An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to natural resources or strategic positions, effecting a change in the ruling government, or any combination thereof.

2000–present

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1945–1999

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1999 invasion of Kargil   Pakistan   India
1998 invasion of Democratic Republic of Congo   Uganda
  Rwanda
  Burundi
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
1998 invasion of Ethiopia   Eritrea   Ethiopia
1994 invasion of Haiti   United States   Haiti
1991 invasion of Iraq   United States
  United Kingdom
  France
  Saudi Arabia
  Egypt
  Bahrain

  Canada
  Italy
  Morocco
  Oman
  Qatar
  Syria

  Iraq
1991 invasion of Saudi Arabia   Iraq   Saudi Arabia
1990 invasion of Kuwait   Iraq   Kuwait
1990 invasion of Rwanda   Rwandan Patriotic Front   Rwanda
1989 invasion of Liberia National Patriotic Front of Liberia   Liberia
1989 invasion of Panama   United States   Panama
1988 invasion of Spratly Islands   China   Vietnam
1984 Indian capture of Siachen   India   Pakistan
1983 invasion of Grenada   United States   Grenada
1982 invasion of Iraq   Iran   Iraq
1982 invasion of Lebanon   Israel   Palestine Liberation Organization
  Syria
1982 invasion of Falklands   Argentina   United Kingdom
1980 invasion of Iran   Iraq   Iran
1979 invasion of Afghanistan   Soviet Union   Afghanistan
1979 invasion of Thailand   Vietnam   Thailand
1979 invasion of Vietnam   China   Vietnam
1979 invasion of Uganda   Tanzania   Uganda
1978 invasion of Cambodia   Vietnam   Cambodia
1978 invasion of Tanzania   Uganda   Tanzania
1978 invasion of Lebanon   Israel   Palestine Liberation Organization
1977 invasion of Ethiopia   Somalia   Ethiopia
1976 invasion of Lebanon   Syria   Lebanon
1975 invasion of East Timor   Indonesia   East Timor
1975 invasion of Spanish Sahara   Morocco   Spain
1975 invasion of Koh Poulo Wai   Vietnam   Cambodia
1975 invasion of Thổ Chu Islands   Cambodia   Vietnam
1975 invasion of South Vietnam   North Vietnam   South Vietnam
1974 invasion of Cyprus   Turkey   Cyprus
1974 invasion of Paracel Islands   China   South Vietnam
1973 Invasion of Israel   Egypt
  Syria
  Israel
1972 invasion of South Vietnam   North Vietnam   South Vietnam
1971 invasion of Laos[1]   South Vietnam
  United States
  North Vietnam
1971 invasion of Pakistan and East Pakistan   India   Pakistan
1970 invasion of Cambodia[2][3][4]   United States
  South Vietnam
  North Vietnam
1970 invasion of Cambodia   North Vietnam   Khmer Republic
1969 Invasion of Honduras   El Salvador   Honduras
1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union
  Bulgaria
  Hungary
  Poland
  Czechoslovakia
1968 invasion of South Vietnam   North Vietnam   National Liberation Front
  Soviet Union
  South Vietnam
  United States
1967 invasion of Kingdom of Sikkim Nathu La and Cho La clashes   China   India
  Kingdom of Sikkim
1967 invasions of Biafra   Nigeria   Biafra
1967 invasions of Biafra   Biafra   Nigeria
1967 invasion of Egypt   Israel   Egypt
1967 invasion of Syria   Israel   Syria
1967 invasion of Jordan   Israel   Jordan
1965 counter-invasion of Pakistan   India   Pakistan
1965 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir   Pakistan   India
1965 invasion of Dominican Republic   United States   Dominican Republic
1962 invasion of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh   China   India
1961 invasion of New Guinea   Indonesia   Netherlands
1961 Indian annexation of Goa   India   Portugal
1961 invasion of Cuba   United States   Cuba
1958 invasion of Laos   North Vietnam   Laos
1957 invasion of Spanish Sahara   Morocco   Spain

