List of wars involving North Korea

This is a list of wars involving North Korea and its predecessor states.

List

Joseon dynasty: 1392–1897

Conflict	Joseon dynasty and its allies	Opponents	Results	Monarch of the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon dynasty
Second Tsushima Expedition (1396)	Korea	Tsushima Province	Victory Resulted in yearly tributes by Tsushima.	King Taejong
Third Tsushima Expedition (1419)	Korea	Tsushima Province	Victory Discrepancy on which side had actually won.	King Sejong the Great
Joseon Northern Expedition (1443)	Korea	Jianzhou Jurchens	Victory Led to establishment of present-day northern borders.	King Sejong the Great
Sampo Invasion (1510)	Korea	Tsushima Province Japanese pirates	Victory Joseon broke all diplomatic relations with Japan after the incident.	King Jungjong
First Japanese invasion of Korea (1592–1593)	Korea Righteous Army Ming dynasty	Azuchi-Momoyama Japan	Stalemate Joseon, despite its strategic advantage, suffered heavy casualties due to an inefficient military system.	King Seonjo
Second Japanese invasion of Korea (1597–1598)	Korea Righteous Army Ming dynasty	Azuchi-Momoyama Japan	Japanese Withdrawal Asia's first regional warfare that involved intensive use of modern-era weapons.	King Seonjo
Ming-Manchu War (1618–1683)	Ming dynasty Korea Kumul Khanate Turfan Khanate	Manchus	Defeat Joseon helped the Ming dynasty in the Battle of Sarhu.	Gwanghaegun
First Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)	Korea	Later Jin dynasty	Defeat Was spurred by actions of Mao Wenlong, a Ming commander who operated off islands of Korea.	King Injo
Second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636–1637)	Korea	China	Defeat Brought forth the idea of Punitive North Expedition in Joseon.	King Injo
Sino-Russian border conflicts (1652–1689)	China Korea	Russia Cossacks	Victory Part of Russia's expansion into Siberia.	King Hyojong
French campaign against Korea (1866)	Korea	France	French withdrawal Spurred by Joseon's execution of French Catholic priests on the same year.	Heungseon Daewongun
United States expedition to Korea (1871)	Korea	United States	U.S. withdrawal Spurred by Joseon's unknown treatment of the American merchant ship General Sherman.	Heungseon Daewongun
Ganghwa Island incident (1875)	Korea	Japan	Defeat Joseon was forced to sign Treaty of Ganghwa on 1876.	King Gojong
Imo Incident (1882)	Korea	Korean military dissidents, mostly from the Central Defense Command	Victory Spurred by Central Defense Command receiving significantly worse treatment compared to the newly established "Byolkigun".	King Gojong
Gapsin Coup (1884)	Korea Supported by China	Reformist Faction Supported by Japan	Gapsin Coup overthrown Resulted in Chinese dominance within Korean politics.	King Gojong
Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)	Korea	Donghak Peasant's Army	Victory Resulted in First Sino-Japanese War.	King Gojong

Korean Empire: 1897–1910

Conflict	Korean Empire and its allies	Opponents	Results	Emperor of Korean Empire
Korean Empire
Eulsa Righteous War (1905)	Korea Righteous Army	Japan	Defeat Reaction to Eulsa Protective Treaty, which made the Korean Empire a Protectorate of Japan.	Emperor Gwangmu
Jeungmi Righteous War (1907)	Korea Righteous Army	Japan	Defeat Reaction to the forced dissolution of the Korean Imperial Army.	Emperor Yunghui
Great Korean Militia Roundup Campaign (1909)	Korea Righteous Army	Japan	Defeat Most battles were around the Southern Korea region of Jeolla.	Empeor Yunghui

Occupied Korea: 1910–1945

Conflict	Provisional Government of Korea and its allies	Opponents	Results	Leader of Provisional Government
Provisional Government of Korea
Bongoh town Battle (1920)	Provisional Korea Korean Independence Army	Japan Imperial Japanese Army	Victory One of earlier Korean independence movements.	President Syngman Rhee
Battle of Chongsanli (1920)	Provisional Korea Korean Independence Army	Japan Imperial Japanese Army	Victory Referred in Korea as "Great victory of Chongsanli".	President Syngman Rhee
Massacre of Svobodny (1921)	Provisional Korea Korean Independence Army	Far Eastern Republic	Defeat Most of initial Korean militia was destroyed during the massacre.	President Syngman Rhee
South-East Asian theatre of World War II (1942–1945)	United Kingdom British India British Burma Gambia Gold Coast Kenya Colony Nigeria Northern Rhodesia Nyasaland Southern Rhodesia Uganda Protectorate Belgian Congo China Korean Liberation Army United States	Japan State of Burma Azad Hind Thailand	Victory The KLA fought in the Burma Campaign.	Premier Kim Gu

