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)	22x20px Ottoman Empire File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).svg Azerbaijan (1918) File:Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus.svg Mountain Republic (1918) 22x20px German Empire (1914–17) File:Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg Georgia (1918)	Russian Empire (1914–17) File:Flag of Administration of Western Armenia.svg Administration of Western Armenia 22px Armenia (1918) United Kingdom (1918) File:Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship.svg Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918) 22px Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918) Baku Commune (1918)	Inconclusive Azerbaijan declares independence
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)	White movement 22x20px German Empire (1917–1918) 22x20px Ottoman Empire (1917–1918) File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).svg Azerbaijan (1918) Finland (1918–1919) File:Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg Georgia (1918) Austria-Hungary (1917–1918) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian State (1918)	22x20px Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic Commune of Estonia File:Flag of the Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR.svg Lithuanian SSR Latvian SSR	Withdrawal
Mughan clashes (1918–1919)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	White Movement Mughan Soviet Republic	Victory Azerbaijan regains control of Mugan plain
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (until April 1920) 22px Ottoman Empire (1918) File:Flag of the Republic of Aras.svg Republic of Aras (1918–1919) 22px Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (since April 1920) 22px Soviet Azerbaijan (since April 1920)	22px Armenia United Kingdom File:Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship.svg Centrocaspian Dictatorship	Inconclusive
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan (1920)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	22px Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic File:Socialist red flag.svg Azerbaijani Bolsheviks	Defeat Azerbaijan is invaded and becomes part of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Azerbaijan)
Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan (1920–1991)
Anti-Soviet rebellions: Ganja Uprising (1920) Tartar Uprising (1920) Lankaran Uprisings (1920–22)	22px Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 22px Soviet Azerbaijan	File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg Rebels	Defeat Defeat of the Azerbaijani anti-Soviet rebels
Red Army invasion of Georgia (1921)	22px Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 22px Soviet Azerbaijan	File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia	Victory Georgia is invaded and becomes part of the Soviet Union as the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Georgia)
World War II (1939–1945)	25px Soviet Union 22px Soviet Azerbaijan	22px Germany File:Azerbaijani Legion emblem.svg Azerbaijani Legion	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)	25px Soviet Union 22px Soviet Azerbaijan	File: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)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	22px Nagorno-Karabakh File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia (1992–1994)	Defeat Bishkek Protocol, Nagorno-Karabakh is de facto independent from Azerbaijan.
Ganja Uprising (1993)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Huseynov's forces	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijani government	Coup d'état failed Change of Azerbaijani government
OPON coup d'état attempt (1995)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg OPON	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijani government	Victory Coup d'état failed, Azerbaijani government stays in power
Gobustan Uprising (1999)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Musayev's forces	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijani government	Victory Rebellion suppressed
Operation Eagle (2008)	Azerbaijan	File:Flag of Caucasian Emirate.svg Caucasus Emirate Forest Brothers	Victory Jihadists defeated
Four-Day War (2016)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	22px Nagorno-Karabakh File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	Inconclusive Small Azerbaijani land gains
Operation Gyunnut (2018)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	Inconclusive
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	22px Artsakh File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	Victory^[2] 2020 ceasefire agreement
Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–2023)	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	Ongoing Azerbaijan occupies parts of Armenian territory

Peacekeeping missions

Mission	Start-date	End-date	Location	Troops (peak)
NATO KFOR	1999	2008	22px Kosovo	34
MNF-I	2003	2008	Iraq	250
ISAF ISAF	2008	2021	File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan	94

References

↑ "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.
↑ "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.

[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.

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