List of wars involving Lithuania
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood. Dates indicate the years in which Lithuania was involved in the war. Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.
- Victory
- Defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive)
- Ongoing conflict
Kingdom of Lithuania
- Mongol invasions of Lithuania (1258–1259, 1275, 1279, and 1325)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
14th century
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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Galicia–Volhynia Wars (1340–1392) | ![]() ![]() |
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Galicia–Volhynia divided between Poland and Lithuania |
Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372) | ![]() ![]() |
Grand Duchy of Moscow | Lithuanian retreat (Treaty of Lyubutsk) |
Lithuanian war of succession (1377–1387) | ![]() Jogaila |
![]() Andrei of Polotsk |
Jogaila victory |
Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) | ![]() Kęstutis Vytautas |
![]() Jogaila Skirgaila |
Temporary reconciliation |
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392) | ![]() |
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Ostrów Agreement |
15th century
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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1409–1411 | Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War | ![]() ![]() |
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Peace of Thorn (1411) |
1414 | Hunger War | ![]() ![]() |
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Mediation at the Council of Constance |
1422 | Gollub War | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1431–1435 | Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435) | ![]() |
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Victory (Peace of Brześć Kujawski) |
1432–1438 | Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438) | ![]() ![]() |
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Svitrigaila's defeat |
1487–1494 | Lithuanian–Muscovite War | ![]() Golden Horde |
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Eternal Peace (1494) |
1492–1537 | Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars | ![]() |
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16th century
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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1508 | Glinski Rebellion | ![]() |
Glinski supporters | Government's victory |
1524 | Ottoman-Tatar invasion of Lithuania and Poland | ![]() ![]() |
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1561–1570 | Northern Seven Years' War | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Treaty of Stettin (1570) |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
See also: List of wars involving Poland § Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) |
16th century
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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1576–1582 | Livonian War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1587–1588 | War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588) | Supporters of Sigismund Vasa, mainly Poles | Supporters of Maximilian of Austria, mainly Germans, but including many Poles and Hungarians | Sigismund victory |
17th century
18th century
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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1700–1721 | Great Northern War | ![]()
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Treaty of Nystad |
1733–1738 | War of the Polish Succession | ![]() |
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Treaty of Vienna (1738) |
1792 | Polish–Russian War of 1792 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | ![]() |
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Defeat |
19th-century uprisings against Russian rule
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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1830–1831 | November Uprising | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1863–1865 | January Uprising | ![]() |
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Defeat |
20th century
Interwar Lithuania (1918–1940)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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Lithuanian–Soviet War
(1918–1919) |
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Victory
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War against the Bermontians
(1919) |
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Victory
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Polish–Lithuanian War
(1919–1920) |
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Inconclusive
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Klaipėda Revolt
(1923) |
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Victory
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Polish ultimatum to Lithuania
(1938) |
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Defeat
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German ultimatum to Lithuania
(1939) |
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Defeat
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Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
(1940) |
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Defeat
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Lithuania under occupation
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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June Uprising in Lithuania
(1941) |
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Victory
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German occupation of Lithuania
(1941–1944) |
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Guerilla war in the Baltic states
(1944–1953) |
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Defeat |
Lithuania's independence restored (1990s)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Lithuania and/or its Allies |
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Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
(1990–1991) |
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Victory
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January Events
(1991) |
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Victory
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21st century
- 2001, War in Afghanistan
- 2003, Invasion of Iraq
- 2023, War in Ukraine
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