North Korea: 1948–present

Conflict	North Korea and its allies	Opponents	Results	North Korean losses		Leader of North Korea
Conflict	North Korea and its allies	Opponents	Results	Military	Civilian	Leader of North Korea
Korean War (1950–1953)	North Korea China Soviet Union	South Korea United Nations Command United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Ethiopia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg	Draw Cease-fire armistice; North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled. Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.	215,000– 350,000	1,550,000	Kim Il-sung
Simba Rebellion (1964)	Simba rebels Military advisors: Cuba Tanganyika Soviet Union China North Korea	Congo-Léopoldville Combat support: Belgium United States	Defeat (limited involvement) Rebellion defeated.	Unknown	None
Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983)	Communist Party of Thailand Thai United Patriotic Front Pathet Lao^[1]^[2] Khmer Rouge (until 1978)^[1]^[2] Malayan Communist Party Weapons and advisors North Vietnam (until 1976) Vietnam (from 1976) China Soviet Union North Korea^[1]	Thailand Taiwan (until 1967) United States^[1] Malaysia	Defeat (limited involvement) Defeat of communist insurgency.	Unknown	~120
Vietnam War (1967–1969)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	North Vietnam FNL Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao North Korea China	Free World Military Forces South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Spain South Vietnam United States Laos Khmer Republic	Victory (in 1975) Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Indochina. Dissolution of the South Vietnamese state. Communist regimes take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos	14^[3]	None
Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969)	North Korea	South Korea United States	Defeat North Korean failure to instigate an armed insurgency in South Korea	2,871	Unknown
Yom Kippur War (1973)	Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Algeria Morocco Tunisia Cuba North Korea^[4]^[5]	Israel	Defeat^[6] Syrian invasion of Israel repelled. Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement Geneva Conference and the Sinai II Agreement. Strategic political gains for Egypt and Israel	None^[7]^[8]^[9]	None^[7]^[8]^[9]
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)	Derg (1974-1987) Ethiopia (1987–1991) Cuba North Korea	EPRP TPLF MEISON (from 1977) EPDM EDU EPLF	Defeat Fall of Communist government Independence of Eritrea Ethiopia becomes a landlocked country	Unknown	None
Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)	UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa (1975–89) Zaire (1975)^[10] North Korea^[11]	MPLA SWAPO MK Cuba (1975–91) East Germany (1975–89) Soviet Union (1975–89)^[12] EO (1992–95)	Defeat Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989 Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92 Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards, but civil war continues Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002 Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002 Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002	Unknown	Unknown
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War (1982)	Ethiopia Somali rebels Supported by: Cuba^[13] South Yemen^[13] North Korea^[13]	Somalia Supported by: United States^[13]^[14]	Defeat (limited involvement)	Unknown	Unknown
Yemeni Civil War (1994)	South Yemen Supported by: Saudi Arabia^[15]^:82 Iraq^[15]^:82 Libya^[15]^:82 North Korea^[15]^:82^[16]	North Yemen Supported by: United States^[17] Egypt^[16]	Defeat (limited involvement) Reunification under northern government Purge of Yemeni socialism and the left Further tension in Yemen eventually leads to Yemeni Crisis	Unknown	Unknown

