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List of Polish wars

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Below is a list of military conflicts in which Polish armed forces participated or which took place on Polish territory.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Contents

1 Middle Ages
2 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
3 Nineteenth century
4 Twentieth century
5 Twenty-first century



Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, Poland fought mostly to defend itself from the German eastward expansion, but at the same time tried to conquer its eastern neighbor, Ruthenia. Occasionally, it encountered Bohemian, Tartar, Prussian and Lithuanian raids, to be finally challenged by a new powerful neighbor from the north – the Teutonic Order.

972, against Germany, see battle of Cedynia
1003–1005, against Germany
1007–1013, against Germany
1015–1018, against Germany
1018, against Kievan Rus
1072, against Bohemia
1109, against Germany
1146, against Germany
1156, against Germany
1241, with the Teutonic Order against Tartars, see battle of Legnica
1326–1333, against the Teutonic Order, see battle of P³owce
1409-1411, the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War (1409-1411), Poland allied with Lithuania against the Teutonic Order, see battle of Grunwald
1439, against the Hussites, see battle of Grotniki
1444, with Hungary against Turkey see battle of Varna
1454–1466, Thirteen Years´ War – against the Teutonic Order

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The 17th century saw fierce rivalry between the then major Eastern European powers – Sweden, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). At its heyday, the Commonwealth comprised the territories of present-day Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and parts of Russia, and was militarily able to intervene in and occupy Moscow. However, starting with the civil war following a Cossack uprising, a series of bloody wars weakened Poland enough to make it merely a pawn in European politics by the turn of the next century.

1577 - Danzig War or Gdañsk War [1]
1577 - 1582, Livonian War – against Russia
1577 - First Campaign of Batory
1579 - Second Campaign of Batory
1580 - Third Campaign of Batory
1588 - cvili war of the 1588 election
1595 - 1621, Magnate wars in Moldavia, against Ottoman Empire/Turkey
1600 - 1611, Swedish war, see also War against Sigismund
1605 - 1618, Polish-Muscovy War (1605-1618) against Russia (First Dimitriad: 1605-1606, Second Dimitriad 1607-1609, Polish-Muscovy War 1609-1618)
1617 - 1629, Swedish war
1618 - 1648, Thirty Years´ War – minor involvement on the Habsburg side, mostly noticeable in the series of wars with Sweden (see above and below)
1632 - 1634, Smolensk War, against Russia
1633 - 1634, Ottoman-Commonwealth War (1633-1634)
1648 - 1654, Chmielnicki Uprising, the largest Cossack uprising against Poland
1654 - 1656, Polish-Muscovy War (1654-1656), against Russia
1655 - 1661, Northern Wars – against Sweden
The wars against Sweden, Brandenburg, Russia and Transylvania, known as the Deluge.
1658 - 1667, Polish-Muscovy War (1658-1667) against Russia
1671 - 1676, Ottoman-Commonwealth War (1671-1676), against Turkey
During the 18th century the Commonwealth was more a battlefield for neighboring European powers (Russia, Sweden, Prussia and Saxony) than an active warring party itself. Only at the end of the century did Poles start to defend their country from growing foreign, chiefly Russian, influence in their internal affairs. These late attempts to preserve independence eventually failed and ended in Poland´s partitions.

1700 - 1721, Great Northern War – on the side of the anti-Swedish coalition
1733 - 1738, War of the Polish Succession
1768 - 1774, Russo-Turkish War, a.k.a. Polish War
Confederation of Bar
1792, Constitution War – against Russia
1794, Ko¶ciuszko Uprising – against Russia

Nineteenth century
Poles unsuccessfully struggled to win back their independence throughout the 19th century. At first, they put their hopes in Napoleon. Later, they tried to ignite national uprisings every now and then – all of them bloodily repressed.

1809, Franco-Austrian War (see Napoleonic Wars) – on the French side
1812 - 1814, Franco-Russian War – on the French side
1830 - 1831, November Uprising – against Russia
1863 - 1864, January Uprising – against Russia

Twentieth century
In the turmoil of the First World War, Poles managed to regain independence and then to expand their territory in a series of local wars and uprisings; only to be occupied again during the next world war. The second half of the 20th century was more peaceful, but still tense, as Poland was involved in the Cold War on the Soviet side.

1914 - 1918, First World War
1918 - 1919, defending Lwów (L´viv) and eastern Galicia against Western Ukraine
1918 - 1919 Great Poland Uprising – against Germany
1919, defending Cieszyn against Czechoslovakia
1919, First Silesian Uprising – against Germany
1919 - 1921, Polish-Soviet War
1920, Second Silesian Uprising – against Germany
1921, Third Silesian Uprising – against Germany
1939 - 1945, Second World War – on the Allied side
1939, September campaign
Polish contribution to World War II
1968, invasion of Czechoslovakia on the Soviet side, see Prague Spring

Twenty-first century
2003, Invasion of Iraq – on the US side
Polish contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Related articles
History of Poland
Military of Poland
History of Europe
List of Polish uprisings
List of wars

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The list provided by wikipedia dosn`t provide the full information about the wars in Poland/or a significant Polish force took part during the last 1100 years.

..Those are only the most important conflicts.