Empire Victory
  • Failure of the Bulgarians to replace the Byzantine overlordship on the Serbs
  • Vladimir-Rasate and 12 Boyars taken prisoner
Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924 Part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927   Principality of Serbia
  Bulgarian Empire Defeat
  • Serbia is annexed into Bulgaria
Conquest of Bari   Byzantine Empire
  Carolingian Empire
  Republic of Ragusa
  Emirate of Bari
  Emirate of Taranto
  Aghlabid dynasty
Victory
  • Frankish-Byzantine Siege is successful and any further invasions of Adriatic cities are prevented
Serb Uprising (927)[1][2][3][4]   Principality of Serbia
Supported by:

  Byzantine Empire

  Bulgarian Empire Victory

Časlav takes possession of the country after the uprising and submits suzereinity to the Byzantines

War of unification[1][2]   Principality of Serbia Serb tribes in:

Ras
Bosnia
Zachlumia
Pagania
Zeta
Travunia
Konavle

Principality Victory
  • Unification of all the tribes under Časlav as their collective leader
Magyar-Serb conflict (c. 960)
Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe
  Principality of Serbia   Magyar tribes Inconclusive
  • Victory at Drina, Hungarian leader Kisa is defeated by the Serbs
  • Defeat at Syrmia, Časlav is killed and thrown into a river
Bulgarian-Serbian War (998)   Duklja   Bulgarian Empire Defeat
Serb Uprising (1034–1042)   Duklja   Byzantine Empire Victory
Byzantine-Norman wars (1040–1189)   Normans

  Duklja
  Principality of Serbia
  Antioch
  Croatia
Lombard duchies
Supported by:
  Papal States

  Byzantine Empire
  Venice
Indecisive
Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095)   Principality of Serbia   Byzantine Empire Inconclusive
  • Several Serbian nobles taken hostage
  • Cessation of hostilities between Serbia and Byzantium until 1106
Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29)   Kingdom of Hungary   Byzantine Empire Inconclusive
  • First phase: Victory of Byzantium
    • Serbia forced to recognize Byzantine suzerainty again
  • Second phase: Victory of Hungarians
    • Restoration of peace
Byzantine-Venetian War (1171–1172)   Venice
  Principality of Serbia
Diplomatic support:
  Kingdom of Hungary
  Holy Roman Empire
  Byzantine Empire

  Western Knights (under   Henry the Lion)

Byzantine Victory
  • Stefan Nemanja begins the fight against Byzantines by annexing their vassal in Zeta[5]
  • Soon after, Venice joins and after early successes suffers a tremendous blow by an epidemic during their stay at Chios in the winter
    • The Serbs soon surrendered to Emperor Manuel
Byzantine campaign in the Middle East (1176)[6]
Part of the Byzantine-Seljuq Wars
  Byzantine Empire

  Principality of Antioch

  Sultanate of Rum Defeat
Emeric's Balkan campaign (1200–1203)
Part of the Fourth Crusade
  Grand Principality of Serbia

  Bulgarian Empire (1203)

  Kingdom of Hungary
  Valkan's Clique (as Hungarian vassal)
  Papal States[10]
Emeric's Victories
  • Emeric gains suzereinity over Serbia and occupies a couple of Bulgarian cities which he in turn gives to his vassal Valkan
    • Serbo-Hungarian armies are later pushed out of Niš by Bulgarian forces
Hungarian Invasion of Serbia [sr] (1237) Part of the Crusade against Bogumils   Grand Principality of Serbia

  Banate of Bosnia Temporary support:
  Republic of Ragusa

  Kingdom of Hungary

  Golden Horde
  Chagatai Khanate

Victory
  • During Colomans failed campaign in Bosnia, he penetrated Toljen II [sr]'s land in Serbia, he was kicked out after a brief consultation
    • This event lead to an alliance between Serbia and Split under Domald
Mongol invasion of the Balkans
(1241–1242)
  Kingdom of Serbia

