List of military conflicts spanning multiple wars
Early histories of a war typically describe the war as it was declared by the states involved. It is not uncommon for later historians to group together a series of wars over a long period or spread over several theaters as part of a broader conflict or strategic campaign. The most familiar of these in the present day is probably the Cold War and the War on terror, which included the Korean War (1950–1953) (Cold War), the Vietnam War (1965–1973) (Cold War), the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991) (Cold War), the War in Afghanistan (2001–2016) (War on terror), and the Iraq War (2003–2011) (War on terror) to name these five wars during the Cold War and the War on terror. These groupings provide useful context for the wars involved. Note that some groupings overlap time periods and its possible for more than one war to be going on at the same time.
499 BC – 448 BC
Greco-Persian Wars
322 BC - 275 BC
Wars of the Diadochi
274 BC - 168 BC
Syrian Wars
264 BC – 146 BC
Punic Wars
66 BC – 628 AD
Roman–Persian Wars
1955–present
Sudanese civil wars
1996–present
Congo wars
133 BC–89 AD
Han–Xiongnu War
109 BC–108 BC
Gojoseon–Han War
220–280
Wars of the Three Kingdoms (China)
588–630
Göktürk–Persian wars
598–614
Goguryeo–Sui Wars
629-630
Tang conquest of the Eastern Turks
645–668
Goguryeo–Tang Wars
657
Tang conquest of the Western Turks
1206–1279
Mongol invasion of China
1231–1259
Mongol invasions of Korea
1274–1281
Mongol invasions of Japan
1592–1598
Japanese invasions of Korea
1627–1636
Manchu invasions of Korea
1747–1793
Ten Great Campaigns
1894–1945
Sino-Japanese wars
1902-1932
Unification Wars of Arabia
1920–present
Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
1930–1939
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
1941–1945 also includes a small piece of Oceania Region but mainly an Asian war.
Pacific War
1948–present
Arab–Israeli conflict
1950–1953
Korean War
1955–1975
Vietnam War
1961-1997
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
1962
Sino-Indian War
1978–present
Afghan Civil War
2012–present
Arab Winter
1607–1891
Kingdom of England, and United States, versus Native Americans
1689–1763
French and Indian Wars
1754–1814
Sixty Years' War
1775-1783
American Revolutionary War
1803-1815
Napoleonic Wars
58 BC – 50 BC
Gallic Wars
1142–1445
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars
1296–1363
Wars of Scottish Independence
Hundred Years' War
1438–1552
Russo-Kazan Wars
1455–1485
Wars of the Roses
1494–1559
Italian Wars
1496–1809
Russo-Swedish wars
1507–1572
Russo-Crimean Wars
1562–1598
French Wars of Religion
1637–1652 (Europe)
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
1648–1667
The Deluge
1754–1763
Seven Years' War
1792–1802
French Revolutionary Wars
1848–1866
Italian Independence wars
1912–1913
Balkan Wars
1941–1944 (Finland-USSR)
Continuation War
1941–1945
Great Patriotic War
1991–2001
Yugoslav Wars
1914–1918
World War I
1939–1945
World War II
1945–1992
Cold War
2001–present