List of wars of independence

This article is about wars of secession by a breakaway region from a state. For wars of succession during succession crises, see List of wars of succession.

This is a list of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence.

List

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Dates	Name	Independent state	Anti-independence state	Result
701 BC	Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant	Judah, Phoenicia, Philistia	Assyria	Defeat of rebel states; reestablishment of Assyrian control over the Levant
626–620 BC	Revolt of Babylon	Babylonia	Assyria	Formation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire; beginning of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
601–586 BC	Judah's revolts against Babylon	Judah	Babylonia	Defeat and destruction of the Kingdom of Judah; Babylonian captivity
499–493 BC	Ionian Revolt	Ionia, Aeolis, Doris, Caria, Cyprus	Persia	Defeat of Greek insurgents; beginning of the first Persian invasion of Greece
484 BC	Babylonian revolts	Babylonia	Persia	Defeat of Babylonian insurgents
460–454 BC	Rebellion of Inaros	Egypt	Persia	Defeat of Egyptian insurgents
335 BC	Battle of Thebes	Thebes	Macedonia	Defeat and destruction of Thebes
323–322 BC	Lamian War	Athens, Aetolia, most states in Central Greece	Macedonia	Defeat of rebel states; reestablishment of Macedonian control over Greece
206–186 BC	Great Theban Revolt	Upper Egypt	Ptolemaic Empire	Defeat of Egyptian insurgents
167–141 BC	Maccabean Revolt	Judea	Seleucid Empire	Independence of Judea from the Seleucid Empire; creation of the Hasmonean dynasty
155–139 BC	Lusitanian War	Lusitania	Roman Republic	Defeat of Lusitanian insurgents; Lusitania annexed by Roman Republic
54–50 BC	Gaul revolts from Gallic Wars	Gaul	Roman Republic	Defeat of Gaul insurgents; Gaul annexed by Roman Republic
6–9	Bellum Batonianum	Illyricum	Roman Empire	Defeat of Illyrian insurgents
9	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest	Germania	Roman Empire	Liberation of Germania from Roman rule
14–24	Tacfarinas revolt	Musulamii, Mauri, Garamantes	Roman Empire	Defeat of Berber insurgents; consolidation of Roman rule in Africa
40–43	Trung sisters' rebellion	Lạc Việt	Han China	Rebellion suppressed; China retains control of Vietnam
60–61	Boudican revolt	Iceni, Trinovantes	Roman Empire	Defeat of Celtic Briton insurgents; consolidation of Roman rule in Britain
66–73	Great Jewish Revolt	Judea	Roman Empire	Defeat of Jewish insurgents; Roman Empire retains control of Judea; dispersion of Jews
132–136	Bar Kokhba revolt
192	Khu Liên revolt	Lâm Ấp (Champa)	Han China	Independence of Lâm Ấp from China
260–274	Postumus revolt	Gallic Empire	Roman Empire	Restoration of Roman Empire authority
270–273	Zenobia's revolt	Palmyrene Empire	Roman Empire	Restoration of Roman Empire authority
286–296	Carausian revolt	Britannic Empire	Roman Empire	Restoration of Roman Empire authority
372–375	Firmus revolt	Numidia	Roman Empire	Defeat of Berber insurgents
409–417	Bagaudae Revolt	Bagaudae	Roman Empire	Restoration of Roman Empire authority
529–531	Ben Sabar revolt	Samaria	Byzantine Empire	Defeat of Samaritan insurgents
541–544	Lý Bí revolt	Vietnam	Liang China	Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule
660–663	Baekje revival movement	Baekje	Tang China Silla	Defeat of Baekje insurgents; initial annexation of Baekje by Tang China, subsequent unification of central and southern Korean peninsula by Silla after the Silla-Tang War
698	Battle of Tianmenling	Balhae	Zhou China	Independence of Balhae from China
720–832	Bashmurian revolts	Bashmur	Umayyad Caliphate (720–750) Abbasid Caliphate (750–832)	Defeat of Coptic insurgents
