List of invasions
This is a list of invasions ordered by date. 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
1945–1999
World War II (1939–1945)
| Invasion | Invading forces | Defending forces |
1945 invasion of occupied Asia
| United States Vietnam United Kingdom Mongolia | |
1945 invasion of occupied Europe
| Poland | Nazi Germany |
| 1945 invasion of Croatia | Croatia | |
| 1945 invasion of Slovakia | Slovakia | |
| 1945 invasion of Italy | United States United Kingdom | Italy |
| 1944 invasion of Azad Hind | United Kingdom | Azad Hind |
| 1944 invasion of Bulgaria | ||
| 1944 invasion of Yugoslavia | ||
1944 invasion of occupied Europe
| United StatesUnited Kingdom | Nazi Germany |
| 1944 invasion of Albania | Albania | |
1944 invasion of the Pacific
| United States | Japan |
| 1944 invasion of East Asia | Japan | China |
| 1944 invasion of Romania | Soviet Union | |
| 1944 invasion of Hungary | Nazi Germany | |
| 1943 invasion of Italy | United KingdomUnited States | Italy |
| 1943 invasion of the Pacific | Japan | United States |
| 1942 invasion of North Africa | United StatesUnited Kingdom | |
| 1942 invasion of Solomon Islands | United States Australia | Japan |
| 1942 invasion of Alaska | Japan | United States |
| 1942 invasion of Vichy France | Nazi Germany | |
| 1942 invasion of Madagascar | United Kingdom | |
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 | |
| 1941 invasion of Thailand | Japan | |
| 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union |  Germany | Soviet Union |
| 1941 invasion of Indochina | ||
| 1941 invasion of Iran | United Kingdom | Pahlavi dynasty |
| 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 | |
| 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia | Nazi Germany Kingdom of Italy | |
| 1941 invasion of Greece | Nazi Germany | Kingdom of Greece |
| 1941 invasion of Italian-occupied Albania | Kingdom of Greece | Albania Italy |
| 1941 invasion of Vietnam | Japan | Vietnam |
| 1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor | Australia Netherlands | |
| 1940 invasion of Egypt | Kingdom of Italy Nazi Germany | |
| 1940 invasion of Greece | Kingdom of Italy Albania | Kingdom of Greece |
| 1940 invasion of Sudan | Kingdom of Italy | Sudan |
| 1940 invasion of Kenya | Kingdom of Italy | |
| 1940 invasion of Somaliland | Kingdom of Italy | Somaliland |
| 1940 invasion of Vietnam | Japan | France |
| 1940 invasion of Iceland | United Kingdom | |
| 1940 invasion of Faroe Islands | United Kingdom | |
| 1940 invasion of Denmark | Nazi Germany | |
| 1940 invasion of Norway | Nazi Germany | |
| 1940 invasion of Belgium | Nazi Germany | Belgium |
| 1940 invasion of France | Nazi Germany Kingdom of Italy | France |
| 1940 invasion of Luxembourg | Nazi Germany | |
| 1940 invasion of the Netherlands | Nazi Germany | Netherlands |
| 1940 invasion of the Channel Islands | Nazi Germany | United Kingdom |
| 1939 invasion of China | Japan | China |
| 1939 invasion of Finland | ||
| 1939 invasion of Lithuania | ||
| 1939 invasion of Latvia | ||
| 1939 invasion of Estonia | ||
| 1939 invasion of French colonies | Japan | France |
| 1939 invasion of Poland | ||
| 1939 invasion of Poland | Nazi GermanySlovak Republic |
Interwar (1918–1939)
World War I (1914–1918)
| Invasion | Invading forces | Defending forces |
| 1917 invasion of Hungary | ||
| 1916 invasion of Romania | German Empire | |
| 1916 invasion of Austria-Hungary | ||
| 1916 invasion of Mexico | ||
| 1916 invasion of Vietnam | Vietnam | |
| 1915 invasion of Russia | German Empire | |
| 1915 invasion of Montenegro | Austria-Hungary | Kingdom of Montenegro |
| 1915 invasion of Serbia | German Empire | Kingdom of Serbia |
| 1915 invasion of Ottoman Empire | ||
| 1915 invasion of Serbia | Austria-Hungary | Serbia |
| 1915 invasion of German South West Africa | South-West Africa | |
1914 invasion of German Pacific
| German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of France | German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of East Africa | East Africa | |
| 1914 invasion of Tsingtao | German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of New Guinea | New Guinea | |
| 1914 invasion of Samoa | New Zealand | Samoa |
| 1914 invasion of Kamerun | Belgium | Kamerun |
| 1914 invasion of Galicia | ||
| 1914 invasion of Germany | German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of Serbia | Austria-Hungary | Kingdom of Serbia |
| 1914 invasion of South Africa | German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of Togoland | FRA | Togoland |
| 1914 invasion of Alsace | German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of Belgium | German Empire | |
| 1914 invasion of Luxembourg | German Empire |
See also: World War I timeline
1800–1915
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)
| Invasion | Invading forces | Defending forces |
| 1813 invasion of France | Spain United Kingdom | France |
| 1812 invasion of Russia | France | Russia |
| 1811 invasion of Java | United Kingdom | France |
| 1810 invasion of Mauritius | United Kingdom | France |
