List of wars involving Mongolia

The following is an incomplete list of major wars fought by Mongolia, by Mongolian people or regular armies during periods when independent Mongolian states existed, from antiquity to the present day.

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Mongolian victory

Mongolian defeat

Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)

Ongoing conflict

Xiongnu

This section contains list of wars involving Xiongnu and its state located on the territory of modern Mongolia.

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
9th century BC	Xiongnu raid on the Zhou	Xiongnu	Zhou Dynasty	Defeat
4th–3rd century BC	Xiongnu raid on the Zhao	Xiongnu	Zhao (state)	Defeat
215 BC	Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu	Xiongnu	Qin Dynasty	Defeat
209 BC	The war against Donghu	Xiongnu	Donghu	Victory
200 BC	Battle of Baideng	Xiongnu	Han Dynasty	Victory
3rd century BC	The first war against Yuezhi	Xiongnu	Yuezhi	Different results
2nd century BC	The second war against the Yuezhi	Xiongnu	Yuezhi	Victory
133 BC – 89 AD	Han–Xiongnu War	Xiongnu	Han Dynasty	Defeat
48–55	War of Northern and Southern Xiongnu	Northern Xiongnu	Southern Xiongnu	Stabilization of relations

Mongolian Tribes

This section contains list of wars involving Xianbei, Wuhuan, Wusun and other Mongol tribes.

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
2nd century	Wuhuan Uprising	Wuhuan	Northern Xiongnu	Wuhuan Victory
93	Battle of Ikh Bayan	Xianbei	Xiongnu	Xianbei Victory.
97–130	Raids on cities Liaodong Peninsula	Xianbei	Han Dynasty	Unclear
117	Xianbei Conflict with Wusun	Xianbei	Wusun	Xianbei Defeat.
119	Raid on Ma-chen-sai	Xianbei	Xiongnu	Defeat.
122	The attack on Yanmen and Dingxiang	Xianbei	Han Dynasty	Defeat.
123	Attack's on Southern Xiongnu	Xianbei	Xiongnu	Victory
155	Dismemberment Xiongnu	Xianbei Han Dynasty	Xiongnu	Victory. Xiongnu destroyed on four parts.
2nd century	Xianbei-Buyeo conflict	Xianbei	Buyeo	Victory
2nd century	Tanshihuay's campaign against Wusun	Xianbei	Wusun	Xianbei Victory
177	Xia Yu, Tian Yan and Tsang Ming campaign against Xianbei.	Xianbei	Han Dynasty	Victory
2nd–3rd century	Helyan's raid on China.	Xianbei	Han Dynasty	Defeat.

Rouran Khaganate

This section contains list of wars involving Rouran Khaganate

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
508–540	Rouran-Tiele people wars	Rouran Khaganate	Tiele people	Victory.
554–555	Rouran-Turkic war	Rouran Khaganate	Turkic Khaganate	Defeat. Destruction of Rouran Khaganate.

Liao Empire|Liao Dynasty

This section contains list of wars involving Liao Dynasty

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
906–926	The conquest of the Balhae State	Liao Dynasty	Balhae	Victory. Destruction of Balhae State.
923–936	The proxy war with the Later Tang	Liao Dynasty	Later Tang	Victory
993	First conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War	Liao Dynasty	Kingdom of Goryeo	Victory
1010–1011	Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War	Liao Dynasty	Kingdom of Goryeo	Victory
1019	Third conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War	Liao Dynasty	Kingdom of Goryeo	Defeat
1114–1125	Jin-Khitan war	Liao Dynasty	Jin dynasty (1115–1234)	Defeat. Liao Empire destroyed.

