List of conflicts in Asia

This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and List of conflicts in the Middle East, List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts.

Between 14340 to 13140 BCE Battle at Cemetery 117

c. 3100 BCE Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
c. 3050 BCE Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians.
c. 2890 BCE After the death of Qa'a, the last pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt, a short war may have occurred for the throne, ending with the accession of Hotepsekhemwy.
c. 2690 BCE Khasekhemwy reunited Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt

c. 2670 BCE Djoser, the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt dispatched several military expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula

c. 2150 BCE The 4.2 kiloyear event triggered famines, social disorder, and fragmentation.
c. 2140 BCE During the reign of the pharaoh Neferkare III, the nomarch of Hieraconopolis Ankhtifi, led a coalition of his nome and Edfu against Thebes.
c. 2120 BCE Mentuhotep I and Sehertawy Intef I
c. 2075 BCE Akhtoy Nebkaure sacked Thinis

c. 2061 – c. 2010 BCE Campaigns of Mentuhotep II
c. 1900 BCE Senusret I conquest of Lower Nubia
c. 1880 BCE Amenemhat II, looted two cities in Asia
c. 1860–1850 BCE Senusret III, four campaigns to Nubia, one campaign to the Southern Levant
c. 1850 BCE Amenemhat III, short Nubian campaign
c. 1705 BCE – c. 1648 BCE Continuation of 14th dynasty rule in the Nile River Delta region until 1650 BCE when the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt conquered the Delta.

c. 1649 BCE – c. 1600 BCE the Hyksos progress south conquering Middle Egypt, then controlled by the Abydos Dynasty or the 16th Dynasty
c. 1629 BCE – c. 1628 BCE Neferhotep III in a defensive war against the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
c. 1582 BCE Final Theban offensive of Hyksos who conquer Thebes, ending the 16th Dynasty
c. 1560 BCE – c. 1540 BCE The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt at war with the Hyksos

c. 1550 Pharaoh Ahmosis I launches an invasion on the Hyksos in Upper and Lower Egypt. A new era in Ancient Egyptian history: the New Kingdom under the rule of the 18th dynasty.
c. 1282 BCE Seti's military campaigns
1206 BCE – c. 1150 BCE Bronze Age collapse causes the collapse of the New Kingdom of Egypt and subsequent attacks from Libyans, with associated people of Ekwesh, Shekelesh, Lukka, Shardana, and Tursha. A second attack during the reign of Ramesses III involved Peleset, Tjeker, Shardana and Denyen.
- c. 1178 BCE Egyptian-Sea People wars
  - c. 1178 BCE Battle of the Delta
  - c. 1178 BCE Battle of Djahy

925 BCE Battle of Bitter Lakes
752-721 BCE Conquest of Egypt
671 BCE Assyrian invasion of Egypt led by Esarhaddon
664 BCE Sack of Thebes led by Ashurbanipal

530-522 BCE Campaigns of King Cambyses II of Persia
- 525 BCE Battle of Pelusium
522-520 BCE Rebellion of Petubastis III
480s BCE Rebellion of Psamtik IV
460-454 BCE Rebellion of Inaros II
- 459 BCE Battle of Papremis
411 BCE Amyrtaeus revolted against Darius II of the Achaemenid Empire and regained Egyptian independence
385-383 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King Hakor
374-373 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King Nectanebo I
343 BCE Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
335-323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
- 333 BCE Pelusium opened its gates to Alexander the Great, who placed a garrison in it under the command of an officer entitled Companion of the King.

173 BCE Antiochus Epiphanes defeated the troops of Ptolemy Philometor
55 BCE Mark Antony defeated the Egyptian army and made himself master of the city
10 January 49 BCE – 17 March 45 BCE Caesar's Civil War
- 48-47 BCE Siege of Alexandria
- 47 BCE Battle of the Nile
32 BCE – August 30 BCE Final War of the Roman Republic
- 31 July – 1 August 30 BCE Battle of Alexandria

115–117 CE Kitos War

1171–1172 CE Ayyubids Conquest of North Africa and Nubia
1095–1272 CE The Crusades
- 1213–1221 CE Fifth Crusade
  - 1218–1219 CE Siege of Damietta
  - 29 August 1219 CE Battle of Fariskur
- 1248–1254 CE Seventh Crusade
  - 6 June 1249 CE Siege of Damietta
  - 8 February 1250 CE – 11 February 1250 CE Battle of Al Mansurah
  - 6 April 1250 CE Battle of Fariskur

