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This is a chronological list of wars in which Poland or its predecessor states of took an active part, extending from the reign of Mieszko I (960–992) to the present. This list does not include peacekeeping operations (such as UNPROFOR, UNTAES or UNMOP), humanitarian missions or training missions supported by the Polish Armed Forces.

The list gives the name, the date, the Polish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Polish victory

Polish defeat

Another result

Internal conflict

Ongoing conflict

Piast Poland (960–1138)

During the Middle Ages, Poland sought to incorporate other fellow West Slavic peoples under the rule of the Polan dukes, such as Mieszko I, Boleslaw I Chrobry and their descendants, and then defend the lands conquered in the west from the Holy Roman Empire. In the east and south it struggled with Ruthenia, Bohemia and Tatar raiders. In the north-east, it encountered intermittent Lithuanian and Prussian raids.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
963– 967	Polish-Veletian War	Duchy of Poland Duchy of Bohemia (967)	Veleti Wolinians (967)	Mieszko I	Battle of Mieszko I with Wichman	Victory
972	Battle of Cedynia	Duchy of Poland	Saxon Eastern March	Mieszko I Prince Czcibor		Victory
979-980	Otto II's raid on Poland	Duchy of Poland	Holy Roman Empire	Mieszko I		Victory
981	Vladimir the Great's Polish Campaign^[1]	Duchy of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Mieszko I		Defeat
988– 990	Polish-Bohemian War	Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire	Duchy of Bohemia	Mieszko I		Victory
1003– 1005	German–Polish War [pl]	Duchy of Poland	Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Veleti	Bolesław I	Battles of the German–Polish War (1003–1018)	Defeat
1007–1013	German–Polish War [pl]	Duchy of Poland	Holy Roman Empire	Bolesław I	Battles of the German–Polish War (1003–1018)	Victory
1015–1018	German–Polish War [pl]	Duchy of Poland Moravians	Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Margraviate of Austria Veleti	Bolesław I	Battles of the German–Polish War (1003–1018)	Victory
1018	Intervention in the Kievan succession crisis	Sviatopolk loyalists Duchy of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Yaroslav the Wise loyalists	Bolesław I Sviatopolk I	Battle of the River Bug	Victory
1022	Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest	Duchy of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Bolesław I		Victory
1028– 1031	German–Polish War	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Kievan Rus'	Mieszko II	Siege of Bautzen	Defeat
1069–1071	Expedition to Kiev	Kingdom of Poland Ruthenian rebels	Kievan Rus' Pechenegs Varangians	Bolesław II Wszebor Iziaslav I Sviatopolk II		Victory
1076–1077	Bolesław II the Generous's expedition on Kievan Rus'^[2]^[3]^[4]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Bolesław II		Victory Iziaslav I put on the throne^[2]^[3]
1092	Vasilko Rostislavich's raid on Poland^[5]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'			Defeat
1093– 1100	Civil War in Poland^[6]	Władysław I Herman Sieciech Duchy of Bohemia	Zbigniew of Poland Bolesław III Wrymouth	Sieciech Władysław I Zbigniew Bolesław III	Battle of Gopło	Internal conflict
1103– 1108	Civil War in Poland^[7]^{: 248–284}^{[better source needed]}	Bolesław III Wrymouth Kingdom of Hungary Kievan Rus'	Zbigniew of Poland Duchy of Bohemia	Bolesław III		Internal conflict
1109	Henry V's expedition to Poland	Kingdom of Poland	Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia	Bolesław III	Siege of Głogów Battle of Nakło Battle of Hundsfeld	Victory
1120–1125	Polish–Ruthenian War^[8]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Bolesław III	Kievan–Cuman raid on Poland^[9] Siege of Volodymyr^[10] Battle of Wilichów	Victory
1135	Vladimirko Volodarovich's raid on Poland^[9]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'			Defeat
1136	Bolesław III Wrymouth's raid on Rus'^[11]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'			Victory

Feudal fragmentation (1138–1320)