  Bulgarian Empire
  Kingdom of Hungary
  Teutonic Order
  Templars
  Holy Roman Empire

  Golden Horde (Mongols) Defeat of the military alliance led by the Kingdom of Hungary
  • Bulgaria enters into vassal relations with the Mongols
  • Mongols pass through Serbia burning and looting
Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde   Kingdom of Serbia   Nogai Horde

  Bulgarian Empire
Supported by:
  Golden Horde

Victory
Epirote–Nicaean conflict
(1258–1261)
  Despotate of Epirus
  Principality of Achaea
  Kingdom of Sicily
Allies:
  Kingdom of Serbia

  Latin Empire

  Empire of Nicaea
Supported by:
  Republic of Genoa
Inconclusive
Byzantine-Catalan Wars (1305–1311)[11]   Byzantine Empire

  Kingdom of Serbia (1305)

Catalan Company
Allies:
Anatolian Turkish Beyliks
  Sultanate of Rum
Victory
  • Siege of Hilandar successfully repelled
Serbian-Crusader Conflict     Serbian cavalry
Allies:
  Genoese fleet
Turcopoles Victory
  • Byzantine and Serbian forces defeat the Turks in a camp at Gallipoli peninsula
    • Turcopoles surrender to the Genoese, some fall into the hands of the Byzantines. Halil Pasha and his men are then slaughtered
Serbian-Anjou War (1318–1320)[13][14]   Kingdom of Serbia   Kingdom of Hungary

  Lordship of Durazzo


  Muzaka Family (1318)
Supported by
  Pope John XXII

Partial Victory
War of Hum (1326–1329)   Kingdom of Serbia   Banate of Bosnia
  Republic of Ragusa
Defeat
  • Bosnia captures Hum
  • Petar Toljenović raised a rebellion in Zachlumia, he lost a battle and was imprisoned and thrown with his horse off a cliff
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330)
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328
  Kingdom of Serbia
Supported by:
  Andronikos II Palaiologos[19]
  Bulgarian Empire
Supported by:
  Wallachia
  Moldavia
  Andronikos III Palaiologos
Victory[20]
  • Balance of power in the Balkans reshaped
    • Peace concluded near Izvor
Serbian Invasion of Macedonia (1342–1343)
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347
  Kingdom of Serbia
Supported by:
  John VI Kantakouzenos
  John V Palaiologos
  Beylik of Aydin
  Zealots of Thessalonica
Victory
Serbian Invasion of Albania (1342–1345)[21][22]
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347
  Kingdom of Serbia
  Bulgarian Empire
  Principality of Karvuna
Supported by:
  John V Palaiologos
  John VI Kantakouzenos

  Beylik of Aydin
  Ottoman Beylik


  Zealots of Thessalonica

Victory
Serbian-Ottoman War (1352)
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357
  Serbian Empire
  Bulgarian Empire
Supported by:
  John V Palaiologos
  Ottoman Beylik
Supported by:
  John VI Kantakouzenos
Defeat
  • Serbia loses the first major battle of the Ottomans which were increasingly becoming a threat to Europe
    • The Ottomans plunder Bulgarian territory and commit a campaign of mass arrests of Christians in Adrianople[23]
Serbian Civil War (1356–1359) Part of the Fall of the Serbian Empire   Serbian Empire[24]   Empire of Thessaly (until 1359)
Losha Clan
  Shpata Family

  Despotate of Epir


  Byzantine Empire (until 1357)

Loyalist Victory
The Feudal Wars (1356–1373)   Serbian Empire
  Moravian Serbia
  District of Branković
  Realm of Altomanović (until 1369)

Anti-Altomanović Coalition:
  Moravian Serbia
  Banate of Bosnia
  Lordship of Zeta
  Kingdom of Hungary

  Republic of Ragusa

  Lordship of Prilep (1369)

  Realm of Altomanović (after 1369)