9–12 October 1365 CE Alexandrian Crusade

1538–1557 CE Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts
20 April 1792 – 25 March 1802 CE French Revolutionary Wars
- May–December 1798 CE Mediterranean campaign
  - 1798–1801 CE French campaign in Egypt and Syria
    - 13 July 1798 CE Battle of Shubra Khit
    - 21 July 1798 CE Battle of the Pyramids
    - 1–3 August 1798 CE Battle of the Nile
    - 21 October 1798 Revolt of Cairo
    - 25 July 1799 CE Battle of Abukir
    - 19 February 1799 CE Siege of El Arish
    - 20 March 1800 CE Battle of Heliopolis
    - 8 March 1801 CE Battle of Abukir
    - 13 March 1801 CE Battle of Mandora
    - 21 March 1801 CE Battle of Alexandria
    - 17 August – 2 September 1801 CE Siege of Alexandria
18 May 1803 CE – 20 November 1815 CE Napoleonic Wars
- 1807–1809 CE Anglo-Turkish War
  - 1807 CE Alexandria expedition

28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 World War I
- 29 October 1914 – 30 October 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - 28 January 1915 – 30 October 1918 Sinai and Palestine Campaign
    - 26 January – 4 February 1915 Raid on the Suez Canal
    - 23 April 1916 Battle of Katia
    - 3–5 August 1916 Battle of Romani
    - 23 December 1916 Battle of Magdhaba
    - 9 January 1917 Battle of Rafa
    - 13–21 February 1917 Raid on Nekhl

1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 World War II
- 10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
  - 10 June 1940 – 13 May 1943 North African Campaign
    - 11 June 1940 – 4 February 1943 Western Desert Campaign
      - 9–16 September 1940 Italian invasion of Egypt
      - 9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941 Operation Compass
      - 4 February 1942 Abdeen Palace Incident
      - 1–27 July 1942 First Battle of El Alamein
      - 30 August – 5 September 1942 Battle of Alam Halfa
      - 11 October – 23 November 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein
15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949 Arab-Israeli War
- December 1948 – January 1949 Battles of the Sinai

5–11 June 1967 Six-Day War
- 5–6 June 1967 Battle of Abu-Ageila
- 8 June 1967 USS Liberty incident
1 July 1967 – 7 August 1970 War of Attrition
- 11 July 1967 Battle of Rumani Coast
- 19 July 1969 Operation Bulmus 6
- 20 July 1969 – 28 July 1969 Operation Boxer
- 26–27 December 1969 Operation Rooster 53
- 7 January – 13 April 1970 Operation Priha
- 22 January 1970 Operation Rhodes
- 30 July 1970 Operation Rimon 20
6–25 October 1973 Yom Kipppur War
- 6–8 October 1973 Operation Badr
- 6 October 1973 Battles of Fort Budapest
- 6 October 1973 Battle of Fort Lahtzanit
- 6 October 1973 Ofira Air Battle
- 6–7 October 1973 Battle of El Qantarah
- 7 October 1973 Romani ambush
- 7 October 1973 Battle of Marsa Talamat
- 7 October 1973 Operation Tagar
- 7–8 October 1973 Battle of the Moses Eyes Fortress
- 8 October 1973 Battle of Firdan
- 8–9 October 1973 Battle of Baltim
- 14 October 1973 Battle of the Sinai
- 14 October 1973 Air Battle of El Mansoura
- 15 October 1973 – 17 October 1973 Battle of the Chinese Farm
- 16 October 1973 Raid on Egyptian missile bases
- 17 October 1973 Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush
- 18 October 1973 Battle of Ismailia
- 22 October 1973 Scud missile attack
- 24–25 October 1973 Battle of Suez
21–24 July 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War
25 January 2011 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Aftermath
23 February 2011 – ongoing Sinai insurgency
22 November 2012 – 3 July 2013 Egyptian protests
3 July 2013 Political violence in Egypt
16 February 2015 – ongoing Intervention in Libya
25 March 2015 – ongoing Intervention in Yemen

