See also: Military history of Vietnam. This is a list of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its predecessor states.
Conflict | Thuc dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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Qin campaign against the Baiyue (221–214 BC) | Baiyue tribes
| Qin dynasty | Territorial changes
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Âu Lạc-Nanyue War (207 BC or 179 BC) | Âu Lạc under Thuc dynasty (An Duong Vuong) | Nanyue led by Zhao Tuo (Triệu Đà) | Defeat |
Conflict | Jiaozhi | Opponents | Result | |
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Tây Vu Vương rebellion (111 BC) | Tây Vu Vương's forces in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen Commanderies | Han dynasty (Western Han) | Defeat
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Trưng Sisters' Uprising (40 AD) | Trưng sisters' forces in Jiaozhi Commandery | Han dynasty (Eastern Han) | Victory
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Conflict | Event | Jiaozhi/Jiaozhou | Opponents | Result | |
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Chu Đạt's rebellion (157–160) | Chu Đạt's forces in Jiuzhen | Han dynasty (Eastern Han) | Defeat | ||
Liang Long's rebellion (178–181) | Liang Long's forces in Hepu, Jiuzhen, Jiaozhi and Rinan | Han dynasty (Eastern Han) | Defeat | ||
Sri Mara's rebellion (192) | Sri Mara's forces (Khu Liên) in Xianglin | Han dynasty (Eastern Han) | Victory | ||
Lady Triệu's rebellion (248) | Lady Triệu's forces in Jiaozhou | Eastern Wu | Defeat | ||
Jiao Province Campaign (263–280) | Jiaozhou under Eastern Wu | Jin dynasty | Victory for Eastern Wu
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Jin–Lâm Ấp conflicts (351–415) | First war (351–359) | Jiaozhou under Jin dynasty | Lâm Ấp (Linyi) | Victory for Jin | |
Second war (399) | |||||
Third war (413–415) | |||||
Liu Song-Lâm Ấp War (445–446) | Jiaozhou under Liu Song dynasty | Lâm Ấp (Linyi) | Victory for Liu Song
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Lý Trường Nhân's rebellion (468) | Lý Trường Nhân's forces in Jiaozhou | Liu Song | Victory
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Lý Bí's rebellion (541–544) | Lý Bí's forces in Jiaozhou | Liang dynasty | Victory
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Conflict | Early Ly dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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Vạn Xuân-Lâm Ấp War (543) | Vạn Xuân under Early Lý dynasty | Lâm Ấp | Victory | |
Liang–Vạn Xuân War (545–550) | Vạn Xuân under Early Lý dynasty | Liang dynasty | Victory | |
Vạn Xuân–Dã Năng War (557–571) | Vạn Xuân led by Triệu Quang Phục | Dã Năng (vi) led by Lý Phật Tử | Territorial and throne changes
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Sui–Vạn Xuân War (602) | Vạn Xuân under Early Lý dynasty | Sui dynasty | Defeat
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Conflict | Event | Annan/Jinghai | Opponents | Result | |
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Sui–Lâm Ấp War (605) | Jiaozhi under Sui dynasty | Lâm Ấp | Victory for Sui | ||
Lý Tự Tiên's rebellion (687) | Lý Tự Tiên's and Đinh Kiến's forces in Annan | Tang dynasty | Defeat | ||
Mai Thúc Loan's rebellion (722–723) | Mai Thúc Loan's forces in Annan | Tang dynasty | Defeat | ||
Phùng Hưng's rebellion (766–791) | Phùng Hưng's forces in Annan | Tang dynasty | Defeat | ||
Javanese raid in Tang's Annan (767) | Annan under Tang dynasty | Javanese raiders from Shailendra dynasty | Victory for Tang | ||
Javanese raids in Hoàn Vương (774–787) | First raid (774) | Hoàn Vương (Huanwang Champa) | Javanese raiders from Shailendra dynasty | Victory for Hoàn Vương | |
Second raid (787) | Victory for Hoàn Vương | ||||
Hoàn Vương–Tang conflicts (803–809) | First war (803) | Annan under Tang dynasty | Hoàn Vương (Huanwang Champa) | Victory for Tang | |
Second war (809) | Victory for Tang | ||||
Dương Thanh's rebellion (819–820) | Dương Thanh's forces in Annan | Tang dynasty | Defeat | ||
Tang–Nanzhao wars (846–866) | First raid (846) | Annan under Tang dynasty | Nanzhao Local rebels in Annan | Victory for Tang | |
Second raid (860–861) | Victory for Tang | ||||
Siege of Songping (863) | Defeat for Tang
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Tang's offensive (865–866) | Victory for Tang
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Khúc Thừa Dụ's rebellion (905) | Khúc Thừa Dụ's forces in Jianghai Circuit | Tang dynasty | Victory
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Conflict | Khuc clan/Duong clan | Opponents | Result | |
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First Jinghai–Southern Han War (930) | Jinghai Circuit under Khúc clan | Southern Han dynasty | Defeat
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Dương Đình Nghệ's rebellion (931) | Dương Đình Nghệ's forces in Jinghai Circuit | Southern Han dynasty | Victory