In 1138, after the death of Bolesław III Wrymouth, Poland was divided into districts ruled by local princes. This began a period of feudal fragmentation that lasted for more than 187 years during which Poland was severely weakened due to incessant internal conflicts. The feudal fragmentation ended in 1320 during the reign of Władyslaw I Lokietek.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1142–1143	Vsevolod II's raid on Poland^[12]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'			Defeat
1154– 1155	Henry of Sandomir's crusade to Palestine^[13]^: 59–60^{[better source needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Polish knights	Saracen	Henry I		Victory
1157	Frederick I's expedition to Głogów	Kingdom of Poland Cumania Old Prussians	Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia	Bolesław IV		Defeat
1163	Polish raid on Rus'^[14]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'			Victory
1182– 1183	War for Brest	Kingdom of Poland Ruthenian rebels	Kievan Rus'	Casimir II Mikołaj Gryfita		Victory
1194	Battle of Drohiczyn	Kingdom of Poland	Yatvingians Kievan Rus' Cumanians Polish rebels	Casimir II		Victory
1199	Leszek the White's expedition to Halych^[15]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek the White		Victory
1205	Battle of Zawichost	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Masovia House of Welf	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia Hohenstaufen	Leszek the White Konrad I		Victory
1206	Leszek the White's expedition to Volodymyr^[16]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek the White		Victory
1207	Leszek the White's expedition to Volodymyr^[17]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek the White		Victory
1209–1211	Battle of Lubusz	Duchy of Silesia Duchy of Greater Poland	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Henry the Bearded Władysław III		Victory
1213–1214	Leszek the White's Galician Campaign [ru]^[18]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek the White		Victory
1218	Leszek the White's expedition to Ruthenia^[19]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek the White		Defeat
1219–1221	Polish–Hungarian–Ruthenian War^[19]	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia			Defeat
1224	War between Leszek the White and Mstislav Mstislavich^[19]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek the White		Victory
1225–1229	Second War for Lubusz^[20]^[21]	Kingdom of Poland	Margraviate of Brandenburg			Victory
1227	Battle of Zvenigorod [ru]	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia			Defeat
1229	Daniel expedition to Kalisz^[22]	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia			Defeat
1234	Polish-Teutonic crusade on Old Prussians^[23]^: 182^{[better source needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Local dukes Teutonic Knights	Old Prussians	Konrad I Henry I Władysław Odonic Swietopelk II Sambor II	Battle of Reisen	Victory
1236–1237	Mikhail's Volyn campaign [ru]	Principality of Volhynia Cumans Duchy of Kraków Duchy of Masovia	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Konrad I		Defeat
1238–1240	Battle of Lubusz	Duchy of Silesia	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Henry II		Victory
1241	First Mongol Invasion of Poland	Local dukes Military orders	Mongol Empire	Henry II Pakosław of Sandomierz Włodzimierz of Cracow Klemens of Brzeźnica Klement of Ruszcza Mieszko II Władysław I Sulisław of Kraków Szczepan of Wierzbna	Battles during the first Mongol invasion of Poland	Defeat
1259– 1260	Second Mongol Invasion of Poland	Bolesław V the Chaste	Mongol Empire	Bolesłav V	Sack of Sandomierz	Defeat
1264	Battle of Brańsk	Duchy of Sandomierz Duchy of Kraków	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia Yotvingians	Boleslaw V		Victory
1265–1278	Polish–Brandenburgian War^[24]^[25]	Kingdom of Poland	Margraviate of Brandenburg			Victory
1269–1272	Civil war in Pomerelia	Duchy of Świecie Duchy of Pomerelia Duchy of Greater Poland	Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Lubiszewo Duchy of Inowrocław State of the Teutonic Order Margraviate of Brandenburg	Bolesław the Pious Wartislaw II Sambor II Ziemomysł of Kuyavia		Internal conflict