c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam

c. 2800 – c. 1750 BCE Sumer-Elam war
- c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
- c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam
c. 2500 BCE Aga of Kish, the son of Enmebaragesi of Kish, besieged Uruk
c. 2500 BCE Enmerkar of Uruk's year-long siege of Aratta
c. 2500 BCE Dumuzid of Uruk captured Enmebaragesi of Kish single-handed
c. 2500 BCE Enshakushanna of Uruk conquered Hamazi, Akkad, Kish, and Nippur, claiming hegemony over all of Sumer. Enshakushanna was succeeded in Uruk by Lugal-kinishe-dudu, but the hegemony seems to have passed to Eannatum of Lagash for a time
c. 2600 – c. 2316 BCE Umma-Lagash war
- c. 2500 BCE Eannatum of Lagash conquered all of Sumer, including Ur, Nippur, Akshak, Larsa, and Uruk (controlled by Enshakushanna)
- c. 2500 BCE En-anna-tum I of Lagash succeeded his brother Eannatum and defended Lagash against Ur-Lumma of Umma
- c. 2500 BCE Entemena of Lagash succeeded his father En-anna-tum I and re-established Lagash as a power in Sumer. He defeated Illi of Umma, with the aid of Lugal-kinishe-dudu of Uruk (the successor to Enshakushanna)
- c. 2295–2271 BCE (Short chronology) Lugal-zage-si of Umma conquered several of the Sumerian city-states – including Kish, where he overthrew Ur-Zababa; Lagash, where he overthrew Urukagina; Ur, Nippur, and Larsa; as well as Uruk

c. 2500 BCE Lugal-Anne-Mundu of Adab subjected the "Four Quarters" of the world – i.e., the entire Fertile Crescent region, from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains

- 2270 BCE Battle of Uruk
- Syria and Canaan campaigns
- Akkadian conquest of Ebla
- Magan revolt
c. 2214–2206 BCE (Short chronology) Rimush of Akkad faced widespread revolts which he successfully suppressed and launched a victorious campaign against Elam and Marhasi
c. 2205–2191 BCE (Short chronology) Manishtushu of Akkad conquered the city of Shirasum in Elam
c. 2190–2115 BCE (Short chronology) Naram-Sin of Akkad conquered the Lullubi and Majan
c. 2115–2090 BCE (Short chronology) Shar-Kali-Sharri of Akkad launched successful campaigns against Gutium, Amurru, and Elam, among other places
c. 2090–2087 BCE (Short chronology) After Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign, there may have been a short period of crisis or struggle between Igigi, Imi, Nanum, Ilulu
c. 2087–2066 BCE (Short chronology) Dudu of Akkad ended the period of relative anarchy
c. 2066–2051 BCE (Short chronology) Akkad was conquered during the reign of Shu-turul

1945–1906 BCE Ilu-shuma of Assyria made many raids into southern Mesopotamia
c. 1886–1879 BCE (Short chronology) After defeating the Gutian with the aid of other cities, Utu-hengal of Uruk established himself as the king of Sumer
- c. 1886 BCE (Short chronology) Defeat of Tirigan, the last Gutian ruler in Sumer

c. 1879–1861 BCE (Short chronology) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash
c. 1861–1815 BCE (Short chronology) Shulgi of Ur destroyed Der, launched a campaign against Anshan, and engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi, and others
c. 1830–1817 BCE (Short chronology) The Amorite chieftain Sumu-abum won independence from the city-state Kazallu
c. 1815–1809 BCE (Short chronology) Amar-Sin of Ur launched campaigns conducted against Urbilum, and several other regions with obscure names: Shashrum, Shurudhum, Bitum-Rabium, Jabru, and Huhnuri
c. 1813–1791 BCE Shamshi-Adad I conquered Assur, Mari, Ekallatum, and Shekhna, establishing an empire encompassing the whole of northern Mesopotamia and included territory in central Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and northern Syria
c. 1800–1776 BCE (Short chronology) During the reign of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, the Sumerian empire was attacked repeatedly by Amorites and as faith in Ibbi-Sin's leadership failed, Elam declared its independence and began to raid as well
- c. 1776 BCE (Short chronology) Elamite Sack of Ur

c. 1766 BCE (Short chronology) Ishbi-Erra of Isin reconquered much of the former heartland of Sumer and Akkad from Elam and various invaders

c. 1752–1730 BCE (Short chronology) Damiq-ilishu of Isin, the last king on the Sumerian King List, is defeated by Sin-Muballit of Babylon
c. 1728–1686 BCE (Short chronology) Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms
c. 1720 BCE Puzur-Sin, an Assyrian vice regent drove out Asinum the Amorite vassal king of the Babylonians from Assyria, allowing the native Ashur-dugul to seize the throne and subsequently triggering a civil war which ended Babylonian and Amorite influence in Assyria by 1720 BCE

c. 1232–1225 BCE (Short chronology) Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeated Kashtiliash IV, the Kassite king of Babylon and captured the city of Babylon to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia
c. 1157–1155 BCE (Short chronology) Enlil-nadin-ahi, the final king of the Kassite dynasty that had ruled over Babylon, was defeated by Kutir-Nahhunte of Elam, the successor of Shutruk-Nakhunte

