List of wars involving Tunisia

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

Hafsid dynasty (1229–1574) edit

Conflict Allie(s) Enemie(s) Result
Eighth Crusade
(1270)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of France Hafsid Victory
Collo Expedition [ca]
(1282)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Crown of Aragon
  Tunisian rebels
Victory
  • Rebels defeated
  • Withdrawal of Aragonese troops
Capture of Djerba and Kerkennah
(1284-1286)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of Sicily Defeat
Battle of Temzezdekt
(1327)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of Tlemcen Defeat
  • Zayyanid Victory
Battle of er-Rias
(1329)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of Tlemcen Defeat
  • Zayyanid Victory
Capture of Tunis (1329)
(1329)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of Tlemcen Defeat
  • Tunis becomes a vassal of the Zayyanids until May 1330
Siege of Béjaïa (1326-1329)
(1326-1329)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of Tlemcen Victory
  • Zayyanids failed to capture Bejaïa
Siege of Béjaïa
(1331–1332)
  Sultanate of Tunis
  Sultanate of Morocco
  Kingdom of Tlemcen Victory
  • Zayyanid withdrawal
Battle of Kairouan
(1348)
  Sultanate of Tunis
  Kingdom of Tlemcen
  Sultanate of Morocco Victory
  • Marinid withdrawal from Tlemcen and Tunis
Barbary Crusade
(1390)
  Sultanate of Tunis
  Kingdom of Tlemcen
  Republic of Genoa
  Kingdom of France
Victory
  • Crusader withdrawal.
Bona crusade
(1399)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Crown of Aragon Victory
Capture of Algiers

(1410)

  Sultanate of Tunis   Sultanate of Morocco
  Tunisian rebels
Victory
Siege of Malta
(1429)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Kingdom of Sicily
  Malta
Withdrawal
  • Looting of Maltese cities.
Capture of Béjaïa (1510)
(1510)
  Emirate of Béjaïa   Ottoman Empire
  Spain
Defeat
Capture of Béjaïa (1512)
(1512)
  Emirate of Béjaïa   Spain Defeat
  • Failure to recover Béjaïa.
Conquest of Tunis
(1534)
  Sultanate of Tunis   Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Tunis under Ottoman rule.
Conquest of Tunis
(1535)
  Ottoman Empire   Sultanate of Tunis
  Spain
Defeat
Conquest of Tunis
(1574)
  Sultanate of Tunis
  Spain
  Ottoman Empire Defeat

Ottoman Tunis (1574–1705) edit

Conflict Allie(s) Enemie(s) Result
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–Algerian War
(1694)
  Eyalet of Tunis   Deylik of Algiers
Support:
  Pashalik of Tripolitania
Defeat
  • Muradid Defeat
  • Occupation Of the Regency of Tunis
Maghrebi war
(1699–1702)
  Eyalet of Tunis

  Sultanate of Morocco

  Pashalik of Tripoli (1699–1700)

  Deylik of Algiers

  Pashalik of Tripoli (1700–1702)

Defeat
  • Algerian ambitions halted
  • Morocco fails to expand
  • Fall of the Muradid dynasty

Beylik of Tunis (1705–1881) edit

Conflict Allie(s) Enemie(s) Result
Tunisian Civil War
(1675–1705)
  Pasha Party   Husainid Party Defeat of the Muradid party. Proclamation of the Husainid dynasty
Tunisian-Algerian War (1735)
(1735)
  Beylik of Tunis   Deylik of Algiers Defeat
  • Capture of Tunis
  • Abu l-Hasan Ali I proclaimed bey of Tunis
  • Tunis becomes a vassal of Algiers
Tunisian-Algerian War (1756)
(1756)
  Beylik of Tunis   Deylik of Algiers Defeat
  • Capture of Tunis
  • Muhammad I ar-Rashid proclaimed bey of Tunis
  • Tunis becomes a tributary of Algiers
  • Tunis recognises the suzerainty of the Dey of Algiers
Tunisian-Venetian War
(1784–1792)
  Beylik of Tunis   Republic of Venice Victory
  • Tunisia victory. Republic of Venice pays huge compensation to Tunisia.
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
Tunisian-Tripolitan War
(1794–1795)
  Beylik of Tunis   Tripolitania Victory
  • Tunisian victory.
Tunisian-Algerian War (1807)
(1807)
  Beylik of Tunis   Deylik of Algiers Victory
  • Tunisian victory.
  • Complete liberation from the guardianship of The Dey of Algeria
  • Stabilization of the border
Greek War of Independence
(1821–1829)
  Ottoman Empire
  Greek revolutionaries (1821)
  First Hellenic Republic (from 1822)
  Russian Empire
  United Kingdom
  France
Defeat
Crimean War
(1854–1856)
  Second French Empire
  British Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  Russian Empire Victory
  • Treaty of Paris (1856)
  • Russia loses the Danube Delta and Southern Bessarabia.
  • The majority of the vessels of the Beylik of Tunis has been welled
Mejba Revolt
(1864-1865)
  Beylik of Tunis Tax resisters Victory
  • Revolt suppressed by the Beylik
Conquest of Tunisia
(1881)
  Beylik of Tunis   France Defeat
  • Tunisia became a French protectorate.

French Tunisia (1881-1956) edit

Conflict Allie(s) Enemie(s) Result
Tunisian campaign
(1942-1943)
Part of World War II
  United Kingdom


  New Zealand
  Greece
  United States
  Free France

  Germany
  Italy
  Vichy France
Liberation of Tunisia by the Allies

Republic of Tunisia (1956-present) edit

Conflict Allie(s) Enemie(s) Result
Bizerte Crisis
(1961)
  Tunisia   France

LOST

  • French military victory, (the evacuation of French troops from the city of Bizerte 2 year later).
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 21st of April
  • Loyalist forces retake the border crossing on 28th of April
  • Tenuous rebel hold on Wazzin by 4th of 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
Raoued Operation
(2014)
  Tunisia   Ansar al-Sharia Victory
ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
(2015–present)
  Tunisia   ISIL Victory
  • Tunisian forces defeat ISIL in the Battle of Ben Guerdane in 2016
  • Tunisian National Guard eliminates ISIL commanders on 19 March 2019

See also edit


References edit

  • Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko, The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires, Staplehurst Kent, 2004, p.159
  • Laurence Oliphant: The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army Under Omer Pasha, London, 1856
  • Randier La Royale Editions Babouji 2006, ISBN 2-35261-022-2
  • TIME: The Wages of Moderation (Jul. 28, 1961)
  • Leaders: Crimée-Tunisie: le souvenir du contingent de 15 000 soldats de l'armée beylicale (13.03.2014)
  1. ^ History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey Ezel Kural Shaw
  2. ^ References:
  3. ^ "Libyan Rebels Hang on to Strategic Border Crossing". NPR.org.