1273– 1274	Civil War in Poland^[26]^{: 226–228}^{[better source needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Bolesław V the Chaste	Vladislaus I of Opole	Bolesłav V Vladislaus I	Battle of Bogucin	Internal conflict
1277	Silesian Civil War^[26]^{: 243–247}^{[better source needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Henry V of Legnica Bolesław II the Horned	Przemysł II Henry III of Głogów	Henry V Bolesław II Przemysł II Henry III	Battle of Stolec [pl]	Internal conflict
1278	Battle of Myślibórz	Duchy of Greater Poland Duchy of Pomerelia	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Bolesław the Pious		Victory
1278	Battle on the Marchfeld	Czech lands Kingdom of Poland Others	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Germany Others	Henry III		Defeat
1279	Ruthenian raid on Poland^[27]	Kingdom of Poland	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia			Defeat
1280	Kraków campaign of Leo I of Galicia	Kingdom of Poland	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek II	Battle of Goźlice	Victory
1287– 1288	Third Mongol Invasion of Poland	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Mongol Empire	Leszek II	Battle of Łagów [pl] Battle of Dunajec [pl] Battle of Stary Sącz [pl]	Victory
1288– 1290	War for Lesser Poland^[28]^: 696^[29]^: 536^{[better source needed]}^{[failed verification]}	Władysław I the Elbow-high Casimir II of Łęczyca Bolesław II of Masovia Konrad II of Masovia	Henry III of Głogów Przemko of Ścinawa Bolko I of Opole	Władysław I Casimir II Bolesław II Konrad II Henry III Bolko I	Battle of Siewierz [pl]	Internal conflict
1308	Siege of Gdańsk [pl]	Kingdom of Poland Teutonic Order	Margraviate of Brandenburg Swienca family Diocese of Kamien Pomorski Diocese of Lebus			Victory
1308	Teutonic takeover of Danzig	Kingdom of Poland	Teutonic Knights	Władysław I		Defeat
1311–1312	Mayor Albert's Rebellion	Kingdom of Poland	Burghers of Kraków	Władysław I		Victory

Reunited Kingdom of Poland (1320–1385)

In 1320, after the end of the feudal fragmentation, during the reign of Władyslaw I Łokietek and his son Casimir III the Great, Poland experienced a period of strong economic development, this period also increased migration to Poland especially of Germans and Jews. The period ended after the death of Casimir the Great and the assumption of the Polish throne by Louis I.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1323	Polish–Hungarian expedition to Ruthenia^[30]^[31]	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia			Victory
1326	Raid on Brandenburg	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Władysław I		Victory
1326– 1332	Polish-Teutonic War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Płock	Teutonic Knights Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Masovia	Władysław I Casimir III Wincenty of Szamotuły [pl] Wenceslaus of Płock	Battle of Kowal [pl] Siege of Płock [pl] Battle of Płowce Defense of Łuk Warty [pl] Siege of Kalisz [pl] Battle of Konin [pl] Battle of Pyzdry Siege of Brześć Kujawski [pl]	Indecisive
1340– 1392	Galicia-Volhynia Wars	Kingdom of Poland Duchy of Masovia Kingdom of Hungary	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Casimir III Siemowit III	Battle of the Vistula [pl] Battle of Lublin [pl] Battle of Żukowo [pl] Lithuanian raid on Mazovia Lithuanian raid on Poland	Victory
1345– 1348	Polish-Czech War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Hungary	Kingdom of Bohemia	Casimir III	Siege of Żory [pl] Siege of Kraków [pl] Battle of Lelów [pl] Battle of Pogoń [pl]	Indecisive Treaty of Namslau
1352–1358	Maciek Borkowicz's Confederation [pl]	Kingdom of Poland	Maciek Borkowicz's Confederation Families from Greater Poland and Brandenburg			Victory
1375– 1377	Hungarian-Ottoman War	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Ottoman Empire	Louis I		Victory
1381– 1385	Greater Poland Civil War	Grzymała	Nałęcz			Internal conflict