1114–1076 BCE Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria launched campaigns against the Mushki, the Hittites, and the Arameans
c. 1074 BCE In the first year of the reign of the 89th Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, Ashur-bel-kala campaigned in the north against the Kingdom of Urartu

- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
  - 626 BCE Revolt of Babylon
- 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
  - 626–619 BCE Last Strike against Babylon
  - 616–605 BCE War in the Assyrian heartlands
    - 614 BCE Fall of Assur
    - 612 BCE Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians
    - 612 BCE Battle of Nineveh
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
- 612–609 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II
  - 610 BCE Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares
  - 609 BCE Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
  - Egyptian-Babylonian wars
    - 605 BCE Battle of Carchemish

559–530 BCE Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
- September 25, 539 BCE – September 28, 539 BCE Battle of Opis
- October 29, 539 BCE Capture of Babylon

1370–1405 Assyrian people are massacred at Assur by Timur

1532–1555 Ottoman–Safavid War
- 1534 Capture of Baghdad
1623–1639 Ottoman–Safavid War
- 1623 Capture of Baghdad
- 1638 Capture of Baghdad
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- October 29, 1914 – October 30, 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - November 6, 1914 – November 14, 1918 Mesopotamian campaign
    - November 6, 1914 Fao Landing
    - November 11–21, 1914 Battle of Basra
    - December 3–9, 1914 Battle of Qurna
    - April 12–14, 1915 Battle of Shaiba

- - - September 28, 1915 Battle of Es Sinn
    - November 22–25, 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon
    - December 7, 1915 – April 29, 1916 Siege of Kut
    - January 6–8, 1916 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
    - January 13, 1916 Battle of Wadi
    - January 21, 1916 Battle of Hanna
    - March 8, 1916 Battle of Dujaila
    - March 8–11, 1917 Fall of Baghdad
    - February 23, 1917 Second Battle of Kut
    - March 13 – April 23, 1917 Samarra offensive
    - September 28–29, 1917 Battle of Ramadi
    - March 26–27, 1918 Action of Khan Baghdadi
    - October 23–30, 1918 Battle of Sharqat

2003 – 2011 Iraq War
- 2003 – 2006 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency
  - March 20, 2003 – December 7, 2011 Anbar campaign
  - October 26 – November 24, 2003 Ramadan Offensive (2003)
  - December 13, 2003 Operation Red Dawn
  - April 4 – June 24, 2004 Iraq spring fighting of 2004
  - April 4 – May 1, 2004 First Battle of Fallujah
  - April 4 – May 11, 2008 Siege of Sadr City
  - April 6 – 10, 2004 Battle of Ramadi (2004)
  - April 17, 2004 Battle of Husaybah (2004)
  - August 5 – 27, 2004 Battle of Najaf (2004)
  - August 5 – 28, 2004 CIMIC-House
  - October 1 – 3, 2004 Battle of Samarra (2004)
  - November 7 – December 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah
  - November 8 – 16, 2004 Battle of Mosul (2004)

c. 1200 BCE the biblical Battle of Gibeah

c. 1050–1010 BCE Saul, according to the Bible king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, fought in a civil war
c. 931–913 BCE Rehoboam, according to the Bible king of the Kingdom of Judah, fought the Kingdom of Israel in a civil war

63 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Pompey the Great, intervening in the Hasmonean civil war on behalf of the Roman Republic.

c. 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War
- 614–628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius
  - 614 Siege of Jerusalem by Shahrbaraz (Sasanian general) capturing the city from the Byzantines, part of the Roman-Persian Wars
Muslim conquests
- 629 – c. 1050 Arab–Byzantine wars
  - 634–638 Muslim conquest of the Levant
    - 637 Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire

1099–1291 The Crusades
- 1099 First Crusade
  - 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
  - 1099 Battle of Ascalon

1099–1291 The Crusades
- 1096–99 First Crusade
  - 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
  - 1099 Battle of Ascalon
- Inter-Crusade Period
  - September 7, 1101 First Battle of Ramla
  - May 17, 1102 Second Battle of Ramla
  - August 27, 1105 Third Battle of Ramla
  - 1113 Battle of Al-Sannabra
  - 1123 Battle of Yibneh

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- October 29, 1914 – October 30, 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - November 17 – December 30, 1917 Battle of Jerusalem
  - November 18–24, 1917 Battle of Nebi Samwil
  - December 1, 1917 Battle of El Burj
  - December 20–21, 1917 Battle of Jaffa