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Second Jinghai-Southern Han War (938) | Ngô Quyền's forces in Jinghai Circuit | Southern Han dynasty | Victory
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Conflict | Ngo dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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Dương Tam Kha's mutiny (944–950) | Ngô Xương Ngập's forces Ngô Xương Văn's forces | Dương Tam Kha's forces | Victory for Ngo king
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Anarchy of the 12 Warlords (965–968) | 12 Warlords | Đinh Bộ Lĩnh's forces and allies | Victory for Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (Đinh Tiên Hoàng)
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Conflict | Early Le dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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Song–Đại Cồ Việt War (981) | Đại Cồ Việt under Early Lê dynasty | Song dynasty | Victory
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First Champa–Đại Cồ Việt War (982) | Đại Cồ Việt under Early Lê dynasty | Champa | Victory | |
First Throne Crisis of Early Lê dynasty (1005) | Lê Long Việt's forces | Lê Long Tích's forces (vi) | Victory for Lê Long Việt
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Second Throne Crisis of Early Lê dynasty (1005) | Lê Long Việt's royal court | Rebellion forces of Lê Long Cân (vi), Lê Long Kính (vi) and Lê Long Đinh (vi) | Victory for Lê Long Việt |
Conflict | Event | Later Ly dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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Dali–Đại Cồ Việt War (1014) | Đại Cồ Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Dali Kingdom | Victory
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Throne crisis of Later Lý dynasty (1028) | Crown Prince Lý Phật Mã's forces | Rebellion forces of Đông Chinh Vương, Vũ Đức Vương and Dực Thánh Vương | Victory for Lý Phật Mã
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Nong Quanfu's rebellion (1038–1041) | Đại Cồ Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Nong Quanfu's Changqi Kingdom | Victory
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Second Champa–Đại Cồ Việt War (1044) | Đại Cồ Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Champa | Victory | ||
Nong Zhigao rebellions (1048–1055) | Đại Cồ Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Nong Zhigao's Dali Kingdom and later Nantian Kingdom | Victory
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First Champa–Đại Việt War (1069) | Đại Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Champa | Victory
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Đại Việt–Song War (1075–1077) | Đại Việt's invasion of Song (1075–1076) | Đại Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Song dynasty | Victory
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Song's counterattack (1077) | Indecisive
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Đại Việt–Khmer Wars (1128–1150) | First Khmer's campaign (1128) | Đại Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Khmer Empire | Defeat | |
Khmer–Champa's joint campaign (1132) | Khmer Empire Champa | Defeat
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Second Khmer's campaign (1137) | Khmer Empire | Defeat | |||
Quách Bốc's rebellion (1209) | Đại Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Quách Bốc's forces | Victory
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Nguyễn Nộn's rebellion (1213–1219) | Đại Việt under Later Lý dynasty | Nguyễn Nộn's forces (vi) | Victory
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Conflict | Event | Tran dynasty | Opponents | Results | Notable battles | |
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Second Champa–Đại Việt War (1252) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Victory | |||
First Đại Việt–Mongol War (1257–1258) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Mongol Empire | Victory
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First Đại Việt–Yuan War (1285) or Second Đại Việt–Mongol War | Yuan's advance (January – May) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty Champa | Yuan dynasty | Defeat
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Đại Việt's counteroffensive (May – June) | Victory
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Second Đại Việt–Yuan War (1287–1288) or Third Đại Việt–Mongol War | Yuan's advance (1287 – January 1288) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Yuan dynasty | Defeat
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Battle of Bạch Đằng River (1288) | Victory
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Đại Việt–Muang Sua Wars (1294–1301) | First war (1294) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Muang Sua | Victory
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Second war (1297) | ||||||
Third war (1301) | ||||||
Third Champa–Đại Việt War (1311) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Victory | |||
