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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

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)
(818–1330 AD)
Serbia Bulgaria Inconclusive
  • Both states had numerous territorial changes.
Bulgarian-Serbian War (839–42)
Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)
Serbian Principality First Bulgarian Empire Serbian victory
Bulgarian-Serbian War (853)
Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)
Serbian Principality First Bulgarian Empire Serbian victory
Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924 Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars Principality of Serbia
Byzantine Empire
Bulgarian Empire Bulgarian victory
  • Serbia is annexed by Bulgaria
Conquest of Bari

Frankish Empire
Supported by:

Emirate of Bari
Supported by:

Frankish victory
Serb Uprising (927)[3][4][5][6] 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

Magyar-Serb conflict (c. early 9th century or c. 950/960)
Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe
Serbian Principality Magyar tribes Inconclusive
  • Battle of Drina: Serbian victory
  • Battle of Syrmia: Magyar victory
Serb Uprising (1042/1043[7])

Duklja

Byzantine Empire

Decisive Doclean Serb victory
Byzantine-Norman wars (1040–1189) Indecisive
Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095) (1090–1095)
Part of the Byzantine–Serbian wars

Grand Principality of Serbia

Byzantine Empire

Serbian military victory
  • Consecutive attacks and plunder of the Byzantine territory and defeats of their armies[9]
  • Peace treaty
  • Several Serbian nobles taken hostage[10]
  • Cessation of hostilities between Serbia and Byzantium until 1106, when Vukan defeated the army of John Komnenos and reached a truce again with Alexios I Komnenos[11]
  • Southern Kosovo temporarily gained by Serbia
Battle of Zvečan (1094)
Part of the Byzantine–Serbian War (1090–1095)

Grand Principality of Serbia

Byzantine Empire

Serbian victory
Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29)

Hungary
Serbia

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine victory[12]
Battle of Myriokephalon (1176)
Part of the Byzantine–Seljuq wars

Byzantine Empire
Hungary
Principality of Antioch
Grand Principality of Serbia

Sultanate of Rum

Seljuk victory
  • Military balance maintained[13]
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[14]
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(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 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 Bulgaria and Serbia
(1242–1243)
Part of the Mongol invasion of Europe
Second Bulgarian Empire
Serbian Kingdom
Mongol Empire Mongol victory
Serbian conflict with the Nogai Horde
(1280s–1290s)

Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Syrmia
Kingdom of Hungary

Nogai Horde
Golden Horde

Serbian victory
Epirote–Nicaean conflict
(1257–1259)
Despotate of Epirus
Kingdom of Serbia
Empire of Nicaea Nicaean victory
  • Subsequent restoration of Byzantine Empire
Serbian-Crusader Conflict

Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Serbia

Turcopoles

Byzantine victory
Serbian-Anjou War (1318–1320)[15][16] 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
Bosnian victory
Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330)
Part of the Bulgarian–Serbian wars

Kingdom of Serbia
Supported by:
Andronikos II Palaiologos (Byzantine Empire) and the Catalan Company

Bulgarian Empire
Supported by:
Wallachia
Andronikos III Palaiologos (Byzantine Empire) [21]

Serbian victory[22]

Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (1342–1347)
Part of the Byzantine civil wars, the Byzantine–Serbian wars and the Byzantine–Turkish wars

Byzantine Empire John V Palaiologos
Regents:
Byzantine Empire Anna of Savoy
Byzantine Empire John XIV Kalekas
Byzantine Empire Alexios Apokaukos
Allies:
 Zealots of Thessalonica
Serbian Empire Serbia (1343–1347)
Bulgaria
 Principality of Karvuna

Byzantine Empire John VI Kantakouzenos
Allies:
Serbian Empire Serbia (1342–1343)
Beylik of Aydin (1342/3–1345)
Ottoman Empire Ottoman beylik (1345–1347)
 Beylik of Saruhan
Principality of Albania
Principality of Muzaka

Kantakouzenos victory
  • Serbia gained Macedonia and Albania, and soon after Epirus and Thessaly, establishing the Serbian Empire. *Bulgaria gains northern Thrace.
Serbian Invasion of Albania (1342–1345)[23][24]
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
John V Palaiologos
Serbian Empire
Bulgarian Empire