August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 Gulf War
- August 2 – 4, 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
  - August 2, 1990 Battle of the Bridges
  - August 2, 1990 Battle of Dasman Palace
  - August 3, 1990 Battle of Failaka
  - 18 – 19 January 1991 Battle of Ad-Dawrah
- 17 January 1991 – 23 February 1991 Gulf War air campaign
  - 17 January – 28 February 1991 Air engagements of the Gulf War
- 24 – 29 January 1991 Battle of Qurah and Umm al Maradim
- 29 January – 2 February 1991 Battle of Bubiyan
- February 24 – 28, 1991 Liberation of Kuwait campaign
  - February 25 – 27, 1991 Highway of Death
  - February 27, 1991 Battle of Kuwait International Airport

September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt

1746 Battle of Riyadh
1764 Battle of Al-Hayer
1789 Battle of ghrimeel
1793 Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion
1793 – 1798 Invasion of Qatar
April 21 – 1802 or 1801 Invasion of Karbala
1811 Battle of Khakeekera
Early 1811 – 1818 Ottoman–Saudi War

1821 – 1824 Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet
1865 – 1875 Royal Civil War
1870 – 1871 Al-Hasa Expedition
1883 Battle of Arwa
24 January 1891 Battle of Mulayda

1902–1934 Unification of Saudi Arabia
- 13 January 1902 Battle of Riyadh (1902)
- 27 January 1903 Battle of Dilam
- 1903 – 1907 Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907)
- 1910 Battle of Hadia
- 1913 Conquest of al-Hasa (1913)
- 17 January 1915 Battle of Jarrab
- 1915 Battle of Kinzaan
- July 1918 – 4 July 1919 First Saudi–Hashemite War
- 1919 – 1920 Kuwait-Najd War
- 1921 Second Saudi–Rashidi War
- September 1924 – December 1925 Second Saudi-Hashemite War
- 1927 – 1930 Ikhwan Revolt
1934 Saudi–Yemeni War
1969 Al-Wadiah War
1979 Grand Mosque seizure
1979 – present Qatif conflict
- 26 November – 3 December 1979 1979 Qatif Uprising
- 2017 – 2020 2017–2020 Qatif unrest
31 July 1987 1987 Mecca incident
1991 Gulf War
- 29 January – 1 February 1991 Battle of Khafji
- 17 January 1991 – 23 February 1991 Gulf War air campaign
  - 18 January – 26 February 1991 Iraqi ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia
  - 24 January 1991 Attack on Ras Tanura
2009 – 2010 Operation Scorched Earth
14 February – 18 March 2011 2011 Bahraini uprising
- 2011 Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
2014 – ongoing Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
- 26 March 2015 – ongoing Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
  - 2015 – ongoing Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
2023 – present Israel-Hamas war
- 2023 – present Red Sea crisis (2023–present)

1650–1600 BCE Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
1430–1350 BCE Kaska invasions of Hatti

1260–1240 BCE Trojan War

May 28, 585 BCE Battle of Halys

1st and 2nd Centuries CE Kushan expansion

c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang
- c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao

c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang
- c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao
c. 1046 BC\
- c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye

1129–1141 Yue Fei's campaign against Jin
November 1125 – 13th century Jin–Song Wars
- 1161 Battle of Tangdao
- 1161 Battle of Caishi
1235–1279 Song–Yuan wars
- 1273 Battle of Xiangyang
- 1279 Battle of Yamen

October 10, 1911 – February 12, 1912 Xinhai Revolution
1916–1928 Warlord Era
- 1926–1928 Northern Expedition
1917 – 1949 Golok conflicts (1917–1949)
1927–1950 Chinese Civil War
September 18, 1931 – February 27, 1932 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
- September 18, 1931 – February 18, 1932 Mukden Incident
April 1933 – December 1936 Actions in Inner Mongolia
- January 1 – May 31, 1933 Defense of the Great Wall
July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
September 1, 1939 – 2 September 2, 1945 World War II
- 1937–1945 Pacific War
- 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II
7 November 1944 – 26 June 1946 Ili Rebellion
- 1946 – 1948 Battle of Baitag Bogd