Jagiellon Poland (1385–1569)

For much of its early history as a Christian state, Poland had to contend with Pomeranians, Prussians, Lithuanians and other Baltic peoples in continuous border wars without clear results or end in sight. After the Teutonic Order conquered and assimilated the Prussians, it began incursions into both Polish and Lithuanian territories. This represented a far greater threat to both Poland and Lithuania, and the two countries united in a defensive alliance by the crowning of the Lithuanian Duke Jogaila as King of Poland (as Władysław II) which led to a major confrontation at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 and subsequent wars until 1525, when the Order became a vassal to the Polish Crown.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1387	Polish conquest of Moldavia	Kingdom of Poland	Principality of Moldavia	Jadwiga Władysław II		Victory
1389– 1392	Lithuanian Civil War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Samogitia Teutonic Knights Rus' principalities	Władysław II		Indecisive
1389–1396	Hungarian–Ottoman War	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland Others	Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia		Battle of Nicopolis	Defeat
1409– 1411	Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Teutonic Knights Czech mercenaries Silesian mercenaries	Władysław II Janusz I Siemowit IV Siemowit V Bogislav VIII	Battle of Grunwald Siege of Marienburg Battle of Koronowo	Victory
1414	Hunger War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Teutonic Knights	Władysław II		Victory
1415– 1419	Hungarian–Ottoman War	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland	Ottoman Empire			Indecisive
1419	Retreat Expedition [pl]	Kingdom of Poland	Teutonic Knights	Władysław II		Initial Polish victory Expedition cancelled afterwards
1422	Golub War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Moldavia	Teutonic Knights	Władysław II		Victory
1425–1427	Uckermark War	Pomerania-Stettin Pomerania-Wolgast Pomerania-Stolp Pomerania-Stargard Mecklenburg-Stargard Kingdom of Poland Werle (1425–1426)	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Jan of Czarnków		Victory
1431– 1435	Polish-Teutonic War	Hussites Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Žygimantas Kęstutaitis)	Teutonic Knights Grand Duchy of Lithuania(Švitrigaila)	Jan Mężyk [pl] Feodor Ostrogski	Battle of Dąbki [pl]	Victory
1432– 1438	Lithuanian Civil War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania (pro-Roman Catholic) Kingdom of Poland Hussites	Grand Duchy of Lithuania (pro-Eastern Orthodox) Teutonic Knights Livonian Order Golden Horde Principality of Moldavia	Jakub Kobylański	Battle of Kopystryń [pl] Battle of Wiłkomierz	Victory
1437– 1442	Hungarian–Ottoman War	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland	Ottoman Empire	Władysław III	Siege of Belgrade Battle of Hermannstadt	Victory
1443–1444	Crusade of Varna	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Others	Ottoman Empire	Władysław III	Battles of the Crusade of Varna	Defeat
1454– 1466	Thirteen Years' War	Prussian Confederation Kingdom of Poland	Teutonic Knights Livonian Brothers of the Sword Kingdom of Denmark	Piotr Dunin Jan Bażyński Casimir IV	Siege of Malbork Battle of Chojnice Battle of Ryn Battle of Eylau Battle of Bornholm Siege of Marienburg Battle of Pruszcz Gdański Battle of Świecino Battle of Vistula Lagoon	Victory
1467– 1479	War of the Priests	Kingdom of Poland	Nicolaus von Tüngen Teutonic Knights	Piotr Dunin Casimir IV		Victory
1475	Battle of Vaslui	Moldavia Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Ottoman Empire			Victory
1476–1482	War of the Głogów Succession [pl]	Kingdom of Poland	Kingdom of Bohemia			Defeat
1485– 1503	Polish-Ottoman War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Ottoman Empire Principality of Moldavia Crimean Khanate	Casimir IV John I Stanisław Chodecki	Battle of Cătlăbuga Battle of Kopystrzyń Battle of Zasław Battle of the Cosmin Forest	Defeat
1500– 1503	Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Stanisław Kiszka Alexander Jagiellon	Battle of Vedrosha Battle of the Siritsa River Battle of Mstislavl Siege of Smolensk	Defeat
1502– 1510	Polish-Moldavian War	Kingdom of Poland	Principality of Moldavia Ottoman Empire	Mikołaj Kamieniecki Alexander Jagiellon	Battle of Cernăuți Battle of Khotyn [pl]	Victory
1507–1508	Lithuanian-Muscovite War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Sigismund I the Old	Battle of Orsha [pl] Glinski rebellion	Indecisive
1512– 1522	Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Sigismund I Jerzy Radziwiłł	Battle of Orsha Siege of Smolensk Siege of Opochka Siege of Polotsk	Defeat
1519– 1521	Polish-Teutonic War	Kingdom of Poland	Teutonic Knights	Sigismund I Mikołaj Firlej Nicolaus Copernicus		Victory
1521–1526	Hungarian–Ottoman War	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland Others	Ottoman Empire		Siege of Belgrade Siege of Šabac Battle of Mohács	Defeat
1524	Turko–Tatar raid on Poland^[32]	Kingdom of Poland	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate			Victory
1530– 1538	Polish-Moldavian War	Kingdom of Poland	Principality of Moldavia	Jan Tarnowski Mikołaj Sieniawski	Battle of Gwoździec Battle of Obertyn Battle of Seret [pl]	Victory
1534– 1537	Lithuanian–Muscovite War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Sigismund I	Siege of Starodub [pl]	Indecisive
1537	Chicken War	Kingdom of Poland	Nobility	Sigismund I		Internal conflict
1561	Battle of Verbia	Rebel forces Kingdom of Poland Others	Principality of Moldavia Ottoman Empire Principality of Wallachia	Peter Soldicki		Victory
1561– 1570	Russo-Lithuanian War	Livonian Confederation Kingdom of Poland Denmark–Norway Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia Kingdom of Livonia	Sigismund II Stephen Bathory	Battle of Nevel Battle of Ula Battles of Wenden Siege of Polotsk Second Battle of Ula [pl]	Defeat
1562	Swedish expedition to Livonia	Polish–Lithuanian Union	Kingdom of Sweden	Sigismund II		Defeat
1563– 1568	Polish–Swedish War	Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Denmark–Norway Free City of Lübeck	Grand Duchy of Moscow Kingdom of Sweden	Sigismund II		Defeat