722	Battle of Covadonga	Asturias	Umayyad Caliphate	Asturias retains independence; beginning of the Reconquista
740–743	Berber Revolt	Barghawata, Tlemcen, Sijilmasa	Umayyad Caliphate	Independence of Berber states in the western Maghreb from the Umayyad Caliphate
782–793	Frisian uprisings	Frisia	Carolingian Empire	Defeat of Frisian insurgents
782–804	Saxon revolts from Saxon Wars	Saxony	Carolingian Empire	Defeat of Saxon insurgents; Frankish annexation of Saxony
816–837	Babak's revolt	Persia	Abbasid Caliphate	Defeat of Khurramite insurgents
824	Battle of Roncevaux Pass	Pamplona (Basques)	Carolingian Empire	Creation of the Kingdom of Pamplona
847	Yu'firid conquest of Sana'a	Yu'firids	Abbasid Caliphate	Independence of Yemen from the Abbasid Caliphate
864	Uprising of Hasan ibn Zayd	Alavids	Abbasid Caliphate	Independence of Tabaristan from the Abbasid Caliphate
899	Qarmatian Revolution	Qarmatians	Abbasid Caliphate	Independence of Eastern Arabia from the Abbasid Caliphate
938	Battle of Bạch Đằng	Vietnam	Southern Han	Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule
1011–1013	Jarrahid revolt	Filastin	Fatimid Caliphate	Defeat of Bedouin insurgents
1024–1029	Bedouin uprising	Bedouin alliance in Syria	Fatimid Caliphate	Defeat of Bedouin insurgents
1038–1047	Miecław's Rebellion	Miecław's State	Poland	Defeat of Miecław; reincorporation of Mazovia into Poland
1067–1075	Anglo-Saxon resistance to Norman rule	Anglo-Saxons	Normandy	Defeat of Anglo-Saxon insurgents
1128	Battle of São Mamede	Portugal	León	Independence of Portugal from León
1185–1188	Uprising of Asen and Peter	Bulgaria	Byzantine Empire	Independence of Bulgaria from the Byzantine Empire; creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire
1238	Si Inthrathit revolt	Thailand	Cambodia	Independence of Thailand from Cambodia
1270–1273	Sambyeolcho Rebellion	Sambyeolcho	Yuan Empire (Mongols)	Defeat of Korean insurgents; Korea becomes a vassal state of the Yuan Empire
1282	Sicilian Vespers	Sicily	Angevin monarchy	Liberation of Sicilly from Angevin regime
1296–1357	Wars of Scottish Independence	Scotland	England	Scotland retains independence
1346–1347	Rebellion of Ismail Mukh	Bahmani Kingdom	Delhi Sultanate	Creation of the Bahmani Kingdom; decline and loss of Delhi Sultanate's control over the Deccan
1351–1368	Red Turban Rebellions	Ming China	Yuan Empire (Mongols)	Creation of the Ming dynasty; retreat of the Yuan court to Mongolian Plateau
1353–1359	Ekdala Wars	Bengal	Delhi Sultanate	Independence of Bengal from Delhi
1400–1415	Glyndŵr rebellion	Wales	England	Defeat of Welsh insurgents; England retains control of Wales
1418–1427	Lam Sơn uprising	Vietnam	Ming China	Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule; creation of the Lê dynasty
1468–1500	Kazakh War of Independence	Kazakh Khanate	Uzbek Khanate	Kazakh Khanate retains independence
1480	Battle of the Ugra	Muscovy	Great Horde	End of Tatar yoke in Russia
1499	Swabian War	Switzerland	Holy Roman Empire	De facto independence of Switzerland from the Holy Roman Empire
1500	Oyake Akahachi revolt	Ishigaki	Ryukyu	Rebellion suppressed; Sakishima Islands annexed by Ryukyu
1521–1523	Swedish War of Liberation	Sweden	Kalmar Union	Independence of Sweden from the Kalmar Union
1568–1571	Morisco Revolt	Moriscos	Spain	Revolt suppressed; deportation of most Moriscos from Granada to Castile
1568–1648	Eighty Years' War	Netherlands	Spain	Independence of the Netherlands from Spain
1576–1612	Baro-Bhuyan revolt	Baro-Bhuyans	Mughal Empire	Defeat of Baro-Bhuyans; consolidation of Mughal Empire's rule in Bengal
1584–1593	Nandric War	Thailand	Myanmar	Independence of Thailand from Myanmar
1586–1589	War of Kashmiri Independence	Kashmir	Mughal Empire	Defeat of Kashmiri insurgents; Mughal Empire retains control of Kashmir