  Principality of Velbazhd


Battle of Maritsa:
  Ottoman Empire

Inconclusive
  • The Serbian Army is fragmented at the Battle of Maritsa
  • Further anarchy
Battle of Kosovo (1389)   Moravian Serbia
Supported by:
  District of Branković[25]
  Kingdom of Bosnia[26]
  Principality of Muzaka
  Jonima family
  Knights of Rhodes[27]
  Ottoman Empire
Military support:
    Isfendiyar Beylik
Inconclusive
  • Both sides claim victory
  • Both armies were destroyed in the battle. Both Lazar and Murad lost their lives, and the remnants of their armies retreated from the battlefield
Crusade of Nicopolis (1396)   Ottoman Empire Crusade:
  Holy Roman Empire
  Kingdom of France[29]

  Kingdom of Hungary[29]

  Principality of Wallachia[30]
  Knights Hospitaller[29]   Republic of Venice[29]
  Republic of Genoa
  Bulgarian Empire[31]
  Teutonic Knights
  Byzantine Empire
  County of Cilli
  District of Branković[32][33]

Victory
Ottoman-Timurid War 1399–1402   Ottoman Empire

Black Tatars
  Albanian principalities
  Moravian Serbia
  District of Branković
  Wallachia
Co-belligerent:
  Mamluks[35]
  Kingdom of Georgia[36]
  Knights Hospitaller[37]

  Timurid Empire

Aq Qoyunlu
Germiyanids

Defeat
  • Anatolian Beyliks got independence.
  • Bayezid I is captured by Timur and dies in captivity, leaving the Ottoman Empire without a sultan
  • Ottoman Interregnum begins
  • Ottoman Empire on the brink of collapse
  • Timurid conquests and invasions ends.
Ottoman Interregnum (1402–1413)   Mehmed Çelebi

Supported by:
  Stefan Lazarević
  Đurađ Branković (from 1412)


  Süleyman Çelebi Supported by
  Vuk Lazarević
  Đurađ Branković (until 1412)
Siege of Constantinople (1411)
  Byzantine Empire

  Musa Çelebi
  Wallachia

Supported by:
  Kingdom of Hungary


  İsa Çelebi
  Beylik of Aydin

Victory
Second Scutari War (1419–23)   Zeta
  Serbian Despotate (after 1421)
  Albanian nobility
  Republic of Venice Inconclusive
  • Venice captured Ulcinj, Grbalj, and territory of Paštrovići, with Kotor deciding to accept Venetian suzerainty
  • Serbian Despotate captured Drivast and returned its suzerainty over Bar, Budva, and Luštica
Despotate-Ottoman Wars (1425–1459)[38] Part of the Ottoman Invasions of Serbia and Hungarian–Ottoman Wars   Serbian Despotate
  Kingdom of Hungary

  Taborite mercenaries
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  Kingdom of Bosnia (after 1425)[39]
  Wallachia (briefly)
Crusade of Varna:
  Papal States
  Bulgarian rebels
  Teutonic Knights
Naval support:
  Duchy of Burgundy
  Republic of Ragusa
  Republic of Venice (temporary)
Military support:
  League of Lezhë (temporary)


  Holy Roman Empire[40]

  Ottoman Empire

  Crimean Khanate
Supported by:
  Republic of Venice
  Principality of Moldavia


  Principality of Kastrioti[41]
  Hunyadi's Army[42]

Eventual Defeat
  • The Serbian Despotate officially falls in Smederevo and is later reinstated multiple times as a rump-state as a buffer against Ottoman advance
    • About 200,000 immigrate to Hungarian Srem until its partition
  • Beginning of Serbian guerilla warfare against the Ottoman Empire

Partitioned Serbia

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Uprising of Jovan Nenad (1526–1527) Part of the Hungarian Civil War   Empire of Jovan Nenad [sr]

  Holy Roman Empire

  Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Tsar Jovan Nenad of Vojvodina is murdered on his retreat towards Senta
  • The Serbian army disperses, some return to their duties in the Ottoman Empire and some turn to the Habsburgs
Uprising in Banat (1863)

