Major Asian Wars in WWI & WWII

Major wars

During the World Wars, Asia was reshaped by global conflicts and regional struggles. Key campaigns like Tsingtao and Gallipoli altered Middle Eastern and East Asian dynamics. The Asian theater expanded into the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War, dismantling traditional imperial control.

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1877	Russo-Turkish War (Period: April 1877 – March 1878)
1898	Conflict with Armed Bands in Macedonia (Period: 1898–1908 approximately)
1903	Fighting against Armed Bands in Macedonia (Period: Around 1903–1908)
1908	Young Turk Revolution (Period: June – July 1908) Armed Uprising Accompanying the Young Turk Revolution (Period: June – July 1908)
1910	Yemen Rebellion (Period: 1910–1913)
1911	Italo-Turkish War (Period: September 29, 1911 – October 18, 1912) Italo-Turkish War (Period: September 1911 – October 1912)
1912	First Balkan War (Period: October 1912 – May 1913)
1913	Second Balkan War (Period: June – August 1913)
1914	World War I (Period: 1914–1918) Caucasus Campaign (Period: November 1914 – end of 1918) Sarikamish Operation (Period: December 22, 1914 – January 17, 1915 approximately)
1915	Sinai and Palestine Campaign (Period: 1915–1918) Gallipoli Campaign (Period: April 25, 1915 – January 9, 1916)
1916	Basmachi Movement (Period: 1916 – 1930s (Enver's participation 1921–1922))
1918	Franco-Turkish War (Period: December 1918 – October 1921)
1919	Resistance Movement Against French Mandate in Syria (Period: c. 1919–1920) Turkish War of Independence (Period: May 1919 – October 1922) Greco-Turkish War (Period: May 1919 – October 1922) Turkish-Greek War (Period: May 1919 – September 1922)
1920	Armed Conflicts Between Arabs and Jews in Palestine (Period: 1920–1939) Armenian-Turkish War (Period: September – December 1920)
1921	Russian Civil War and Central Asian Anti-Bolshevik Struggle (Period: 1921–1922 (the Basmachi movement itself continued from around 1916 to the 1930s))
1936	Arab Revolt in Palestine (Period: 1936–1939)
1939	World War II (Period: 1939–1945) World War II - Middle East Theatre (Period: 1939–1945)
1941	Anglo-Iraqi War (Period: April–May 1941)
1947	First Arab-Israeli War (Period: 1947–1949) 1948 Palestine War (Period: 1947–1949) 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine (Period: November 1947–May 1948)
1949	Arab-Israeli Conflict and Retaliatory Operations (Period: 1949–1956)
1956	Suez Crisis (Second Arab-Israeli War, Period: October–November 1956)
1967	War of Attrition (Period: 1967–1970)
1973	Yom Kippur War (Fourth Arab-Israeli War, Period: October 6–October 25, 1973)

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