1591	Restoration of Lan Xang	Laos	Myanmar	Independence of Laos from Myanmar
1618–1620	Bohemian Revolt	Bohemia	Habsburg monarchy	Defeat of insurgents; the elective monarchy of Bohemia was abolished in favour of the hereditary succession of Habsburg monarchs
1621–1788	Mughal-Sikh wars	Sikh Confederacy	Mughal Empire	Independence of Punjab from the Mughal Empire
1640–1668	Portuguese Restoration War	Portugal	Spain	Restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain
1648–1657	Khmelnytsky Uprising	Cossack Hetmanate	Poland–Lithuania	Independence of Ukraine from Poland–Lithuania
1669–1672	Shakushain's revolt	Ainus	Edo Japan	Defeat of Ainu insurgents; consolidation of Japanese control over Hokkaido
1673–1681	Revolt of the Three Feudatories	Zhou	Qing Empire	Defeat of Han Chinese insurgents; consolidation of Qing's rule in Southern China
1679–1707	Rathore rebellion	Marwar	Mughal Empire	Marwar retains independence
1680–1707	Deccan wars	Maratha	Mughal Empire	Maratha retains independence
1703–1711	Rákóczi's War of Independence	Hungary	Habsburg monarchy	Limited autonomy for Hungary within the Habsburg monarchy
1729–1755	Corsican Revolution	Corsica	Genoa	De facto independence of Corsica from Genoa
1740	Mon revolt	Hanthawaddy	Myanmar	Independence of Lower Burma; beginning of the Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War
1744–1829	Dagohoy rebellion	Bohol Republic	Spain	Defeat of Boholano insurgents
1768–1769	French conquest of Corsica	Corsica	France	Corsica annexed by France
1775–1783	American Revolutionary War	United States	Britain	Independence of the United States from Britain
1791–1804	Haitian Revolution	Haiti	France	Independence of Haiti from France
1794	Kościuszko Uprising	Poland–Lithuania	Russia Prussia	Third Partition of Poland
1798	Irish Rebellion of 1798	Society of United Irishmen	Britain	Abolition of the Parliament of Ireland; creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1804–1813	First Serbian Uprising	Serbia	Ottoman Empire	Defeat of insurgents; Ottoman Empire retains control of Serbia
1806	Greater Poland uprising of 1806	Poland	Prussia	Creation of the Napoleonic Poland
1807	Tunisian–Algerian War of 1807	Tunisia	Algeria	Liberation of Tunisia from Algerian suzerainty
1808–1814	Peninsular War	Portugal Spain	France	Independence of Portugal and Spain from France
1810s–1820s	Latin American wars of independence		Spain	Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain
	Argentine War of Independence	Río de la Plata
	Bolivian War of Independence	Bolivia
	Chilean War of Independence	Chile
	Colombian War of Independence	Colombia
	Ecuadorian War of Independence	Ecuador
	Mexican War of Independence	Mexico
	Peruvian War of Independence	Peru
	Venezuelan War of Independence	Venezuela
1813	German campaign	German states	France	Dissolution of the Rhine Confederation
1814	Swedish–Norwegian War	Norway	Sweden	Partial independence of Norway within the later United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
1815–1817	Second Serbian Uprising	Serbia	Ottoman Empire	Semi-independence of Serbia within the Ottoman Empire
1817–1819	Third Anglo-Maratha War	Maratha	British East India Company	Defeat of Maratha; Britain takes control over all Maratha territories
1821–1829	Greek War of Independence	Greece	Ottoman Empire	Independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire
1822–1824	Brazilian War of Independence	Brazil	Portugal	Independence of Brazil from Portugal
1825–1828	Cisplatine War	Uruguay	Brazil Río de la Plata	Disputatiin between Brazil and Río de la Plata; independence of Uruguay from Brazil
1826–1831	Separation of Venezuela and Ecuador	Ecuador Venezuela	Colombia	Independence of Venezuela and Ecuador from Gran Colombia; dissolution of Gran Colombia; creation of the Republic of New Granada