Part of the Long Turkish War

  Orthodox Serb rebels
Supported by:
  Archduchy of Austria

  Principality of Transylvania

  Ottoman Empire

  Crimean Khanate

Defeat
Serb uprising in Herzegovina (1596–1597)

Part of the Long Turkish War

  Ottoman Empire Defeat
Bocskai's War of Independence (1604–1606) Part of the Long Turkish War and European wars of religion   Loyalists

  Holy Roman Empire

  Spanish Empire
  Zaporozhian Host

          Serbian, Wallonian, Italian, German and Romanian mercenaries

  Revolutionaries

  Moldavia

          Hungarian, Slovak, Rusyn, Polish and Székely mercenaries


  Ottoman Empire

Peace treaty
Cretan War
(1645–1669)
  Republic of Venice[43]

  Papal States
  Kingdom of France
Naval Support:
  Knights of Malta
Greek uprisings:
  Greek Revolutionaries

  Ottoman Empire Defeat
Great Turkish War
(1683–1699)
  Holy Roman Empire

  Republic of Venice
  Montenegro

  Ottoman Empire

  Kuruc

Victory
  • Partial Liberation of Serbia
  • Ottoman decline in Europe
Morean War
(1684–1699)
Part of the Great Turkish war and Croatian-Slavonian-Dalmatian theater in the Great Turkish War
  Republic of Venice

  Papal States
  Duchy of Savoy
  Order of Saint Stephen
Naval Support:
  Knights of Malta
Greek uprisings:
  Greek Revolutionaries

Military support:
  Holy Roman Empire

  Montenegro

  Ottoman Empire

  Maniots

Venetian and Holy League victory
  • Liberation of Slavonia and Lika and part of the Pounje from the Ottomans
  • Morea ceded to Venice; Venetian gains in inland Dalmatia
    • Ottomans pushed out of Central Europe
Rákóczi's War of Independence   Holy Roman Empire   Kuruc

Supported by:
  Polish and Ruthenian mercenaries
  Kingdom of France
  Ottoman Empire

Victory
War of Sinj
(1714–1718)
Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1716-1718) and Ottoman-Portuguese confrontations
Holy League:

  Republic of Venice

  Holy Roman Empire
  Kingdom of Portugal
  Knights of Malta
  Papal States

  Ottoman Empire Defeat
Austro-Turkish War
(1716–1718)
  Austria

  Electorate of Bavaria

  Ottoman Empire Victory
Austro-Turkish War
(1737–1739)
  Austria   Ottoman Empire Inconclusive
Austro-Turkish War
(1788–1791)
  Habsburg monarchy

  Russian Empire

  Montenegro

  Ottoman Empire

  Sheikh Mansur Movement

Austrian Victory

Modern period

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Uprising against the Dahije
(1804)
  Serbia
  Dahije Victory
First Serbian Uprising
(1804–1813)
Part of the Serbian Revolution
  Serbia

Supported by:
  Russia (1807–12)

Dahijas (1804)
  Ottoman Empire (from 1805)

Supported by:
  France[45]

Inconclusive
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Part of the Serbian Revolution and Russo-Turkish Wars
  Russian Empire

  Moldavia
  Wallachia
  Revolutionary Serbia
  Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro (1806–12)

  Ottoman Empire

Victory[46]
Hadži-Prodan's rebellion
(1814)
  Serb rebels   Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • The Ottomans increase their persecution of Serbs.
  • The outbreak of the Second Serbian Uprising.
Second Serbian Uprising
(1815–1817)
Part of the Serbian Revolution
  Serbian rebels   Ottoman Empire Victory
Niš Rebellion
(1821)
  Serb rebels   Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Rebellion suppressed by the Ottomans. Serbian civilians massacred.
Serbian Involvement in the Greek Revolution
Part of the Greek War of Independence
  Greek Revolutionaries

  Serbian Revolutionaries
  Montenegrin Revolutionaries
After 1821:
  First Hellenic Republic