John VI Kantakouzenos
Ottoman Beylik

Ottoman victory
  • Kantakouzenos retains power, Palaiologos exiled
Serbian Civil War (1356–1359) Part of the Fall of the Serbian Empire Serbian Empire[25] 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
Battle of Kosovo (1389[A])
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and the Serbian–Ottoman wars
Supported by: Supported by: Inconclusive

Crusade of Nicopolis (1396)
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
and the Crusades

Crusade:

Ottoman victory
  • Crusader failure to capture Nicopolis from the Ottomans
Ottoman-Timurid War 1399–1402 Ottoman Empire

Black Tatars
Albanian principalities
Moravian Serbia
District of Branković
Wallachia
Co-belligerent:
 Mamluks[29]
Kingdom of Georgia Kingdom of Georgia[30]
Knights Hospitaller[31]

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's forces
Serbian Despotate
Dulkadirids[32]

İsa's forces


Süleyman's forces


Musa's forces
Wallachia

Mehmed victory
  • Reunification of the Ottoman state
Second Scutari War (1419–23)

Zeta (until 1421)
Serbian Despotate (after 1421)
Albanian nobility

Republic of Venice

Inconclusive, See aftermath
  • 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)[33] 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)[34]
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[35]

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate
Supported by:
Republic of Venice
Principality of Moldavia


Principality of Kastrioti[36]
Hunyadi's Army[37]

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

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Battle of Szőlős
(1527)
Part of the Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528

Serbian Empire of Jovan Nenad

Hungarian Kingdom of House Szapolyai

Serbian victory
Uprising in Banat
(1594)
Part of the Long Turkish War and the Serbian–Ottoman wars

Serb rebels
Supported by:
Archduchy of Austria

Ottoman Empire

Ottoman victory
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[38]

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 Holy Roman Empire

Republic of Venice Republic of Venice
Montenegro

Ottoman Empire 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)
Habsburg monarchy Austria

Electorate of Bavaria

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

Russian Empire

Montenegro

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Sheikh Mansur Movement

Austrian Victory

Modern period

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

Supported by:
 Russia (1807–12)

Dahijas (1804)
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire (from 1805)

Supported by:
 France[40]

Defeat
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 Ottoman Empire

Victory[41]
Hadži-Prodan's rebellion
(1814)
Serbia 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
Principality of Serbia Serbian rebels Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
Niš Rebellion
(1821)
Serbia 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[45][46]
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 Defeat
First Serbian-Ottoman War
(1876–1877)
Part of the Great Eastern Crisis
Ottoman Empire Indecisive
  • Serbian offensive repulsed
  • Ottoman offensive stopped
  • British public opinion turns against the Ottomans
  • Russian-mediated truce
  • Status quo ante bellum
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 Russian Empire

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

Ottoman Empire

Poland Polish volunteers
Albanian volunteers
Circassia Circassian volunteers[49]
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)

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[59]
Serbian invasion of Albania
(1912–1913)
Part of the Balkan Wars
Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Montenegro Kingdom of Montenegro
Independent Albania Independent Albania

Ottoman Empire 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 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
Kingdom of 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:
AlbaniaAlbania
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)
Albania 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:

Chetniks (1941-1942)
Supported by: Western Allies:
Axis
German puppet states and governments:
Italian protectorates and dependencies:

Chetniks (1942-1945)

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

Foreign supporters:
border=no RAF[60]
Sigurimi (alleged)
Palestine Liberation Organization PLO (alleged)
KGB (alleged)[61][page needed]
East Germany Stasi (alleged)
Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya (alleged)[62]
Yugoslavia (UDBA)

Supported by:
border=no Propaganda Due[64][65]
SISMI (factions)[66]
Magliana Gang[67]
CIA
Cosa Nostra (alleged)


Italy 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

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Croatian War of Independence
(19911995[A])
Part of the Yugoslav Wars

1991–94:

Croatian victory
  • Erdut agreement
  • Yugoslav army formally withdrew from Croatia from January 1992 under the Sarajevo Agreement
  • Croatian forces regained control over most of Republic of Serbian Krajina-held territory
  • Eastern Slavonia remained under Serbian control until 1996 when it came under effective UN control
  • Croatian forces advanced into Bosnia and Herzegovina to assist the united Bosnian and Croatian side, which led to the eventual end of the Bosnian War in December 1995
  • The Croatian government gains control over the vast majority of territory previously held by rebel Serbs, with the remainder coming under UNTAES control.[G]
Bosnian War
(1992–1995)
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Until May 1992:
 Republika Srpska
 Serbian Krajina
 SFR Yugoslavia[d]