c. 7th century BCE Emperor Jinmu's Expedition
c. 1st century BCE Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion
c. 1st century – early 2nd century Yamato Takeru Expedition
146–189 or 178–184 Civil War of Wa
c. 3rd century Empress Jingu Expedition
391-404 Goguryeo-Yamato Guerra
463 Kibi Clan Rebellion
479 Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion
527-528 Iwai Rebellion
534 Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion
587 Battle of Shigisan
645 Isshi Incident
658-660 Abe's expedition to Hirafu
August 27–28, 663 Battle of Baekgang
672 Jinshin Guerra
720-721 Hayato Rebellion
740 Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion
764 Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion
774-811 Thirty-Eight Year Guerra
780-781? Hoki Rebellion
788 Battle of Subuse
801 Conquest by Sakanoue in Tamuramaro
811 Last Conquest by Funya on Watamaro
878 Gangyo Rebellion
893 Kanbyo Silla pirate invasion
936-941 Johei-Tengyo Rebellion
947 Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion
1019 Toi invasion
1028–1030 Taira no the Tadatsune Rebellion
1051–1062 Zenkunen Guerra
1051 Battle of Onikiribe
1057 Battle of Kinomi
1062 Siege of Komatsu
1062 Siege of Koromogawa
1062 Siege of Kuriyagawa
1070 Enkyu Battle of Ezo
1083–1087 Gosannen Guerra
1087 Siege of Kanezawa
1107–1108 Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion
1156 Hogen Rebellion
1159 Heiji Rebellion
1180–1185 Genpei War
- 1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama
- 1180 Battle of Fujigawa
- 1181 Battle of Sunomata-gawa
- 1183 Battle of Kurikara
- 1184 Siege of Hōjūjidono
- 1184 Battle of Uji
- 1184 Battle of Awazu
- 1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
- 1184 Battle of Kojima
- 1185 Battle of Yashima
- 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura
1189 Ōshū War
1213 Wada Rebellion
1247 Miura Rebellion
1221 Jōkyū War
1221 Battle of Uji
1274–1281 Mongol invasions of Japan
- 1274 Battle of Bun'ei
- 1281 Battle of Kōan
1331–1333 Genkō War
- 1331 Siege of Kasagi
- 1331 Siege of Akasaka
- 1333 Siege of Chihaya
- 1333 Battle of Bubaigawara
- 1333 Siege of Kamakura
- 1335 Nakasendai Rebellion
- 1336 Battle of Tatarahama
- 1336 Battle of Minatogawa
- 1337 Siege of Kanegasaki
- 1338 Battle of Ishiku
- 1348 Battle of Shijō Nawate
- 1350–1352 Incident Kannō
- 1351 Battle of Uchidehama
- 1359 Battle of Chikugogawa
- 1399 Ōei Rebellion
- 1416–1417 Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū
- 1438–1439 Eikyō Rebellion
- 1440 Siege of Yūki
- 1441 Incident Kakitsu
- 1456–1457 Koshamain's Revolt
1455–1482 Kyōtoku Incident
- 1455 Battle of Bubaigawara
- 1459–1477 Battle of Irako
- 1476–1480 Nagao Kageharu Rebellion
- 1477 Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara
1467 Ōnin War
- 1487–1505 Chōkyō Incident
- 1504 Battle of Tachigawara
- 1506 Battle of Kuzuryūgawa
- 1509 Battle of Nyoigatake
- 1510 Battle of Nagamorihara
- 1510 Siege of Gongenyama
- 1516 Siege of Arai
- 1517 Battle of Arita-Nakaide
- 1521 Battle of Iidagawara
- 1523 Ningbo Turmoil
- 1527 Battle of Katsuragawa
- 1539 Battle of Tatenawate
- 1531 Battle of Shiokawa no gawara
- 1531 Kyoroku War
- 1531 Battle of Daimotsu
- 1532–1535 Tenbun War
- 1532 Siege of Iimoriyama
- 1532 Siege of Sakai
- 1532 Siege of Yamashina Honganji
- 1535 Battle of Idano
- 1536 Battle of Un no Kuchi
- 1536 Battle of Sanbuichigahara
- 1536 Hanakura Incident
- 1536 Battle of Sendanno
- 1536 Battle of Un no kuchi
- 1537 Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
- 1538 Battle of Kōnodai
- 1540–1541 Siege of Koriyama
- 1542 Battle of Azukizaka
- 1542–1543 Siege of Toda Castle
- 1542–1548 Utsuro Rebellion
- 1546 Battle of Kawagoe
- 1546 Battle of Odaihara
- 1548 Battle of Azukizaka
- 1548 Battle of Uedahara
- 1550 Siege of Toishi
- 1552 Battle of Kaizu
- 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, 1564 Battles of Kawankajima
- 1554 Battle of Enshu-Omori
- 1555 Battle of Ino
- 1555 Battle of Miyajima
- 1556 Battle of Nagaragawa
- 1558 Battle of Ukino
- 1558 Siege of Terabe
- 1564 Battle of Kōnodai
- 1566 Siege of Minowa
- 1568 Siege of Hachigata
- 1569 Battle of Mimasetoge
- 1571 Battle of Takehiro
- 1572 Siege of Iwamura Castle
- 1578 Battle of Mimigawa
- 1584 Battle of Okitanawate
- 1589 Battle of Suriagehara
1467–1573 Sengoku period
1568–1603 Azuchi–Momoyama period
- 1560 Battle of Okehazama
- 1575 Battle of Nagashino
- 1582 Battle of Yamazaki
- 1600 Battle of Sekigahara
1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea
- 1592–1593 Battle of Bunroku
- 1592 Battle of Hansan Island
- 1592 Siege of Busanjin
- 1592 Battle of Dadaejin
- 1592 Siege of Dongnae
- 1592 Battle of Sangju
- 1592 Battle of Chungju
- 1592 Battle of the Imjin River
- 1592 Gangwon campaign
- 1593 Battle of Haenju
- 1597–1598 Battle of Keicho
- 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang
- 1597–1598 Siege of Ulsan
- 1598 Battle of Sacheon
- 1598 Battle of Noryang
1600 Battle of Sekigahara
- Siege of Fushimi
- Battle of Gifu Castle
- Siege of Ueda
1609 Ryukyu's invasion
1614–1615 Siege of Osaka
1637–1638 Shimabara Rebellion
1868–1869 Boshin War
1874 Saga Rebellion
1876 Shinpūren Rebellion
1876 Akizuki Rebellion
1876 Hagi Rebellion
1877 Satsuma Rebellion
1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
- 1894 Battle of Pungdo
- 1894 Battle of Seonghwan
- 1894 Battle of Pyongyang
- 1894 Battle of Yalu River
- 1894 Battle of Jiuliancheng
- 1894 Battle of Lushunkou
- 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei
- 1895 Battle of Yingkou
- 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan
- 1895 Campaign Fishermen
- 1895 Battle of Keelung
- 1895 Hsinchu Campaign
- 1895 Battle of Baguashan
- 1895 Battle of Chiayi
- 1895 Battle of Chiatung
- 1895 Capitulation of Tainan
- 1895 Battle of Changhsing
- 1904–1905 Battle of Port Arthur
- 1904 Battle of Yalu River
- 1904 Battle of the Yellow Sea
- 1904 Battle of Nanshan
- 1904 Battle of Shantung
- 1904 Battle of Dairen
- 1904 Battle of Liaoyang
- 1905 Battle of Tsushima
- 1905 Battle of Mukden
- 1907 Namdaemun Battle
- 1914 Siege of Tsingtao
- 1920 Battle of Qingshanli
- 1920 Battle of Fengwudong
- 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident
- 1937 Battle of Beiping – Tianjin
- 1937 Battle of Shanghai
- 1937 Battle of Pingxingguan
- 1937 Battle of Nanjing
- 1937 Battle of Taiyuan
- 1937 Battle of Xuzhou
- 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang
- 1938 Battle of Wuhan
- 1938 Battle of Canton
- 1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan Incident)
- 1939 Battle of Changsha
- 1940 Offensive of one hundred regiments
1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
1914–1918 World War I
- 1914 Siege of Tsingtao
1937–1945 World War II
- 1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
- 1939–1945 Pacific War
- 1938–1945 Soviet-Japanese Border Wars
- 1942 Battle of Midway
June 1946 Shibuya incident
22 June 1966 – present Sanrizuka Struggle
February 19 – 28, 1972 Asama-Sansō incident
1985 - 1989 Yama–Ichi War
2001 Battle of Amami-Ōshima

