List of wars involving Tunisia

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

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Vandalic War
(533–534)
Vandalic Kingdom Eastern Roman Empire Defeat
Mahdia campaign
(1087)
Zirid Emirate of Ifriqiya Republic of Pisa
Republic of Genoa
Republic of Amalfi
Papal States
Defeat
  • Italian temporary occupation of Mahdia, subsequent retreat.
Eighth Crusade
(1270)
Hafsids Kingdom of France Equality
Conquest of Tunis
(1535)
Hafsid dynasty
 Ottoman Empire
 Spain Defeat
Morean War
(1684–1699)
 Ottoman Empire Republic of Venice
Knights of Malta
 Duchy of Savoy
Defeat
  • Morea ceded to Venice; Venetian gains in inland Dalmatia
Tunisian-Venetian War
(1784–1792)
Beylik of Tunis Republic of Venice Victory
  • Tunisia victory. Republic of Venice pays huge compensation to Tunisia.
Tunisian-Tripolitan War
(1784–1792)
Beylik of Tunis Tripolitania Victory
1793–95 Tripolitanian Civil War
(1793–1795)
Karamanli dynasty supporters
Beylik of Tunis
Tripolitania Eyalet Victory
  • Karamanli dynasty restored to the throne of Tripolitania
  • Weakening of Ottoman rule over Tripolitania
Greek War of Independence
(1821–1829)
Ottoman Empire
Eyalet of Egypt
Beylik of Tunis
Regency of Algiers
Tripolitania
Greek revolutionaries (1821)
First Hellenic Republic (from 1822)
 Russian Empire
 United Kingdom
 France
Defeat
Mejba Revolt
(1864-1865)
Beylik of Tunis Tax resisters Victory
Conquest of Tunisia
(1881)
Beylik of Tunis  France Defeat
  • Tunisia became a French protectorate.
Bizerte Crisis
(1961)
 Tunisia  France Equality
  • French military victory, on the other hand, a Tunisian political victory (the evacuation of French troops from the city of Bizerte).
October War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
 Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
 Cuba
 Morocco
 Tunisia
 Israel Defeat[2]
Battle of Wazzin
(2011)
Part of the First Libyan Civil War
 Tunisia

Anti-Gaddafi forces

Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Victory
  • Rebel forces capture Wazzin on 21 April
  • Loyalist forces retake the border crossing on 28 April
  • Tenuous rebel hold on Wazzin by 4 May,[3] fighting ongoing after Libyan Army clashes with Tunisian Army
  • Loyalist forces occasionally shelled the crossing for months afterward
Chaambi Operations
(2012–present)
 Tunisia Ansar al-Sharia
AQIM
Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade
Victory
  • Tunisian National Guard eliminates Okba Ibn Nafaa commanders on 28 March 2015 and continues to eliminate many more afterwards
  • Declaration of certain mountain areas as military locked zones that require prior authorization to enter for non-military entities
ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
(2015–present)
 Tunisia  ISIL Ongoing

See also

References

  • Randier La Royale Editions Babouji 2006, ISBN 2-35261-022-2
  • TIME: The Wages of Moderation (Jul. 28, 1961)
  1. History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey Ezel Kural Shaw
  2. References:
  3. https://www.npr.org/2011/05/04/135977500/libyan-rebels-hang-on-to-strategic-border-crossing,
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