| 1810 invasion of Portugal | France | United Kingdom |
| 1810 invasion of Guadeloupe | United Kingdom | France |
| 1809 Invasion of Sweden | ||
| 1809 invasion of Flanders | United Kingdom | France |
| 1809 invasion of Portugal | France | United Kingdom |
| 1809 invasion of Martinique | United Kingdom | France |
| 1808 invasion of Spain | France | Spain |
| 1807 invasion of Portugal | France Spain | |
| 1805 invasion of Bavaria | ||
| 1800 invasion of Piedmont | France | Piedmont |
| Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland | Kingdom of Great Britain Russia | France |
| 1799 invasion of Ionian Islands | Russia Ottoman Empire | France |
| 1798 invasion of Vietnam | France | Vietnam |
| 1798 invasion of Ireland | France | Kingdom of Ireland |
| 1798 invasion of Egypt | France | Ottoman Empire |
| 1798 invasion of Malta | France |  Order of St. John of Jerusalem |
| 1795 invasion of France | Kingdom of Great Britain | France |
| 1795 invasion of Ceylon | Kingdom of Great Britain | Batavian Republic |
| 1795 invasion of Bavaria | France | |
| 1794 invasion of Holland | France | Dutch Republic |
| 1794 invasion of the Austrian Netherlands | France | Austrian Empire |
| 1793 invasion of the Kingdom of Sardinia | France | |
| 1793 invasion of Breda | France | Breda |
See also: French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars
1700–1792
1600–1699
- 1694 invasion of Lan Xang by Vietnam
- 1693 invasion of Mongolia by China
- 1692 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1688–1689 invasion of Britain by the Dutch Republic
- 1683 invasion of Kingdom of Tungning by the Qing dynasty
- 1683 invasion of Austria by Ottoman Empire
- 1677 invasion of Vietnam by a Mạc army
- 1674 invasion of Brandenburg by Sweden
- 1673 invasion of Poland by Ottoman Turks
- 1672 invasion of Dutch Republic by France with English support
- 1670–1671 invasion of Spanish Panama by the English privateer Morgan
- 1668 invasion of Spanish Panama by the English privateer Morgan
- 1668 invasion of Spanish Cuba by the English privateer Morgan
- 1664 invasion of Austria by Ottoman Empire
- 1662 invasion of Assam by Bengal
- 1661–1662 invasion of Dutch Formosa by the Ming loyalists
- 1655 invasion of western Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by Sweden
- 1654 invasion of eastern Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia
- 1653 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1650 invasion of Scotland by England
- 1647 invasion of Ireland by England
- 1647 invasion of Crete by Ottoman Empire
- 1644 invasion of the Ming dynasty by the Qing dynasty
- 1636 invasion of Korea by the Qing dynasty
- 1630 invasion of Germany by Sweden
- 1627 invasion of Iceland by Barbary pirates
- 1627 invasion of Korea by the Later Jin
- 1625 invasion of western England by Barbary pirates
- 1625 invasion of Ottoman Istanbul by Zaporozhian Cossacks
- 1621 invasion of Poland by Ottoman Turks
- 1609 invasion of Russia by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1500–1599
- 1596 invasion of Austria by the Ottoman Empire
- 1594 invasion of Cambodia by Siam
- 1592 invasion of Burma by Siam
- 1592–1598 invasion of Korea by Japan
- 1589 invasion of Poland by the Crimean Khanate
- 1585 invasion of Lanzarote of the Canary Islands by Barbary pirates
- 1578 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1563–1569 invasion of Siam by Burma
- 1573 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
- 1572 invasion of Spanish Nombre de Dios by the English privateer Drake
- 1571 invasion of Russia by Crimean Khanate
- 1571 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
- 1565 invasion of Malta by Ottoman Empire
- 1552 invasion of Kazan Khanate by Russia
- 1551 invasion of Tripoli by Ottoman Empire
- 1551 invasion of Gozo by Ottoman Empire
- 1548–1549 invasion of Siam by Burma
- 1537 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
- 1537 invasion of Vietnam by a Ming army
- 1527–1543 invasion of Ethiopia by Adal Sultanate
- 1529 invasion of Austria by the Ottoman Empire
- 1526 invasion of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire
- 1522 invasion of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire
- 1515 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by France
- 1513 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by Papal-hired Swiss mercenaries and Republic of Venice
- 1512 invasion of Spain by Barbary pirates
- 1506 invasion of Poland by Crimean Tatars
1300–1499
- 1499 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by France
- 1492 invasion of Granada by Spain
- 1480 invasion of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire
- 1478 invasion of Kingdom of Lan Xang by Vietnam
- 1471 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1453 invasion of Byzantium by the Ottoman Empire
- 1446 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1431 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks
- 1429 invasion of Malta by the Hafsids
- 1427 invasion of Vietnam by a Ming army
- 1421 invasion of Egypt by the Kingdom of Cyprus
- 1415 invasion of France by the Kingdom of England.
