An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to natural resources or strategic positions, effecting a change in the ruling government, or any combination thereof.
2000–present
1945–1999 Invasion Invading forces Defending forces 1999 invasion of Kargil 1998 invasion of Democratic Republic of Congo 1998 invasion of Ethiopia 1994 invasion of Haiti 1991 invasion of Iraq Iraq 1991 invasion of Saudi Arabia Iraq 1990 invasion of Kuwait Iraq 1990 invasion of Rwanda Rwandan Patriotic Front1989 invasion of LiberiaNational Patriotic Front of Liberia 1989 invasion of Panama 1988 invasion of Spratly Islands 1984 Indian capture of Siachen 1983 invasion of Grenada 1982 invasion of Iraq 1982 invasion of Lebanon 1982 invasion of Falklands 1980 invasion of Iran Iraq 1979 invasion of Afghanistan 1979 invasion of Thailand 1979 invasion of Vietnam 1979 invasion of Uganda 1979 invasion of Chad 1978 invasion of Cambodia Cambodia 1978 invasion of Tanzania 1978 invasion of Lebanon 1977 invasion of Ethiopia 1976 invasion of Lebanon 1975 invasion of East Timor 1975 invasion of Spanish Sahara 1975 invasion of Koh Poulo Wai Cambodia 1975 invasion of Thổ Chu Islands Cambodia 1975 invasion of South Vietnam 1974 invasion of Cyprus 1974 invasion of Paracel Islands 1973 Invasion of Israel 1972 invasion of South Vietnam 1971 invasion of Laos 1971 invasion of Pakistan and East Pakistan 1970 invasion of Cambodia 1970 invasion of Cambodia Khmer Republic1968 Invasion of Jordan 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Bulgaria Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia 1968 invasion of South Vietnam National Liberation Front 1967 invasion of Kingdom of Sikkim Nathu La and Cho La clashes 1967 invasions of Biafra 1967 invasions of Biafra 1967 invasion of Egypt 1967 invasion of Syria 1967 invasion of Jordan 1965 counter-invasion of Pakistan 1965 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir 1965 invasion of Dominican Republic 1962 invasion of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh 1961 invasion of New Guinea 1961 Indian annexation of Goa 1961 invasion of Cuba DRF 1958 invasion of Laos Laos 1957 invasion of Spanish Sahara Spain
France 1956 invasion of Hungary Hungary 1956 invasion of Egypt 1954 Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1950 invasion of North Korea 1950 invasion of South Korea 1950 invasion of Tibet 1950 invasion of South Maluku 1948 Indian annexation of Hyderabad 1948 Arab League invasion of Israel All-Palestine Protectorate Syria 1947 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir 1946 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam 1945 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam 1945 invasion of Indonesia Indonesia
World War II (1939–1945)
Invasion Invading forces Defending forces1945 invasion of occupied Asia Manchuria Okinawa Formosa Iwo Jima Burma Vietnam Mongolia 1945 invasion of occupied Europe German mainland General Government Ostland Poland Austria Poland 1945 invasion of Croatia Croatia1945 invasion of Slovakia Slovakia 1945 invasion of Italy Italy Italy 1944 invasion of Azad Hind Azad Hind1944 invasion of Bulgaria 1944 invasion of Yugoslavia 1944 invasion of occupied Europe Western Germany Occupied France Occupied Ukraine Occupied Belgium Occupied Netherlands Occupied Luxembourg 1944 invasion of Albania Albania1944 invasion of the Pacific Guam Philippines Marshall Islands 1944 invasion of East Asia China1944 invasion of Romania 1944 invasion of Hungary 1943 invasion of Italy Mainland Sicily Italy1943 invasion of the Pacific Kolombangara Gilbert Islands Marshall Islands 1942 invasion of North Africa 1942 invasion of Solomon Islands 1942 invasion of Alaska 1942 invasion of Vichy France 1942 invasion of Madagascar 1942 invasion of UK Pacific Singapore New Guinea 1941 invasion of East Indies 1941 invasion of US Pacific Guam Wake Island Philippines 1941 invasion of UK Pacific Borneo Hong Kong Malaya 1941 invasion of Sarawak 1941 invasion of Thailand 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union Occupied Poland Belorussia Baltic States Ukraine Bessarabia Russia Germany 1941 invasion of Indochina 1941 invasion of Iran 1941 invasion of Syria Syria1941 invasion of Lebanon Lebanon 1941 invasion of Indochina Vietnam1941 invasion of Greenland 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia 1941 invasion of Greece 1941 invasion of Italian-occupied Albania Albania Italy 1941 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam1941 invasion of Portuguese Timor 1940 invasion of Egypt 1940 invasion of Greece 1940 invasion of Sudan Sudan 1940 invasion of Kenya 1940 invasion of Somaliland Somaliland 1940 invasion of Vietnam 1940 invasion of Iceland 1940 invasion of Faroe Islands 1940 invasion of Denmark 1940 invasion of Norway 1940 invasion of Belgium 1940 invasion of France 1940 invasion of Luxembourg 1940 invasion of the Netherlands 1940 invasion of the Channel Islands 1939 invasion of China China 1939 invasion of Finland 1939 invasion of Lithuania 1939 invasion of Latvia 1939 invasion of Estonia 1939 invasion of French colonies Spratly Islands Paracel Islands 1939 invasion of Poland 1939 invasion of Poland