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)

The 17th century saw fierce rivalry between the then major Eastern European powers – Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. At its heyday, the Commonwealth comprised the territories of present-day Poland, and large parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia, and represented a major European power. However, by the end of the 18th century a series of internal conflicts and wars with foreign enemies led to the dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the partitioning of most of its dependent territories among other European powers.

During the 18th century, European powers (most frequently consisting of Russia, Sweden, Prussia and Saxony) fought several wars for the control of the territories of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the end of the 18th century, some Poles attempted to defend Poland from growing foreign influence in the country's internal affairs. These late attempts to preserve independence eventually failed, ultimately ending in Poland's partition and the final dissolution of the remains of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1575–1577	Danzig rebellion	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	City of Gdańsk	Stephen Báthory Jan Zborowski		Victory
1577– 1583	Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Principality of Transylvania	Tsardom of Russia	Stephen Bathory Jan Zamoyski Andrzej Sapieha Mikołaj Mielecki Mikołaj Radziwiłł Krzysztof Radziwiłł	Events during the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory	Victory
1587– 1588	War of the Polish Succession	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Archduchy of Austria	Jan Zamoyski Sigismund III	Siege of Kraków Battle of Byczyna	Victory
1591	Kosiński Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks		Battle of Piatka	Victory
1593–1606	Long Turkish War	Habsburg monarchy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Kingdom of Hungary Others	Ottoman Empire		Battle of Keresztes Battle of Mirăslău	Indecisive
1594-1596	Nalyvaiko Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks		Battle of Lubny	Victory
1595	Expedition to Moldavia	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Principality of Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Jan Zamoyski	Battle of Cecora Battle of Suceava	Victory
1598– 1599	War against Sigismund	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Swedish Empire	Sigismund III	Battle of Stegeborg Battle of Stångebro	Defeat
1600– 1611	Polish-Swedish War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Swedish Empire	Sigismund III Jan Chodkiewicz Jan Zamoyski Stanisław Żółkiewski Krzysztof Radziwiłł Jürgen von Farensbach	Battle of Karksi Battle of Wenden Battle of Kokenhausen Siege of Wolmar Siege of Fellin Battle of Reval Siege of Weissenstein Battle of Rakvere Battle of Weissenstein Battle of Kircholm Capture of Daugavgrīva Siege of Pärnu Battle of Salis Battle of Daugavgrīva	Disputed
1605	1st Dimitriad	False Dmitry I Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia			Victory
1606	Moscow uprising [ru]	False Dmitry I Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia			Defeat
1607	Stefan Potocki's raid on Moldavia^[33]	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavian opposition	Principality of Moldavia			Victory
1607–1609	2nd Dimitriad	False Dmitry II Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia			Defeat
1609– 1618	Polish-Muscovite War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth False Dmitry I	Tsardom of Russia Don Cossacks Swedish Empire	Sigismund III Władysław IV Jan Chodkiewicz Stanisław Żółkiewski False Dmitry I False Dmitry II Aleksander Lisowski Jan Sapieha Lew Sapieha Aleksander Gosiewski Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny	Battle of Novhorod-Siverskyi Battle of Dobrynichi Siege of Kromy Battle of Kozelsk Battle of Zaraysk Battle of Bolkhov Battle of Medvezhiy Brod Siege of Troitsky monastery De la Gardie campaign Siege of Smolensk Tsaryovo-Zaymishche Battle of Klushino Battle of Moscow Siege of Smolensk Battle of Mozhaysk Siege of Moscow Prince Władysław's March on Moscow	Victory
1612	Battle of Cornul lui Sas	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Principality of Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Stefan Potocki [pl] Stanisław Żółkiewski		Defeat
1615–1616	Expedition to Moldavia	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavian opposition	Principality of Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia	Samuel Korecki Michał Wiśniowiecki	Battle of Iași Battle of Cornul lui Sas	Defeat
1617– 1618	Polish-Swedish War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Swedish Empire	Krzysztof Radziwiłł		Defeat
1619	Lisowczyk's intervention in the Thirty Years' War^[34]^{[citation needed]}	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Principality of Transylvania		Battle of Humenné	Victory
1620– 1621	Polish-Ottoman War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Zaporozhian Cossacks	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia	Stanisław Żółkiewski Jan Chodkiewicz Władysław IV Stanisław Koniecpolski Stanisław Lubomirski Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny	Raid on Istanbul Battle of Cecora Battle of Khotyn	Indecisive
1621– 1625	Polish-Swedish War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Swedish Empire	Sigismund III Aleksander Gosiewski Jan Sapieha	Battle of Kroppenhof Battle of Listenhoff Battle of Wallhof	Defeat
1625	Zhmaylo Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks			Victory
1626– 1629	Polish-Swedish War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire	Swedish Empire	Sigismund III Stanisław Koniecpolski Aleksander Gosiewski Jan Sapieha Lew Sapieha Stanisław Potocki Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg Arend Dickmann	Battle of Gniew Battle of Wenden Battle of Czarne Battle of Dirscha Battle of Oliwa Battle of Treiden Battle of Ostróda Battle of Górzno Battle of Trzciana	Defeat
1630	Fedorovych Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Stanisław Koniecpolski		Victory
1632– 1634	Smolensk War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia	Władysław IV Krzysztof Radziwiłł Aleksander Gosiewski	Siege of Dorogobuzh Siege of Smolensk Siege of Putivl [pl] Raid on Polotsk [pl] Battle of Smolensk [pl] Siege of Belaya	Victory
1633– 1634	Polish-Ottoman War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldavia Budjak Horde	Stanisław Koniecpolski	Battle of Sasowy Róg [pl] Battle of Paniowce	Indecisive
