List of wars of independence

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This is a list of wars of independence (national liberation).

Listed wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence. Listed articles should describe the actual conduct of a war.

Wars of independence

Dates	Name	Result
1861-1864	American Civil War	The Confederate States of America attempted secession from the United States.
2012	Tuareg rebellion (2012) (Northern Mali conflict (2012–present))	Unrecognized independence of Azawad from Mali. Azawad claimed territory controlled by Ansar Dine.
1983-2005	Second Sudanese Civil War	Independence of South Sudan from Sudan
1954-1962	Algerian War	Independence of Algeria from France
1775-1783	American Revolutionary War (American Revolution)	Independence of United States from Great Britain
1961-1974	Angolan War of Independence	Independence of Angola from Portugal
1876	April Uprising	Defeat of Bulgarian nationalists by the Ottoman Empire; subsequent reprisals by the Ottomans led to the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 and the 1878 independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire.
1919-1921	Irish War of Independence	Anglo-Irish Treaty; Partition of Ireland; secession of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties (the Irish Free State) from the United Kingdom
1916-1918	Arab Revolt	Defeat of Arab aspirations for independence by post-World War I partition of Arab Ottoman Empire lands into protectorates controlled by United Kingdom and France
1971	Bangladesh Liberation War	Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan
1830-1839	Belgian Revolution	Independence of Belgium from the Netherlands
1992-1995	Bosnian War	Independence of Bosnia from Yugoslavia
1810-1818	Chilean War of Independence	Independence of Chile from Spain
1991-1995	Croatian War of Independence	Independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia
1843-1849	Dominican War of Independence	Independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti
1568-1648	Eighty Years' War	Independence of the Netherlands from Spain
1961-1991	Eritrean War of Independence	Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
1918-1920	Estonian War of Independence	Independence of Estonia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR
1946-1954	First Indochina War	Independence of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia from France; partition of Vietnam
1857-1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Defeat of Indian insurgents; Great Britain retains control of India
1848	First Italian War of Independence	Kingdom of Sardinia defeated by the Austrian Empire; Italian unification not achieved
1859	Second Italian War of Independence	France and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia defeat the Austrian Empire; most of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia transferred to France and then to Piedmont-Sardinia; Duchy of Parma, Duchy of Modena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal Legations annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia
1866	Third Italian War of Independence	Austrian Empire loses Veneto to Kingdom of Italy
1804-1813	First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Defeat of insurgents; Ottoman Empire retains control of Serbia
1821-1827	Greek War of Independence	Independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire
1963-1974	Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal
1791-1804	Haitian Revolution	Independence of Haiti from France
1703-1711	Rákóczi's War of Independence	Limited autonomy for Hungary within the Habsburg Monarchy
1945-1949	Indonesian National Revolution	Independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands
1947-1949	1948 Arab–Israeli War	Defeat of Arabs; Israel retains independence
1996-1999	Kosovo War	No legal changes to Yugoslav borders according to the Resolution 1244, but effective political and economic separation of Kosovo from the rest of Yugoslavia under United Nations temporary administration.
1810s-1820s	Latin American wars of independence: Argentine War of Independence, Bolivian War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Foolish Fatherland, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Peruvian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence	Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain
1918-1920	Latvian War of Independence	Independence of Latvia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR
1918-1920	Lithuanian War of Independence	Independence of Lithuania from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR and Poland
1952-1960	Kenyan Mau Mau Uprising	Defeat of insurgents; United Kingdom retains control of Kenya
1964-1974	Mozambican War of Independence	Independence of Mozambique from Portugal
1966-1988	Namibian War of Independence	Independence of Namibia from South Africa
1967-1970	Nigerian Civil War	Defeat and dissolution of the Republic of Biafra
1896-1898	Philippine Revolution	Inconclusive; Philippines independence from Spain then achieved by Spanish-American War
1899-1913	Philippine–American War	Defeat of Philippine insurgents; United States retains control of the Philippines
1640-1668	Portuguese Restoration War	Restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain
1863-1865	January Uprising	Defeat of Polish insurgents; Russia retains control of Poland
1869	Red River Rebellion	Establishment of Provisional government of the Red River Colony
1920-1926	Rif War	Defeat of insurgents and Rif Republic; Spain retains control of Spanish Morocco
1877	Romanian War of Independence	Independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire
1808-1814	Peninsular War	Independence of Spain from France
1296-1357	Wars of Scottish Independence	Scotland retains its status as an independent nation
1815-1817	Second Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Semi-independence of Serbia within the Ottoman Empire
1521-1523	Swedish War of Liberation	Independence of Sweden from the Kalmar Union
1991	Ten-Day War	Independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia
1868-1878	Ten Years' War	Defeat of insurgents; Spain retains control of Cuba
1835-1836	Texas Revolution	Independence of Texas from Mexico
1919-1923	Turkish War of Independence	Creation of Republic of Turkey
1917-1921	Ukrainian War of Independence	Independence of Ukraine from Russia; partition of Ukraine by Soviet Union, Poland and Romania
1185-1188	Uprising of Asen and Peter	Independence of Bulgaria from the Byzantine Empire; creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire
1863-1865	Dominican Restoration War	Independence of Dominican Republic from 4 year occupation by the Spanish Empire; ousts Spain from Hispaniola

See also

• List of civil wars
• Ongoing wars