List of wars involving Moldova

This is a list of conflicts involving the Principality of Moldavia and modern Moldova.

Victory

Defeat

Another result

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Moldova, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Early period of Moldavia (1346–1538)

Below is a list of significant military conflicts involving Moldavia during the medieval period.

List of Medieval Wars involving Moldavia
Date	Conflict/Notable Battle	Moldavia and allies	Enemies	Result
1352–1353/1354	Campaign against Tatars^[1]	Moldavia Hungary	Golden Horde	Victory Tatars subjugated in Moldavia or expelled from Moldavian lands
1359	Revolt against Hungary^[2]	Moldavia	Kingdom of Hungary	Victory Moldavia establishes itself as an independent principality
July 1368	Battle of Codrii Plonini	Moldavia	Poland	Victory Destruction of the invading Polish army by Moldavians
1387	Polish vassalization of Moldavia (1387)	Moldavia	Poland Hungary	Defeat Moldavia becomes a Polish vassal
12 February 1395	Battle of Ghindăoani	Moldavia	Hungary	Disputed
12 August 1399	Battle of the Vorskla River	Lithuanian-led coalition Moldavia	Golden Horde	Defeat Stephen I killed in battle with Lithuanian-led coalition crushed
27 September 1422	Battle of Marienburg (1422)	Moldavia	Teutonic Order	Victory Moldavians crushed the Teutonic Knights
1431	Alexander the Good's expedition to Podolia	Moldavia	Poland	Defeat
January – September 1450	Moldavian–Polish War (1450)	Moldavia	Kingdom of Poland	Victory Moldavia crushes the Polish army at Crasna river
24 January 1465	Siege of Chilia (1465)^[3]	Moldavia	Wallachia Hungary	Victory Moldavia annexes Chilia
November – December 1467	Hungarian–Moldavian War Battle of Baia	Moldavia	Kingdom of Hungary	Victory Kingdom of Hungary abandons its attempts to subjugate Moldavia
20 August 1470	Battle of Lipnic	Moldavia	Golden Horde	Victory Moldavians crushed the Tatar invasion and captured Ahmed Khan's son
18–20 November 1473	Battle of the Vodna River	Moldavia	Wallachia	Victory Moldavia defeats Wallachia and occupies Bucharest
1475–1476	Moldavian–Ottoman War (1475–1476) Battle of Vaslui	Moldavia	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Nogai Tatars Wallachia	Victory Mehmed II retreats from Moldavia after his defeat at the Siege of Neamț Citadel
8 July 1481	Battle of Râmnic	Moldavia	Wallachia Ottoman Empire	Victory Basarab IV overthrown in favour of Vlad Călugărul
1484–1486	Moldavian Campaign (1484–1486)	Moldavia Kingdom of Poland	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Defeat Moldavia comes under Ottoman influence after its loss of Chilia and Cetatea Albă
Summer 1490	Stephen the Great's expedition to Pokuttia	Moldavia	Kingdom of Poland	Victory Moldavia occupies Pokuttia
1497–1499	Moldavian campaign (1497–1499) Battle of the Cosmin Forest	Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Wallachia Hungary	Kingdom of Poland Duchy of Masovia Teutonic Order	Victory Polish forces suffer crushing defeats at the Cosmin Forest, Lențești, Cernăuți and retreat from Moldavia
June – July 1498	Moldavian campaign in Poland	Moldavia	Kingdom of Poland	Victory Moldavians devastated Poland and took 100,000 Polish slaves
1499–1500	Moldavian–Ottoman War (1499–1500)^[4]	Moldavia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Moldavia retains higher degree of independence
1502–1510	Moldavian–Polish War (1502–1510)	Moldavia Ottoman Empire	Kingdom of Poland	Defeat Kingdom of Poland annexes Pokuttia
1530–1538	Moldavian–Polish War (1530–1538) Battle of Obertyn	Moldavia	Kingdom of Poland	Defeat Kingdom of Poland retains control over Pokuttia
1538	Moldavian Campaign (1538)	Moldavia Eastern Hungary	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Defeat Moldavia becomes dependent on the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Period (1538–1812)

Below is a list of significant military conflicts involving Moldavia during the Ottoman period.