1635	Sulyma Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Stanisław Koniecpolski		Victory
1637–1638	Pavlyuk Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Mikołaj Potocki	Battle of Kumeyki	Victory
1638	Ostryanyn Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Mikołaj Potocki Jeremi Wiśniowiecki	Battle of Zhovnyn Siege of the Starzec River	Victory
1648– 1657	Khmelnytsky Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Zaporozhian Cossacks Crimean Khanate	John II Jeremi Wiśniowiecki Marcin Kalinowski Mikołaj Potocki Stefan Potocki Stefan Czarniecki Janusz Tyszkiewicz Władysław Zasławski-Ostrogski Aleksander Koniecpolski Janusz Radziwiłł Wincenty Gosiewski Władysław Wołłowicz Mikołaj Ostroróg Stanisław Lanckoroński Marek Sobieski Zygmunt Przyjemski	Battle of Zhovti Vody Battle of Korsuń Battle of Starokostiantyniv Battle of Pyliavts Battle of Mazyr Battle of Loyew Battle of Zahal Siege of Zbarazh Battle of Zboriv Battle of Krasne Battle of Kopychyntsi Battle of Berestechko Battle of Loyew Battle of Bila Tserkva Battle of Batih Siege of Suceava Battle of Zhvanets Battle of Okhmativ Battle of Magierów	Indecisive
1651	Kostka-Napierski uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Peasants	Wilhelm Jarocki Michał Jordan		Victory
1654– 1667	Russo-Polish War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Tsardom of Russia Zaporozhian Cossacks	Stefan Czarniecki Wincenty Gosiewski John II Stanisław Lanckoroński Jerzy Lubomirski Michał Pac Stanisław Potocki Janusz Radziwiłł Paweł Sapieha Ivan Vyhovsky Pavlo Teteria Filip Obuchowicz [pl] Krzysztof Grodzicki Władysław Wołłowicz Jan Pasek Kazimierz Żeromski	Siege of Smolensk Siege of Mstislav [pl] Trubetsky Massacre [pl] Battle of Shklow Battle of Shepeleviche Battle of Okhmativ Battle of Vilnius Battle of Horodok Siege of Lwów [pl] Battle of Ozerna Battle of Verkiai Battle of Myadel Battle of Konotop Siege of Lyakhavichy Siege of Barysaw Battle of Polonka Battle of Lyubar Battle of Slobodyshche Battle of Basya Battle of Chudnov Battle of Kushliki Battle of Vitebsk Battle of Stavishche Siege of Hlukhiv	Defeat
1655– 1660	Northern War of 1655–1660 (Second Northern War)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Swedish Empire Zaporozhian Cossacks	Krzysztof Opaliński John II Stanisław Lanckoroński Aleksander Koniecpolski Stefan Czarniecki Jan Krasiński Stasnisław Potocki Augustyn Kordecki Stanisław Warszycki Jan Zamoyski Jerzy Lubomirski Krzysztof Grodzicki	(list of battles)	Disputed
1665–1666	Lubomirski's rebellion	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Forces loyal to Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski	John II Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki John III Michał Kazimierz Pac	Battle of Częstochowa [pl] Battle of Mątwy	Defeat
1666– 1671	Polish-Cossack-Tatar War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire	John III Sebastian Machowski [pl]	Battle of Ściana [pl] Battle of Podhajc Battle of Bracław [pl] Battle of Kalnik [pl]	Victory
1672– 1676	Polish-Ottoman War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Ottoman Empire Zaporozhian Cossacks Crimean Khanate Lipka Tatars	John III Mikołaj Potocki Mykhailo Khanenko Michał Radziwiłł Jan Chrzanowski	Battle of Ladyzhyn Siege of Kamenets Battle of Krasnobród Battle of Niemirów Battle of Komarno Battle of Kalush Battle of Khotyn Battle of Lwów Battle of Trembowla Battle of Żurawno	Defeat
1683– 1699	Polish-Ottoman War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Archduchy of Austria	Ottoman Empire	John III Sobieski Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski Marcin Kątski Stefan Kunicki James Louis Sobieski Kazimierz Jan Sapieha Feliks Kazimierz Potocki	Battle of Vienna Battle of Párkány Siege of Kamenets Battle of Hodów Battle of Ustechk Battle of Podhajce	Victory Treaty of Karlowitz
1697–1702	Lithuanian Civil War	Anti–Sapieha Coalition	Saphieha family and allies	John III Augustus II		Victory
1700– 1721	Great Northern War	Augustus II the Strong (1700–04, 1709–) Tsardom of Russia Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–) Electorate of Saxony (1700–06, 1709–) Augustus II the Strong (1700–04, 1709–) Cossack Hetmanate (1700–08, 1709–1721) Kingdom of Prussia (1715–) Electorate of Hanover (1715-) others	Stanisław Leszczyński (1704–09) Swedish Empire Ottoman Empire (1710–14) Cossack Hetmanate (1708–09) others	Augustus II Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Ludwik Pociej Jan Kazimierz Sapieha Józef Potocki Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski	(list of battles)	Victory Treaty of Nystad
1702–1704	Paliy Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski		Victory
1715–1716	Tarnogród Confederation	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Szlachta part of the Confederation Russian Empire		Battle of Radgoszcz [pl] Battle of Ryczywoł [pl] Second Battle of Sokal [pl] Battle of Leszno [pl] Battle of Kowalewo [pl]	Defeat
1733– 1735	War of the Polish Succession	Stanisław Leszczyński Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Duchy of Savoy	Augustus III of Poland Habsburg Monarchy Russian Empire Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Prussia	Stanisław I Leszczyński Augustus III of Poland Jan Tarło Adam Tarło	Siege of Danzig Battle of Wyszecin [pl] Battle of Miechów [pl]	Internal conflict Treaty of Vienna
1734	Haidamak Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian Empire Crimean Tatars	Haidamaks			Polish–Russian victory
1750	Haidamak Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian Empire	Haidamaks			Polish–Russian victory
1764	Civil war in the Commonwealth [pl]	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Hetmans Russian Empire			Internal conflict
1768–1769	Koliivshchyna	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian Empire	Haidamaks	Jan Klemens Branicki Mikhail Krechetnikov		Polish–Russian victory
1768–1772	War of the Bar Confederation	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire	Karol Radziwiłł Casimir Pulaski Michał Jan Pac Maurice Benyovszky	(list of battles)	Defeat
1792	Polish-Russian War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire Targowica Confederation	Józef Poniatowski Tadeusz Kościuszko Michał Wielhorski Józef Judycki Józef Bielak Szymon Zabiełło	(list of battles)	Defeat
1794	Kościuszko Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire Prussia	Tadeusz Kościuszko Antoni Madaliński Jakub Jasiński Tomasz Wawrzecki Stanisław Mokronowski Józef Zajączek Józef Bielak Antoni Chlewiński Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Michał Wielhorski Józef Poniatowski Eustachy Sanguszko Romuald Giedroyć	(list of battles)	Defeat