Fourth Champa–Đại Việt War (1318) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Victory | |||
Fifth Champa–Đại Việt War (1367–1368) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Defeat
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Coup against Dương Nhật Lễ (1369–1370) | Dương Nhật Lễ's royal court | Trần Phủ's forces | Throne change
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Sixth Champa–Đại Việt War (1371) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Defeat
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Seventh Champa–Đại Việt War (1377) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Defeat
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Eighth Champa–Đại Việt War (1378) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Defeat
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Ninth Champa–Đại Việt War (1382) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Victory
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Tenth Champa-Đại Việt War (1390) | Đại Việt under Trần dynasty | Champa | Victory
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Conflict | Event | Ho dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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Champa–Đại Ngu Wars (1400–1407) | First Đại Ngu campaign (1400) | Đại Ngu under Hồ dynasty | Champa | Defeat | |
Second Đại Ngu campaign (1402) | Victory
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Third Đại Ngu campaign (1403) | Defeat
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Champa campaign (1407) | Đại Ngu under Hồ dynasty | Champa Ming dynasty | Defeat
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Đại Ngu–Ming War (1406–1407) | Đại Ngu under Hồ dynasty | Ming dynasty | Defeat
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Conflict | Jiaozhi | Opponents | Result | |
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Later Trần rebellion (1407–1414) | Later Trần rebels in Jiaozhi | Ming dynasty | Defeat
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Lam Sơn uprising (1418–1427) | Lam Sơn's rebels in Jiaozhi | Ming dynasty | Victory
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Conflict | Event | Later Le dynasty | Opponents | Results |
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Ngưu Hống rebellion (1431–1432) | Đại Việt under Later Lê dynasty | Ngưu Hống led by Đèo Cát Hãn | Victory | |
Eleventh Champa–Đại Việt War (1446) | Đại Việt under Later Lê dynasty | Champa | Victory
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First throne crisis of Later Lê dynasty (1459) | Lê Nghi Dân's coup d'état forces | Lê Nhân Tông's royal court | Throne change
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Second throne crisis of Later Lê dynasty (1459–1460) | Lê Nghi Dân's royal court | Loyal forces of Nguyễn Xí, Đinh Liệt and Lê Lăng | Throne change
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Twelfth Champa–Đại Việt War (1471) | Đại Việt under Later Lê dynasty | Champa | Victory | |
Đại Việt–Lan Xang War (1479–1484) or White Elephant War | Đại Việt under Later Lê dynasty | Lan Xang Lanna Muang Phuan | Defeat (see analysis)
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Third throne crisis of Later Lê dynasty (1509) | Lê Uy Mục's royal court | Lê Oanh's rebel forces | Throne change
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Trần Tuân's rebellion (1511–1512) | Đại Việt | Trần Tuân (vi) | Victory | |
Internal crisis of Later Lê dynasty (1516–1526) | Trịnh Duy Sản's coup d'état (1516) | Lê Tương Dực's royal court | Rebel forces of Trịnh Duy Sản (vi), Trịnh Duy Đại and Lê Y | Throne change
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Trần Cảo's rebellion (1516–1521) | Đại Việt under Later Lê dynasty | Trần Cảo's rebel forces | Victory
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Trịnh Tuy's coup d'état (1518–1522) | Lê Chiêu Tông's royal court < Mạc Đăng Dung's forces | Trịnh Tuy's rebel forces | Throne change
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Mạc Đăng Dung's coup d'état (1522–1526) | Lê Chiêu Tông's royal court Trịnh Tuy's forces | Mạc Đăng Dung's rebel forces | Dynasty change
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Conflict | Mac dynasty | Opponents | Result | |
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First Lê-Mạc War (1533–1592) | Northern dynasty under Mạc dynasty | Southern dynasty under Restored Lê dynasty Trịnh clan Nguyễn clan Bầu clan | Dynasty change | |
Throne crisis of Mạc dynasty (1546–1547) | Mạc Phúc Nguyên's forces | Mạc Chính Trung's forces | Throne change
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During this period, there existed 3 dynasties and 3 lordships: Mạc dynasty (1527–1677), Restored Lê (1533–1789), and Tây Sơn dynasty (1778–1802); Trịnh lords (1545–1787), Nguyễn lords (1558–1802), and Bầu lords (1527–1689); each with varying degrees of power and control over the country. This period is considered to be one of the most complicated periods in the history of Vietnam.
