This is a list of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its predecessor states.
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Pre-modern
Ancient (–111 BC)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Lac Viet-Au Viet War
(257 BC?) |
Lạc Việt tribe | Âu Việt tribe | Lac Viet was annexed into Au Viet.
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Baiyue-Qin War
(221 BCE – 214 BCE) |
Baiyue tribes
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Qin Empire | Partial victory
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Au Lac–Nanyue War
(207 BCE or 179 BCE) |
Âu Lạc under Thục dynasty | Nanyue under Triệu dynasty | Defeat
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Han–Nanyue War
(111 BCE) |
Nanyue under Triệu dynasty | Han Empire | Defeat |
Dominated (111 BC–905 AD)
First and Second Chinese Domination (111 BC – 544 AD)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Trung sisters' rebellion
(40–43) |
Trưng Sisters rebels in Lingnan | Han Empire | Rebellion defeated |
Jiaozhi revolts
(100, 136–144 AD) |
Chamic revolt in Rinan, by 136 it had been spreading to Jiaozhi. | Han dynasty | Rebellion defeated |
Jiuzhen revolt
(157 AD) |
Chu Đạt rebels in Jiuzhen | Han dynasty | Rebellion defeated |
Wuhu revolt
(178–181) |
Liang Long rebels in Hepu and Jiaozhi | Han dynasty | Rebellion defeated |
Independence of Champa
(192) |
Khu Liên revolts in Xianglin (Hue), southern part of Rinan | Han dynasty | Rebellion success, creation of the first Cham kingdom of Lâm Ấp. |
Lady Triệu Revolt
(248) |
Lady Triệu rebels in Jiuzhen | Wu | Rebellion defeated
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Jin–Wu war
(263–280) |
Anti-Wu rebels in Jiaozhi, backed by Jin dynasty | Wu | Jin victory
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Jin–Lâm Ấp war
(399–431) |
Jin dynasty | Lâm Ấp | Jin victory
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Liu Song–Lâm Ấp war
(445–446) |
Liu Song dynasty | Lâm Ấp | Liu Song victory
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Lý Bí Revolt
(542–545) |
Lý Bí rebels in Jiaozhi | Liang | Victory
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Early Lý Dynasty (545–602)
Conflict | Early Lý Dynasty
and allies |
Opponents | Result |
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Sui-Van Xuan War
(545–602) |
Vạn Xuân under Early Lý dynasty | Sui | Defeat |
Third Chinese Domination (602–905)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Sui–Lâm Ấp war
(605) |
Lâm Ấp | Sui dynasty | Sui victory
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Lý Tự Tiên rebellion
(679) |
Lý Tự Tiên's Li rebels | Tang dynasty | Tang victory |
Mai Thúc Loan Revolt
(722–23) |
Mai Thúc Loan rebels in Annan | Great Tang | Tang victory |
Chen Xingfan revolt
(726–28) |
Chen Xingfan rebels in modern-day China-Vietnam borderlands | Great Tang | Tang victory |
Javanese raids in Vietnam coast
(767, 774 & 787) |
Javanese raiders | Tang dynasty, Champa | Tang victory |
Phùng Hưng Revolt
(791) |
Phùng Hưng rebels in Annan | Great Tang | Defeat |
Tang–Nanzhao war
(846–866) |
Nanzhao and local rebels in Northern Vietnam | Great Tang | Tang victory
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Dynastic (905–1887)
List of wars and conflicts that had been fought on or by various historical political entities in modern-day Vietnam.
Medieval Vietnam (905–1527)
- Battle of Bạch Đằng (938)
- Anarchy of the 12 Warlords (944–967)
- Khmer–Cham war (950)
- First Song-Đại Việt War (981)
- Champa–Đại Cồ Việt war (982)
- Nong Zhigao rebellions (1040–1055)
- Champa–Đại Cồ Việt War (1044) or Lý Thái Tông's raid in Champa
- Champa–Đại Việt War (1069)
- Second Song–Đại Việt war (1075–77)
- Khmer–Cham war (1074–1080)
- Champa–Đại Việt War (1104)
- Đại Việt-Khmer War (1128–1150)
- Khmer invasion of Champa (1145–1149)
- Harivarman I vs Vamsaräja (1150)
- Cham Civil War (1150–1161)
- Cham invasion of Angkor (1177–1181)
- Jayavarman VII's conquest of Champa (1190–1203)
- Đại Việt–Khmer War (1207)
- Champa–Đại Việt War (1252)
- First Mongol invasion of Đại Việt (1257–58)
- Mongol invasion of Champa (1283–85)
- Second Mongol invasion of Đại Việt (1285)
- Third Mongol invasion of Đại Việt (1287–88)
- Sukhothai–Đại Việt war (1313)
- Ailao–Đại Việt war (1335)
- Champa–Đại Việt War (1367–1390)
- Champa–Đại Ngu war (1401–1404)
- Ming conquest of Đại Việt (1406–1407)
- Later Trần revolts (1408–1413)
- Lam Sơn uprising (1418–1428)
- Khmer–Cham war (1421)
- Đại Việt–Ngưu Hống war (1432–1433)
- Champa–Đại Việt War (1446)
- Champa–Đại Việt War (1471) or Vietnamese conquest of Northern Champa.
