List of wars involving Latvia

This is a list of wars 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.

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Wars edit

Date Conflict Allies Enemies Result
1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence  Estonia

 Poland

 Latvia

 Lithuania

  Russian SFSR Victory

Latvia gains independence

Death of 3,046 Latvians [citation needed]

Latgale gets integrated into Latvia

1919-1921 Polish - Soviet war  Poland

 Latvia

  Ukrainian People's Republic

  Russian SFSR Victory

Peace of Riga

1939–1945 World War II

  Soviet Union

  Nazi Germany Nazi Defeat

Soviet occupation of Latvia

1945-1956 Guerilla war in the Baltic states

  Estonian partisans

  Latvian partisans

  Lithuanian partisans

  Soviet Union Soviet Victory

Defeat of the partisans

1991 The Barricades   Latvia   Soviet Union Victory

Dissolution of Riga OMON [ru; lv]

Eventual independence of Latvia on August 21 1991

2001– War On Terror   United States of America

  United Kingdom

  Poland

  Latvia

Al-Qaeda Ongoing
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 edit