List of Wars involving Moldavia during the Ottoman period
Date	Conflict/Notable Battle	Moldavia and allies	Enemies	Result
1538–1774	Moldavian and Cossack anti-Ottoman resistance^[5]^[6] Cossack raids Cossack campaigns in Moldavia	Moldavian opposition Zaporozhian Cossacks	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Nogai Horde	Victory Weakening of the Ottoman influence over Moldavia
1550	Siege of Bar (1550)	Moldavia	Kingdom of Poland	Defeat
1563	Moldavian campaign (1563)	Moldavia Ottoman Empire	Zaporozhian Cossacks Kingdom of Poland	Victory Cossack-Polish invasion repelled and Dmytro Vyshnevetsky captured by the Ottomans
1574	Battle of the Cahul (1574)	Moldavia Zaporozhian Cossacks	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Defeat Moldavia returns under Ottoman vassalage
1595	Jan Zamoyski's expedition to Moldavia	Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat Moldavia comes under Polish-Lithuanian vassalage
1607	Stefan Potocki's expedition to Moldavia	Moldavia Crimean Khanate	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat Mihail Movilă overthrown in favour of Constantin Movilă
1615–1616	Samuel Korecki's expedition to Moldavia	Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Wallachia	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Victory Samuel Korecki was defeated and captured
1620	Battle of Cecora (1620)	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Transylvania Moldavia (switched)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavia	Pro-Ottoman victory Moldavia breaks free from Polish-Lithuanian influence, but becomes Ottoman tributary
1650	Moldavian campaign (1650)	Moldavia	Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate	Defeat Moldavia was put under the Cossack influence
1653	Moldavian campaign (1653)	Cossack Hetmanate Moldavia	Moldavia Transylvania Wallachia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Anti-Cossack victory Death of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky
1657	Transylvanian campaign into Poland (1657)	Principality of Transylvania Swedish Empire Cossack Hetmanate Moldavia	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Inconclusive
1684–1691	Moldavian campaign (1684–1691)	Ottoman-led coalition Moldavia	Polish–Lithuanian-led coalition Moldavia	Pro-Ottoman victory Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth repulsed from Moldavia
1710–1713	Russo-Turkish War (1710–1713)	Russian-led coalition Moldavia	Ottoman-led coalition	Defeat Moldavia remains under Ottoman suzerainty
1806–1812	Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Russian-led coalition Moldavia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Eastern Moldavia breaks free from Ottoman suzerainty, but gets incorporated into the Russian Empire as Bessarabia Governorate

Modern wars of Moldova (1918–present)

Below is a list of significant military conflicts involving Moldova during the modern period.

List of Modern Wars involving Moldova
Date	Conflict/Notable Battle	Moldova and allies	Enemies	Result
19 January – 8 March 1918	Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia	Romanian-led coalition Anti-Bolshevik Moldavia	Bolshevik-led coalition Pro-Bolshevik Moldavia	Anti-Bolshevik victory Kingdom of Romania occupied central and southern Bessarabia
15–18 September 1924	Tatarbunary Uprising	Kingdom of Romania	Tatarbunary Revolutionary Committee	Defeat Uprising suppressed
28 June – 3 July 1940	Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina	Kingdom of Romania	Soviet Union Moldavian ASSR	Victory Formation of Moldavian SSR
July 1941 – August 1944	Moldovan resistance during World War II	Kingdom of Romania Germany	Moldavian partisans Supported by: Soviet Union	Victory Expulsion of Axis occupation forces
2 November 1990 – 21 July 1992	Transnistrian War	Moldova Supported by: Romania	Transnistria Russia Supported by: Ukraine	Defeat Transnistria separates from Moldova
2003–2008	Iraq War	Multi-National Force – Iraq Moldova	Iraqi insurgents	Victory Participation enhances Moldova's international relations

References

^ Giurescu 1974, p. 64.
^ Zhukovsky 1993, "In 1359 the new voivode, Bogdan, overthrew Hungarian rule and founded an independent Moldavian principality dominated by boyars and the Orthodox church.".
^ Giurescu 1974, p. 91.
^ Giurescu 1974, p. 103.
^ Zhukovsky 1993, "After Moldavia was forced to accept Turkish suzerainty in 1538, the Zaporozhian Cossacks assisted the Moldavians in their struggle against Turkey and intervened in their internal power struggles.".
^ Paul R. Magocsi (1996). A History of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-8020-7820-9.

Bibliography

Giurescu, Constantin C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Editura enciclopedică română.
Zhukovsky, Arkadii (1993). Moldavia. Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

[FOOTNOTEGiurescu197464-1] Giurescu 1974, p. 64.

[FOOTNOTEZhukovsky1993"In_1359_the_new_voivode,_Bogdan,_overthrew_Hungarian_rule_and_founded_an_independent_Moldavian_principality_dominated_by_boyars_and_the_Orthodox_church."-2] Zhukovsky 1993, "In 1359 the new voivode, Bogdan, overthrew Hungarian rule and founded an independent Moldavian principality dominated by boyars and the Orthodox church.".

[FOOTNOTEGiurescu197491-3] Giurescu 1974, p. 91.

[FOOTNOTEGiurescu1974103-4] Giurescu 1974, p. 103.

[FOOTNOTEZhukovsky1993"After_Moldavia_was_forced_to_accept_Turkish_suzerainty_in_1538,_the_Zaporozhian_Cossacks_assisted_the_Moldavians_in_their_struggle_against_Turkey_and_intervened_in_their_internal_power_struggles."-5] Zhukovsky 1993, "After Moldavia was forced to accept Turkish suzerainty in 1538, the Zaporozhian Cossacks assisted the Moldavians in their struggle against Turkey and intervened in their internal power struggles.".

[6] Paul R. Magocsi (1996). A History of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-8020-7820-9.

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