Conflict | Trinh lord | Opponents | Result | |
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Bầu clan's rebellion (1594–1699) | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Bầu clan | Victory
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Hoàng Công Chất's rebellion (1739–1769) | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Hoàng Công Chất's forces | Victory | |
Lê Duy Mật's rebellion (1740–1770) | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Lê Duy Mật's forces | Victory | |
Nguyễn Hữu Cầu's rebellion (1743–1751) | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Nguyễn Hữu Cầu's forces | Victory | |
Nguyễn Danh Phương's rebellion (1744–1751) | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Nguyễn Danh Phương's forces | Victory | |
Đại Việt–Luang Phrabang War (1749)[1] | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Luang Phrabang | Defeat
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Privileged Army Mutiny (1782–1786) | Tonkin under Trịnh lord | Soldiers from Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An provinces | Victory
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Conflict | Nguyen lord | Opponents | Result | |
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First Đại Việt–Panduranga War (1611) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Panduranga | Victory
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Dutch East India Company's attack (1643) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Dutch East India Company | Victory
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Second Đại Việt–Panduranga War (1653) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Panduranga | Victory
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First Đại Việt-Cambodia War (1658) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord Ang Sur and Ang Tan's forces | Cambodia | Victory
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Second Đại Việt-Cambodia War (1674) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord Ang Nan II and Ang Tan's forces | Cambodia | Victory
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Third Đại Việt–Panduranga War (1693–1697) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Panduranga | Defeat
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Third Đại Việt-Cambodia War (1699) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Cambodia | Victory
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Fourth Đại Việt-Cambodia War (1708) | Ang Em's forces Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Cambodia under Thommo Reachea III Siam under Ayutthaya Kingdom | Victory
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First Đại Việt-Siam War (1718) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Siam under Ayutthaya Kingdom | Defeat
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Fifth Đại Việt-Cambodia War (1753–1756) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Cambodia | Victory
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Second Đại Việt-Siam War (1771–1772) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord Outey II's forces | Siam under Ayutthaya Kingdom Ang Non II's forces | Defeat
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Tây Sơn uprising (1771–1777) | Cochinchina under Nguyễn lord | Tây Sơn rebels | Dynasty change
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Conflict | Trinh lord | Nguyen lord | Result | |
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First Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1627) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Trịnh | |
Second Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1633–1640) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Trịnh | |
Third Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1643) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Nguyễn | |
Fourth Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1648) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Trịnh | |
Fifth Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1655–1660) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Nguyễn | |
Sixth Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1661–1662) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Trịnh | |
Seventh Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1672) | Tonkin | Cochinchina | Defeat to Trịnh
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Eighth Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1774–1775) | Tonkin Supported by: | Cochinchina | Defeat to Nguyễn