  France

1956 invasion of Hungary   Soviet Union   Hungary
1956 invasion of Egypt   France
  United Kingdom
  Israel
  Egypt
1954 Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli   India   Portugal
1950 invasion of North Korea   United Nations   North Korea
1950 invasion of South Korea   North Korea   South Korea
1950 invasion of Tibet   China   Tibet
1948 Indian annexation of Hyderabad   India   Hyderabad State
1948 Arab League invasion of Israel   Arab League
  Egypt
  All-Palestine Protectorate
  Transjordan
  Iraq
  Syria
  Lebanon
  Saudi Arabia
  Yemen
  Israel
1947 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir   Pakistan   India
  Jammu and Kashmir
1946 invasion of Vietnam   France   Vietnam
1945 invasion of Vietnam   France   Vietnam
1945 invasion of Indonesia   Netherlands   Indonesia

World War II (1939–1945)

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1945 invasion of occupied Asia   United States
  Soviet Union
  Vietnam
  United Kingdom
  Mongolia
  Japan
  Manchukuo
  Azad Hind
1945 invasion of occupied Europe   Soviet Union
  Poland
  Germany
1945 invasion of Croatia   Soviet Union   Croatia
1945 invasion of Slovakia   Soviet Union   Slovakia
1945 invasion of Italy   United States
  United Kingdom
  Italy
  Italy
1944 invasion of Azad Hind   United Kingdom   Azad Hind
1944 invasion of Bulgaria   Soviet Union   Bulgaria
1944 invasion of Yugoslavia   Soviet Union   Yugoslavia
1944 invasion of occupied Europe   United States
  Soviet Union
  United Kingdom
  Canada
  Germany
1944 invasion of Albania   Soviet Union   Albania
1944 invasion of the Pacific   United States   Japan
1944 invasion of East Asia   Japan   China
1944 invasion of Romania   Soviet Union   Romania
1944 invasion of Hungary   Germany   Hungary
1943 invasion of Italy   United Kingdom
  United States
  Canada
  Italy
1943 invasion of the Pacific   Japan   United States
1942 invasion of North Africa   United States
  United Kingdom
  France
1942 invasion of Solomon Islands   United States
  Australia
  Japan
1942 invasion of Alaska   Japan   United States
1942 invasion of Vichy France   Germany   France
1942 invasion of Madagascar   United Kingdom   France
1942 invasion of UK Pacific   Japan   United Kingdom
1941 invasion of East Indies   Japan   Netherlands
1941 invasion of US Pacific   Japan   United States
1941 invasion of UK Pacific   Japan   United Kingdom
1941 invasion of Sarawak   Japan   Sarawak
1941 invasion of Thailand   Japan   Thailand
1941 invasion of the Soviet Union   Germany   Soviet Union
1941 invasion of Indochina   Thailand   France
1941 invasion of Iran   Soviet Union
  United Kingdom
  Iran
1941 invasion of Syria   United Kingdom   Syria
1941 invasion of Lebanon   United Kingdom   Lebanon
1941 invasion of Indochina   Japan   Vietnam
1941 invasion of Greenland   United States   Greenland
1941 invasion of Yugoslavia   Germany
  Italy
  Bulgaria
  Hungary
  Yugoslavia
1941 invasion of Greece   Germany   Greece
1941 invasion of Italian-occupied Albania   Greece   Albania

  Italy

1941 invasion of Vietnam   Japan   Vietnam
1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor   Australia
  Netherlands
  Portugal
1940 invasion of Egypt   Italy
  Germany
  Bulgaria
  Egypt
1940 invasion of Greece   Italy
  Albania
  Greece
1940 invasion of Sudan   Italy   Sudan
1940 invasion of Kenya   Italy   Kenya
1940 invasion of Somaliland   Italy   Somaliland
1940 invasion of Vietnam   Japan   France
1940 invasion of Iceland   United Kingdom   Iceland
1940 invasion of Faroe Islands   United Kingdom   Denmark
1940 invasion of Denmark   Germany   Denmark
1940 invasion of Norway   Germany   Norway
1940 invasion of Belgium   Germany   Belgium
1940 invasion of France   Germany
  Italy
  France
1940 invasion of Luxembourg   Germany   Luxembourg
1940 invasion of the Netherlands   Germany   Netherlands
1940 invasion of the Channel Islands   Germany   United Kingdom
1939 invasion of China   Japan   China
1939 invasion of Finland   Soviet Union   Finland
1939 invasion of Lithuania   Soviet Union   Lithuania
1939 invasion of Latvia   Soviet Union   Latvia
1939 invasion of Estonia   Soviet Union   Estonia
1939 invasion of French colonies   Japan   France
1939 invasion of Poland   Soviet Union   Poland
1939 invasion of Poland   Germany
  Slovakia
  Poland

