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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.

Wars

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

Poland Poland

Latvia Latvia

Lithuania Lithuania

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR Victory

Latvia gains independence

Death of 3,046 Latvians [ citation needed]

1919-1921 Polish - Soviet war Poland Poland

Latvia Latvia

Ukrainian People's Republic

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR Victory

Polish-Latvian victory Peace of Riga

Latgale gets integrated into Latvia

1939–1945 World War II

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany


Nazi defeat

Soviet occupation of Latvia

1945-1956 Guerilla war in the Baltic states

Estonia Estonian partisans

Latvia Latvian partisans

Lithuania Lithuanian partisans

Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Victory

Defeat of the partisans

1991 The Barricades Latvia Latvia Soviet Union Soviet Union Victory
2001– War On Terror United States United States of America

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Poland Poland

Latvia 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

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Wars

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

Poland Poland

Latvia Latvia

Lithuania Lithuania

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR Victory

Latvia gains independence

Death of 3,046 Latvians [ citation needed]

1919-1921 Polish - Soviet war Poland Poland

Latvia Latvia

Ukrainian People's Republic

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR Victory

Polish-Latvian victory Peace of Riga

Latgale gets integrated into Latvia

1939–1945 World War II

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany


Nazi defeat

Soviet occupation of Latvia

1945-1956 Guerilla war in the Baltic states

Estonia Estonian partisans

Latvia Latvian partisans

Lithuania Lithuanian partisans

Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Victory

Defeat of the partisans

1991 The Barricades Latvia Latvia Soviet Union Soviet Union Victory
2001– War On Terror United States United States of America

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Poland Poland

Latvia 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


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