The following is a list of wars involving Azania. It includes wars involving both the Eseningizimu Confederacy and the various Pre-Azanian indigenous states.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
First Portuguese War (1622-1624) Location: Southern Africa, Eastern Africa Kongolese troops being inspected by King Pedro II
| Eseningizimu Confederacy Kingdom of Kongo Nguni Kingdom Kingdom of Mutapa
| Kingdom of Portugal Angola Mozambique
| Inconclusive |
Second Portuguese War (1641-1665) Part of the Dutch-Portuguese War Location: Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Atlantic Ocean Dutch and Portuguese ships engaged in battle off the coast of Luanda
| Eseningizimu Confederacy Kingdom of Kongo Nguni Kingdom Kingdom of Mutapa
Dutch Republic | Kingdom of Portugal Angola Mozambique
| Victory Angola ceded to Kongo Mozambique ceded to Mutapa Luanda and Benguela ceded to the Dutch Republic Kongolese territory north of the Congo River lost to Portugal Slavery outlawed in the Kingdom of Kongo
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Kasanje War (1671-1673) Location: Central Africa Lunda soldiers during the Battle of Kwango River
| Luba-Lunda Eseningizimu Confederacy Kingdom of Kongo Nguni Kingdom Kingdom of Mutapa
| Kasanje Kingdom | Victory Dissolution of the Kasanje Kingdom Territory of Kasanje divided amongst Luba-Lunda and Kongo Luba-Lunda joins the Eseningizimu Confederacy
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Butua War (1687-1688) Location: Southeastern Africa The execution of Kaabiyya, last king of Butua, after the Sack of Khami
| Kingdom of Mutapa | Kingdom of Butua | Victory |
Sometimes informally known as the Four Kingdoms Period, the 18th century was an era of relative peace in pre-Azanian history. Each constituent kingdom of the Eseningizimu Confederacy reached the zenith of their power, each experiencing a period of hitherto unprecedented economic expansion and scientific, social, and cultural advancement. This peace was shattered by the events of the
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
Second Nguni Civil War (1804) | Eseningizimu Confederacy Nguni rebels Kingdom of Mutapa Kingdom of Kongo Luba-Lunda
Dutch Republic | Hlabathini loyalists | Victory Deposition and execution of Hlabathini End of Hlabathini's rein of terror Coronation of Shaka as king of the Nguni
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Battle of Blaauwberg Part of the Napoleonic Wars Location: Southern Africa, Atlantic Ocean Dutch and Nguni soldiers under fire from British ships as they defend Melkbosstrand from landing Royal Marines
| Dutch Republic Nguni Kingdom | United Kingdom | Defeat |
Eastern African War (1830-1833) Location: Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean An Azanian naval raid on an Eastern African slave trading town
| Azania | Arab slavers Zanzibar pirates Yao kingdoms | Victory Collapse of the Eastern African Slave Trade Zanzibar pirates defeated; end of piracy in Eastern Africa Annexation and dissolution of the Yao kingdoms Azanian expansion up to the Ruvuma River
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West African Patrol (1847-1870) Part of the Blockade of Africa Location: Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean, Central Africa, Western Africa Marines depart from the frigate ANS Ntlenyana during a raid on a town in the Slave Coast
| Azania United Kingdom United States | African slave traders | Victory |
Anglo-Azanian War (1885-1890) Location: Southern Africa, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean Azanian artillerymen of F Battery, 1st Artillery Regiment, during the Battle of Elim
| Azania | United Kingdom British Southern Africa
| Victory |
Réunion Raid (1897) Location: Réunion, Indian Ocean | Azania | France Réunion
| Victory |
Franco-Azanian War (1897-1900) Location: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Madagascar
ANS Kammapa shelling the town of Toamasina | Azania | France | Inconclusive Treaty of Luanda France retains control of Madagascar Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, and the Scattered Islands ceded to Azania
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
Congo War (1905-1905) Location: Central Africa, Atlantic Ocean Azanian soldiers board a transport train to the Congo Free State
| Azania Congolese rebels | Congo Free State | Victory |
Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1945) Part of the Interwar and World War II Location: Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean An Italian ship sinking after an attack on an Italian convoy by the Azanian Navy in 1941
