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This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Chancellor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) | North German Confederation
(after 18 January 1871) | French Third Republic (Government of National Defense) | Victory
| Wilhelm I |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Reichskanzler (Imperial chancellor) | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nauruan Civil War (1878–1888) | Supporters of King Aweida Germany | Anti-Aweida Rebels | Victory
| ? | |
First Samoan Civil War (1886–1894) | Supporters of Laupepa Germany | Supporters of Mata'afa | Compromise
| ||
Abushiri Revolt (1888–1889) | Germany United Kingdom | Arab Rebels led by al-Harthi | Victory
| ? | |
Hehe Rebellion (1891–1898) | Germany | Hehe | Victory
| ? | |
Bafut Wars (1891–1907) | Germany | Fondom of Bafut | Victory
| ? | |
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) | Cretan revolutionaries Kingdom of Greece British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898) German Empire (until March 16, 1898) | Ottoman Empire | Victory
| ? | |
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) | Supporters of Mata'afa Germany | Supporters of Tanumafili I United States United Kingdom | Compromise | ? | |
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) | Russia Japan United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy | Yihetuan Movement China | Victory
| ? | |
Adamawa Wars (1899–1907) | Germany United Kingdom | Sokoto Caliphate Mahdist rebels | Victory
| ? | |
Venezuelan Crisis (1902–1903) | United Kingdom Germany Italy | Venezuela | Compromise
| ? | |
Kavango Uprising [14] (1903) | German Empire | Kavango rebels | Victory
| ? | |
Herero Wars (1904–1908) | Germany | Herero Namaqua | Victory | 1,541 dead [15] | |
Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1908) | Germany | Qadiriyya Brotherhood Matumbi Ngoni Yao | Victory
| 397 dead [16] | |
Sokehs Rebellion (1910–1911) | Germany | Sokehs tribe | Victory
| 5 dead [17] | |
World War I (1914–1918) | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | France United Kingdom Russia (withdrew) United States Italy Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Belgium Romania Greece Portugal Brazil Nepal Japan China Siam Hejaz | Defeat
| 2,198,420 to 2,800,720 dead [18] | |
Finnish Civil War |
| Victory
| 450–500 killed in action | ||
Ukrainian War of Independence | Victory (The Bolsheviks were forced out of Ukraine as long as Germany was stationed there) | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Reichskanzler | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
German Revolution (1918–1919) | Germany | Revolutionaries | Government victory
| ? | |
Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) | Germany | POW | Defeat
| ? | |
Lithuanian–Soviet War | Victory | ? | |||
First Silesian Uprising (1919) | Germany | POW-GS | Victory
| ? | |
Kapp Putsch | Weimar Republic
| Putschists | Government victory
| ? | |
Ruhr Uprising (1920) | Germany | Ruhr Red Army | Government victory
| 1,600+ (Both combatants) | |
Second Silesian Uprising (1920) | Germany | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire
| ? | |
March Action | Germany | Communist Party Communist Workers Party | Government victory | 31 Police dead | |
Third Silesian Uprising (1921) | Germany | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire
| ? | |
Hamburg Uprising | Weimar Republic | Communist Party of Germany | Government victory | 17 dead, 61 civilians dead |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Führer | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
German involvement in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) | Spanish Nationalists Italy Germany Portugal | Spanish Republicans International Brigades | Victory
| ~300 killed [20] | |
Sudeten Germans
Supported by: | Czechoslovakia | Defeat | ca.200 | ||
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1939) | Germany Hungary Poland | Czechoslovakia | Victory
| 21 killed and wounded [21] | |
World War II (1939–1945) | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Thailand | Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Nepal Philippines Mongolia | Defeat
| 6,900,000 to 7,400,000 dead [22] |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Leadership of East Germany | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East German uprising of 1953 (1953) | Demonstrators | Victory | 5 police killed | ||
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor) | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gulf War | Coalition:
| Iraq | Victory | ? | |
Operation Deliberate Force (1995) | NATO
| Republika Srpska | Victory | None | |
Operation Allied Force (1999) | NATO | FR Yugoslavia | Victory
| None | |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan ISAF | Taliban al-Qaeda | Taliban victory
| 59 dead [24] | |
War on ISIL (2015–present) | Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan CJTF–OIR | ISIL al-Qaeda | Ongoing
| See below [lower-alpha 10] | |
Mali War (2017–2023) | Mali MINUSMA | al-Qaeda | Compromise
| 2 dead [25] |
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