Interwar (1918–1939)

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1939 invasion of Mongolia   Japan
  Manchukuo
  Soviet Union
  Mongolia
1939 invasion of Albania   Italy   Albania
1938 invasion of the Soviet Union   Japan   Soviet Union
1938 invasion of Czechoslovakia   Germany
  Hungary
  Poland
  Czechoslovakia
1937 invasion of China   Japan   China
1935 invasion of Ethiopia   Italy   Ethiopia
1932 invasion of Bolivia   Paraguay   Bolivia
1931 invasion of Manchuria   Japan   China
1923 invasion of Corfu   Italy   Greece
1923 invasion of the Ruhr   France
  Belgium
  Germany
1920 invasion of Poland   Russian SFSR
  Ukrainian SSR
  Poland
1919 invasion of Eastern Thrace and Western Anatolia   Greece   Turkey
1919 invasion of Ukraine   Romania   Ukraine
1919 invasion of Hungary   Romania   Hungary
1919 invasion of Ukraine   Russian SFSR
  Ukrainian SSR
  Ukraine
1918 invasion of Russia   United Kingdom
  Canada
  Japan
  Czechoslovakia
  Greece
  Poland
  United States
  France
  Australia
  India
  Romania
  Serbia
  Italy
  China
  Russian SFSR

World War I (1914–1918)

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1917 invasion of Hungary   United Kingdom   Austria-Hungary
1916 invasion of Romania   Germany   Romania
1916 invasion of Austria-Hungary   Romania   Austria-Hungary
1916 invasion of Mexico   United States   Mexico
1916 invasion of Vietnam   France   Vietnam
1915 invasion of Russia   Germany
  Austria-Hungary
  Russia
1915 invasion of Montenegro   Austria-Hungary   Montenegro
1915 invasion of Serbia   Austria-Hungary
  Bulgaria
  Germany
  Serbia
1915 invasion of Ottoman Empire   United Kingdom
  Russia
  Ottoman Empire
1915 invasion of Serbia   Austria-Hungary   Serbia
1915 invasion of German South West Africa   South Africa   South-West Africa
1914 invasion of German Pacific   Japan   Germany
1914 invasion of France   Germany   France
1914 invasion of East Africa   United Kingdom   East Africa
1914 invasion of Tsingtao   Japan
  United Kingdom
  Germany
1914 invasion of New Guinea   Australia   New Guinea
1914 invasion of Samoa   New Zealand   Samoa
1914 invasion of Kamerun   United Kingdom
  France
  Belgium
  Kamerun
1914 invasion of Galicia   Russia   Austria-Hungary
1914 invasion of Germany   Russia   Germany
1914 invasion of Serbia   Austria-Hungary   Serbia
1914 invasion of South Africa   Germany   South Africa
1914 invasion of Togoland   France
  United Kingdom
  Togoland
1914 invasion of Alsace   France   Germany
1914 invasion of Belgium   Germany   Belgium
1914 invasion of Luxembourg   Germany   Luxembourg

See also: World War I timeline

1800–1915

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1915 invasion of Haiti   United States   Haiti
1913 invasion of Bulgaria   Serbia
  Romania
  Greece
  Montenegro
  Ottoman Empire
  Bulgaria
1912 invasion of Macedonia   Bulgaria
  Serbia
  Greece
  Montenegro
  Ottoman Empire
1911 invasion of Libya   Italy   Ottoman Empire
1910 invasion of Korea   Japan   Korea
1910 invasion of Tibet   China   Tibet
1904 invasion of Russia   Japan   Russia
1904 invasion of Tibet   United Kingdom   Tibet
1903 invasion of Bolivia   Brazil   Bolivia
1902 invasion of Manchuria   Korea   China
1900 invasion of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State   British Empire
  •   United Kingdom
  •   Canada
  South African Republic

  Orange Free State

1900 invasion of China   United Kingdom
  Russia
  Japan
  United States
  France
  Germany
  Italy
  Austria-Hungary
  China
1899 invasion of British Africa   South African Republic