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Conflict | Tây Sơn dynasty and allies | Opponents | Brief description | |
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Tây Sơn–Trịnh War (1775–1786) | Cochinchina under Tây Sơn dynasty | Tonkin under Trịnh lords | Dynasty change
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First Tây Sơn-Nguyễn War (1777–1785) | Cochinchina under Tây Sơn dynasty | Nguyễn lord's loyalists in Cochinchina | Territorial change
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Third Đại Việt-Siam War (1785) | Cochinchina under Tây Sơn dynasty | Rattanakosin Siam Nguyễn Ánh's forces | Victory
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Sixth Đại Việt-Cambodia War (1785) | Cochinchina under Tây Sơn dynasty | Cambodia | Victory | |
Nguyễn Huệ–Nguyễn Nhạc conflict (1787) | Nguyễn Nhạc's forces in Quy Nhơn | Nguyễn Huệ's forces in Phú Xuân | Indecisive
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Tây Sơn-Lê War (1787–1789) | Cochinchina under Tây Sơn dynasty | Tonkin under Later Lê dynasty Supported by: | Dynasty change
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Second Tây Sơn-Nguyễn War (1787–1802) | Đại Việt under Tây Sơn dynasty Supported by:
| Nguyễn Ánh's forces in Cochinchina Supported by:
| Dynasty change
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Đại Việt–Qing War (1788–1789) | Đại Việt under Tây Sơn dynasty | Lê Chiêu Thống's forces | Victory
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Đại Việt-Vientiane War (1791) | Đại Việt under Tây Sơn dynasty | Vientiane Muang Phuan Lê's loyalists | Victory
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Conflict | Nguyen dynasty | Opponents | Result |
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Đá Vách rebellion (1803–1885) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Ethnic minority people in Quảng Ngãi province | Victory |
First Cambodian Rebellion (1811–1812) | Cambodia under Ang Chan II Supported by:
| Ang Snguon's forces Supported by:
| Victory
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Second Cambodian Rebellion (1820) | Cambodia under Ang Chan II Supported by:
| Khmer rebels led by Monk Kai | Victory |
Phan Bá Vành's rebellion (1821–1827) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Phan Bá Vành's forces | Victory |
Ja Lidong's rebellion (1822–1823) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Chams rebels led by Ja Lidong | Victory |
Lao rebellion (1826–1828) | Vientiane Champasak Supported by:
| Siam under Rattanakosin Kingdom | Defeat |
Nduai Kabait rebellion (1826) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Chams rebels led by Ndui Kabait | Victory |
Lê Duy Lương's rebellion (1832–1837) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Lê Duy Lương's (vi) rebels | Victory |
Lê Văn Khôi's revolt (1833–1835) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Lê Văn Khôi's rebels | Victory |
Việt Nam-Siam War (1833–1834) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Siam under Rattanakosin Kingdom | Victory
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Nông Văn Vân's rebellion (1833–1835) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Nông Văn Vân's rebels | Victory |
Ba Nhàn-Tiền Bột's rebellion (1833–1843) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Ba Nhàn and Tiền Bột's rebels | Victory |
Ja Thak Wa and Katip Sumat's rebellion (1833–1835) | Việt Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Chams rebels led by Ja Thak Wa and Katip Sumat | Victory |
Hà Tiên rebellion (1840) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Khmer rebels in Hà Tiên | |
Third Cambodian Rebellion (1840–1841) | Ang Mey's royal court Supported by:
| Ang Duong's rebel forces Supported by:
| Defeat |
Ba Xuyên's rebellion (1841) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Sơn Tốt and Trần Lâm's rebels | Victory |
Thất Sơn's rebellion (1841) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Khmer rebels in Thất Sơn | Victory |
Lâm Sâm's rebellion (1841) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Lâm Sâm's rebels | Victory |
Đại Nam–Siam War (1841–1845) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty Ang Mey and Ang Em's forces | Siam under Rattanakosin Kingdom Ang Duong's royal court | Indecisive
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War against South China Sea pirates (1849) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty Qing dynasty | Pirates of the South China Coast | Victory |
Cao Bá Quát's rebellion (1854–1856) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Cao Bá Quát's rebels | Victory |
Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Second French Empire Kingdom of Spain | Defeat
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Tạ Văn Phụng's rebellion (1861–1865) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Tạ Văn Phụng's rebels | Victory |
Cai Vàng's rebellion (1862–1865) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Cai Vàng's rebels | Victory |
War on South Chinese bandits (1865–1875) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty Qing dynasty Black Flag Army (from 1870) | Black Flag Army (until 1870) Yellow Flag Army White Flag Army | Victory
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Đoàn Hữu Trưng's rebellion (1866) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty | Đoàn Hữu Trưng's rebels | Victory |
Tonkin expedition (1873–1874) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty Black Flag Army | French Third Republic | Indecisive
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Tonkin campaign (1883–1886) | Đại Nam under Nguyễn dynasty Qing dynasty Black Flag Army | French Third Republic | Defeat
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Conflict | Indochina | Opponents | Result | |
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Trương Định's uprising (1859–1864) | Trương Định's forces in Cochinchina | Second French Empire | Defeat | |
Nguyễn Hữu Huân's uprising (1859–1874) | Nguyễn Hữu Huân's forces in Cochinchina | Second French Empire | Defeat | |
Nguyễn Trung Trực's uprising (1861–1868) | Nguyễn Trung Trực's forces in Cochinchina | Second French Empire | Defeat | |
Bảy Thưa's rebellion (1867–1873) | Trần Văn Thành's forces in Cochinchina | Second French Empire | Defeat | |
Sino–French War (1884–1885) | Qing dynasty Supported by: | French Third Republic | Defeat to Qing
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Yên Thế Insurrection (1884–1913) | Hoàng Hoa Thám's forces in Tonkin | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
Cần Vương movement (1885–1896) | Hàm Nghi's loyal forces Tôn Thất Thuyết and Nguyễn Văn TườngTonkin:
Annam:
| French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat
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Franco-Siamese conflict (1893) | French Third Republic French Indochina | Siam under Rattanakosin Kingdom | Victory to French Indochina
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Anti-tax Movement in Annam (1908) | People in Annam | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
Hanoi Poison Plot (1908) | Mutiny ĐIndochinese soldiers and cooks in Tonkin | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
N'Trang Lơng's uprising (1911–1935) | Montagnard tribes led by N'Trang Lơng in Central Highlands | French Third Republic French Indochina | Defeat | |
Restoration League Movement (1913–1925) | Vietnam Restoration League | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
Cochinchina uprising (1913–1916) | Cochinchina rebels led by Phan Xích Long | French Third Republic French Indochina | Defeat | |
Thái Nguyên uprising (1917) | Thái Nguyên rebels in Tonkin | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
Red Phú Riềng Movement (1930) | Phú Riềng workers Communist Party of Indochina in Cochinchina | French Third Republic French Indochina | Defeat | |
Yên Bái mutiny (1930) | Vietnam Nationalist Party in Tonkin | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets (1930–1931) | Communist Party of Vietnam in Annam Red Guards | French Third Republic French Indochina Nguyễn dynasty | Defeat | |
Japanese invasion of French Indochina (1940) | French State French Indochina | Empire of Japan | Victory to Japan
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Conflict | North Vietnam and allies | Opponents | Result | Leader | Notable batles |
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Nationalist Chinese troops entering Vietnam (1945) |
Supported by: | Victory
| Hồ Chí Minh | ||
Partisan conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1947) | Việt Minh
| Vietnamese Kuomintang Front
National Union Front
National Front
Supported by: | Victory
| ||
War in Southern Vietnam (1945–1946) | Việt Minh
| Defeat
| |||
First Indochina War (1946–1954) Resistance war against France |
Lao Issara (1946–1949)
Supported by:
|
Supported by:
| Victory
|
| |
Chinese Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Shiwandashan (1949) | People's Republic of China | Nationalist Chinese guerrilla forces in Shiwandashan Mountain | Victory to Communist China | ||