Notes

↑ More about North Korean involvement in the Vietnam War

References

1 2 3 4 "Communist Insurgency In Thailand" (PDF). CIA Report. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
1 2 "Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency Victory" (PDF). January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
↑ "North Korea fought in Vietnam War". BBC News. 31 March 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Smith, Terence (1973-10-18). "Hundreds of Tanks Clash in a Struggle for Suez Area". The New York Times. "North Korea has decided to give military assistance to Egypt and Syria, its press agency [...] said today."
↑ Smith, Hedrick (1973-10-19). "Flow of Soviet Jews Is Undimished". The New York Times. "[...] Premier Kim Il Sung of North Korea had met with the Egyptian and Syrian ambassadors in Pyonyang to inform them of his Government's decision 'to give material assistance including military aid to Syria and Egypt.' [...] [This] lends credence to the [US] Defence Department's report that North Korean pilots were flying missions for Cairo."
↑
References:
- Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Double Day and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
- 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
1 2 Nicolle, David & Cooper, Tom: Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 units in combat.
1 2 Aloni, Shlomo: Arab–Israeli Air Wars, 1947–82.
1 2 Shazly, Lieutenant General Saad el (2003). The Crossing of the Suez, Revised Edition (Revised ed.). American Mideast Research. pp. 83–84. ISBN 0-9604562-2-8.
↑ Perez de Cuellar C. Pilgrimage for Peace: A Secretary-General's Memoir pp. 325–326
↑ Vines (1999), p. 106.
↑ "AfricanCrisis". AfricanCrisis. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
1 2 3 4 "The History Guy: Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts".
↑ "Somalia SOMALIA'S DIFFICULT DECADE, 1980-90 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System". www.workmall.com.
1 2 3 4 Jamal S. al-Suwaidi, ed. (1995). The Yemeni War of 1994: Causes and Consequences. Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. ISBN 0863563007.
1 2 http://www.cfr.org/yemen/yemen-crisis/p36488
↑ Embassy of Yemen - Yemeni-American relations Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine., "[In mid-nineties...] Washington demonstrated favorable intentions concerning Yemen. That became evident when the U.S. fully supported the Yemeni unity against the failed Separatist attempt in the summer of 1994."

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[3] More about North Korean involvement in the Vietnam War

[CIA-1] 1 2 3 4 "Communist Insurgency In Thailand" (PDF). CIA Report. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

[AUK-2] 1 2 "Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency Victory" (PDF). January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

[4] "North Korea fought in Vietnam War". BBC News. 31 March 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[5] Smith, Terence (1973-10-18). "Hundreds of Tanks Clash in a Struggle for Suez Area". The New York Times. "North Korea has decided to give military assistance to Egypt and Syria, its press agency [...] said today."

[6] Smith, Hedrick (1973-10-19). "Flow of Soviet Jews Is Undimished". The New York Times. "[...] Premier Kim Il Sung of North Korea had met with the Egyptian and Syrian ambassadors in Pyonyang to inform them of his Government's decision 'to give material assistance including military aid to Syria and Egypt.' [...] [This] lends credence to the [US] Defence Department's report that North Korean pilots were flying missions for Cairo."

[7] References:
Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward

Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Double Day and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450

Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983

Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498

0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2

Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177

Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

[mwBHc] Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward

[mwBHg] Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Double Day and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450

[mwBHk] Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983

[mwBHo] Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498

[mwBHs] 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2

[mwBH0] Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177

[mwBH4] Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

[nicolle-8] 1 2 Nicolle, David & Cooper, Tom: Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 units in combat.

[Aloni-9] 1 2 Aloni, Shlomo: Arab–Israeli Air Wars, 1947–82.

[Shazly,_pp.83–84-10] 1 2 Shazly, Lieutenant General Saad el (2003). The Crossing of the Suez, Revised Edition (Revised ed.). American Mideast Research. pp. 83–84. ISBN 0-9604562-2-8.

[11] Perez de Cuellar C. Pilgrimage for Peace: A Secretary-General's Memoir pp. 325–326

[frogs-12] Vines (1999), p. 106.

[13] "AfricanCrisis". AfricanCrisis. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2013-08-18.

[autogenerated2-14] 1 2 3 4 "The History Guy: Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts".

[autogenerated1-15] "Somalia SOMALIA'S DIFFICULT DECADE, 1980-90 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System". www.workmall.com.

[CandC-16] 1 2 3 4 Jamal S. al-Suwaidi, ed. (1995). The Yemeni War of 1994: Causes and Consequences. Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. ISBN 0863563007.

[cfr.org-17] 1 2 http://www.cfr.org/yemen/yemen-crisis/p36488

[embassy-18] Embassy of Yemen - Yemeni-American relations Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine., "[In mid-nineties...] Washington demonstrated favorable intentions concerning Yemen. That became evident when the U.S. fully supported the Yemeni unity against the failed Separatist attempt in the summer of 1994."

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