1826–1828	Lao Rebellion	Vientiane Champasak	Thailand	Defeat of Lao insurgents
1830–1831	November Uprising	Poland	Russia	Defeat of Polish insurgents; liquidation of Polish autonomy
1830–1839	Belgian Revolution	Belgium	Netherlands	Independence of Belgium from the Netherlands
1834–1835	Ja Thak Wa uprising	Champa	Vietnam	Defeat of Cham insurgents
1835–1845	Ragamuffin War	Riograndense Republic	Brazil	The Riograndense Republic is dissolved and reintegrated with Brazil
1835–1836	Texas Revolution	Texas	Mexico	Independence of Texas from Mexico
1837–1838	Lower Canada Rebellion	Republic of Lower Canada	Britain	Defeat of insurgents; unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada
1837	Upper Canada Rebellion	Republic of Canada
1840–1841	Cambodian Rebellion	Cambodia	Vietnam	Independence of Cambodia from Vietnam
1844–1856	Dominican War of Independence	Dominican Republic	Haiti	Independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti
1846	Bear Flag Revolt	California	Mexico	The California Republic declares independence from Mexico. The republic is quickly annexed by the United States
1846	Kraków uprising	Poland	Austria	Defeat of Polish insurgents; end of the status of Kraków as the Free City
1847	Sonderbund War	Sonderbund	Swiss Confederation	Dissolution of the Sonderbund; Switzerland as a federal state
1848	Poznań Uprising	Poland	Prussia	Grand Duchy of Posen transformed into the Province of Posen
1848–1849	First Italian War of Independence	Sardinia Venetia Milan	Austria	Sardinia defeated by Austria; Milan and Venetia return to Austrian control
1848–1849	Hungarian Revolution of 1848	Hungary	Austria	Revolution suppressed; Hungary placed under military dictatorship until the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867
1848–1849	Second Anglo-Sikh war	Sikh Empire	British East India Company	End of the Sikh Empire; Britain's annexation of Punjab
1850–1864	Taiping Rebellion	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	Qing Empire	Defeat of Han Chinese insurgents
1856–1873	Panthay Rebellion	Dali sultanate	Qing Empire	Defeat of Chinese Muslim insurgents
1857–1858	First War of Indian Independence	Mughal Empire	British East India Company	End of the Mughal Empire; transferral of East India Company's power to the government of Britain
1859	Second Italian War of Independence	Sardinia Lombardy-Venetia Parma Modena Tuscany	Austria	France and Sardinia defeat Austria; most territory of Lombardy–Venetia transferred to France and then to Sardinia; unification of Parma, Modena, Tuscany, and Romagne by Sardinia
1861–1865	American Civil War	Confederate States	United States (Union)	Defeat and dissolution of the Confederacy; U.S. retains control of the South
1862–1877	Dongan Revolt	Yettishar	Qing Empire	Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
1863–1865	January Uprising	Poland	Russia	Defeat of Polish insurgents; Russia retains control of Poland
1863–1865	Dominican Restoration War	Dominican Republic	Spain	Independence of Dominican Republic from 4 year occupation by Spain; ousts Spain from Hispaniola
1866	Third Italian War of Independence	Italy	Austria	Austria loses Veneto to Italy
1868–1869	Battle of Hakodate	Ezo Republic	Japan	Defeat of remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate army; restoration of Japanese imperial rule
1868–1878	Ten Years' War	Cuba	Spain	Defeat of insurgents; Spain retains control of Cuba
1876–1886	Cajemé's rebellion	Yaqui Republic	Mexico	Defeate and dissolution of the Yaqui Republic
1876	April Uprising	Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire	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.