Vietnam War (1955–1975) Resistance war against America or American War in Vietnam | Democratic Republic of Vietnam Republic of South Vietnam Pathet Lao
| United States of America Republic of Vietnam Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Supported by:
| Victory
| Ho Chi Minh Lê Duẩn |
|
Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) | Pathet Lao Lao Neutralists (1960–1962) Patriotic Neutralists (from 1963) Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Liberation Front Supported by:
| Kingdom of Laos Lao Neutralists (from 1962) United States of America Republic of Vietnam Thailand | Victory to Pathet Lao
| ||
Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983) | Communist Party of Thailand Communist Party of Malaysia Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge Supported by:
| Kingdom of Thailand Malaysia United States of America Republic of China (until 1967) Supported by:
| Defeat to Communist Party of Thailand
| ||
Cambodian Civil War (1968–1975) | Khmer Rouge GRUNK (from 1970) Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Liberation Front Supported by:
| Khmer Republic United States of America Republic of Vietnam Kingdom of Laos | Victory to Khmer Rouge
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Conflict | South Vietnam and allies | Opponents | Result | Leader |
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Partisan conflicts in State of Vietnam (1955) | Pro-Ngô Đình Diệm groups
Supported by: | Pro-Bảo Đại groups
Vietnamese Kuomintang | Regime change
| Bảo Đại |
First South Vietnamese coup d'état (1960) | Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists Presidential Guard | rebels rebels Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division rebels | Victory
| Ngô Đình Diệm |
Buddhist crisis (1963) | Revolting Buddhists | Indecisive
| ||
Second South Vietnamese coup d'état (1963) | Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists Presidential Guard Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces | rebels rebels rebels Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division rebels Supported by: | Defeat
| |
Third South Vietnamese coup d'état (1/1964) | Revolutionary Military Council led by Dương Văn Minh | rebels led by Nguyễn Khánh | Defeat
| Dương Văn Minh |
Montagnard rebellion (1964–1969) | BAJARAKA FULRO | Victory | Nguyễn Khánh Dương Văn Minh Phan Khắc Sửu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu. | |
Fourth South Vietnamese coup d'état (9/1964) |
| rebels | Victory
| Nguyễn Khánh |
Fifth South Vietnamese coup d'état (12/1964) | High National Council | rebels | Defeat
| |
Sixth South Vietnamese coup d'état (1965) |
| rebels | Victory
| |
Buddhist Uprising (1966) |
| rebels Buddhists monks | Victory | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu |
Northeast Cay incident (1968) | Philippines | Defeat
| ||
Southwest Cay incident (1970) | Philippines | Victory
| ||
Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974) | China | Defeat
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Conflict | Vietnam and allies | Opponents | Result | Leader | |
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Insurgency in the Central Highlands (1975–1992) | Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989) Laos | FULRO | Victory | Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–1991) Đỗ Mười (from) | |
Cambodian-Vietnamese border skirmish (1975–1978) | Vietnam | Democratic Kampuchea | Victory
| Lê Duẩn | |
Insurgency in Laos (1975–2007) | LaosPro-government Hmong people Vietnam | Anti-government Hmong insurgents | Victory to Laos | Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–1991) Đỗ Mười (1991–1997) Lê Khả Phiêu (1997–2001) Nông Đức Mạnh (from 2001) | |
Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1989) | FUNSK Post-invasion: 1979–1989: 1989–1991: Supported by: | (1979–1982) Post-invasion: (1982–1990)
| Victory
| Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (from 1986) | |
Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989) | People's Republic of Kampuchea | Thailand Khmer Rouge Supported by: | Victory
| ||
Sino–Vietnamese War (1979) | China | Stalemate
| Lê Duẩn | ||
Sino-Vietnamese border conflicts (1979 – 1991) | China | Stalemate
| Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–1991) Đỗ Mười (from 1991) | ||
Thai–Laotian Border War (1987–1988) | | Thailand | Victory to Laos
| Nguyễn Văn Linh | |
Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988) | China | Defeat
| |||
Cambodian Internal Conflict (1993–1998) | Cambodia Supported by:
| Khmer Rouge | Victory to Cambodia
| Đỗ Mười (until 1997) Lê Khả Phiêu (from 1997) |