Military Support:
  Russian Empire
  Kingdom of France[50][51]
  United Kingdom

  Ottoman Empire Greek Victory
  • Greek Independence achieved
    • Serbo-Montenegrin volunteers return home, some stay and are Hellenized
Serb uprising
(1848–1849)
Part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
  Serbian Vojvodina

Supported by:
  Austrian Empire

  Kingdom of Hungary (until 14 April 1849)
  Hungarian State (after 14 April 1849)
Victory
Herzegovina uprising
(1875–1877)
Part of the Great Eastern Crisis
Serb rebels
Supported by:
  Serbia
  Montenegro
  Ottoman Empire Inconclusive
First Serbian–Ottoman War
(1876–1877)
Part of the Great Eastern Crisis
  Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Political Victory
  • British public opinion turns against the Ottomans
  • Russian-mediated truce
Second Serbian–Ottoman War
(1877–1878)
Part of the Great Eastern Crisis and the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)
  Ottoman Empire

  Albanian volunteers

Victory
Russo-Turkish War
(1877–1878)
  Russian Empire

  Principality of Romania
  Principality of Serbia
  Principality of Montenegro
  Bulgarian Legion
  Serbian rebels

  Ottoman Empire

  Polish volunteers
  Albanian volunteers
  Circassian volunteers[54]
  Chechen rebels
  Abkhazian rebels

Coalition Victory
Timok Rebellion
(1883)
  Kingdom of Serbia People's Radical Party Victory
  • Victory of King Milan.
  • Rebellion Suppressed
Serbo-Bulgarian War
(1885)
  Serbia

Supported by:
  Austria-Hungary

  Bulgaria Defeat
Macedonian struggle
(1901)
  Serbian Chetniks
Supported by:
  Serbia
  VMRO
  Ottoman Empire
Inconclusive
First Balkan War
(1912–1913)
Part of the Balkan Wars
Balkan League: Supported by:
Victory[64]
Serbian invasion of Albania
(1912–1913)
Part of the Balkan Wars
  Kingdom of Serbia
  Kingdom of Montenegro
  Independent Albania

  Ottoman Empire
  Albanian guerrillas
  Albanian Tribesmen

Victory
  • Serbia and Montenegro invade and defeat Ottoman forces and capture Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Albania and Central Albania.
  • The Serbian army commits massacres against Albanians living in the occupied territories.
  • Serbia forms Drač County and other counties on Albanian-populated lands captured from the Ottomans.
  • Essad Pasha hands Shkodër over to Montenegro in return for Montenegrin support for the foundation of the Republic of Central Albania.
  • Treaty of London Serbia annexes large parts Kosovo and Macedonia and continues to occupy parts of northern Albania until 1920.
  • Albania gains Independence but loses half of its claimed territories gained after the Albanian revolt of 1912.
Tikveš Uprising
(1913)
  Serbia
  Chetniks
  IMRO
Supported by:
  Bulgaria
Victory
  • The uprising is brutally suppressed and the Bulgarian population is terrorized
Second Balkan War
(1913)
Part of the Balkan Wars
Victory
Ohrid-Debar Uprising
(1913)
  Serbia
  Chetniks
  Greece
  IMRO
  Kachaks
Victory
  • The uprising is brutally suppressed
  • Thousands of Bulgarians and Albanians are killed
  • 30,000 Bulgarians expelled
  • 25,000 Albanians expelled
Third Peasant Revolt in Albania
(September–October 1914)
  Republic of Central Albania
Support:
  Kingdom of Serbia
  Kingdom of Italy
  Principality of Albania Serbo-Italian backed Republic of Central Albania Victory
  • Toptani invades and captures Central Albania and Dibër with Italian and Serb support and reforms the Republic of Central Albania.
  • Durrës is captured by Toptani unopposed.
Serbian campaign and Balkans theatre
(1914–1918)
Part of the European theatre of World War I
Allied Powers
Central Powers:
Victory
Revolutions and interventions in Hungary
(1918–1920)
Part of the aftermath of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–23
Victory
Impresa di Pola
(1918)
Part of the Adriatic Campaign in 1918 and the Adriatic question
Defeat
1918–1920 unrest in Split
(1918–1920)
Part of the Adriatic question
  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
  United States
  Italy
  Italian nationalists renegades

