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This is a list of [[war]]s that the Republic of [[Latvia]] has participated in.
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This is a list of [[war]]s that the Republic of [[Latvia]] have participated in.


The Republic of Latvia existed as a ''[[de jure]]'' sovereign state from 17 June 1940 to 4 May 1990, and was represented by the [[Latvian Diplomatic Service]] dealing with a limited part of the state functions of the Republic of Latvia. The Republic of Latvia did not engage in warfare during the period of occupation.
According to the theory of [[state continuity of the Baltic states]], the republic of Latvia existed as a ''[[de jure]]'' sovereign state from 17 June 1940 to 4 May 1990{{cn|date=June 2024|reason=This is a disputed theory, but does have some support that could be found in RS.}} and was represented by the [[Latvian Diplomatic Service]], which controlled limited state functions during its occupation. Latvia did not engage in warfare during this period.{{cn|date=June 2024|reason=That is a convenient statement to brush aside any accountability the claimed continued functioning of the Latvian state might have had in war crimes. After all, if the state continued to exist, then it was possibly engaged in warfare during this period. This needs reliable sources instead of just an assertion.}}

{{Legend|#AF9|Victory|border=1px solid #AAA}}
{{Legend|#f9a|Defeat|border=1px solid #AAA}}
{{Legend|#BBF|Another result*|border=1px solid #AAA}}
{{Legend|#FCE883|Ongoing|border=1px solid #AAA}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Latvia, ''[[status quo ante bellum]]'', or a treaty or peace without a clear result.</small>
{{dynamic list}}


==Wars==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width= "10%" | Date
! width= "5%" | Date
! width= "30%" | Conflict
! width= "18%" | Conflict
! width= "20%" | Allies
! width= "18%" | Combatant 1
! width= "20%" | Enemies
! width= "18%" | Combatant 2
! width= "18%" | Combatant 3
! width= "20%" | Result
! width= "20%" | Result
|- valign=top
|-
| 1918–1920
| 1918–1920
| [[Latvian War of Independence]]
| [[Latvian War of Independence]]
|
| {{flag icon|Estonia}}[[Estonia]]
* {{flag icon|Latvia}} [[Latvia|Republic of Latvia]]

{{flag icon|Poland}}[[Poland]]
* {{flag icon|Estonia}} [[Estonia|Republic of Estonia]]
* {{flag icon|Poland}} [[Second Polish Republic]]

----
{{flag icon|Latvia}}[[Latvia]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Baltic Germans.svg}} [[Baltische Landeswehr]]<br /><small>(allied to Latvia, except in April–July 1919)</small>

|
{{flag icon|Lithuania}}[[Lithuania]]
* {{flag icon|Russian SFSR|1918}} [[Russian SFSR]]

* {{flag|Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic}}
| {{flag icon|Russian SFSR|1918}} [[Russian SFSR]]
|

* {{flagicon image|WestRussianVolunteerArmy.svg}} [[West Russian Volunteer Army]]
| Style="background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
| Style="background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''<ref name="Enc Letland">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Letland §5. Geschiedenis |encyclopedia=Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins |date=2002 |publisher=Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum |language=nl}}</ref>
Latvia gains independence
* [[Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty]]

* Independence of Republic of Latvia
Death of 3,046 Latvians {{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
* Latgale integrated into Republic of Latvia
* [[Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic]] dissolved
* Death of 3,046 Latvians {{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
|-
|-
|1919–1921
|1919-1921
|[[Polish–Soviet War|Polish - Soviet war]]
|[[Polish–Soviet War]]
|
|{{flag icon|Poland}}[[Poland]]
* {{flagcountry|Second Polish Republic|1919}}
{{flag icon|Latvia}}[[Latvia]]
* {{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic|name=Ukraine}} <small>(1920)</small>

* {{flag|Belarusian Democratic Republic|name=Belarus}} <small>(1920)</small>
{{flagdeco|Ukraine|1918}} [[Ukrainian People's Republic]]
* {{flag|Latvia}} <small>(1920)</small>
|{{flag icon|Russian SFSR|1918}} [[Russian SFSR]]
|

* {{flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918|name=Russian SFSR}}
|Style="background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''Polish-Latvian victory
* {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|1919}}
[[Peace of Riga]]
* {{flag|Byelorussian SSR|1919}}