Interwar (1918–1939) Invasion Invading forces Defending forces 1939 invasion of Mongolia Mongolia 1939 invasion of Albania Italy Albania 1938 invasion of the Soviet Union 1938 invasion of Czechoslovakia 1937 invasion of China China 1935 invasion of Ethiopia Italy 1932 invasion of Bolivia Paraguay Bolivia 1931 invasion of Manchuria China 1923 invasion of Corfu Italy 1923 invasion of the Ruhr 1920 invasion of Poland Poland 1919 invasion of Eastern Thrace and Western Anatolia Turkey 1919 invasion of Ukraine 1919 invasion of Hungary 1919 invasion of Ukraine Ukraine 1918 invasion of Russia France China
World War I (1914–1918)
Invasion Invading forces Defending forces 1917 invasion of Hungary 1916 invasion of Romania 1916 invasion of Austria-Hungary 1916 invasion of Mexico 1916 invasion of Vietnam Vietnam1915 invasion of Russia 1915 invasion of Montenegro 1915 invasion of Serbia 1915 invasion of Ottoman Empire Mesopotamia Caucasus 1915 invasion of Serbia 1915 invasion of German South West Africa South-West Africa1914 invasion of German Pacific Marshall Islands Caroline Islands Mariana Islands 1914 invasion of France 1914 invasion of East Africa East Africa 1914 invasion of Tsingtao 1914 invasion of New Guinea New Guinea 1914 invasion of Samoa Samoa 1914 invasion of Kamerun Kamerun 1914 invasion of Galicia 1914 invasion of Germany 1914 invasion of Serbia 1914 invasion of South Africa 1914 invasion of Togoland Togoland 1914 invasion of Alsace 1914 invasion of Belgium 1914 invasion of Luxembourg See also: World War I timeline
1800–1915 Invasion Invading forces Defending forces 1915 invasion of Haiti 1913 invasion of Bulgaria 1912 invasion of Macedonia 1911 invasion of Libya 1910 invasion of Korea 1910 invasion of Tibet 1904 invasion of Russia 1904 invasion of Tibet 1903 invasion of Bolivia 1902 invasion of Manchuria 1900 invasion of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State 1900 invasion of China 1899 invasion of British Africa Natal 1898 invasion of the Philippines 1898 invasion of Spain Puerto Rico Cuba Guam 1897 invasion of Greece 1897 invasion of Crete 1895 invasion of South African Republic 1895 invasion of Ethiopia 1895 invasion of Taiwan Taiwan1894 invasion of China 1894 invasion of Korea 1893 invasion of Hawaii 1884 invasion of Chinese TonkinVietnam1879 invasion of Peru1879 invasion of Bolivia1878 invasion of Ottoman Turkey1877 invasion of Ottoman Bulgaria Bulgarian Legion Ottoman Bulgaria1871 invasion of France North German Confederation1871 invasion of Korea1868 invasion of Abyssinia1866 invasion of Korea1865 invasion of Tonkin, Vietnam Black Flag Army Siam Luang Phrabang1864 invasion of Peruvian Chincha Islands Spain1864 invasion of Paraguay1863 invasion of the United States1862 invasion of the United States Maryland Kentucky1862–1867 invasion of Mexico1861–1865 invasions of the Confederate States Virginia Tennessee Lower Seaboard Pacific coast West1859 invasion of Lombardy-Venetia Sardinia-Piedmont Lombardy-Venetia1859 invasion of Sardinia-Piedmont Sardinia-Piedmont1858 invasion of VietnamVietnam1856 invasion of ChinaChina1855 invasion of Ottoman Turkey1854–1855 invasions of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland1854 invasion of Russia1853 invasion of Moldavia and Wallachia Moldavia Wallachia1852 invasion of Argentina Entre Rios
CorrientesManifest Destiny Invasion of the Western North AmericaNative Americans1846 invasion of Mexico1841 invasion of Bolivia1841 invasion of Cambodia Vietnam Siam Cambodia1839 invasion of ChinaChina1838 invasion of Peru1837 invasion of Peru1835 invasion of Riograndense Republic Riograndese Republic1834 invasion of Ladakh Sikh Empire JammuLadakh1832 invasion of Syria Egypt Ottoman Empire
Syria1832 invasion of ChampaVietnamChampa1831 invasion of Cambodia and southern Vietnam SiamVietnam Cambodia1830 invasion of Algeria France Regency of Algiers1827 invasion of Laos Siam Kingdom of Vientiane1825 invasion of Greece Egypt1817–21 invasions of Assam BurmaAssum1812–16 invasions of the Banda Oriental United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Banda Oriental1814 invasion of the United States
1813 invasion of Canada 1812 invasions of Canada 1812 invasions of United States
Native Americans1812 invasion of CambodiaVietnam Cambodia1809 invasion of Sweden1808 invasion of Swedish Finland Swedish Finland1806–1807 invasions of Spanish Río de la Plata basin colonies Spain Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata1805 invasion of Tripoli Ottoman Empire
Tripoli
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)
Invasion Invading forces Defending forces1814 invasion of France Spain France 1813 invasion of Southern France Spain France 1812 invasion of Russia France 1811 invasion of Java France 1810 invasion of Mauritius France 1810 invasion of Portugal France 1810 invasion of Guadeloupe France 1809 Invasion of Sweden 1809 invasion of Flanders France 1809 invasion of Portugal France 1809 invasion of Martinique France 1808 invasion of Spain France Spain 1807 invasion of Portugal France 1805 invasion of Bavaria 1800 invasion of Piedmont France Piedmont Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland (1799) France 1799 invasion of Ionian Islands France 1798 invasion of Vietnam France Vietnam 1798 invasion of Ireland France 1798 invasion of Egypt France 1798 invasion of Malta France Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1795 invasion of France France 1795 invasion of Ceylon 1795 invasion of Bavaria France 1794 invasion of Holland France 1794 invasion of the Austrian Netherlands France 1793 invasion of the Kingdom of Sardinia France 1793 invasion of Breda France Breda
1700–1792