List of wars

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This is a list of the 600 best-known wars, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Year
1	Full-scale Russo-Ukrainian warFull-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia starting on 24 February 2022, part of Russo-Ukrainian War	2022
2	Korean WarWar between North and South Korea, 1950–1953	1950
3	Hundred Years' WarSeries of conflicts and wars between England and France between 1337 and 1453	1337
4	Russo-Ukrainian warArmed conflict between Russia and Ukraine since 2014	2014
5	Gaza WarArmed conflict around the Gaza Strip that started on 7 October 2023	2023
6	Gulf War1990–1991 conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition	1990
7	Iraq War2003–2011 war after an American-led invasion	2003
8	Six-Day War1967 war between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria	1967
9	Soviet-Afghan War1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents	1979
10	Crimean WarMilitary conflict fought between October 1853 – March 1856	1853
11	English Civil WarSeries of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists	1642
12	Seven Years' WarGlobal war among European powers (1756–1763)	1756
13	Franco-Prussian War1870–1871 military conflict of the Second French Empire versus Prussia and its allies	1870
14	Iran–Iraq War1980-1988 war between Iran and Iraq	1980
15	Yom Kippur WarOctober 1973 war between Egypt and Syria at one side and Israel on the other side	1973
16	Russo-Japanese WarConflict between the Russian and Japanese empires from 1904 to 1905	1904
17	Winter War1939–1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland	1939
18	Eastern Front1941–1945 World War II theater	1941
19	Second Sino-Japanese WarJapanese invasion of China (1937–1945)	1937
20	Spanish–American War1898 conflict between Spain and the United States	1898
21	War of 1812Conflict between the United States and the British Empire from 1812 to 1815	1812
22	Russo-Georgian War2008 Russian invasion of Georgia	2008
23	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)Armed conflict between NATO countries and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021	2001
24	Peloponnesian WarWar fought between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BCE)	431 BC
25	Wars of the RosesDynastic civil war in England from 1455 to 1487	1455
26	First Chechen WarWar fought from 1994 to 1996 in Chechnya	1994
27	French invasion of Russia1812 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars	1812
28	Great Northern WarConflict between anti-Swedish coalition Led by Russia and Swedish empires in 1700–1721	1700
29	First Balkan WarWar involving the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire	1912
30	First Sino-Japanese War1894–1895 war between the Qing dynasty and the Empire of Japan over influence in Joseon, fought chiefly in Joseon	1894
31	First Opium WarWar between Great Britain and China in the 19th century	1839
32	Twelve-Day War2025 armed conflict in the Middle East	2025
33	Mexican-American WarMilitary conflict between the United States of America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848	1846
34	Second Punic WarSecond war between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought between 218 and 201 BCE	218 BC
35	2006 Lebanon WarArmed conflict primarily between Israel and Hezbollah	2006
36	War on TerrorismMilitary campaign started after September 11 attacks	2001
37	Kosovo WarArmed conflict in Kosovo (1998–1999)	1998
38	Second Nagorno-Karabakh WarArmed conflict in South Caucasus	2020
39	Polish–Soviet WarConflict between Poland and Soviet Russia following the First World War (February 1919 - March 1921)	1919
40	Second Balkan WarContinuation of the First Balkan War in which Bulgaria fought Serbia, Greece, Romania and the Ottoman Empire	1913
41	Austro-Prussian War1866 military conflict between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire	1866
42	War of the Austrian Succession1740–1748 war	1740
43	Bangladesh Liberation WarConflict that led to the independence of the majority-Bengali country	1971
44	First Indochina War1946–1954 French colonial war in Vietnam	1946
45	First Nagorno-Karabakh WarArmed conflict that took place in the late 1980s to May 1994	1988
46	Second Opium War1856–1860 war between British–French forces and China	1856
47	Second Boer WarWar between two Boer Republics (South African Republic and Orange Free State) and the United Kingdom	1899
48	War of the PacificWar between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance	1879
