List of conflicts in Europe

This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.

There are various definitions of Europe and in particular there is significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia.

BCE

Pre-500 BCE

500–200 BCE

200 BCE onwards

1st–10th century CE

11th century

Battle of Hastings (1066)

12th century

Monument of Didgori Battle, Georgia

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Explosion of the Hawthorn Ridge mine, 1 July 1916, marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
Republican International Brigadiers at the Battle of Belchite, 1937
German Stuka dive bombers in the Eastern Front (World War II) 1941–45
A Soviet IS-2 tank in Leipzig during the 1953 East Germany Uprising
Icelandic patrol ship ICGV Odinn and British frigate HMS Scylla clash during the Second Cod War
A "Sniper at work" sign in Crossmaglen, a symbol of the IRA sniper campaign in South Armagh during the last stages of the Northern Ireland Troubles
UNPROFOR troops on their way up "Sniper Alley" in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War
A Russian helicopter downed by Chechen militants, during the First Chechen War
The Russian Army's Vostok Battalion in South Ossetia

21st century

Ongoing conflicts

Ongoing conflicts in Europe
Conflict Part of the Date started Duration
Corsican Insurgency 04/05/1976 42 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 2 days
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict 1989 29 years
Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1989 29 years
Dissident Irish Republican campaign 10/04/1998 20 years, 6 months, 1 week and 3 days
Insurgency in the North Caucasus Chechen–Russian conflict

War on Terror

16/04/2009 9 years, 6 months and 4 days
War in Donbass Cold War II 06/04/2014 4 years, 6 months and 2 weeks

See also

References

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