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 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920) Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Caucasus Campaign of World War I(1914–1918) 1918: Azerbaijan1918: Georgia Northern Caucasus 1914–1917: Russian Empire1917: Russian Provisional Government Russian Republic 1917–1918: Transcaucasian DFR1918: Centrocaspian Dictatorship Baku Commune Inconclusive See Independence of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia Ottomans cedes Erzurum, Van, Trabzon to Armenia Russian Civil War(1917–1922) Separatists: Bolsheviks:
White movement:
Anti-Bolshevik left:
Allied Powers:
Central Powers: Bolshevik victory (see ) Establishment of the Soviet Union Armenian–Azerbaijani War(1918–1920) Republic of Aras (1918–1919) Armenia Inconclusive Soviet invasion of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and subsequent victory Sovietization of Armenia and Azerbaijan Disputes over Karabakh and Nakhchivan settled in favor of Soviet Azerbaijan Most of Zangezur gained by Soviet Armenia Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan(1920) Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Bolsheviks Supported by: Ankara government Soviet victory Overthrow of the ADR government Establishment of Azerbaijan SSR Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan (1920–1991)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results World War II (1939–1945) 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 Azerbaijan Afghan Mujahideen Defeat Afghan Mujahideen Victory Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 10,000 Azerbaijanis fought in Soviet Army, 200 of whom perished. Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–)
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994) Azerbaijan Defeat 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (2016) Inconclusive Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020) Victory Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh (2023) Victory 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement Armenian-affiliated Artsakh state dissolved
Peacekeeping missions Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops (peak) KFOR 1999 2008 34 MNF-I 2003 2008 250 ISAF 2008 2021 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
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