  Orange Free State

  British Empire
  •   Natal
  •   Cape Colony
1898 invasion of the Philippines   United States   Philippines
1898 invasion of Spain   United States   Spain
1897 invasion of Greece   Ottoman Empire   Greece
1897 invasion of Crete   Greece   Ottoman Empire
1895 invasion of South African Republic   British Empire
  •   Cape Colony
  South African Republic
1895 invasion of Ethiopia   Italy   Ethiopia
1895 invasion of Taiwan   Japan   Taiwan
1894 invasion of China   Japan   China
1894 invasion of Korea   Japan   Korea
1893 invasion of Hawaii   United States   Hawaii
1884 invasion of Chinese Tonkin   France Vietnam

  China

1879 invasion of Peru   Chile   Peru
1879 invasion of Bolivia   Chile   Bolivia
1878 invasion of Ottoman Turkey   Russia   Ottoman Empire
1877 invasion of Ottoman Bulgaria   Russia

  Serbia

  Romania

  Montenegro

  Bulgarian Legion

  Ottoman Bulgaria
1871 invasion of France   North German Confederation   France
1871 invasion of Korea   United States   Korea
1868 invasion of Abyssinia   United Kingdom

  British India

  Abyssinia
1866 invasion of Korea   France   Korea
1865 invasion of Tonkin, Vietnam   Black Flag Army   Siam

  Luang Phrabang

1864 invasion of Peruvian Chincha Islands   Spain   Peru

  Chile

1864 invasion of Paraguay   Brazil

  Argentina

  Uruguay

  Paraguay
1863 invasion of the United States   Confederate States of America   United States
1862 invasion of the United States   Confederate States of America   United States
1862–1867 invasion of Mexico   France   Mexico
1861–1865 invasions of the Confederate States   United States   Confederate States of America
1859 invasion of Lombardy-Venetia   Sardinia-Piedmont

  France

  Lombardy-Venetia
1859 invasion of Sardinia-Piedmont   Austria   Sardinia-Piedmont
1858 invasion of Vietnam   France Vietnam
1856 invasion of China   United Kingdom

  France

 China
1855 invasion of Ottoman Turkey   Russia   Ottoman Empire
1854–1855 invasions of Finland   United Kingdom   Grand Duchy of Finland
1854 invasion of Russia   United Kingdom

  France

  Russia
1853 invasion of Moldavia and Wallachia   Russia   Moldavia

  Wallachia

1852 invasion of Argentina   Brazil

  Uruguay

  Entre Rios

  Corrientes

  Argentina
Manifest Destiny Invasion of the Western North America   United States Native Americans
1846 invasion of Mexico   United States   Mexico
1841 invasion of Bolivia   Peru   Bolivia
1841 invasion of Cambodia Vietnam

  Siam

  Cambodia
1839 invasion of China   United Kingdom  China
1838 invasion of Peru   Chile   Peru
1837 invasion of Peru   Chile   Peru
1835 invasion of Riograndense Republic   Brazil   Riograndese Republic
1834 invasion of Ladakh   Sikh Empire Ladakh
1832 invasion of Syria   Egypt   Ottoman Empire
1832 invasion of Champa Vietnam Champa
1831 invasion of Cambodia and southern Vietnam   Siam Vietnam

  Cambodia

1830 invasion of Algeria   France   Regency of Algiers
1827 invasion of Laos   Siam   Kingdom of Vientiane
1825 invasion of Greece   Egypt   Greece
1817–21 invasions of Assam   Burma Assum
1812–16 invasions of the Banda Oriental   United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves   Banda Oriental
1814 invasion of the United States   British Empire   United States
1813 invasion of Canada   United States   British Empire
  •   Upper Canada
1812 invasions of Canada   United States   British Empire
  •   Upper Canada
  •   Lower Canada
1812 invasions of United States   British Empire
  •   United Kingdom
  •   Upper Canada
  •   Lower Canada

Native Americans

  United States
1812 invasion of Cambodia Vietnam   Cambodia
1809 invasion of Sweden   Russia   Sweden
1808 invasion of Swedish Finland   Russia   Swedish Finland
1806–1807 invasions of Spanish Río de la Plata basin colonies   United Kingdom   Spain
1805 invasion of Tripoli   United States   Ottoman Empire

