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This is a list of wars of independence, including armed conflicts fought for the independence of a nation. These wars may or may not have achieved the goal of political independence.
List
[edit] Independence failed
Independence succeeded
De facto independence with limited recognition[a]
Autonomy granted
Stalemate
Ongoing conflict
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Early modern (1500–1800)
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Late modern (1800–1945)
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Contemporary (1945–present)
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See also
[edit]- Resistance during World War II
- Lists of active separatist movements
- List of revolutions and rebellions
- Lists of wars
- Wars of national liberation
Notes
[edit]- ^ Applicable after 1815, when the constitutive theory of statehood was developed through the Congress of Vienna[1]
- ^ In cooperation with the Greeks in the Wars of the Delian League[2]
- ^ In response to the palace coup led by Nanyue ministers who opposes unification with Han China[3]
- ^ In response to the Dongyue king's claim to be Emperor of Dongyue[4]
- ^ Part of the Gallic Wars
- ^ Herod the Great, with Roman support, attacks Antigonus the Hasmonean, who proclaims himself king in an attempt to free Judea from Roman authority.[5]
- ^ Part of the Saxon Wars
- ^ Part of the Norman Conquest
- ^ The Lombard League askes the Holy Roman Emperor for the exemption from all types of taxes and the absence of any kind of interference by the emperor in local matters.[6]
- ^ These invasions are a response to the Cham expulsion of the Khmer vassal ruler in 1191.[7]
- ^ In response to the establishment of the Myinsaing Kingdom[8]
- ^ First occupation (1352–1357); Second occupation (1394)
- ^ Including Naresuan's Elephant Battle in 1593[9]
- ^ Part of the Time of Troubles
- ^ Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
- ^ Part of the Aceh War
- ^ Founded by Taiwanese gentry and Qing local officials in opposition to the cession of Taiwan[10]
- ^ Proclaiming independence during the invasion by Hungary[12]
- ^ Part of the 1948 Palestine war
- ^ Part of the Congo Crisis
- ^ In response to the establishment of the Democratic Republic of East Timor[13]
- ^ Part of the Gulf War
References
[edit]- ^ Kalevi Jaakko Holsti Taming the Sovereigns p. 128.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus (1946). Library of History. Vol. 4. C. H. Oldfather (trans.). Loeb Classical Library. 11.71.3-6. ISBN 978-0-674-99413-3. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ 張榮芳; 黃淼章 (2008). 南越国史 (in Chinese) (2nd ed.). 廣東人民出版社. p. 453. ISBN 978-7-218-01982-6.
- ^ 薛瑜婷 (2018-09-19). "閩越重要人物——無諸與餘善". Academy of Chinese Studies (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
- ^ "Antigonus Matthathias", Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ D'Ilario, Giorgio; Gianazza, Egidio; Marinoni, Augusto (1976). Legnano e la battaglia (in Italian). Edizioni Landoni. pp. 153–154. SBN IT\ICCU\LO1\1256757.
- ^ Maspero, G. (2002). The Champa Kingdom. Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd. pp. 79–80. ISBN 9747534991.
- ^ Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II): 119–120.
- ^ Damrong Rajanubhab (1928). Chris Baker (ed.). Our Wars with the Burmese: Thai–Burmese Conflict 1539–1767. Translated by Aung Thein (2001 ed.). Bangkok: White Lotus. pp. 130–134. ISBN 974-7534-58-4.
}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ Takekoshi, Yosaburō (1907). Japanese rule in Formosa. London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and co. pp. 82–84. OCLC 753129. OL 6986981M.
- ^ Gülseven, Aslı (30 March 2021). "A Failed Independence Movement in the Context of the Great Powers Competition: The North Caucasian Struggle for Independence (1917–1920)". Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi. 11 (1): 245–259. doi:10.30783/nevsosbilen.873522. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ Magocsi, Paul R. (1978). The Shaping of a National Identity: Subcarpathian Rus', 1848-1948. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 245. ISBN 9780674805798.
- ^ Dennis B. Klein (18 April 2018). Societies Emerging from Conflict: The Aftermath of Atrocity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-5275-1041-8.