- Đại Việt–Lan Xang War (1479–84)
- Trần Cảo Rebellion (1516–1521)
Early Modern (1527–1887)
- Lê-Mạc War (1533–1677)
- Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672)
- Cambodian Civil War (1714–1717)
- Cambodian Civil War (1747–1750)
- Nguyễn–Thonburi war (1769–1773)
- Tây Sơn rebellion (1771–1789)
- Tây Sơn–Nguyễn war (1771–1787)
- Tây Sơn–Siam war (1785)
- Tây Sơn–Trịnh war (1786)
- Tây Sơn brothers war (1787–88)
- Qing (Chinese) intervention (1788–89)
- Second Tây Sơn–Nguyễn war (1789–1802)
- Tây Sơn–Vientiane war (1790–91): Tây Sơn invaded the Kingdom of Vientiane.
- Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia (1813–45)
- Ja Lidong's Rebellion (1822–23)
- Phan Bá Vành's Rebellion (1825–1827)
- Nông Văn Vân's Rebellion (1833–35)
- Lê Văn Khôi revolt (1833–35)
- Ja Thak Wa uprising (1834–1835)
- Cao Bá Quát's Rebellion (1854–56)
- Taiping invasions of Northern Vietnam (1850s–1870s)
- French conquest of Vietnam (1858–87)
- Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862)
- Tạ Văn Phụng's Rebellion (1861–65)
- Văn Thân movement (1864–1885)
- Tonkin Campaign (1883–1889)
- Sino–French War (1884–1885)
Colonial
French Indochina (1887–1954)
Republic
North Vietnam (1945–1976)
State of Vietnam and South Vietnam (1945–1975)
Vietnam
Conflict | Vietnam and allies |
Opponents | Result | General Secretary |
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Insurgency in the Central Highlands
(1975–1992) |
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Victory
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Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)
Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991) |
Insurgency in Laos
(1975–2007) |
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Victory
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Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)
Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991) |
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
(1977–1989)[d] |
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Victory
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Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)
Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991) |
Sino-Vietnamese War
(1979) |
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Victory
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Lê Duẩn |
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–91
(1979–1991) |
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Defeat
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Lê Duẩn (until 10 July 1986)
Trường Chinh (until 18 December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (until 28 June 1991) |
Thai–Laotian Border War
(1987–1988) |
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Victory
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Nguyễn Văn Linh |
Notes
- ^ Official start date at December 19, 1946, when France captured Hanoi. However, the conflict started already in September 1945, when British troops took Saigon during Operation Masterdom. The Haiphong conflict, lasting from March 3, 1946 until 1947, also lead to tensions between France and China.
- ^ Start date remains disputed, but North Vietnam did not intervene before 1959. Includes the Laotian Civil War, the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and the Cambodian Civil War. First battle between the South Vietnamese army and FNL occurred at September 26, 1959; Origins of the Insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954–1960 The Pentagon Papers (Gravel Edition), Volume 1, Chapter 5, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971), Section 3, pp. 314–346; International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.
- ^ Official start date at December 19, 1946, when France captured Hanoi. However, the conflict started already in September 1945, when British troops took Saigon during Operation Masterdom. The Haiphong conflict, lasting from March 3, 1946 until 1947, also lead to tensions between France and China.
- ^ See also: Vietnamese border raids in Thailand.
Citations
- ^ a b c d "Viện trợ của Trung Quốc đối với cuộc kháng chiến chống Pháp của Việt Nam - Quân đội nhân dân" [China's aid to Vietnam's anti-French resistance war - People's Army.]. 2013-12-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2021-10-27 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ a b http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2013/9311/pdf/DaoDucThuan_2013_02_05.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "John Foster Dulles on the fall of Dien Bien Phu - Vidéo Dailymotion". Dailymotion. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ a b LOGEVALL, FREDRIK (1993). "The Swedish-American Conflict over Vietnam". Diplomatic History. 17 (3): 421–445. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.1993.tb00589.x. ISSN 0145-2096. JSTOR 24912244.
- ^ "Opinion | Thailand Bears Guilt for Khmer Rouge". The New York Times. March 24, 1993.
- ^ a b Richardson, Michael. "Singaporean Tells of Khmer Rouge Aid". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "How Thatcher gave Pol Pot a hand". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Butcher of Cambodia set to expose Thatcher's role". The Guardian. 9 January 2000. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge
- ^ "Reagan Vows to Support Sihanouk's Forces". The New York Times. 12 October 1988. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Michael Shafir (1985). Romania: Politics, Economics and Society : Political Stagnation and Simulated Change. Pinter. p. 187. ISBN 9780861874385.
- ^ Desaix Anderson (2002). An American in Hanoi: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam. Eastbridge. p. 104. ISBN 9781891936036.
- ^ Gerald Frost (1991). Europe in Turmoil: The Struggle for Pluralism. Praeger. p. 306. ISBN 9780275941291.
- ^ "Diplomats Recall Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge". The Cambodia Daily. 5 April 2003. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Weiss, Thomas G.; Evans, Gareth J.; Hubert, Don; Sahnoun, Mohamed (2001). The Responsibility to Protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. International Development Research Centre (Canada). p. 58. ISBN 978-0-88936-963-4. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "When Moscow helped topple the Khmer Rouge". www.rbth.com. March 19, 2016.
References
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- Dupuy, R. Ernest; Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (Fourth ed.). New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-270056-1.
- Elleman, Bruce A. (2001). Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989. Routledge. ISBN 0415214742.
- Kohn, George Childs (1999). Dictionary of Wars (Revised ed.). New York: Facts On File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-3928-3.
- Stuart-Fox, Martin (1998). The Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang: Rise and Decline. White Lotus Press. ISBN 974-8434-33-8.