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1813 invasion of France   Spain
  United Kingdom
  Portugal
  France
1812 invasion of Russia   France
  Austria
  Prussia
  Russia
1811 invasion of Java   United Kingdom   France
1810 invasion of Mauritius   United Kingdom   France
1810 invasion of Portugal   France   Portugal
  United Kingdom
1810 invasion of Guadeloupe   United Kingdom   France
1809 Invasion of Sweden   Russia   Sweden
1809 invasion of Flanders   United Kingdom   France
1809 invasion of Portugal   France   Portugal
  United Kingdom
1809 invasion of Martinique   United Kingdom   France
1808 invasion of Spain   France   Spain
1807 invasion of Portugal   France
  Spain
  Portugal
1805 invasion of Bavaria   Austria   Bavaria
1800 invasion of Piedmont   France   Piedmont
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland (1799)   Great Britain
  Russia
  Holland
  France
1799 invasion of Ionian Islands   Russia
  Ottoman Empire
  France
1798 invasion of Vietnam   France Vietnam
1798 invasion of Ireland   France   Ireland
1798 invasion of Egypt   France   Ottoman Empire
1798 invasion of Malta   France   Order of St. John of Jerusalem
1795 invasion of France   Great Britain   France
1795 invasion of Ceylon   Great Britain   Batavian Republic
1795 invasion of Bavaria   France   Bavaria
1794 invasion of Holland   France   Dutch Republic
1794 invasion of the Austrian Netherlands   France   Austria
1793 invasion of the Kingdom of Sardinia   France   Sardinia
1793 invasion of Breda   France   Breda

1700–1792

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Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
1792 invasion of Poland   Russia   Poland
1792 invasion of Laos   Siam   Laos
1789 invasion of Vietnam   Manchu army Vietnam
1788 invasion of Nepal   China   Nepal
1788 invasion of Vietnam   China Vietnam
1788 invasion of Tibet   Gorkha Kingdom Tibet
1788 invasion of Australia   Britain Indigenous Australians
1784–1785 Battle of Rach Gam–Xoai Mut   Siam   Vietnam
1783 Al Khalifa invasion of Bahrain   Al Khalifa   Bahrain
1782 invasion of Cambodia   Siam   Cambodia
1778 invasion of Laos   Siam     Laos
1775 invasion of Canada   Thirteen Colonies (United States)   Canada
1774 Tây Sơn Revolt   Vietnam   Annam
1769 invasion of Cambodia   Siam   Cambodia
1768 Invasion of Corsica   France   Corsica
1765–1767 invasion of Siam   Burma   Siam
1757 Battle of Prague   Prussia   Bohemia
1756 invasion of Saxony   Prussia   Saxony
1755 Wars over the south   Vietnam Cochinchina
1750 invasion of Tibet China Tibet
1749 invasion of Cochinchina   Vietnam Cochinchina
1741 invasion of Spanish Cuba   England   Spanish Cuba
1720 invasion of Tibet China Tibet
1718 War of the Quadruple Alliance   Austria
  Britain
  Sicily
1718 War of the Quadruple Alliance   Spain   Sicily
1718 Great Northern War   Sweden   Norway
1717 War of the Quadruple Alliance   Spain   Sardinia
1717 Tatar raids Tatar   Transylvania
1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain  Omani   Bahrain
1716 Battle of Petrovaradin   Ottoman Empire   Austria
1716 Great Northern War   Sweden   Norway
1716 invasion of Venetian Corfu   Ottoman Turks   Corfu
1714 Wars over the south   Vietnam Cochinchina
1719 invasion of Sweden   Russia   Sweden
1707 invasion of Russia   Sweden   Russia
1706 invasion of Saxony   Sweden   Saxony
1705 invasion of Tibet Mongols Tibet
1702 invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth   Sweden   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1700 invasion of the Swedish Empire   Russia
  Denmark–Norway
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Sweden

1600–1699

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1500–1599

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1300–1499

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Timurid invasions

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1200–1299

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Mongol invasions

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900 AD –1199 AD

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Before 900 AD

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Muslim conquests

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Punic Wars

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Macedonian invasions

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Peloponnesian War

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431–404 BC multiple invasions of Athens and allies by Sparta and allies; multiple invasions of Spartan allies by Athens and allies

Persian invasions of Greece

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References

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