List of wars involving Azerbaijan

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Azerbaijan and its predecessor states, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

List

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)
Caucasus Campaign of World War I (1914–1918)	Ottoman Empire Azerbaijan (1918) Mountain Republic (1918)  German Empire (1914–17) Georgia (1918)	Russian Empire (1914–17) Administration of Western Armenia Armenia (1918)  United Kingdom (1918) Central Caspian Dictatorship (1918) Dashnaktsutyun (1918)  Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918) Baku Commune (1918)	Inconclusive Battle of Goychay Battle of Kurdamir Battle of Binagadi Battle of Baku
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)	White movement  German Empire (1917–1918)  Ottoman Empire (1917–1918) Azerbaijan (1918) Finland (1918–1919) Georgia  Austria-Hungary (1917–1918) Ukrainian State (1918)	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic Commune of Estonia Lithuanian SSR Latvian SSR	Withdrawal
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)	Azerbaijan (until April 1920)  Ottoman Empire (1918) Republic of Aras (1918–1919)  Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (since April 1920) Soviet Azerbaijan (since April 1920)	Armenia  United Kingdom Centrocaspian Dictatorship	Sovietization
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan (1920)^[citation needed]	Azerbaijan	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Azerbaijani Bolsheviks	Defeat Sovietization of Azerbaijan
Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan (1920–1991)
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Union Soviet Azerbaijan	Germany Azerbaijani Legion	Victory 800,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 400,000 of whom perished. Up to 40,000 Azerbaijanis, mainly former POW volunteers, fought in the Wehrmacht.
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)	Soviet Union Soviet Azerbaijan	Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat Afghan Mujahideen Victory Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 10,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 200 of whom perished.[1]
Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–)
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)	Azerbaijan	Nagorno-Karabakh  Armenia (1992–1994)	Defeat Armenian victory[2]
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict^[citation needed] (2016)	Azerbaijan	Nagorno-Karabakh  Armenia	Inconclusive Inconclusive (see aftermath) Azerbaijan claims victory[3][4] Armenia claims to have successfully repelled the Azerbaijani offensive[5][6]
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020)	Azerbaijan	Artsakh  Armenia	Victory Azerbaijani victory[7][8]
Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh (2023)	Azerbaijan	Artsakh	Victory[9] 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement

Peacekeeping missions

Mission	Start-date	End-date	Location	Troops (peak)
KFOR	1999	2008	Kosovo	34
MNF-I	2003	2008	Iraq	250
ISAF	2008	2021	Afghanistan	94

See also

• List of wars involving Russia
• List of wars involving Armenia
• List of wars involving Georgia (country)
• Military history of Azerbaijan
• List of conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan

References

1. "Əfqanıstan müharibəsində 200-dən çox azərbaycanlı həlak olub". Azadliq Radiosu (in Azerbaijani). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
2. "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Armenia". Refworld. Minority Rights Group International. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016. The war ended at Ceasefire Agreement in 1994, with the Armenians of Karabakh (supported by Armenia) taking control not only of Nagorny Karabakh itself but also occupying in whole or in part seven regions of Azerbaijan surrounding the former NKAO.
3. "The Nagorny Karabakh Conflict: Defaulting to War". chathamhouse.org. Chatham House. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2019. Azerbaijan presents its operations of 2–5 April 2016 as a tactical victory and psychological breakthrough.
4. Jardine, Bradley (April 2, 2018). "Armenians and Azerbaijanis commemorate two years since breakout of "April War"". EurasiaNet. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. President Ilham Aliyev, for his part, posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing military fatigues with the caption, "The April War was our glorious historical victory."
5. "President Serzh Sargsyan invited a meeting of the National Security Council". president.am. Office to the President of Armenia. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. ....It was noted that during the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan, the RA Armed Forces fulfilled their task. The NKR Defence Army was victorious in thwarting Azerbaijani aggression and frustrating its plans.
6. Aslanian, Karlen; Movsisian, Hovannes (April 5, 2016). "Azeri Offensive In Karabakh Failed, Says Sarkisian". azatutyun.am. RFE/RL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
7. "'One nation, two states' on display as Erdogan visits Azerbaijan for Karabakh victory parade". France24. 10 December 2020. Azerbaijan's historic win was an important geopolitical coup for Erdogan who has cemented Turkey's leading role as a powerbroker in the ex-Soviet Caucasus region.
8. "Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal". BBC. 10 November 2020. The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.
9. "Azerbaijan Says Aims For 'Peaceful Reintegration' Of Karabakh Armenians". Agence France Presse. 20 September 2023. The offensive was seen as a major victory for Azerbaijan, which won a 2020 war with Armenia and has since sought to repopulate Karabakh.