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The following is an incomplete list of wars fought by [[Slovenia]], by [[Slovenes|its people]] or regular armies during periods when Slovene states (whether constituent or sovereign) existed, from antiquity to the present day.{{efn|For the purposes of this list, the following historic polities will be considered predecessors of the present-day Republic of Slovenia:
* [[Duchy of Styria]] and [[Duchy of Carniola]]
* [[Illyrian Provinces]]
* [[Republic of Prekmurje]]
* [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]]
* [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (after 1929: [[Drava Banovina]] in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
* [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia]] (as part of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]).}}

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
:{{legend2|#AF9|Slovenian victory|border=1px solid #AAA}}
:{{legend2|#F88|Slovenian defeat|border=1px solid #AAA}}
:{{legend2|#BBF|Another result|border=1px solid #AAA}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Slovenia, ''[[status quo ante bellum]]'', or a treaty or peace without a clear result.</small>
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== New Year Attacks on Cerskio's house ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="10%" | Date
! width="30%" | Conflict
! width="20%" | Combatant 1
! width="20%" | Combatant 2
! width="20%" | Result
|-
|1515
|[[All-Slovene Peasant Uprising]]
|[[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] mercenaries and nobility
|[[Slovenes|Slovenian]] peasant rebels
|style="background:#F88" |Peasant defeat
|-
|1573
|[[Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt]]
|[[Croatian nobility|Croatian]], [[Styria (Slovenia)|Styrian]] and [[Carniola|Carniolan]] nobility
[[Uskoks]]
|[[Croats|Croatian]] and [[Slovenes|Slovenian]] peasant rebels
| style="background:#F88" |Peasant defeat
|-
|1593–1606
|[[Long Turkish War]]
|{{flag|Holy Roman Empire}} 

* {{flagicon image|Flag of Austria.svg}} [[Habsburg Monarchy]]
* {{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}}
* [[File:Medici_Flag_of_Tuscany.png|23x23px]] [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Tuscany]]
* [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Este_(1471).svg|25x25px]] [[Duchy of Ferrara]]
* [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_House_of_Gonzaga_(1433).svg|24x24px]] [[Duchy of Mantua]]
* {{flag|Duchy of Savoy}}
* [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Hungary_(1918-1919).svg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867)|Kingdom of Hungary]]
* [[File:Coa_Croatia_Country_History_(Fojnica_Armorial).svg|24x24px]] [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Kingdom of Croatia]]
* [[File:Carniola_Arms.svg|24x24px]] [[Duchy of Carniola]]

[[File:Flag_of_Transylvania_before_1918.svg|23x23px]] [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]]

{{flag|Wallachia}} 

{{flag|Moldavia}}  

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} 

{{flag|Spain|1506}} 

{{flag|Papal States|old}} 
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg}} [[Ottoman Empire]] 
* {{Flag|Crimean Khanate}}
| style="background:#BBF" |Inconclusive

* [[Peace of Zsitvatorok]]
|}

== 17th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="10%" | Date
! width="30%" | Conflict
! width="20%" | Combatant 1
! width="20%" | Combatant 2
! width="20%" | Result
|-
|1663–1664
|[[Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)|Austro-Turkish War]]
|{{Coat of arms|Holy Roman Empire}}

* {{Coat of arms|Electorate of Saxony}}
* {{Coat of arms|Brandenburg-Prussia}}
* {{Coat of arms|Austria|text=[[Habsburg monarchy]]}}
* {{Coat of arms|Electorate of Bavaria}}
* [[File:Steiermark_Wappen.svg|33x33px]] [[Duchy of Styria]]
* [[File:Coat of arms of Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39).svg|26x26px]]  [[Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39)|Serbia]]
* [[File:Carniola_Arms.svg|26x26px]] [[Duchy of Carniola]]

{{Coat of arms|Savoy|text=[[Duchy of Savoy|Piedmont-Savoy]]}}

'''[[League of the Rhine]]'''

* {{Coat of arms|Baden|text=[[Baden-Baden]]}}
* {{Coat of arms|Swabia}}
* {{Coat of arms|Kingdom of France}}

{{Coat of arms|Kingdom of Hungary}}

[[File:CoA_of_the_Kingdom_of_Croatia.svg|39x39px]] [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Kingdom of Croatia]]
|{{flag|Ottoman Empire}}

* {{flagicon image|Flag of the crimeans.svg}} [[Crimean Khanate]]
| style="background:#BBF" |Austria and allies military victory Ottoman commercial and diplomatic victory
* [[Peace of Vasvár]]
|-
|1683–1699
|[[Great Turkish War]]
|{{Flag|Holy Roman Empire}} and [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Monarchy]]

* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Electorate of Bavaria.svg}} [[Electorate of Bavaria|Bavaria]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Franconia.svg}} [[Franconian Circle|Franconia]]
* {{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}}
* [[File:Steiermark_Wappen.svg|22x22px]] [[Duchy of Styria]]
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Hungary (15th century, rectangular).svg}} [[Kingdom of Hungary|Royal Hungary]]
* {{Flagicon image|Coa Croatia Country History (Fojnica Armorial).svg}} [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Kingdom of Croatia]]

{{Flagicon image|Royal Banner of Jan III Sobieski.svg}} [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]

{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} [[Tsardom of Russia]]

{{Flagicon image|Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg}} [[Republic of Venice]]
|{{Flag|Ottoman Empire}}  
{{Flag|Crimean Khanate}}
| style="background:#AF9"|Victory

* [[Treaty of Karlowitz]]
|}

== 19th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="10%" | Date
! width="30%" | Conflict
! width="20%" | Combatant 1
! width="20%" | Combatant 2
! width="20%" | Result
|-
|1803–1815
|[[Napoleonic Wars]]
|{{Flag|French Republic}} (until 1804)
'''{{Flag|First French Empire}}''' (1804–1815)

* [[Illyrian Provinces|{{No flag}}Illyrian Provinces]]
|{{Flag|Austrian Empire}}<br />{{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br />{{Flag|Russian Empire}}
| style="background:#F88"|Defeat

* [[Congress of Vienna]]
|-
| 1848–1849
| [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]]
|'''[[Hungarian nationalists]]'''
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary}}
* {{noflag}}'''[[Hungarian Slovenes]]'''
* {{noflag}}[[Rusyns]] 
* {{noflag}}[[Zipser Germans|Zipser Saxons]]
* {{noflag}}[[Hungarian Germans]] 
* {{noflag}}[[Banat Bulgarians]] 
* {{flagdeco|Poland|1919}} [[Poland|Polish legions]] 
* {{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Germany|German and Viennese legion]]
{{flagdeco|Slovenia}} [[Slovenian nationalism|Slovenian nationalists]] and peasants
* {{noflag}} [[Zedinjena Slovenija|Radical dissidents of the Zedinjena Slovenija movement]] <small>(minor confrontations only)</small>
* {{noflag}} [[List of Peasant Revolts|Peasant's revolts in Ig and elsewhere]]

|'''[[Austria and Allies]]''':<br />
{{flagdeco|Austrian Empire}} [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]
* {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)}} [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Kingdom of Croatia]] 
* {{flagdeco|Vojvodina}} [[Serbian Vojvodina]] 
* {{flagdeco|Serbia|civil}} [[Serbia|Serbian volunteers]] 
* {{flagdeco|Hungary}} [[Hungary|Habsburg Hungarians]] 
* {{flagdeco|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia|Slovak National Council]] 
* {{flagdeco|Transylvania}} [[Transylvania|Transylvanian Romanians]]
* {{flagdeco|Ljubljana}} [[Ljubljana|Ljubljana City Guard Militia]]
{{Country|Russian Empire}}<br />
| style="background:#F88"|Defeat, Austro-Russian victory.
* [[Feudalism]] is abolished in most Slovenian lands
|-
|1878
|[[Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878|Austro-Hungarian Campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878]]
|'''{{Flag|Austria-Hungary}}'''
* 17th Infantry Regiment from Carniola
|{{Flag|Bosnia Eyalet}}<br />{{Flag|Ottoman Empire}}
| style="background:#AF9"|Victory

* [[Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] begins
|}

== World War I ==
{{main|History of Slovenia#World War One}}

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="10%" | Date
! width="30%" | Conflict
! width="20%" | Combatant 1
! width="20%" | Combatant 2
! width="20%" | Result
|-
| 1914–1918
| [[World War I]]
|''[[Central Powers]]:''
'''{{flagcountry|Austria-Hungary}}'''<br>
{{flagcountry|German Empire}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Ottoman Empire}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} <small>(1915–18)</small>
|''[[Allies of World War I|Allies]]'':<br />
{{Flagdeco|France|1794}} [[French Third Republic|France]]<br />
{{Country|British Empire}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}} <small>(1914–17)</small><br />
{{flagcountry|Italy}}<br />
{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} <small>(1917–18)</small><br />
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia}}<br />
[[Allies of World War I|''and others'']]
| style="background:#F88"|Defeat, the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] is dissolved.
*[[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]]
*[[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)]]
|-
| 1918–1919
| [[Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia]]
| '''{{flag|State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs}}''' <small>(before unification)</small>
* Maister's fighters