Napoleonic Wars (Duchy of Warsaw)

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 – most of them bloodily repressed.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1797	Denisko uprising	Polish insurgents Ottoman Empire Great Britain France	Austrian Empire	Joachim Denisko Julian Sierawski		Defeat
1798– 1802	War of the Second Coalition	France Polish Legions Spain Denmark–Norway^[35] French client republics: Batavian Republic Helvetic Republic Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic (until 1799)^[36] Parthenopaean Republic (1799)^[37]	Second Coalition: Holy Roman Empire^[38] Austria Great Britain (until 1801) United Kingdom (from 1801) Russia (until 1799) Ottoman Empire Portugal Kingdom of Naples Grand Duchy of Tuscany Order of Saint John (1798) Malta (1798–1800) French Royalists		Battles during War of the Second Coalition involving Poland	Victory
1803– 1806	War of the Third Coalition	French Empire Polish Legions Kingdom of Etruria Batavian Republic Napoleonic Italy Spain Electorate of Bavaria Württemberg	Holy Roman Empire Russian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Sweden French royalists		Battles during the War of the Third Coalition involving Poland	Victory
1806– 1807	War of the Fourth Coalition	French Empire Polish Legions Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Württemberg Saxony^[39] Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples Etruria Holland Spain Swiss Confederation	Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony^[39] Sweden Sicily		Battles during the War of the Fourth Coalition involving Poland	Victory
1808– 1814	Peninsular War	French Empire Polish Legions	Spain United Kingdom Portugal	Józef Poniatowski Józef Chłopicki Jan Kozietulski Jan Konopka Franciszek Młokosiewicz	First Siege of Zaragoza Battle of Gamonal Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros Battle of Tudela Battle of Somosierra Second siege of Zaragoza Battle of Los Yébenes Battle of Ciudad Real Battle of Talavera Battle of Almonacid Battle of Ocaña Battle of Alcañiz Battle of Belchite Battle of Saguntum Battle of Fuengirola Battle of Baza Battle of Zújar Siege of Tarifa Battle of Albuera Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos	Defeat
1809	War of the Fifth Coalition	French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Saxony Württemberg Westphalia Napoleonic Italy Naples Switzerland Holland	Austrian Empire Hungary Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) United Kingdom Spain Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers	Józef Poniatowski Frederick Augustus I	Battle of Wagram	Victory
1809	Austro-Polish War	Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Saxony French Empire	Austrian Empire	Józef Poniatowski Berke Joselewicz Michał Sokolnicki Józef Zajączek	Battle of Raszyn Battle of Grochów [pl] Battle of Radzymin Battle of Ostrówek [pl] Skirmish at Kock Siege of Toruń [pl] Battle of Jedlińsk [pl] Battle of Zaleszczyki [pl]	Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn
1812	French Invasion of Russia	French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Italy Naples Confederation of the Rhine Baden Bavaria Berg Saxony Westphalia Napoleonic Spain Swiss Confederation	Russian Empire	Józef Poniatowski Aleksander Różniecki [pl] Józef Zajączek Franciszek Kossecki [pl] Jan Dąbrowski	Battle of Mir Battle of Smolensk Battle of Shevardino Battle of Borodino French occupation of Moscow Battle of Tarutino Battle of Vyazma Battle of Nowo Schwerschen Battle of Kaidanowo Battle of Krasnoi Battle of Borisov Battle of Berezina	Defeat
1812– 1814	War of the Sixth Coalition	First French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples	Original Coalition Russian Empire Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Sweden Spain Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia After Battle of Leipzig Saxony Bavaria Württemberg Netherlands	Józef Poniatowski Dezydery Chłapowski	German campaign of 1813 Battle of Lützen Battle of Bautzen Battle of Kulm Battle of Dennewitz Battle of Leipzig Battle of Sehested Battle of Montmirail Battle of Montereau Battle of Reims	Defeat

Poland under partitions (1815–1918)

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 – most of them bloodily repressed.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1830– 1831	November Uprising	Kingdom of Poland	Russian Empire	Józef Chłopicki Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł Maciej Rybiński Emilia Plater	Battles during the November Uprising	Defeat
1846	Kraków Uprising	Poles [pl]	Austrian Empire Russian Empire	Jan Tyssowski	Chochołowian uprising [pl] Battle of Gdów	Defeat Rabacja Galicyjska
1848	Greater Poland Uprising	Poles	Prussia	Ludwik Mierosławski	Battle of Miłosław	Defeat
1863– 1864	January Uprising	Poles	Russian Empire	Romuald Traugutt	Battles during the January Uprising	Defeat
1905– 1907	Revolution of 1905 Revolution of 1905 in Poland	Polish revolutionaries [pl] Russian revolutionaries	Russian Empire Polish conservatives		Łódź insurrection Bloody Wednesday	Defeat
1914– 1918	World War I	German Empire Austria-Hungary Polish Legions Central Powers	Russian Empire Polish Armed Forces British Empire French Third Republic Blue Army Allies	Józef Piłsudski Józef Haller Marian Januszajtis-Żegota Stanisław Szeptycki Mieczysław Ryś-Trojanowski	Battles of World War I involving Poland Battle of Krzywopłoty Battle of Łowczówek Charge of Rokitna Battle of Kostiuchnówka Battle of Krechowce Battle of Rarańcza Battle of Kaniów	Victory^[a]

Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)

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.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1918– 1919	Polish-Ukrainian War	Second Polish Republic Kingdom of Romania	West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic	Józef Piłsudski Józef Haller	Battles during the Polish–Ukrainian War	Victory Treaty of Warsaw
1918– 1919	Soviet westward offensive	Second Polish Republic Ukrainian People's Republic	Russian SFSR	Józef Piłsudski		Victory
1918– 1919	Greater Poland Uprising	Poles	Weimar Republic		Battle of Ławica Battle of Rawicz	Victory
1919	Januszajtis putsch	Government–loyal army	ND	Józef Piłsudski Jędrzej Moraczewski		Internal conflict Defeating the putschists
1919	Polish–Czechoslovak War	Second Polish Republic	Czechoslovakia	Franciszek Latinik	Battle of Skoczów	Indecisive
1919	First Silesian Uprising	Poles	Weimar Republic	Alfons Zgrzebniok		Defeat
1920	Second Silesian Uprising	Poles	Weimar Republic			Victory
1919– 1921	Silesian Uprisings	Poles	Weimar Republic	Wojciech Korfanty	Battle of Annaberg	Ceasefire
1919– 1921	Polish-Soviet War	Second Polish Republic	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Byelorussian SSR Polrewkom	Józef Piłsudski Tadeusz Rozwadowski	Battles of the Polish–Soviet War	Victory
1919– 1920	Polish-Lithuanian War	Second Polish Republic Central Lithuania	Lithuania	Lucjan Żeligowski	Żeligowski's Mutiny Battles of the Polish–Lithuanian War	Victory
1923	1923 Kraków riot	Second Polish Republic	Polish Socialist Party			Internal conflict Government crackdown on striking workers
1926	May Coup	Government–loyal army	Sanation–loyal army	Stanisław Wojciechowski Wincenty Witos		Internal conflict Sanation takeover government
1932	Lesko uprising	Second Polish Republic	Peasants			Internal conflict
1938	Takeover of Zaolzie	Second Polish Republic	Czechoslovakia			Victory