| Ethiopia Azania | Italy Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland
| Victory |
World War II (1939-1945) Location: Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Middle East, Mediterranean, Northern Africa, Oceania Azanian M4 Shermans in North Africa in 1942
| Soviet Union United States United Kingdom Azania China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Chile Peru Ethiopia Mongolia Philippines Viet Minh KLA | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Albania Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang | Victory Azania granted UN trusteeships over Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, British Somaliland, Kenya, Tanganyika, French Congo, and Madagascar
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Korean War (1950-1953) Location: Korea Azanian fighter jets in Korea, 1953
| South Korea United States United Kingdom Azania Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Thailand Turkey | North Korea China Soviet Union | Inconclusive |
Algerian War of Independence (1955-1962) Location: Algeria
Azanian Army Special Forces operatives in Algeria | FLN MNA PCA Azania
| France | Victory Military stalemate FLN political victory Évian Accords Algerian independence End of the French Colonial Empire Collapse of the Fourth French Republic Establishment of the Fifth Republic
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Togolese Intervention (1963-1964) Location: Togo Azanian soldiers in Lomé
| Togolese government Azania | Army faction | Victory |
Congolese Civil War (1963-1980) Location: Congo-Brazzaville An Azanian airbase in Brazzaville
| Congo-Brazzaville Azania Congo-Kinshasa Ethiopia Tanzania Madagascar | Congolese Party of Labour Soviet Union Libya Cuba North Korea Romania | Victory |
Ghanaian Intervention (1966-1967) Location:Ghana | Azania | Ghana | Victory |
Beninese Civil War (1972-1976) Location: Benin
An Azanian fighter firing rockets on PRBP positions during the Battle of Natitingou | Azania Benin | People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Soviet Union Cuba Libya North Korea | Inconclusive Luanda Accords PRPB lays down arms PRPB members granted amnesty Withdrawal of Soviet, Cuban, Libyan and North Korean forces Limited withdrawal of Azanian forces
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Central African Intervention (1972) Location: Central African Empire Azanian paratroopers land in Central Africa
| Azania Republican rebels | Central African Empire | Victory |
Equatoguinean Intervention (1973) Location: Equatorial Guinea | Azania Anti-Nguema rebels | Equatorial Guinea | Victory |
Azania-led Intervention in Chad (1975-1990) Part of the Chadian Civil War Location: Chad An Azanian fighter intercepts Libyan bombers over northern Chad, 1983
| Azania Egypt Nigeria Cameroon Central African Republic Sudan | Chad Chadian rebels France Libya | Victory |
Guinean War (1978-1980) Location: Guinea An Azanian Navy landing craft approaching Conakry during the amphibious assault on the city
| RPG Azania
| PDG-RDA Soviet Union China | Victory |
Bissau-Guinean Intervention (1980) Location: Guinea-Bissau | Azania | Revolutionary Council | Victory |
Agacher Strip War (1985-1986) Location: Burkina Faso, Mali Azanian troops firing artillery during combat operations in the Agacher Strip
| Burkina Faso Azania | Mali | Victory |
Burkinabé Intervention (1987-1988) Location: Burkina Faso | Azania Sankara loyalists | Burkina Faso | Victory |
Operation Nyundo (1988) Location: Ivory Coast, Liberia, Gulf of Guinea ANS Toamasina fires a missile at a target in Liberia
| Azania | Ivory Coast Liberia | Inconclusive |
Western Sahara War (1975-1991) Location: Western Sahara, Atlantic Ocean, Morocco
Azanian fighters during a combat air patrol over Western Sahara | Western Sahara
Azania Algeria | Morocco Mauritania (1975–1979) France (Until 1979)
| Victory Moroccan defeat Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords (1976) Mauritanian retreat and withdrawal of territorial claims (1978) Western Saharan independence
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African Union Intervention in Djibouti (1993-1994) Location: Djibouti Azanian naval infantrymen in Djibouti city during the Battle of Djibouti
| AUFID Azania Ethiopia Somalia Congo Sudan Tanzania Madagascar Egypt Kenya
| Djibouti | Victory Collapse of the French-backed People's Rally for Progress government Djiboutian transition to multi-party democracy Expulsion of French forces from Djibouti Djibouti joins the African Union
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