List of wars involving Cyprus

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Cyprus and its predecessor states.

  Victory of Cyprus (and allies)
  Defeat of Cyprus (and allies)
  Another result*

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

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Greco-Persian Wars Greek city-states:  Achaemenid Empire (Persia)
Allied subordinate states:
Greek victory [1]
Kitos War Roman Empire: Jewish/Judean zealots Roman victory
Fifth Crusade
(1217–1221)
Crusaders:

Levantine Crusader states:

Balkan Crusader states:

Crusading orders:

Muslim allies:

Muslim forces: Defeat
  • Eight-year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders
War of the Lombards
(1228–1243)
Kingdom of Cyprus
Anti-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem


Republic of Genoa
Knights Templar
Papacy

Holy Roman Empire
Pro-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem


Principality of Antioch and County of Tripoli
Republic of Pisa
Knights Hospitaller
Teutonic Knights

Victory of anti-Imperial faction of local barons
Lord Edward's crusade
(1271–1272)

Ilkhanate

Mamluk Sultanate Inconclusive
  • Jerusalem remains under Muslim control
  • Treaty of Caesarea
  • Siege of Tripoli, Lebanon lifted
  • Mamluk fleet destroyed.
  • Ten-year truce between Mamluks and Crusaders
Smyrniote crusades
(1343–1351)
 Republic of Venice
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Cyprus
Dauphiné of Viennois
Papal States
Emirate of Aydin Inconclusive
Alexandrian Crusade
(9–12 October 1365)
 Kingdom of Cyprus
 Republic of Venice
Knights Hospitaller
Mamluk Sultanate Crusader victory
Cyprus Emergency
(1955–1959)
EOKA  United Kingdom

Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL)
 Turkey

Cypriot victory[2]
  • Independence achieved
  • EOKA was not defeated
  • Britain retaining control of two Sovereign Base Areas, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Cyprus crisis of 1963–64 Cyprus Turkey TMT
 Turkey (1964)
  • End of Turkish Cypriot participation in government
  • Establishment of Green Line and partition of Nicosia
  • Turkish Cypriot population movement into enclaves
  • Deployment of UNFICYP in 1964[3]
Cyprus crisis of 1967 Cyprus
 Greece
Turkey TMT
 Turkey
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
(1974)
Cyprus
 Greece
 Turkey
Turkey TMT
Defeat[5]
  • Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.[6]

Other armed conflicts involving Cyprus

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References

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  1. ^ "Greco-Persian Wars | Definition, Summary, Facts, Effects, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ Jackson, Richard (2016). Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies (1st ed.). London. p. 292. ISBN 978-1138601147. In the minds of the victorious EOKA fighters, the history of the struggle is objective and fixed{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "UNFICYP Background - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28.
  4. ^ Mallinson, William (30 October 2008). Cyprus: A Modern History. I.B.Tauris. pp. 41, 51. ISBN 9780857730732 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Fortna, Virginia Page (2004). Peace Time: Cease-fire Agreements and the Durability of Peace. Princeton University Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780691115122.
  6. ^ "Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Brussels - General Information". www.mfa.gov.cy.