List of wars involving Albania
This is a list of wars that Albanian states and Albanian armed forces have been involved in.
- Albanian victory
- Albanian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil war or internal conflict, result unknown, mixed results, stalemate, ceasefire or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
Medieval Albania (968–1479)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Arbanon-Zetan War (Between 1208–1216) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Rebellion of Arbanon (1257–1259) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Byzantine-Angevin war (1274–1281)[1] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Stefan Milutin's invasion of North Albania | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Kingdom/Empire (1336–1355) | ![]() | Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) (1336–1346)
| Eventual Albanian victory
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Muzaka-Serbian war of 1340[7][8] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
|
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 | ![]() Regents: ![]() ![]() ![]() Allies: Zealots of Thessalonica ![]() ![]() Principality of Karvuna | ![]() Allies: ![]() ![]() ![]() Beylik of Saruhan ![]() ![]() | Mixed Results
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1359 | Albanian Losha Family and Shpata Family | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) | Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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Muzaka-Serbian war (1369) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Prilep War (1371) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
|
Battle of Durazzo (1376) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Invasion of Arta by the Knights Hospitaller (1378) | Despotate of Arta | ![]() | Victory
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Battle of Durazzo (1383) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina ![]() | Victory
|
Zetan-Albania War (1382–1385) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1385[11] | Despotate of Arta | ![]() | Ceasefire
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90[12] | Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) | ![]() Thessaly (second battle) ![]() | Defeat
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Venetian-Albanian War (1392) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Bosnian Invasion of Zeta under the Balšići (1396) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Thopia civil War (1392–1403)[citation needed] | ![]() | ![]() | Niketa Thopia Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1399-1400 (April 1399 – July 1400)[citation needed] | Albanian Zenebishi Family | ![]() Pro-Epirote Albanian Clans | Victory
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Vonko–Shpata War (November 1400 – Late 1401) | Despotate of Arta | Vonko's Forces | Victory
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Civil war of the Despotate of Arta (1401–08)[13] (late 1401 – 1408) | 1401–1403: Despotate of Arta supported by Skurra Bua Shpata and Muriq Shpata 1403–1407:
| ![]() | Sgouros and Paul are defeated, Maurice is victorious
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Zenebishi-Venetian war (1402–1413) | Principality of Gjirokastër | Republic of Venice | Defeat
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First Scutari War (early 1405 – January 1413) | ![]() ![]() Albanian Humoj family Serb peasants ![]() Albanian Zaharia family (late 1412 – early 1413) | ![]() Zaharia family (early 1405 – late 1412) Albanian Jonima family | Mixed results
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Second Thopia-Muzaka War (late 1411) | Albanian Thopia family | ![]() | Muzaka Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1412 (1412) | Albanian Zenebishi Family Albanian Shpata Family | ![]() Greeks of Ioannina | Victory
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Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1414) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | ![]() | Defeat
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1416 (October 1416) | Despotate of Arta | ![]() | Defeat
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Second Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1418) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | ![]() | Defeat
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Second Scutari War (1419–23) | ![]() ![]() Albanian nobility: | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Albanian Revolt (1432–36) | Albanian rebels
| ![]() Support: | Mixed results
|
Albanian-Ottoman wars (1443–1479) | 1443–44: ![]() Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
| 1443–44: ![]() 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79: | Ottoman conquest of Albania halted until 1479
|
Albanian–Venetian War (December 1447 – October 1448) | ![]() | ![]() Pro-Venetian Alliance:
| Victory
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Skanderbeg's Serbian campaign (1448) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Greek rebels | ![]() | Ottoman victory, Treaty of Constantinople (1479) |
Ottoman Albania (1479–1912)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Crnojević-Kastrioti Invasion of Zeta (June 1481) | Zetan rebels Crnojević family ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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First Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro (1685) | ![]() | ![]() Support: | Victory
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Kosovo campaign of The Holy League (1689) | Holy League | ![]() | Victory
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Second Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro (1692) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1774) (1774) | ![]() | Brda Tribes:
| Bushati Defeat
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First Scutari-Berat War | ![]() | ![]() | Scutari victory
|
Scutari invasion of Montenegro (1785) | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory
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First Scutari-Ottoman War | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Souliote War (1789–1793) | Pashalik of Yanina | Albanian Souliotes | Souliote Victory |
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1794) (1794) | ![]() | Brda Tribes: | Bushati Defeat |
Second Scutari-Ottoman War (1795) | ![]() | ![]() | Albanian Victory
|
Second Scutari invasion of Montenegro (Early 1796–September 1796) | ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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Ali Pasha's Invasion of Butrint (18–25 October 1798) | Pashalik of Yanina
| ![]() | Victory
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Ali Pasha's Invasion of the Pashalik of Berat (1808) | Pashalik of Yanina | ![]() | Pashalik of Yanina Victory
|
Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824) | ![]() | Sennar Sultanate Shayqih Kingdom Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
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Ottoman-Bushati War (March – November 1831) | ![]()
Financial Support: | ![]() | Defeat
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First Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) | ![]() Albanian bashi-bazouks | ![]() | Victory
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Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) | ![]() Albanian bashi-bazouks | ![]() | Mixed results
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Montenegrin Civil War of 1847[26][27][28] | Brda Tribes
Crmnica Tribes | ![]() | Defeat
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League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) | League of Prizren | ![]() | Defeat
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Greco-Turkish War of 1897 | ![]()
| ![]()
| Victory |
Malissori uprising (1911) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1912 (1912) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Independence to the end of the First World War (1912–1918)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Peasant Revolt in Albania (May–October 1914) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Support: ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() Support: ![]() | Principality of Albania victory
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Italian invasion of Vlorë (December 1914) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Austro-Hungarian invasion of Albania (January 1916–April 1916) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austro-Hungarian victory |
Central Power invasion of Albania (December 1915) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
Interwar Period (1918–1939)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Koplik War (1920–1921) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
Vlora War (1920) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
War in Dibra[34](1920) | ![]() | ![]() Greek volunteers | Mixed results
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Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921)(1921) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Italian invasion of Albania (1939) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
|
World War II and Cold War period (1939–1991)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) | ![]()
| ![]() Air support: ![]() | Stalemate
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War of Ceraja and Slatina (1941)[35][36] | Albanian irregulars | ![]() | Victory |
Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) | ![]()
| ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]()
| Albanian Communist Victory
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Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict (1948–1954) | ![]() | ![]() | Albanian Victory
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Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) | ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stalemate
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Cameroon War (1955–1964) | ![]() Supported And Aided by: ![]() | Independence War Phase (1955-1960) ![]() Civil War Phase (1960-1964) | Inconclusive
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Araguaia Guerrilla War (1966–1974) | ![]() Supported And Aided by: ![]() | ![]() | Government victory
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Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) |
|
| North Vietnamese victory |
Post Cold War (1991–present)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Kosovo War (1998-1999) | ![]() | ![]() | Kumanovo Agreement
|
| 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
(2001) | Republic of Macedonia |
National Liberation Army
Albanian National Army | bgcolor="#green"|Ohrid Agreement
- Macedonian offensive stopped by NATO involvement
- Ceasefire established
- The majority of Albanian insurgents agree to disarm in exchange for greater ethnic rights
- Low-intensity resurgences since November 2001
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