1877	Romanian War of Independence	Romania	Ottoman Empire	Independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire
1879–1882	Urabi revolt	Egypt	Britain	British occupation of Egypt
1880–1881	First Boer War	South African Republic	Britain	South African Republic regaines self-government under British suzerainty
1881–1899	Mahdist War	Mahdist Sudan	Egypt (1881–1882) Britain (1882–1899)	Britain took over Sudan
1885	North-West Rebellion	Saskatchewan	Canada	Collapse of the Provisional Government; execution of Louis Riel
1885–1895	Burmese resistance movement 1885–1895	Myanmar	Britain	Revolts suppressed
1885–1896	Cần Vương movement	Vietnam	France	Defeat of Vietnamese insurgents
1895	Japanese invasion of Taiwan	Formosan Republic	Japan	Defeat of Taiwanese insurgents; Annexation of Taiwan by Japan
1895–1898	Cuban War of Independence	Cuba	Spain	Independence of Cuba from Spain following four years of American occupation
1896–1898	Philippine Revolution	Philippines	Spain	Inconclusive; Philippines independence from Spain then achieved by Spanish–American War
1896–1903	Menalamba rebellion	Madagascar	France	Rebellion suppressed; consolidation of French rule in Madagascar
1899–1913	Philippine–American War	Philippines	United States	Defeat of Philippine insurgents; United States retains control of the Philippines
1903	Separation of Panama from Colombia	Panama	Colombia	Separation of Panama from Colombia and construction of the Panama Canal
1905–1910	Righteous Armies Wars	Korea	Japan	Defeat of Korean insurgents; Annexation of Korea by Japan
1911–1912	Chinese Revolution of 1911	Republic of China	Qing Empire	Creation of the Republic of China; end of the Qing Empire
1911–1912	Mongolian Revolution of 1911	Mongolia	Qing Empire	Independence of Mongolia from Qing's rule
1911–1912	Xinhai Lhasa Turmoil	Tibet	Qing Empire	Independence of Tibet from Qing's rule
1914–1915	Boer revolt	Transvaal Republic	South Africa	Defeat of Boer insurgents; South Africa occupies German South West Africa
1915–1918	Senussi campaign	Senussi Order	Italy	Defeat of the Senussi Order; restoration of Italian rule in Libya
1916–1918	Arab Revolt	Hejaz	Ottoman Empire	Independence of the Hejaz from the Ottoman Empire; partition of the remaining Ottoman-controlled Arab territories in the Levant and Iraq by Britain and France
1916–1934	Basmachi movement	Turkestan	Soviet Russia (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1934)	Turkestan conquered by Red Army
1917–1921	Ukrainian War of Independence	Ukraine	Soviet Russia Poland	Independence of Ukraine from Russia; partition of Ukraine by Soviet Union and Poland
1918	Yakut revolt	Yakutia	Soviet Russia	Defeat of Yakutian insurgents
1918–1919	Poznań War	Poland	Germany	Creation of the Second Polish Republic
1918–1920	Estonian War of Independence	Estonia	Soviet Russia	Independence of Estonia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR
1918–1920	Latvian War of Independence	Latvia	Soviet Russia	Independence of Latvia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR
1918–1920	Lithuanian War of Independence	Lithuania	Soviet Russia Poland	Independence of Lithuania from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR and Poland
1918–1920	Revolt of the Ingrian Finns	North Ingria	Soviet Russia	Genocide of the Ingrian Finns
1919	Christmas Uprising	Montenegrin Greens	Yugoslavia	Uprising suppressed; Montenegro unified by Yugoslavia
1919	Third Anglo-Afghan War	Afghanistan	Britain	Britain recognises Afghanistan's independence
1919–1921	Irish War of Independence	Ireland	Britain	Anglo-Irish Treaty; Partition of Ireland; secession of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties (the Irish Free State) from Britain
1919–1923	Turkish War of Independence	Republic of Turkey	Ottoman Empire Greece France Britain Armenia	Creation of the Republic of Turkey; end of the Ottoman Empire
1920	Iraqi Revolt	Iraq	Britain	Greater autonomy given to Iraq
1920	1920 Ganja revolt	Azerbaijan	Soviet Russia	Revolt suppressed
1920–1926	Rif War	Rif Republic	Spain	Defeat and dissolution of the Rif Republic; Spain retains its protectorate in Morocco
1921	Mongolian Revolution of 1921	Mongolia	China	Independence of Mongolia from the Chinese government's rule
1921	February Uprising	Mountainous Armenia	Soviet Russia	Uprising suppressed
1921–1922	East Karelian uprising	Karelian United Government	Soviet Russia	Uprising suppressed
1922–1924	Mahmud Barzanji revolt	Kingdom of Kurdistan	Britain Iraq	Defeat of Kurdish insurgents
1922–1932	Second Italo-Senussi War	Senussi Order	Fascist Italy	Consolidation of Italian rule in Libya; Libyan genocide
1924	August Uprising	Committee for the Independence of Georgia	Soviet Union	Uprising suppressed; consolidation of Soviet rule in the Georgian SSR