49	1948 Palestine warFirst war of the Arab–Israeli conflict	1947
50	Croatian War of IndependenceWar of independence fought from 1991 to 1995	1991
51	First Punic WarFirst War between Rome and Carthage	264 BC
52	Second Chechen WarWar in Chechnya	1999
53	Gaza War (2008–2009)December 2008–January 2009 armed conflict in the Gaza Strip	2008
54	Italo-Turkish War1911–12 war between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy	1911
55	Third Punic WarWar between the Roman Republic and Carthage between 149 and 146 BCE	149 BC
56	Gallic WarWar (58–50 BCE) between the Roman Republic and Gaul	58 BC
57	Indo-Pakistani War of 19651965 war over Kashmir	1965
58	Kashmir conflictTerritoral dispute in South Asia	1947
59	Paraguayan WarLarge-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)	1864
60	Philippine–American WarArmed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States	1899
61	French Revolutionary Wars1792–1802 series of conflicts between the French Republic and several European monarchies	1792
62	Livonian WarWar in the Baltic region (1558-1583)	1558
63	Muslim conquest of PersiaHistorical event (633–651) during which the Rashidun caliphate conquered the Sasanian empire	633
64	Second Italo-Ethiopian War1935-1936 war between Italy and Ethiopia	1935
65	French and Indian WarNorth American theatre of the worldwide Seven Years' War	1754
66	Sino-Indian War1962 war between India and China	1962
67	1982 Lebanon WarIsraeli invasion of Lebanon	1982
68	Greco-Turkish WarWar lasting from 1919 to 1922 during the Turkish War of Independence	1919
69	Great Turkish WarSeries of conflicts (1683–1699) between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League (Habsburg Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia), ending with the latter's victory	1683
70	Kargil War1999 conflict between India and Pakistan	1999
71	Nine Years' WarWar principally fought in Central Europe from 1688 to 1697	1688
72	Third Servile WarMajor slave rebellion against the Roman Republic (73-71 BCE)	73 BC
73	Lapland War1944–1945 war between Finland and Germany	1944
74	Caucasian War1763–1864 invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire	1763
75	First Boer WarMilitary conflict in South Africa (1880–1881)	1880
76	Hundred Hour WarBrief war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969	1969
77	Indo-Pakistani War of 19711971 war between India and Pakistan along Bengladesh Liberation War	1971
78	Philippine Revolution1896–1898 conflict against Spanish colonial authorities	1896
79	Second Congo WarWar in Africa	1998
80	Second Schleswig WarSecond military conflict as a result of the Schleswig-Holstein Question	1864
81	War of the Sixth Coalition1813–1814 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars	1813
82	War of the Third Coalition1805–1806 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars	1805
83	1948 Arab–Israeli WarSecond and final stage of the 1947–1949 Palestine war	1948
84	Chaco WarWar between Bolivia and Paraguay	1932
85	Continuation War1941–1944 war between Finland and the Soviet Union	1941
86	First Anglo-Afghan War1838–1842 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan	1839
87	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–19481947–1948 war between India and Pakistam	1947
88	November UprisingPolish uprising against occupying Russian Empire from November 1830 to September 1831	1830
89	Sino-Vietnamese WarWar between the People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1979	1979
90	Gothic War of 535–554535–554 war between the Byzantine Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy	535
91	War of the Polish SuccessionWar in Europe 1734–1738	1733
92	Indonesian National RevolutionArmed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire	1945
93	Anglo-Zulu WarWar between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879	1879
94	Greco-Italian WarConflict between Italy and Greece, which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941	1940
95	Umayyad conquest of HispaniaWar resulting in the destruction of the Visigothic Kingdom and the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate (711–718)	711
96	War of Attrition1967–1970 war between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan	1967
97	War of the First Coalition1792–1797 set of battles between the French revolutionaries and the neighbouring monarchies	1792
98	War of the Fourth Coalition1806–1807 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars	1806
99	Cambodian–Vietnamese War1978–1989 interstate war	1977
100	Finnish War1808–1809 war between Russia and Sweden	1808