c. 15000 BCE Ramayana War
c. 5300 BCE – Kurukshetra War

c. 1700 BCE – c. 1000 BCE Battle of the Ten Kings
543–504 BCE Vijaya's conquest of Sri Lanka

500–321 BCE Kingdom of Magadha conflicts
- 323–298 BCE Chandragupta Maurya's conquests
- 265–264 BCE Kalinga War
424–321 BCE Nanda Empire conflicts
- 424–321 BCE Nanda Dynasty conflicts
- 321–320 BCE Conquest of the Nanda Empire

265-264 BCE Kalinga war

320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts

320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts

606–647 Empire of Harsha Conflicts

1681–1707 Mughal–Maratha wars
1737–1758 Maratha conquests of North and Northwest India
1761 Third Battle of Panipat
1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha wars
1780–1787 Maratha–Mysore wars

1946 – 1954 First Indochina War
1959 – 1975 Laotian Civil War
- 1958 – 1959 North Vietnamese invasion of Laos
- December 25, 1959 — December 16, 1960 1960 Laotian coups
- 13 – 16 December 1960 Battle of Vientiane
- 18 — 23 April 1964 1964 Laotian coups
- January 27 — February 4, 1965 1965 Laotian coups
- October 21 – 22, 1966 1966 Laotian coup d'état
- 29 July – 1 August 1967 1967 Opium War
- 23 November 1973 1973 Laotian coup attempt