1924	Assyrian rebellion	Assyrian volunteers	Turkey	Rebellion suppressed; Hakkari Assyrians expelled to Iraq
1925–1927	Great Syrian Revolt	Syrians	France	Revolt suppressed; France maintains its mandate over Syria
1927–1931	Ararat rebellion	Republic of Ararat	Turkey	Defeat of Kurdish insurgents
1931–1934	Kumul Rebellion	East Turkestan	China	Defeat of Uyghur insurgents
1936–1939	Arab revolt in Palestine	Arab Higher Committee	Britain	Rebellion suppressed
1936–1939	Waziristan Uprising	Waziristan	Britain	Rebellion suppressed
1940–1941	Abyssinian campaign	Ethiopia	Fascist Italy	Dissolution of Italian East Africa; independence of Ethiopia
1940–1944	1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya	Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechen-Ingushetia	Soviet Union	Deportation of Chechens and Ingushes
1941	Uprising in Montenegro	Communist Party of Yugoslavia	Fascist Italy	Uprising suppressed
1941–1942	Japanese invasion of Burma	State of Burma	Britain	Creation of the State of Burma under Japanese occupation
1944	Operation U-Go	Free India	Britain	INA Trials trigger Bombay Mutiny & Royal Air Force mutiny which result in Indian Independence Act 1947
1944	Warsaw Uprising	Poland	Nazi Germany	Uprising suppressed
1944	Slovak National Uprising	Czechoslovak	Nazi Germany	Uprising suppressed
1944	Battle of Vercors	Republic of Vercors	Nazi Germany	Uprising suppressed
1944–1946	Ili Rebellion	East Turkestan	China	Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China
1944–1948	Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine	Jewish Resistance Movement	Britain	Independence of Israel from Britain
1945	Prague uprising	Czechoslovak	Nazi Germany	Withdrawal of German forces from Prague
1945	Levant Crisis	Syria Lebanon	France	Independence of Syria and Lebanon from French Mandate
1945	Burmese Army's resistance to Japanese occupation	Burma Independence Army	Japan	Myanmar returns to Britain and later becomes independent in 1948
1945	August Revolution	Democratic Republic of Vietnam	Japan	Creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1945–1949	Indonesian National Revolution	Indonesia	Netherlands	Independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands
1946–1954	First Indochina War	South Vietnam Laos Cambodia	France	Independence of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia from France; partition of Vietnam
1947–1949	Malagasy Uprising	Madagascar	France	Uprising suppressed
1948–1949	First Arab–Israeli War	Israel	Arab League	State of Israel established over 78% of the territory of former Mandatory Palestine; Jordan and Egypt control the rest
1948–1951	First Balochistan conflict	Kalat	Pakistan	Revolt suppressed
1948–1960	Malayan Emergency	Malayan Communist Party	Britain	Deafeat of MCP; independence of Malaya from Britain
1952–1960	Mau Mau rebellion	Kenya	Britain	Defeat of insurgents; Britain retains control of Kenya
1954–1962	Algerian War	Algeria	France	Independence of Algeria from France
1954–ongoing	Insurgency in Northeast India	Separatist groups in Northeast India	India	Ongoing (low level insurgency)
1955–1959	Cyprus Emergency	Cyprus	Britain	Independence of Cyprus from Britain
1955–1972	First Sudanese Civil War	Southern Sudan	Sudan	Conflict between Sudan and South Sudan
1956	Hungarian Uprising	Hungary	Soviet Union	Uprising suppressed
1959	1959 Tibetan uprising	Tibet	People's Republic of China	Uprising suppressed; dissolution of the Tibetan Government
1959–2011	Basque conflict	Basque National Liberation Movement	Spain France	Dissolution of the Basque separatist armed organization ETA
1961–1963	Aden Emergency	South Yemen	Britain	Independence of South Yemen from Britain
1961–1974	Angolan War of Independence	Angola	Portugal	Independence of Angola from Portugal
1961–1991	Eritrean War of Independence	Eritrea	Ethiopia	Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
1961–ongoing	Papua conflict	Free Papua Movement	Indonesia	Ongoing
1962–1990	Communist insurgency in Sarawak	North Kalimantan Communist Party	Britain (1962–1963) Malaysia (1963–1990)	Dissolution of NKCP
1963–1974	Guinea-Bissau War of Independence	Guinea-Bissau	Portugal	Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal
1964–1974	Mozambican War of Independence	Mozambique	Portugal	Independence of Mozambique from Portugal
1966–1988	Namibian War of Independence	Namibia	South Africa	Independence of Namibia from South Africa
1967–1970	Nigerian Civil War	Biafra	Nigeria	Defeat and dissolution of the Republic of Biafra
1968–2019	Moro conflict	Bangsamoro	Philippines	Decleration of the peace agreements; establishment of Bangsamoro Transition Authority
