List of wars involving Azerbaijan

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Azerbaijan and its predecessor states, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

List

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)
Caucasus Campaign of World War I
(1914–1918)
 Ottoman Empire

Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).svg Azerbaijan (1918)
Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus.svg Mountain Republic (1918)
 German Empire (1914–17)


Flag of Georgia (1918–1921, 1-2).svg Georgia (1918)

 Russian Empire (1914–17)

Armenia Armenia (1918)
 United Kingdom (1918)
Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship.svg Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918)


 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918)

Inconclusive
Russian Civil War
(1918–1920)
White movement

 German Empire (1917–1918)
 Ottoman Empire (1917–1918)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).svg Azerbaijan (1918)
Finland (1918–1919)
Flag of Georgia (1918–1921, 1-2).svg Georgia (1918)
 Austria-Hungary (1917–1918)
Ukrainian State (1918)

 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Red flag.svg Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
Flag of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia.svg Commune of Estonia
Flag of the Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR.svg Lithuanian SSR
Flag of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1918–1920).svg Latvian SSR

Withdrawal
Mughan clashes
(1918–1919)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Russian Empire White Movement

Red flag.svg Mughan Soviet Republic

Victory
Armenian–Azerbaijani War
(1918–1920)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (until April 1920)
 Ottoman Empire (1918)

Flag of the Republic of Aras.svg Republic of Aras (1918–1919)


 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (since April 1920)

Armenia Armenia

 United Kingdom
Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship.svg Centrocaspian Dictatorship

Inconclusive
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan
(1920)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan  Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Defeat
Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan (1920–1991)
Anti-Soviet rebellions:  Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg Rebels Defeat
  • Defeat of the Azerbaijani anti-Soviet rebels
Red Army invasion of Georgia
(1921)
 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Georgia (country) Georgia Victory
World War II
(1939–1945)
 Soviet Union Germany Germany Victory
  • 800,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 400,000 of whom were killed.
  • 70,000 Azerbaijanis, mainly former POW volunteers, fought in the Wehrmacht.
Soviet–Afghan War
(1979–1989)
 Soviet Union Flag of Jihad.svg Peshawar Seven Withdrawal
  • 10,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 200 of whom were killed.[1]
Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–)
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
(1988–1994)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan  Nagorno-Karabakh

 Armenia (1992–1994)

Defeat
Ganja Uprising
(1993)
Azerbaijan Huseynov's forces Azerbaijan Azerbaijani government Coup d'état failed
OPON coup d'état attempt
(1995)
Azerbaijan OPON Azerbaijan Azerbaijani government Victory
Gobustan Uprising
(1999)
Azerbaijan Musayev's forces Azerbaijan Azerbaijani government Victory
Operation Eagle
(2008)
 Azerbaijan Flag of Caucasian Emirate.svg Caucasus Emirate Victory
Four-Day War
(2016)
 Azerbaijan  Nagorno-Karabakh
 Armenia
Inconclusive
  • Small Azerbaijani land gains
Operation Gyunnut
(2018)
 Azerbaijan  Armenia Inconclusive
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war
(2020)
 Azerbaijan  Artsakh

 Armenia

Victory[2]
Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
(2021–2023)
 Azerbaijan  Armenia Ongoing
  • Azerbaijan occupies parts of Armenian territory

Peacekeeping missions

Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops (peak)
NATO KFOR 1999 2008  Kosovo 34
Multi-National Force Iraq MNF-I 2003 2008  Iraq 250
ISAF ISAF 2008 2021  Afghanistan 94

References

  1. "Əfqanıstan müharibəsində 200-dən çox azərbaycanlı həlak olub". Azadliq Radiosu (in azərbaycanca). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal". BBC. 10 November 2020. The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.