'''{{flag|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes}}''' <small>(after unification)</small>
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Republic of German-Austria|German-Austria]]
*{{flag|Carinthia}} <small>(Provisional state government of Carinthia)</small>
| style="background:#BBF" |Ceasefire
*In [[Carinthian plebiscite]] southeastern Carinthia votes in favour of joining Austria.
*Territorial changes are coordinated by [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye]].
*Majority of southeastern Carinthia is ceded to Austria.
*Meža Valley and Jezersko are ceded to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
|-
|1919
|[[Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918-1920)|Prekmurje and Yugoslav Clashes against Hungary of 1919]]
|'''{{Flag|Republic of Prekmurje}}''' <small>(before [[Bela Kun|Bela Kun's]] invasion and the occupation by Hungary)</small><br />
'''{{Flag|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes}}''' 
* {{Flag|Serbia|name=Serbian Units of the Donavska Banovina of the SHS Kingdom}}<small> (clean-up following the demise of the occupation)</small>

|{{Flag|Hungarian Soviet Republic}}
| style="background:#AF9" |Compromised victory
* Prekmurje Republic is secured by Yugoslav forces after being occupied by Hungary.
* Hungarian Soviet Republic is dissolved by the [[Entente (WWI)|Entente]] via Romania.
|}

== World War II ==
{{main|Slovene Lands in World War II}}

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="10%" | Date
! width="30%" | Conflict
! width="20%" | Combatant 1
! width="20%" | Combatant 2
! width="20%" | Result
|-
| 1941
| [[World War II]] — [[Invasion of Yugoslavia]]
| '''{{Country|Kingdom of Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}}'''
| {{Country|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}<br>{{Country|Kingdom of Italy|name=Italy}}<br>{{Flagdeco|Hungary|1920}} [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Hungary]]
| style="background:#F88"|Axis victory
*[[Occupation of Yugoslavia]]
*Partition of Yugoslavia between the Axis
*Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes
|-
| 1941–1945
| [[World War II]] — [[World War II in Yugoslavia]]
| {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} '''[[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]]'''
{{Country|Soviet Union|1936}} {{small|(1944–45)}}<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Bulgarian Homeland Front.svg}} [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] {{small|(1944–45)}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Albania 1944.svg}} [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albania]] {{small|(1944–45)}}<br />{{Country|United Kingdom}} <small>(1942–1945)</small><br>
{{Country|United States|1912}} {{small|(limited involvement, 1943–45}})
| {{Country|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} {{small|(until 1943)}}<br>
{{Country|Independent State of Croatia|name=Croatia}}{{smallsup|a}}<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Government of National Salvation (occupied Yugoslavia).svg}} [[Government of National Salvation|VNS]]{{smallsup|a}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary}}<br />
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} {{small|(until 1944)}}<br>
{{Country|Independent State of Croatia|name=Croatia}}{{smallsup|a}}<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Government of National Salvation (occupied Yugoslavia).svg}} [[Government of National Salvation|VNS]]{{smallsup|a}} {{small|(until 1944)}}<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of Albania (1943-1944).svg}} [[Albanian Kingdom (1943–44)|Albania]] {{small|(1943–44)}}<br />
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Slovene Home Guard.svg}} '''[[Slovene Home Guard]]''' {{small|(1943–45)}}<br />
{{flagicon image|Chetniks Flag.svg}} [[Pećanac Chetniks]]
| style="background:#AF9"|[[Allies of World War II|Allied]] victory
|}

== Since World War II ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="10%" | Date
! width="30%" | Conflict
! width="20%" | Combatant 1
! width="20%" | Combatant 2
! width="20%" | Result
|-
| 1991
| [[Ten-Day War]]
| '''{{Country|Slovenia}}'''
| {{Country|Yugoslavia}}
| style="background:#AF9"|Decisive Slovenian victory
*[[Brijuni Agreement|Brioni Accords]]
**Slovenian independence upheld and recognized by Yugoslavia
|}

== Peacekeeping missions ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#0048E0" rowspan="1" | <span style="color: white">Mission</span>
! style="background:#0048E0" rowspan="1" | <span style="color: white">Start-date</span>
! style="background:#0048E0" rowspan="1" | <span style="color: white">End-date</span>
! style="background:#0048E0" rowspan="1" | <span style="color: white">Location</span>
! style="background:#0048E0" rowspan="1" | <span style="color: white">Troops deployed</span>
|-
|style="background:#efefef"| [[File:Insignia_NATO_Army_KFOR.svg|20px]] [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]]
|style="background:#efefef"| ?
|style="background:#efefef"| Ongoing
|style="background:#efefef"| {{Country|Kosovo|2004|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| 316
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Europe topic|List of wars involving|title=Lists of wars involving European countries}}

[[Category:Wars involving Slovenia|*]]
[[Category:Military history of Slovenia]]
[[Category:Foreign relations of Slovenia]]
[[Category:Lists of wars by country involved|Slovenia]]
[[Category:Slovenia history-related lists|Wars]]