  Italian Regency of Carnaro

Inconclusive
Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia
(1918–1919)
Part of the aftermath of World War I
  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes   German-Austria Military victory
Christmas Uprising
(1919)
Part of the aftermath of World War I and the creation of Yugoslavia
Montenegrin Whites Victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings
(1919–1924)
  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
  Kosovar Albanians
  Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo
Diplomatic support:
 Albania
Victory
Koplik War
(1920–1921)
  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
  Principality of Albania Inconclusive
  • Yugoslav army invades Northern Albania
  • Yugoslavs are eventually forced to withdraw due to international pressure
  • United Kingdom insists on slight adaptations in the regions of Debar, Prizren and Kastrati in the interest of Yugoslavia.
Albanian-Yugoslav Border War
(1921)
  Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  Kingdom of Greece
  Republic of Mirdita
    Principality of Albania Inconclusive
  • Yugoslav Recognition of Albanian sovereignty and Border
  • Slight adjustments of the Albanian border in favor of Yugoslavia
  • Mirdita rebels disbanded
Zogu Invasion of Albania
(1924)
  Ahmet Zogu supporters (Mati Tribesmen)
  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
  Fan Noli supporters (Albanian peasants)
  Principality of Albania
  Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo
Zogu-Yugoslav Victory
  • Fan Noli is ousted from power.
  • Ahmet Zogu forms the Albanian Republic and is made dictator.
  • Zogu's forces assassinate the leadership of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo.
Invasion of Yugoslavia
(1941)
Part of the Balkans campaign and Mediterranean theatre of World War II
  Yugoslavia Axis
Defeat
World War II in Yugoslavia
(1941–1945)
Part of the European theatre of World War II
Allies
Aerial and logistics support:
Former Axis powers:
  Bulgaria (1944–45)
Other factions:
Supported by: Supported by: Western Allies:
Axis
German puppet states and governments: Italian protectorates and dependencies:

  Chetniks (against Partisans)
Yugoslav Partisan Victory
Yugoslav Involment in the Years of Lead (1970s-1980s)   Red Brigades
  Front Line
  October 22 Group
  PAC
  Continuous Struggle
  Workers' Power
  Workers' Autonomy

Foreign supporters:
  RAF[65]
  Sigurimi (alleged)
  PLO (alleged)
  KGB (alleged)[66][page needed]
  Stasi (alleged)
  Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (alleged)[67]
  Yugoslavia (UDBA)

Supported by:
  Propaganda Due[69][70]
  SISMI (factions)[71]
Magliana Gang[72]
  CIA
Cosa Nostra (alleged)


  Italian Government

Supported by:
  Gladio
  CIA

Defeat

  • Most militant groups feel apart or were disarmed
  • Establishment of strong ties between UDBA and the Red Brigades

Contemporary period

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Croatian War of Independence[c]
(1991–1995)
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Supported by:
Defeat
War in Bosnia[d]
(1992–1995)
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Supported by:

  NATO (1995)

Inconclusive
  • Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
  • Over 101,000 dead
  • Deployment of NATO-led forces to oversee the peace agreement
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
  FR Yugoslavia   UÇK
  NATO (1999)