* {{flagicon image|Red flag.svg}} [[Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee|Polrewkom]]
Latgale gets integrated into Latvia
|
| Style="background:#AF9"| '''Polish victory'''
* [[Peace of Riga]]
* Independence of Poland
* Ukraine and Belarus merged into [[Soviet Union]]
|-
|-
| 1939–1945
| 1939–1945
| [[World War II]]<br/><small>[[Occupation of the Baltic states]]</small>
| ([[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]])<br/>[[Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940]]<br/>Latvian Military disbanded 1940<br/>[[Operation Barbarossa]]/[[Great Patriotic War]]<br/>[[German occupation of Latvia during World War II]]<br/>[[Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944]]<br/>[[Courland Pocket]]
| {{flag icon|Latvia}} [[Latvia|Republic of Latvia]] <small>(1940)</small>
|
| {{flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
| {{flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
{{flag icon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany]]
* {{flag icon|Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic}} [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Latvian SSR]]
| {{flag icon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany]]
| style=background:#FFF"| Nazi defeat
* [[Reichskommissariat Ostland]] <small>(1941–44)</small>
Soviet occupation of Latvia
| Style="background:#BBF"| '''Nazi German defeat; Soviet victory'''
* [[Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)|Soviet occupation (1940)]]<ref name="Enc Letland"/>
* [[German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II|German occupation (1941)]]<ref name="Enc Letland"/>
* [[Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states (1944)|Soviet re-occupation (1944)]]<ref name="Enc Letland"/>
|-
|-
| 1945–1956
|1945-1956
|[[Guerrilla war in the Baltic states|Guerilla war in the Baltic states]]
| [[Guerrilla war in the Baltic states]]
| {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Estonian partisans]]<br />{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Latvian partisans]]<br />{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuanian partisans]]
| {{flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
|
|
|style=background:#f9a|'''Soviet victory'''
{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Estonian partisans]]
* Defeat of the partisans

{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Latvian partisans]]

{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuanian partisans]]
|{{flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
|style=background:#f9a|'''Soviet Victory'''Defeat of the partisans
|-
|-
| 1991<br />13–27 January
|1991
| [[The Barricades]]<br /><small>(part of the [[Singing Revolution]])</small>
|The Barricades
|{{flag icon|Latvia}} [[Latvia]]
|{{flag icon|Latvia}} [[Latvia]]
|{{flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
|{{flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
|
| Style="background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
| Style="background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* Dissolution of {{ill|Riga OMON|ru|Рижский ОМОН|lv|Rīgas OMON}}
* Eventual independence of Latvia on 21 August 1991<ref name="Enc Letland"/>
|-
|-
|2001–2021
|2001–
|[[War On Terror]]
|[[War on terror]]
|
| {{flag icon|United States of America}} [[United States of America]]
{{flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
* {{flag icon|United States of America}} [[United States of America]]
* {{flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]

{{flag icon|Poland}} [[Poland]]
* {{flag icon|Poland}} [[Poland]]
* {{flag icon|Latvia}} [[Latvia]]

* other allies
{{flag icon|Latvia}} [[Latvia]]
| [[Al-Qaeda]]
| {{flag icon|Al-Qaeda}} [[Al-Qaeda]]
* various allies
| style="Background:#BBF"| '''Ongoing'''
|
| style="Background:#BBF"| '''Mixed results'''
|-
|-
|2012-
| 2012-
|[[Central African Republic Civil War]]
| [[Central African Republic Civil War]]
|{{nowrap|{{flag|Central African Republic}}}}
| {{nowrap|{{flag|Central African Republic}}}}


* [[Central African Armed Forces]]
* [[Central African Armed Forces]]
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Dar El Kuti Republic.svg}} [[Central African Patriotic Movement|MPC]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of Dar El Kuti Republic.svg}} [[Central African Patriotic Movement|MPC]]
|
| style="Background:#BBF"|'''Ongoing'''
| Style="Background:#FCE883"|'''Ongoing'''
|}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of wars involving Estonia]]
* [[List of wars involving Lithuania]]
* [[List of wars involving Poland]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


{{Europe topic|List of wars involving|title=Lists of wars involving European countries}}
{{Europe topic|List of wars involving|title=Lists of wars involving European countries}}
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[[Category:Military history of Latvia|*]]
[[Category:Military history of Latvia|*]]
[[Category:Latvia history-related lists]]
[[Category:Latvia history-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of wars by country|Latvia]]
[[Category:Lists of wars by country involved|Latvia]]
[[Category:Latvian military-related lists]]
[[Category:Latvian military-related lists]]

Revision as of 17:57, 7 June 2024

This is a list of wars that the Republic of Latvia has participated in.

According to the theory of state continuity of the Baltic states, the republic of Latvia existed as a de jure sovereign state from 17 June 1940 to 4 May 1990[citation needed] and was represented by the Latvian Diplomatic Service, which controlled limited state functions during its occupation. Latvia did not engage in warfare during this period.[citation needed]

  Victory
  Defeat
  Another result*
  Ongoing

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Latvia, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Combatant 3 Result
1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence
Victory[1]
1919–1921 Polish–Soviet War Polish victory
1939–1945 World War II
Occupation of the Baltic states 		Latvia Republic of Latvia (1940) Soviet Union Soviet Union Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Nazi German defeat; Soviet victory
1945–1956 Guerrilla war in the Baltic states Estonia Estonian partisans
Latvia Latvian partisans
Lithuania Lithuanian partisans 		Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet victory
  • Defeat of the partisans
1991
13–27 January 		The Barricades
(part of the Singing Revolution) 		Latvia Latvia Soviet Union Soviet Union Victory
  • Dissolution of Riga OMON [ru; lv]
  • Eventual independence of Latvia on 21 August 1991[1]
2001–2021 War on terror al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda
  • various allies
 Mixed results
2012- Central African Republic Civil War  Central African Republic

MINUSCA (since 2014)

 Rwanda

 Russia

 South Africa (2013)
MISCA (2013–2014)
EUFOR RCA

Coalition of Patriots for Change

Anti-balaka

MPC

Ongoing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Letland §5. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.
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