258–257 BCE Thuc–Lac Viet War
217–207 BCE Thuc–Qin War
111 BCE Trieu–Han War
39, 40–43 CE Trưng Sisters' Uprising, 137–138, 156–160, 178–181, 248, 299–319, 319–323, 468–485, 542–544, 548–570, 687, 722, 791–798, 803, 819–820, 905 Uprising wars against Chinese domination
938–939 Ngô Quyền war of independence
966–968 War between the 12 warlords
981 War against the Song dynasty
1075–1077 War against the Song dynasty
1257–58, 1284–85, 1287–88 Mongol invasions of Vietnam
982, 1312, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1446–1471, 1695, 1796 Viet-Champa wars
1407–1427 War against the Ming dynasty
1553–1592 Lê–Mạc civil war
1627–1673 Trịnh–Nguyễn War
1714–1755 Nguyen–Khmer War
1784–1785 Tây Sơn-Siam War
1788–1789 Qing—Tây Sơn War
1858–1885 French–Nguyễn war
1914–1918 First World War
- Vietnam during the First World War
1940–1945 Second World War
- Vietnam during the Second World War
1945 – 1946 War in Vietnam (1945–1946)
1946 Haiphong incident
1946 – 1954 First Indochina War
- 13 March – 7 May 1954 Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
1955 Battle of Saigon (1955)
1955 – 1975 Vietnam War
- 1956 Quỳnh Lưu uprising
- 1959 – 1963 War in Vietnam (1959–1963)
  - 1958 – 1959 North Vietnamese invasion of Laos
  - 8 July 1959 1959 Biên Hòa compound raid
  - 2 January 1963 Battle of Ap Bac
- 11 November 1960 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- 1 November 1963 – 28 January 1969 Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–1969
  - December 28, 1964 – January 1, 1965 Battle of Binh Gia
  - November 14 – 18, 1965 Battle of Ia Drang
  - January 24 – March 6, 1966 Operation Masher
  - 13 September 1966 – 12 February 1967 Operation Thayer, Irving and Thayer II
  - 8 – 26 January 1967 Operation Cedar Falls
  - 22 February – 14 May 1967 Operation Junction City
  - 27 February 1967 – 28 February 1969 Battle of Con Thien
  - 11 September 1967 – 11 November 1968 Operation Wheeler/Wallowa
  - 3 – 23 November 1967 Battle of Dak To
  - 21 January – 9 July 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh
  - 30 January – 23 September 1968 Tet Offensive
    - 31 January – 2 March 1968 Battle of Huế
  - 8 April – 31 May 1968 Operation Toan Thang I
  - 29 April – 30 May 1968 May Offensive
  - 1 June 1968 – 16 February 1969 Operation Toan Thang II
  - 17 August – 27 September 1968 Phase III offensive
  - 1 December 1968 – 31 May 1969 Operation Speedy Express
- 2 March 1965 – 2 November 1968 Operation Rolling Thunder
- 8 May – 2 November 1963 Buddhist crisis
  - 1–2 November 1963 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état
- January 30, 1964 January 1964 South Vietnamese coup
- December 19, 1964 December 1964 South Vietnamese coup
- February 19 – 20, 1965 1965 South Vietnamese coup
- March 26 – June 8, 1966 Buddhist Uprising
- 28 January 1969 – 30 April 1975 Vietnamization
  - 17 February – 31 October 1969 Operation Toan Thang III
  - 13 – 20 May 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill
  - 1 November 1969 – 1 May 1970 Operation Toan Thang IV
  - April 29 – July 22, 1970 Cambodian campaign
  - 8 February – 25 March 1971 Operation Lam Son 719
- 30 March – 22 October 1972 Easter Offensive
- 9 May – 23 October 1972 Operation Linebacker
- 18 – 29 December 1972 Operation Linebacker II
- 13 December 1974 – 30 April 1975 1975 spring offensive
  - March 3 – 18, 1975 Battle of Ban Me Thuot
  - March 5 – April 2, 1975 Hue–Da Nang Campaign
  - 9 – 21 April 1975 Battle of Xuân Lộc
  - 30 April 1975 Fall of Saigon
1964 – 1992 FULRO insurgency
1978 – 1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1979 – 1991 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
1979 – 1989 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
2014 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout
2014 Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff
April 15 – 22, 2017 2017 Hanoi hostage crisis