1971	Bangladesh Liberation War	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan
1974	Turkish invasion of Cyprus	North Cyprus	Cyprus	Formation of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration
1975–ongoing	Cabinda War	Cabinda	Angola	Ongoing
1975–1991	Western Sahara War	Sahrawi Republic	Morocco	70% of Western Sahara territory is occupied and administered by Morocco
1975–1976	Indonesian invasion of East Timor	East Timor	Indonesia	Deafeat of FALINTIL; Annexation of East Timor by Indonesia
1976–2005	Insurgency in Aceh	Free Aceh Movement	Indonesia	Special autonomy granted to Aceh; disarmament of GAM
1976–ongoing	Corsican conflict	National Liberation Front of Corsica	France	Low-level conflict since 2014
1979–1983	1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran	Iranian Kurdistan	Iran	Defeat of Kurdish insurgents
1981–1991	Somaliland War of Independence	Somaliland	Somalia	De facto independence of Somaliland from Somalia
1982–ongoing	Casamance conflict	Casamance	Senegal	Low-level conflict since 2014
1983–2005	Second Sudanese Civil War	South Sudan	Sudan	Independence of South Sudan from Sudan
1983–2009	Sri Lankan civil war	Tamil Eelam	Sri Lanka	Defeat of LTTE; Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island
1984–1995	Insurgency in Punjab	Khalistan movement	India	Insurgency suppressed
1987–1993	First Intifada	Palestine	Israel	Establishment of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank
1988–1994	First Nagorno-Karabakh War	Artsakh	Azerbaijan	De facto independence of the Republic of Artsakh from Azerbaijan
1988–1998	Bougainville Civil War	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	Bougainville receives autonomy in 2002; voted in favour of independence in 2019
1989–ongoing	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	All Parties Hurriyat Conference	India	Ongoing
1990–1992	Transnistria War	Transnistria	Moldova	De facto independence of Transnistria from Moldova
1991–1992	South Ossetia War	South Ossetia	Georgia	De facto independence for South Ossetia from Georgia
1991	Liberation of Kuwait	Kuwait	Iraq	Part of the Gulf War; Kuwait regains independence
1991–1995	Croatian War of Independence	Croatia	Yugoslavia	Independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia
1991	Ten-Day War	Slovenia	Yugoslavia	Independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia
1992–1995	Bosnian War	Bosnia and Herzegovina	FR Yugoslavia Croatia	Independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from SFR Yugoslavia; the new country is divided between two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska
1992–1993	War in Abkhazia	Abkhazia	Georgia	De facto independence for Abkhazia from Georgia
1994–1996	First Chechen War	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	Russia	Chechnya maintains de facto independence from Russia
1998–1999	Kosovo War	Kosovo	Serbia & Montenegro	No legal changes to Yugoslav borders according to the Resolution 1244, but de facto independence of Kosovo from the rest of Yugoslavia
1999–2000	1999 East Timorese crisis	East Timor	Indonesia	Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia by INTERFET; independence of East Timor after UN administration
1999–2009	Second Chechen War	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	Russia	Defeat of Chechnya; reincorporation into Russia
2000–2005	Second Intifada	Palestine	Israel	Uprising suppressed; Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
2001–2021	Taliban insurgency	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	United States	Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan; reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
2003–2011	Iraqi insurgency	Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region	United States	Coalition failure to defeat the Iraqi insurgents; withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
2004–ongoing	South Thailand insurgency	Patani	Thailand	Ongoing
2012	2012 Tuareg rebellion	Azawad	Mali	Unrecognized independence of Azawad from Mali; renounced its independence in 2013
2014–ongoing	Russo-Ukrainian War	Ukraine	Russia	Also called a "rebirth," or a war of independence from Russia by some Ukrainian sources.
2014–2022	War in Donbas	Donetsk Luhansk	Ukraine	Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War; recognition of independence by Russia on 21 February 2022; annexed by Russia on September the same year
2017–ongoing	Anglophone Crisis	Ambazonia	Cameroon	Ongoing
2020–ongoing	Western Togoland Rebellion	Western Togoland	Ghana	Ongoing

See also

• Lists of active separatist movements
• List of civil wars
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
• List of Wars of National liberation