May 1992–94:
 Republika Srpska
 Serbian Krajina
Western Bosnia
Supported by:
 FR Yugoslavia


1994–95:
 Republika Srpska
 Serbian Krajina
Western Bosnia
Supported by:
FR Yugoslavia

Until October 1992:
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatia

October 1992–94:
 Bosnia and Herzegovina


October 1992–94:
Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatia


1994–95:
 Bosnia and Herzegovinab
Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatia
Supported by:
NATO (bombing operations, 1995)

Military stalemate
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
Part of the Yugoslav Wars[70]
FR Yugoslavia
Kumanovo Agreement[73][74][75][76]
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
(1999–2001[84])
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
FR Yugoslavia
KFOR
UÇPMB Yugoslav victory[85][86]
  • Končulj Agreement[87][88][89]
  • Yugoslavia retakes the buffer zone[89]
  • UÇPMB disbanded
  • Amnesty for UÇPMB members
  • Low intensity skirmishes continue
  • FR Yugoslavia regains control of demilitarized Ground Safety Zone, including around 580 square kilometres (220 sq mi) previously held by the UÇPMB

See also

[edit]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Both the Frankish and Byzantine empires claimed authority over the Croats.[1][2]
  2. ^ As well as Serbian garrison troops during the Battle of Petrovaradin[citation needed]
  3. ^ 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").
  4. ^ After all former Yugoslav federal republics except Serbia and Montenegro declared independence, the two declared the creation of a new country – the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – on 27 April 1992, disbanding the JNA soon afterwards.[68] Serb-controlled units of the JNA participated in combat operations throughout 1991 and up to May 1992 in support of the Republic of Serbian Krajina.[69]
  5. ^ From August 1998 as the Kosovo Liberation Army as 138th Brigade.
  6. ^ [78][79][80][81][82][83]
  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.
  1. ^ There was no formal declaration of war. The first armed clash of the war was the Pakrac clash on 1 March 1991, followed by the Plitvice Lakes incident on 31 March 1991, when the first fatalities occurred. The last major combat operation was Operation Storm, from 5–8 August 1995. Formally, hostilities ceased when the Erdut Agreement was signed on 12 November 1995.
  2. ^ After all former Yugoslav federal republics except Serbia and Montenegro declared independence, the two declared the creation of a new country – the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – on 27 April 1992, disbanding the JNA soon afterwards.[68] Serb-controlled units of the JNA participated in combat operations throughout 1991 and up to May 1992 in support of the Republic of Serbian Krajina.[69]
  3. ^ Initially, SAO Krajina, SAO Western Slavonia, and SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia were separate entities and fought individually against the Croatian government. As of December 19, 1991, the SAOs became part of the RSK.
  4. ^ In 1992–94, Republika Srpska was intermittently involved in Croatian military operations, mostly through provision of military and other aid to the RSK, occasional air raids launched from Mahovljani airbase near Banja Luka, and most significantly through artillery attacks against a number of cities in Croatia, especially Slavonski Brod, Županja, and Dubrovnik.
  5. ^ As determined by the Badinter Arbitration Committee, SFR Yugoslavia dissolved during the war. On 25 June 1991, the Croatian parliament declared the independence of Croatia, following a referendum held in May. The decision was suspended for three months; the declaration became effective on 8 October 1991, and Croatia was no longer part of Yugoslavia.
  6. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina was particularly significant for the war in late 1994 and in 1995. Pursuant to the Washington Agreement, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed as a subunit of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RBiH) representing both Bosnian Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) ethnic groups. Most significantly, the Washington Agreement specifically permitted Croatian Army to enter Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby allowing operations Cincar and Winter '94 against the army of Republika Srpska, outflanking the RSK capital at Knin and creating a new strategic situation before the decisive battles of the war.
  7. ^ Three months after the military defeat of the RSK in Operation Storm, the UN-sponsored Erdut Agreement between the Croatian and RSK authorities was signed on 12 November 1995. The agreement provided for a two-year transitional period, later extended by a year, during which the remaining occupied territory of Croatia was to be transferred to control of the Croatian government. The agreement was implemented by UNTAES and successfully completed by 1998.

References

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  1. ^ Kreutz 1996, p. 173.
  2. ^ Moravscik & Jenkins 1967, p. 129.
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