List of wars involving Latvia

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.

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Combatant 3	Result
1918–1920	Latvian War of Independence	Republic of Latvia Republic of Estonia Second Polish Republic Baltische Landeswehr (allied to Latvia, except in April–July 1919)	Russian SFSR Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic	West Russian Volunteer Army	Victory^[1] Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty Independence of Republic of Latvia Latgale integrated into Republic of Latvia Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic dissolved Death of 3,046 Latvians^[2]
1919–1921	Polish–Soviet War	Poland Ukraine (1920) Belarus (1920) Latvia (1920)	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Byelorussian SSR Polrewkom		Polish victory Peace of Riga Independence of Poland Ukraine and Belarus merged into Soviet Union
15‒16 May 1934	1934 Latvian coup d'état	Pro-Ulmanis Groups Government of Latvia Latvian Farmers' Union Aizsargi	Anti-Ulmanis Groups Saeima Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Pērkonkrusts		Pro-Ulmanis victory Coup d'état successful
1939–1945	World War II Occupation of the Baltic states	Republic of Latvia (1940)	Soviet Union Latvian SSR	Nazi Germany Reichskommissariat Ostland (1941–44)	Nazi German defeat; Soviet victory Soviet occupation (1940)^[1] German occupation (1941)^[1] Soviet re-occupation (1944)^[1]
1945–1956	Guerrilla war in the Baltic states	Estonian partisans Latvian partisans Lithuanian partisans	Soviet Union		Soviet victory Defeat of the partisans
1991 13–27 January	The Barricades (part of the Singing Revolution)	Latvia	Soviet Union		Victory Dissolution of Riga OMON [ru; lv] Eventual independence of Latvia on 21 August 1991^[1]
2001–2021	War on terror	United States of America United Kingdom Poland Latvia (other allies)	Al-Qaeda various allies		Mixed results
2012-	Central African Republic Civil War	Central African Republic Central African Armed Forces MINUSCA (since 2014) Rwanda Russia Wagner Group South Africa (2013) MISCA (2013–2014) EUFOR RCA Latvia	Coalition of Patriots for Change Anti-balaka MPC		Ongoing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Letland §5. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.
^ Latvijas Brīvības cīņas, page 15 (in Latvian)

[Enc_Letland-1] "Letland §5. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.

[2] Latvijas Brīvības cīņas, page 15 (in Latvian)

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