This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
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Egypto-Nubian conflict (c. 3100–3000 BC) | First Dynasty of Egypt | A-Group culture (Nubia) | Victory | Djer or Djet [2] | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia and Libya (c. 2600 BC) [3] [4] [5] | Fourth Dynasty of Egypt | Nubians, Libyans | Victory
| Sneferu | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC) [6] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various peoples in Lower Nubia. | Victory
| Senusret I | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC) [7] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various Nubian peoples | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC) | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Shechem Retjenu | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theban-Hyksos conflict | Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt | Hyksos | Victory
| Seqenenre Tao,Kamose, Ahmose I | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egyptian Campaign in the Levant (1458–1457 BC) | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Canaanites Kadesh Megiddo Kingdom of Mitanni Hurrians | Victory
| Thutmose III | 4,000 at the Battle of Megiddo |
Egyptian-Hittite conflict | Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Hittites | inconclusive [11]
| Seti I, Ramses II | ? |
Sea Peoples' invasion of Egypt | Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt | Sea Peoples | Victory | Ramses III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egyptian campaign against the Kingdom of Judah | Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Kingdom of Judah | Victory | Necho II | Undetermined, but low |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses |
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Third Crusade (1189–1192) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Angevin Empire | Stalemate
| Saladin | ? |
Crusade of 1197 (1197–1198) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat
| Al-Aziz Uthman | ? |
Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire | Victory
| Al-Kamil | ? |
Sixth Crusade (1228–1229) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire | Stalemate Diplomatic Crusader victory
| Al-Kamil | ? |
Baron's Crusade (1239–1241) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Kingdom of Jerusalem | Defeat
| As-Salih Ayyub | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses | |
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World War I (1914–1918) | France
Russia | German Empire | Victory
| Hussein Kamel | 14,763+ | |
Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition (1916) | Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
| 5 | |||
Egyptian Revolution (1919) | British Empire | Rebels | Diplomatic Revolutionary Victory
| Fuad I | 800 | |
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Military | Civilians | ||||||
Suez Crisis (1956) | Republic of Egypt | Israel United Kingdom France | Inconclusive Coalition military victory [24] [25] [26]
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Hakim Amer | 1,650– 3,000 | ~1,000 |
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Military | Civilians | ||||||
North Yemen Civil War (1962–1967) | Yemen Arab Republic United Arab Republic | Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia | Stalemate
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Wahab el-Beshry | 26,000 dead [27] | None |
Sand War (1963) | Algeria United Arab Republic | Morocco | Stalemate
| Unknown | None | ||
Six-Day War (1967) | United Arab Republic Syria Jordan Iraq Lebanon | Israel | Defeat
| Shams Badran | 9,800–15,000 killed or missing [28] [29] | Unknown | |
War of Attrition (1967–1970) | United Arab Republic Soviet Union PLO Jordan | Israel | Both sides claimed victory
| Mohamed Fawzi | 2,882 [30] –10,000 [31] | ||
Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) | Nigeria United Arab Republic | Biafra | Victory(Limited Involvement) | Unknown | None | ||
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