- Turkoman invasions of Georgia 1407–1502
- 1407 invasion of Vietnam by China
- 1403 invasion of Venetian Corfu by the Republic of Genoa
- 1402 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1389 invasion of Serbia by the Ottoman Empire
- 1389 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
- 1385–1387 invasion of Caucasus and Northwest Iran by the Golden Horde
- 1382–1383 invasion of Russia by the Golden Horde
- 1377 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
- 1372 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
- 1361 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
- by "The Disinherited" and England
- 1332 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" from England
- 1312 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1300 invasion of Flanders by France
Timurid invasions
- 1386-1403 Timur's invasions of Georgia
- 1400–1402 invasion of Iraq, Syria and Anatolia
- 1399 invasion of Ukraine
- 1398–1399 invasion of northern India
- 1394–1396 invasion of Golden Horde
- 1389–1391 invasion of Golden Horde
- 1380–1393 invasion of Persia
- 1370s invasion of Transoxiana and Khwarezm
1200–1299
- 1297 invasion of Monaco by an Italian army
- 1296 invasion of Scotland by England
- 1291 invasion of Acre by the Mamluks
- 1268 invasion of Antioch by the Mamluks
- 1246 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Empire
- 1224 invasion of the Kingdom of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Despotate of Epirus
- 1218 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1216 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1204 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Fourth Crusade
- 1204 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
- 1203 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
- 1202 invasion of Hungary-Croatia by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
Mongol invasions
- 1299 invasion of Syria
- 1293 invasion of Java
- 1288 raid against Vietnam
- 1287 raid against Poland
- 1287 invasion of Vietnam
- 1285 raid against Bulgaria
- 1285 raid against Vietnam
- 1284–1285 invasion of Hungary
- 1284 invasion of Vietnam
- 1283 invasion of Kingdom of Champa
- 1281 invasion of Syria
- 1281 invasion of Japan
- 1279 invasion of Southern China
- 1277, 1287 invasion of Myanmar
- 1275 raid against Lithuania
- 1274 raid against Bulgaria
- 1274 invasion of Japan
- 1259 invasion of Syria
- 1259 raid against Lithuania and Poland
- 1258–1259 invasion of Halych-Volynia
- 1258 raid against Vietnam
- 1258 invasion of Baghdad
- 1257 invasion of Vietnam
- 1254 invasions of Korea
- 1251–1259 invasion of Persia, Syria and Mesopotamia
- 1251 invasion of Korea
- 1247 invasion of Korea
- 1244 invasion of Anatolia
- 1242 invasion of Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia
- 1241 invasion of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Bohemia, Austria
- 1240 Mongol invasions of Tibet
- 1240 invasion of Ukraine
- 1237–1238 invasion of Russia
- 1235 invasion of Korea
- 1232 invasion of Korea
- 1231 invasion of Korea
- 1222, 1241, 1257, 1292, 1298, 1306, 1327 invasion of India
- 1220–1224 invasion of Georgians and the Cumans of the Caucasus, the Kuban, Astrakhan, Russia, Ukraine
- 1218–1220 invasion of Khwarizm
- 1211–1234 invasion of Northern China
- 1205–1209 invasion of Western China
900–1199
- 1195 invasion of Spain by Almohads
- 1191 invasion of Jaffa by England
- 1191 invasion of Acre by France, Conrad of Montferrat and England
- 1191 invasion of Cyprus by England
- 1189 invasion of Iconium by the Holy Roman Empire
- 1189 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Ayyubids
- 1177 invasion of Angkor by Rival Chams based in Central Vietnam
- 1171, 1173, 1177, 1183, 1187 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Ayyubids
- 1169 Invasion of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans
- 1167 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1163, 1164, 1167, 1168 invasion of Egypt by Kingdom of Jerusalem
- 1161–1165 invasion of the Southern Song dynasty by the Jin dynasty
- 1132 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1128 invasion of Vietnam by Kingdom of Champa
- 1125–1142 invasion of the Northern Song dynasty by the Jin dynasty
- 1115–1118 invasion of Egypt by Kingdom of Jerusalem
- 1113 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks
- 1110 invasion of Kalinga by Chola
- 1104 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1102,1103,1105 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Egypt
- 1099 invasion of Jerusalem by the First Crusade
- 1097–1098 invasion of Antioch by the First Crusade