Poland during World War II (1939–1945)

The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September. The campaigns ended in early October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. After the Axis attack on the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, the entirety of Poland was occupied by Germany, which proceeded to advance its racial and genocidal policies across Poland.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1939	World War II – September Campaign	Second Polish Republic	Nazi Germany Slovakia Soviet Union	Edward Śmigły-Rydz Tadeusz Kutrzeba Wacław Stachiewicz Juliusz Rómmel Antoni Szylling Franciszek Kleeberg	Bombing of Wieluń Defence of Westerplatte Battle of Mokra Battle of Wizna Siege of Warsaw Battle of the Bzura Battle of Lwów Battle of Grodno Defense of Hel Peninsula Battle of Kock	Defeat Partition of Poland
1939– 1945	World War II – Polish resistance	Polish Underground State Armia Krajowa Armia Ludowa Bataliony Chłopskie Narodowe Siły Zbrojne Other Polish underground organisations	Nazi Germany General Government Slovakia Other axis powers	Henryk Dobrzański Stefan Rowecki Tadeusz Komorowski August Emil Fieldorf Franciszek Kamiński Marian Spychalski Michał Rola-Żymierski	fights of Hubal Unit Zamość uprising Akcja "Burza" Operation Ostra Brama Warsaw Uprising	Indecisive^[b]
1939– 1945	World War II – Western Front	Polish government-in-exile Allies: UK France Others	Nazi Germany Italy Other axis powers	Władysław Sikorski Władysław Anders Stanisław Maczek Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko Jan Zumbach	Battle of the Atlantic Battle of Narvik French campaign Battle of Britain Siege of Tobruk Battle of Monte Cassino Falaise pocket Operation Market Garden Liberation of Breda [pl] Operation Pheasant Battle of Wilhelmshaven [pl]	Victory Potsdam Conference
1943– 1945	World War II – Eastern Front	Polish Republic Soviet Union	Nazi Germany Slovakia Other axis powers	Zygmunt Berling Michał Rola-Żymierski Karol Świerczewski Władysław Korczyc Stanisław Popławski Antoni Siwicki [pl]	Battle of Lenino Battle of Studzianki Battles for the Warsaw Bridgeheads [pl] Liberation of Warsaw [pl] East Pomeranian offensive Battle of Kołobrzeg Breakthrough of Pomerenian Wall [pl] Battle of Rothenburg [pl] Battle of Budziszyn Battle of Berlin Prague offensive	Victory Potsdam Conference

Communist Poland (1945–1989)

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.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1939– 1947	Polish–Ukrainian conflict	Polish Underground State Polish People's Republic Soviet Union	Ukrainian Insurgent Army Nazi Germany	Karol Świerczewski Stefan Mossor	Defence of Huta Stara [pl] Defence of Huta Stepańska and Wyrka Attack on Hrubieszów Przebraże Defence Battles for Bircza Akcja „Wisła” Battle of Ulhówek and Rzeczyca	Victory
1944–1953	Anti-communist resistance in Poland	Polish People's Republic	Cursed soldiers	Bolesław Bierut Stanisław Radkiewicz Konstantin Rokossovsky	Battle of Surkonty Attack on the NKVD Camp in Rembertów Battle of Kuryłówka Raid on Kielce Prison Augustów roundup Attack on Hrubieszów 1946 pacification of villages by PAS NZW	Internal conflict Defeat of the Cursed soldiers
1945	Racibórz Conflict	Polish People's Republic	Czechoslovakia	Michał Rola-Żymierski		Indecisive
1968	Invasion of Czechoslovakia	Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union People's Republic of Poland People's Republic of Hungary People's Republic of Bulgaria East Germany	Czechoslovakia	Władysław Gomułka Marian Spychalski Józef Cyrankiewicz Wojciech Jaruzelski		Victory

Third Polish Republic (1989–present)

At the beginning of the 21st century Poland is involved in the War against terrorism on the NATO side.


Date	Conflict	Belligerents 1	Belligerents 2	Leaders	Events	Result
1990– 1991	Gulf War	Coalition of the Gulf War: Poland United States of America France	Iraq			Victory
1994–1995	Operation Uphold Democracy	United States of America Haitian Opposition Poland Argentina CARICOM Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Guyana Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago	Haiti	Sławomir Petelicki	Operation Maintain Democracy	Victory
2001–2021	War on Terror (Main phase) War in Afghanistan Iraq War Mali War	United States of America United Kingdom Poland others	al-Qaeda Taliban others		Operation Black Eagle Operation Eagle's Feather Operation Achilles Operation Serval	Victory
2003	2003 invasion of Iraq	United States of America United Kingdom Poland others	Iraq	Aleksander Kwaśniewski	Battle of Umm Qasr Battle of Al Faw Battle of Basra Battle of Hillah	Victory
2007	War in Afghanistan (Polish intervention) Operation Achilles Operation Eagle's Feather	Poland Afghan National Army	Taliban			Victory
2007	Iraq War (Polish intervention) Operation Black Eagle	United States of America United Kingdom Poland Iraqi Security Forces	Mahdi Army			Indecisive
2013–2014	Operation Serval	France Mali Poland Others	Islamic militants	Bronisław Komorowski		Victory

Notes

^ Defeat of Central Powers and Russia, but fulfilling the goal of Polish national liberation movements
^ Success of the Zamość Uprising, partial success of Akcja "Burza"

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