List of wars involving Cyprus

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

Victory of Cyprus (and allies)

Defeat of Cyprus (and allies)

Another result*

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

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Greco-Persian Wars	Greek city-states: Athens Sparta Thespiae Thebes Cyprus Delian League Various other Greek city-states	Achaemenid Empire (Persia) Allied subordinate states: Halicarnassus Thessaly Boeotia Thebes Macedon	Greek victory ^[1]
Kitos War	Roman Empire: Roman Cyprus	Jewish/Judean zealots	Roman victory
Fifth Crusade (1217–1221)	Crusaders: Holy Roman Empire Austria Tyrol Bavaria Merania Thuringia Holland Baden Cologne Brixen Passau Genoa Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Hungary Croatia Halych Kingdom of France Flanders Rodez Papal States Levantine Crusader states: Kingdom of Jerusalem Kingdom of Cyprus Balkan Crusader states: Latin Empire Crusading orders: Knights Templar Teutonic Order Knights Hospitaller Muslim allies: Sultanate of Rûm	Muslim forces: Ayyubid Sultanate Damascus Homs Hama Aleppo Baalbek	Defeat Eight-year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders
War of the Lombards (1228–1243)	Kingdom of Cyprus Anti-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Republic of Genoa Knights Templar Papacy	Holy Roman Empire Pro-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Principality of Antioch and County of Tripoli Republic of Pisa Knights Hospitaller Teutonic Knights	Victory of anti-Imperial faction of local barons
Lord Edward's crusade (1271–1272)	Kingdom of England Kingdom of Cilician Armenia Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Military orders Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller Teutonic Order Ilkhanate	Mamluk Sultanate Bahris	Inconclusive Jerusalem remains under Muslim control Treaty of Caesarea Siege of Tripoli, Lebanon lifted Mamluk fleet destroyed. Ten-year truce between Mamluks and Crusaders
Smyrniote crusades (1343–1351)	Republic of Venice Knights Hospitaller Kingdom of Cyprus Dauphiné of Viennois Papal States	Emirate of Aydin	Inconclusive
Alexandrian Crusade (9–12 October 1365)	Kingdom of Cyprus Republic of Venice Knights Hospitaller	Mamluk Sultanate	Crusader victory
Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959)	EOKA	United Kingdom Cyprus Colony Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) Turkey TMT	Cypriot victory^[2] Independence achieved EOKA was not defeated Britain retaining control of two Sovereign Base Areas, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Cyprus crisis of 1963–64	Cyprus	TMT Turkey (1964)	End of Turkish Cypriot participation in government Establishment of Green Line and partition of Nicosia Turkish Cypriot population movement into enclaves Deployment of UNFICYP in 1964^[3]
Cyprus crisis of 1967	Cyprus Greece	TMT Turkey	Greek Cypriot control of Agios Theodoros and Kophinou General Georgios Grivas and 12,000 Greek troops removed from Cyprus^[4]
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)	Cyprus Greece	Turkey TMT	Defeat^[5] Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus.^[6]

Other armed conflicts involving Cyprus

Ionian Revolt 499-493 BC
Raid on Larnaca Airport 1978

References

^ "Greco-Persian Wars | Definition, Summary, Facts, Effects, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica.
^ Jackson, Richard (2016). Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies (1st ed.). London. p. 292. ISBN 978-1138601147. In the minds of the victorious EOKA fighters, the history of the struggle is objective and fixed{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "UNFICYP Background - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28.
^ Mallinson, William (30 October 2008). Cyprus: A Modern History. I.B.Tauris. pp. 41, 51. ISBN 9780857730732 – via Google Books.
^ Fortna, Virginia Page (2004). Peace Time: Cease-fire Agreements and the Durability of Peace. Princeton University Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780691115122.
^ "Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Brussels - General Information". www.mfa.gov.cy.

[1] "Greco-Persian Wars | Definition, Summary, Facts, Effects, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica.

[2] Jackson, Richard (2016). Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies (1st ed.). London. p. 292. ISBN 978-1138601147. In the minds of the victorious EOKA fighters, the history of the struggle is objective and fixed{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[3] "UNFICYP Background - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28.

[4] Mallinson, William (30 October 2008). Cyprus: A Modern History. I.B.Tauris. pp. 41, 51. ISBN 9780857730732 – via Google Books.

[5] Fortna, Virginia Page (2004). Peace Time: Cease-fire Agreements and the Durability of Peace. Princeton University Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780691115122.

[6] "Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Brussels - General Information". www.mfa.gov.cy.

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