Mongol Empire

This section contains list of wars involving Mongol Empire

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1201	Battle of Dalan Balzhat	Genghis Khan	Jamukha	Genghis Khan Defeat
1201	Battle of the Thirteen sides	Genghis Khan	Jamukha	Genghis Khan Victory
1201–1205	Conquest Forest Peoples	Mongols	Forest Peoples	Victory
1205–1210	Mongol conquest of Western Xia	Mongols	Western Xia	Victory
1209	Mongol invasion of Kingdom of Qocho	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Qocho	Victory
1211–1234	Mongol conquest of the Jin Empire	Mongol Empire	Jin Empire	Victory
1216–1218	Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai	Mongol Empire	Qara Khitai	Victory
1220–1223	The Mongol conquest of Cumania	Mongol Empire	Kipchaks	Victory
1220–1238	Mongol invasions of Georgia	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Georgia	Victory
1220–1236	Mongol invasions of Armenia	Mongol Empire	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Victory
1221–1225	First Mongol invasions of India	Mongol Empire	Punjab Sindh Kerman	Victory
1223–1240	Mongol invasion of Rus	Mongol Empire	Vladimir-Suzdal Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia Novgorod Republic Smolensk Rostov Chernigov Ryazan Pereyaslavl	Victory
1223, 1229–1230, 1236	The Mongol invasions of Volga Bulgaria	Mongol Empire	Volga Bulgaria	Victory
1225–1227	Punitive expedition in Western Xia	Mongol Empire	Western Xia	Victory
1231	First Mongol invasion of Korea	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Goryeo	Eventual Victory
1232	Second Mongol invasion of Korea	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Goryeo	Defeat
1235–1239	Third Mongol invasion of Korea	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Goryeo	Victory
XIV century	Mongol invasion of Tibet	Mongol Empire	Tibet	Victory.
1235–1279	Mongol conquest of the Song Empire	Mongol Empire	Song dynasty	Victory
1235–1241	Mongol conquest of Kashmir	Mongol Empire	Kashmir Deli Sultanate	Victory
1237–1253	First Mongol invasions of Dzurdzuketia	Mongol Empire	Chechens Ingush Ossetians Lezgins Avars Alans	Defeat
1240–1241	First Mongol invasion of Poland	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Poland Holy Roman Empire Knights Templar Teutonic Knights Knights Hospitaller	Victory
1241–1243	Mongol invasion of Anatolia	Mongol Empire	Sultanate of Rum Georgian auxiliaries Trapezuntine auxiliaries Latin mercenaries	Victory
1242	First Mongol invasion of Hungary	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Hungary	Victory
1242	Mongol invasion of the Bulgarian Empire	Mongol Empire	Bulgarian Empire	Defeat
1242	Mongol invasion of Serbia	Mongol Empire	Serbia	Victory
1242	Fourth Mongol invasion of Korea	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Goryeo	Victory
1253	Second Mongol invasions of Dzurdzuketia	Mongol Empire	Chechens Ingush Ossetians Lezgins Avars Alans	Victory
1253	Mongolian conquest of Dali Kingdom	Mongol Empire	Dali Kingdom	Victory
1254–1255	Kashmir uprising	Mongol Empire	Kashmir rebels	Uprising crushed
1255	Fifth the Mongol invasion of Korea	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Goryeo	Victory
1257–1258	The Mongol invasion in the Abbasid Caliphate	Mongol Empire	Abbasid Caliphate	Victory
1257–1258	First Mongol invasion of Delhi Sultanate	Mongol Empire	Delhi Sultanate	Peaceful agreement
1257–1258	Dai Viet-Mongol War	Mongol Empire	Tran Dynasty Champa	Defeat
1258	Sixth Mongol invasion of Korea	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Goryeo	Peaceful agreement
1259–1260	Second Mongol invasion of Poland	Mongol Empire	Polish states	Victory
1260	The Mongol invasion of Syria	Ilkhanate of the Mongol Empire Kingdom of England Knights Templar Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire (1259–1264)	Mamluk Sultanate Ayyubids Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire (after 1264) Karamanid rebels Abbasid Caliphate	Military Defeat
1274	First Mongol invasion of Japan	Mongol Empire	Kamakura Japan	Defeat
1281	Second Mongol invasion of Japan	Mongol Empire	Kamakura Japan	Defeat
1293–1298	Second Mongol invasion of Delhi Sultanate	Mongol Empire	Delhi Sultanate	Defeat

Mongolian States

This section contains list of wars involving different Mongolian states existed between the 13th and 14th centuries.

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1252–1254	Kuremsa raid on South Volyn	Golden Horde	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Defeat
1275–1276	Ruthenians and mongols winter raid to Lithuania	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia Golden Horde	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Defeat
1262	Berke–Hulagu war	Golden Horde	Ilkhanate	Inconclusive
1268–1301	Kaidu–Kublai war	Yuan dynasty Ilkhanate	Chagatai Khanate Golden Horde	Inconclusive
1277–1278	First Mongol invasion of Burma	Yuan dynasty	Pagan Empire	Victory
1282–1284	The Mongol invasion of Champa	Yuan dynasty	Champa	Military Defeat
1285	Dai Viet-Mongol War	Yuan dynasty	Tran dynasty	Military Defeat
1285–1286	Second Mongol invasion of Hungary	Golden Horde	Kingdom of Hungary	Defeat
1287–1288	Third Mongol invasion of Poland	Golden Horde Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Defeat
1287–1288	Third Mongol invasion of Vietnam	Yuan dynasty	Tran dynasty	Defeat
1287–1288	Mongol invasion of Java	Yuan dynasty	Majapahit Empire Kingdom of Singhasari Kediri Kingdom	Defeat
1351–1368	Red Turban Rebellion	Yuan dynasty	Red Turban Army	Defeat.Destruction of Yuan dynasty.
1380	Combining Blue-Horde and White-Horde	Wings of the Golden Horde	Wings of the Golden Horde	Inconclusive
1380s and early 1390s	Tokhtamysh–Timur war	Golden Horde	Timurid Empire	Defeat
1380–1480	The overthrow of the Mongol domination in Moscow	Golden Horde	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Defeat