Supported by:
  Albania

Military Stalemate[74]
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
(1999–2001)
[citation needed]Part of the Yugoslav Wars
  FR Yugoslavia   UÇPMB Victory[75]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ As well as Serbian garrison troops during the Battle of Petrovaradin[citation needed]
  2. ^ Acceded to the Tripartite Pact, generally considered Axis powers (see e.g., Facts About the American Wars, Bowman, p. 432, which includes them in a list of "Axis powers", or The Library of Congress World War II Companion, Wagner, Osborne, & Reyburn, p. 39, which lists them as "The Axis").
  3. ^ Direct involvement until early 1992. After the proclamation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in April 1992, all units of former Yugoslav People's Army were withdrawn from territories of Croatia and Bosnia. Despite this, various paramilitary groups from FRY continued to fight in Croatia
  4. ^ Officially Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and Serbia as part of it) did not participate in Bosnian War. However, various Serbian paramilitaries were directly involved in conflicts.
  1. ^ Banned, some joined Ordine Nero.
  2. ^ Banned. Its members joined Ordine Nero.
  3. ^ Dismantled.
  4. ^ Dissolved by police. Used by NAR as a cover name later on.

References

  1. ^ a b Porphyrogenitus, Constantine VII (ed.). De Administrando Imperio.
  2. ^ a b Станојевић, Станоје (ed.). "I Прве српске државе" Историја српскога народа. Београд.
  3. ^ Веселиновић, Андрија; Љушић, Радош, eds. (2001). Српске династије. Нови Сад: Плантонеум. ISBN 86-83639-01-0.
  4. ^ Острогорски, Георгије, ed. (1993). Историја Византије (II фототипско издање оригинала 1959). Београд.
  5. ^ Arnold of Lübeck left negative remarks on the Serbs in his chronicles after an attack on Western knights and Pilgrims, even going as far as naming the "Sons of Belial"
  6. ^ Острогорски, Георгије, ed. (1993). Историја Византије (II фототипско издање оригинала 1959). Београд.
  7. ^ Serbia's role in the Byzantine campaigns against the Seljuqs was through Stefan Nemanja's role of being a vassal. Auxiliary troops were sent as a form of tribute towards the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos in order to aid him in battle.
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  11. ^ Hilandar ...Following the end of the Latin Occupation of this part of Byzantium, a new wave of raids hit the monastic republic. In the early 14th century, pirate mercenaries of the Catalan Grand Company repeatedly raided the Holy Mountain, while looting and sacking numerous monasteries, stealing treasures and Christian relics, and terrorizing monks. Of the 300 monasteries and monastic communities on Athos, Hilandar was among only 35 that survived the violence of the first decade of the 14th century.
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  26. ^ Lazar sought aid from his neighbors Tvtrko and Vuk Brankovic. Trtvko sent a large contingent under the command of Vlatko Vukovic. Vuk Brankovic came himself, leading his own men. Thus the Serbian army was composed of three contingents under these three leaders, none of whom was then a Turkish vassal.
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    Not all Serb magnates fought and died as Ottoman vassals. Vuk Branković, who survived the Kosovo battle, and who continued to rule over his realm that included Kosovo, joined a large Christian coalition led by Hungary, which now represented the 'bulwark of Christianity' and included Wallachian, Venetian, Bulgarian, Croatian, French and English troops. The Christian coalition was defeated by Ottomans at Nicopolis, Bulgaria in 1396. Branković died as an Ottoman prisoner the following year, but is ironically portrayed in the Serbian folklore as a Judas-like figure.

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    Вук Бранковић, син Бранков, оженио се Маром, кћерком кнеза Лазара. Његови поседи протезали су се од Скопља до Копаоника и Сјенице, до горњих токова Таре и Мораче. После битке на Косову, примио је вазални однос према Турској. У бици код Никопоља учествовао је на страни Угарске, када га је заробио султан Бајазит и одвео га у заробљеништво, где је умро, 1397. године.

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  39. ^ Stefan Lazarević and other Serbian Despots had brief conflicts with Bosnia
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  42. ^ During the Second battle of Kosovo, Hunyadis forces ravaged the Serbian countryside which lead to his arrest
  43. ^ Many Serbs served as Venetian generals during the Cretan war, these include Stojan Janković, Ilija Smiljani, Krsto Vicković, etc.
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  49. ^ ..in the likes of Anastasije Dmitrijević
  50. ^ A tactical detachment of some 250~ Serbs served under the command of   Charles Nicolas Fabvier, a French Philhellene
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