List of wars involving Tunisia

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

Hafsid dynasty (1229–1574)

ConflictAllie(s)Enemie(s)Result
Eighth Crusade
(1270)
Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of FranceHafsid Victory
Battle of Temzezdekt
(1327)
Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of TlemcenDefeat
  • Zayyanid Victory
Battle of er-Rias
(1329)
Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of TlemcenDefeat
  • Zayyanid Victory
Capture of Tunis (1329)
(1329)
Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of TlemcenDefeat
  • Tunis becomes a vassal of the Zayyanids until May 1330
Siege of Béjaïa (1326-1329)
(1326-1329)
Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of TlemcenVictory
  • Zayyanids failed to capture Bejaïa
Barbary Crusade
(1390)
Hafsid dynasty
Kingdom of Tlemcen
Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of France
Victory
  • Crusader withdrawal.
Bona crusade
(1399)
Hafsid dynasty Crown of AragonVictory
Siege of Malta
(1429)
Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of Sicily
Malta
Withdrawal
  • Looting of Maltese cities.
Capture of Béjaïa (1510)
(1510)
Emirate of Béjaïa  Ottoman Empire
 Spain
Defeat
Conquest of Tunis
(1534)
Hafsid dynasty  Ottoman EmpireDefeat
  • Tunis under Ottoman rule.
Conquest of Tunis
(1535)
 Ottoman Empire Hafsid dynasty
 Spain
Defeat
Conquest of Tunis
(1574)
Hafsid dynasty
 Spain
 Ottoman EmpireDefeat

Ottoman Tunis (1574–1705)

ConflictAllie(s)Enemie(s)Result
Tunisian-Spanish War (1605) Ottoman Tunis

Ottoman Empire

 Spanish Empire

Knights Hospitaller

Ottoman-Tunisian victory
Cretan War (1645–1669)  Ottoman EmpireVictory
Tunisian civil war (1675-1679) Mohamed Bey El Mouradi Murad II BeyPeace Treaty
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

Alawi 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)

ConflictAllie(s)Enemie(s)Result
Tunisia-French War (1742) Beylik of Tunis Kingdom of FranceTunisian Victory
Tunisian-Algerian War (1735)
(1735)
Beylik of Tunis Deylik of AlgiersDefeat
  • 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 AlgiersDefeat
  • 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 VeniceVictory
  • Tunisia victory. Republic of Venice pays huge compensation to Tunisia.
1793–95 Tripolitanian Civil War
(1793–1795)
Karamanli dynasty supporters
Beylik of Tunis
Tripolitania EyaletVictory
  • Karamanli dynasty restored to the throne of Tripolitania
  • Weakening of Ottoman rule over Tripolitania
Tunisian-Algerian War (1807)
(1807)
Beylik of Tunis Deylik of AlgiersVictory
  • 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 EmpireVictory
  • 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 TunisTax resistersVictory
  • Revolt suppressed by the Beylik
Conquest of Tunisia
(1881)
Beylik of Tunis  FranceDefeat
  • Tunisia became a French protectorate.

French Tunisia (1881-1956)

ConflictAllie(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)

ConflictAllie(s)Enemie(s)Result
Bizerte Crisis
(1961)
 Tunisia  France

LOST

  • French military victory, (the evacuation of French troops from the city of Bizerte 2 years later).
October War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
 Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
 Cuba
 Morocco
 Tunisia
 IsraelDefeat[2]
Battle of Wazzin
(2011)
Part of the First Libyan Civil War
 Tunisia

Anti-Gaddafi forces

Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaVictory
  • 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
(2012–2019)
 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-ShariaVictory
ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
(2015–2022)
 Tunisia  ISILVictory
  • Tunisian forces defeat ISIL in the Battle of Ben Guerdane in 2016
  • Tunisian National Guard eliminates ISIL commanders on 19 March 2019

See also


References

  • 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)