Post-imperial Mongolia

This section contains list of wars involving different post-imperial Mongolian states (Northern Yuan Dynasty, Dzungar Khanate, Four Oirat)

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1388–1399	Rise of the Oirats	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Four Oirat	Defeat. Creating a Western Mongolian state
1409	Battle of Kherlen	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Victory
1409–1412	First campaign Yongle Emperor's against the Mongols	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Defeat
1413–1414	Second campaign Yongle Emperor's against the Mongols	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Defeat
1422	Third campaign Yongle Emperor's against the Mongols	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Defeat
1423	Fourt campaign Yongle Emperor's against the Mongols	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Defeat
1424	Fifth campaign Yongle Emperor's against the Mongols	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Defeat
1449	Tumu Crisis	Oirats	Ming Dynasty	Victory
1479–1510	Second concatenate Mongolian tribes	Dayan Khan coalition	Various Taishis	Victory. Unification of the Mongols
1500–1501	Raid Dayan Khan on Ningxia	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Defeat
1501–1507	Northern Yuan-Ming Dynasty War	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Eventual Victory
1538	Uriankhai uprising	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Uriankhai	The revolt is suppressed
1542	Dayan Khan deathbed clash with Chinese troops	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Ming Dynasty	Victory
1600–1635	Manchu conquest of Northern Yuan	Northern Yuan Dynasty	Later Jin	Defeat. The Fall of the Northern Yuan.
1652–1718	Zunghar-Kazakh War	Dzungar Khanate	Kazakh Khanate	Initial victory, later defeat
1687–1698	First Dzungar-Manchu War	Dzungar Khanate	Qing dynasty	Defeat
1668	Siege of Selenga prison	Mongol Tribes Qing dynasty	Cossack Tsardom of Russia	Defeat
1715–1739	Second Dzungar-Manchu War	Dzungar Khanate	Qing dynasty	Peaceful agreement
1755–1759	Third Dzungar-Manchu War	Dzungar Khanate	Qing dynasty	Defeat. Capture Dzungar Khanate.

Beginning of the 20th century

This section contains list of wars involving different Mongolian states existed in the first half of the 20th century (Mongolia (1911–24), Buryat-Mongolia, Tuva).

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1911	Mongolian Revolution of 1911	Mongolia (1911–24)	Qing dynasty	Victory. Establishment of an independent Mongolian state.
1914–1915	Releasing the Inner Mongolia	Mongolia (1911–24)	China	Defeat.
1917–1923	Russian Civil War — Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War	Buryat-Mongolia Green Ukraine	White Movement Red Army	Defeat.
1919–1921	Occupation of Mongolia	Mongolia (1911–24) Buryat-Mongolia White Movement	China	Defeat. * Mongolia military defeat * Asiatic Cavalry Division liberated Mongolia of 1921
1921	Mongolian Revolution of 1921	Mongolia (1911–24) White Movement	Mongolian partisans Red Army	The defeat of the government forces. * Creation of the Mongolian People's Republic

Mongolian People's Republic

This section contains list of wars involving Mongolian People's Republic (and japanese puppet state Inner Mongolia)

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1935–1937	Demchugdongrub invasion of Suiyuan	Inner Mongolian independence movement Empire of Japan Manchukuo	Republic of China	Defeat
1939	Battles of Khalkhin Gol	Mongolian People's Republic Soviet Union	Empire of Japan Manchukuo	Victory
1939–1945	World War II	Allies of World War II Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand British Malaya British Burma India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Cuba Mongolian People's Republic Commonwealth of the Philippines Viet Minh KLA	Axis powers Soviet Union Nazi Germany Empire of Japan Kingdom of Italy Italian Social Republic Vichy France Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Romania Kingdom of Bulgaria Kingdom of Iraq Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Independent State of Croatia Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Burma Azad Hind KHM Kingdom of Kampuchea Laos Kingdom of Laos Empire of Vietnam Second Philippine Republic White Movement Albania	Victory
1946–1948	Battle of Baitag Bogd	Mongolia Mongolian People's Republic Soviet Union	China	Military Defeat

Sources

References

List of wars involving Asian countries

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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