- 1097 invasion of Kalinga by Chola
- 1091 invasion of Malta by the Normans
- 1091 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Petchenegs
- 1086 Invasion of Spain by Almoravids
- 1085 invasion of Antioch by the Seljuk Turks
- 1080s invasions of the Georgian Kingdom by the Seljuk Turks
- 1075 invasion of China by Vietnam
- 1074–1075 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1071 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Seljuk Turks
- 1069 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1068 invasion of Egypt by the Seljuk Turks
- 1066 invasion of England by Norwegian and Norman forces
- 1053–54 invasion of Malta by the Byzantine Empire
- 1044 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1043 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1028–1029 invasion of Norway by Canute the Great from Anglo-Saxon England
- 1025 invasion of Srivijaya by Chola
- 1020 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 1019 invasion of Kyushu, Japan by Jurchen pirates
- 1018 invasion of Lanka by Chola
- 1015–1016 invasion of Anglo-Saxon England by Danish, Norwegian, Jomsviking and Polish forces led by Canute the Great
- 993–1019 invasion of Korea by Khitan
- 982 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
- 981 invasion of Vietnam by Song forces
- 969 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
- 968 invasion of Kievan Rus by Petchenegs
- 955 invasion of Germany by Magyars
- 938 invasion of Vietnam by Southern Han forces
- 919–921 Second Fatimid invasion of Egypt
- 914–915 First Fatimid invasion of Egypt
Before 900
- 870 invasion of Malta by the Aghlabids
- 793 invasion of Britain Lindisfarne by Vikings
- 782 Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor by Arabs
- 772 invasion of Saxony by Charlemagne
- 763 invasion of Tang China by Tibetans
- 732 invasion of France by Arabs
- 718 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Arabs
- 711–718 invasion of Visigothic Hispania by a Moorish army of the second caliphate
- 657 invasion of the Western Turkic Khaganate by China
- 651 invasion of Champa and Vietnam by the third caliphate
- 648 invasion of Karasahr by the Tang dynasty
- 645–668 invasion of Korea by the Tang dynasty
- 644 invasion of Karasahr by the Tang dynasty
- 642–711 invasion of Algeria by the Umayyads
- 640 invasion of Karakhoja by the Tang dynasty
- 639–640 invasion of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate by China
- 639–641 invasion of Egypt by the second caliphate
- 636 invasion of Antioch by the second caliphate
- 633–651 invasion of Sasanian Empire by the first caliphate
- 602 invasion of Vietnam by a Sui army
- 600 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
- 586 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Persia
- 598–614 invasion of Korea by China
- 544 invasion of Vietnam by Chen Baxian
- 543 invasion of Vietnam by Kingdom of Champa
- 543 Roman invasion of Persarmenia by the Byzantine Empire
- 540 invasion of Antioch by the Sasanid Empire
- 520 or 525 invasion of Yemen by Ethiopia
- 429 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Visigoths
- 409 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by Vandals and Alans
- 409 invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula by Suebians
- 406 invasion of Gallia by Vandals, Alans and Suebians
- 363 invasion of Persia by the Roman Empire
- 349 invasion of Meroe by Ethiopia
- 249 invasion of Roman Empire by Persia
- 43 AD invasion of Vietnam by a Han army
- 43 AD invasion of Britain by the Roman Empire
- 56 and 55 BC invasions of Britain by the Roman Republic
- 58 and 57 BC invasions of France by the Roman Republic
- 65 BC invasion of Georgia by the Roman Republic
- 111 BC invasion of Vietnam by a Han army
- 121 BC invasion of France by the Roman Republic
- 149 BC invasion of Carthago by the Roman Republic
- 208 BC invasion of Vietnam by China
- 218 BC invasion of Vietnam by a Qin army
- 219 BC invasion of Lusitania by the Roman Republic
- 221 BC invasion of Vietnam by Qin Shi Huang
- 258 BC invasion of Vietnam by Âu Việt tribe led by Thục Phán
- 279 BC invasion of Balkans by Gauls
- Approximately between 18th–13th century BC invasion of Canaan by Joshua and the Israelites
- Approximately between 22nd–21st century BC invasion of Vietnam by Ân tribes.
Muslim conquests
Punic Wars
Macedonian invasions
Peloponnesian War
431–404 BC multiple invasions of Athens and allies by Sparta and allies; multiple invasions of Spartan allies by Athens and alliesPersian invasions of Greece
- 480-479 BCE Second Persian invasion of Greece
- 492-490 BCE First Persian invasion of Greece