List of wars involving Georgia (country)
The following is an incomplete list of major wars fought by Georgia, by Georgian people or regular armies during periods when independent Georgian states existed, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside of Georgia by Georgian military. The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
- Georgian victory
- Georgian 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
Diaokhi
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1118-845 BC | The intervention of the Assyrian Empire | Diauehi | Assyria | Defeat |
| Mid-8th century BC | Intervention Urartu | Diauehi | Urartu | Defeat |
Colchis and Iberia
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720s BC | Invasion of the Western Georgian power of Colchis by Scythians and Cimmerians. | Colchis | Scythia Cimmeria |
Colchis weakened |
| End of 3rd century BC | Unification of Eastern Georgian tribes into the kingdom of Iberia (or Kartli) under Prince Pharnavaz | Kingdom of Iberia | Seleucid Empire | Independence from the Seleucid Empire. |
| 65 BC | Pompey's Georgian campaign | Kingdom of Iberia |  Roman Republic |
Defeat |
| 65 BC | Pompey's campaign in Caucasian Albania | Kingdom of Iberia Roman Republic |
Caucasian Albania | Victory |
| 51 | Armenia–Iberia War |
Kingdom of Iberia |  Kingdom of Armenia |
Victory |
| 58-63 | Roman–Parthian War | Roman Empire Kingdom of Iberia |
Parthian Empire Kingdom of Armenia |
Compromise |
| 482-484 | King Vakhtang I Gorgasali's war of resistance against the Persian invaders in Kartli. | Kingdom of Iberia Byzantine Empire |
Sassanid Empire | Defeat |
| 526-532 | Iberian War | Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Iberia |
Sassanid Empire Lakhmids |
Status quo ante bellum |
| 541-562 | Lazic War | Sassanid Empire Lazica (541-548) |
Byzantine Empire Lazica (after 548) |
Status quo ante bellum |
| 602-628 | Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 | Sassanid Empire Kingdom of Iberia |
Byzantine Empire Western Turkic Khaganate |
Status quo ante bellum |
| 735-737 | Marwan ibn Muhammad's invasion of Georgia | Kingdom of Iberia Lazica |
Umayyad Caliphate | Defeat |
| 914 | Sajid invasion of Georgia | First Kingdom of Kakheti | Sajid dynasty | The aggressor has not reached the goal |
United Kingdom
Kingdoms and principalities
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1545 | Battle of Sokhoista |  Kingdom of Imereti Principality of Mingrelia Principality of Guria |
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Defeat |
| 1567 | Battle of Digomi |  Kingdom of Kartli |
 Safavid Empire |
Victory |
| 1558 | Battle of Garisi | Kingdom of Kartli |
Safavid Empire |
Pyrrhic victory |
| 1578 | Battle of Çıldır |  Safavid Empire Kingdom of Kartli |
Ottoman Empire |
Defeat |
| 1609 | Battle of Tashiskari | Kingdom of Kartli |
 Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate |
Victory |
| 1625 | Battle of Martqopi | Kingdom of Kartli |
Safavid Empire |
Victory |
| 1625 | Battle of Marabda | Kingdom of Kartli |
Safavid Empire |
Defeat |
| 1659 | Bakhtrioni Uprising |  Kingdom of Kakheti |
Safavid Empire |
Defeat |
| 1722-1723 | Russo-Persian War (1722–23) |  Russian Empire Ukrainian Cossacks Kingdom of Kartli |
 Safavid Persian Empire |
The planned aid from Russia did not come |
| 1757 | Battle of Khresili | Kingdom of Imereti |
Ottoman Empire |
Victory |
| 1770 | Battle of Aspindza |  Kartl-Kakheti |
Ottoman Empire |
Victory |
| 1751 | Battle of Kirkhbulakh | Kartl-Kakheti |
Safavid Empire |
Victory |
| 1768-1774 | Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) | Russian Empire
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Ottoman Empire
|
Victory |
| 1795 | Battle of Krtsanisi | Kartli-Kakheti Imereti |
 Persian Empire* Ganja Khanate * Erivan Khanate |
Defeat |
| 16th-19th | Lekianoba | Kingdom of Kakheti Kingdom of Kartli Kartli-Kakheti Imereti |
Lezgian people | Beginning in 1801, with the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire, the Dagestani inroads weakened significantly. |
| 1817-1864 | Caucasian War | Russian Empire Principality of Mingrelia  Principality of GuriaPrincipality of Svaneti (1817-1829) Principality of Abkhazia |
 Caucasian Imamate CircassiaAbkhazian insurgents Big Kabarda (to 1825) Khanate of Kazi-Kumukh Dagestan free people Avar Khanate (1829–1859) |
Caucasus annexed into Russia. |
Democratic Republic of Georgia
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Georgian SSR
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | August Uprising | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union
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Victory |
| 1941-1945 | World War II | Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia.svg.png){kind=small} Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia.svg.png){kind=small} Brazil.svg.png){kind=small} Mexico.svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia |
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Victory |
| 1979-1989 | Soviet War in Afghanistan |  Soviet Union.svg.png){kind=small} Afghanistan |
 Peshawar Seven Tehran Eight |
Withdrawal |
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Republic of Georgia
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See also
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