List of wars involving Belgium

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This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Belgium and its colonial empire .

StartFinishName of ConflictBelligerents (excluding Belgium)Outcome
AlliesEnemies
17891790 Brabant Revolution Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg United Belgian States Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Austria Austrian victory
  • Revolution suppressed
18301839 Belgian Revolution Flag of Belgium (1830).svg Belgian rebels

Flag of France.svg France

Flag of the Netherlands.svg United Kingdom of the Netherlands Treaty of London:
  • Recognition by the European powers of the independence and neutrality of Belgium
18321834 Liberal Wars Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portugal

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain

Flag Portugal (1707).svg Miguelites
Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored
18611867 French intervention in Mexico Imperial Standard of Mexico (1864-1867).svg Mexican Empire

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Egypt Eyalet
Coat of arms of the January Uprising.svg Polish Revolutionaries

Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg United Mexican States

US flag 36 stars.svg United States of America (entered in 1865)

French withdrawal, Republican victory
18811899 Mahdist War Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Kingdom of Italy
Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Congo Free State
Ethiopian Pennants.svg Ethiopian Empire
Flag of Sudan.svg Mahdist Sudanese Anglo-Egyptian victory
18911892 Stairs Expedition to Katanga Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Congo Free State
supported by:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Yeke state of Msiri Congo Free State victory
  • Msiri killed, Mukanda-Bantu becomes vassal prince
  • Belgium acquires the colony of Katanga
18921894 Belgo-Arab War Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Congo Free State Flag of Muscat.svg Zanzibari slave traders Congo Free State victory
18951895 Luba rebellion Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Congo Free State
supported by:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Luba rebelsCongo Free State victory
  • Many Luba men had to perform forced labour in the Katanga mines [1]
18951908 Batetela Rebellions Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Congo Free State
Batetela people
Congo Free State victory
19051917 Kasongo Nyembo rebellion [1] Flag of the Congo Free State.svg Congo Free State (until 1908)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Luba rebels led by Kasongo Nyembo Belgian victory
19141918 World War I Allies :

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire (1914–17)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (1917–18)
and others

Central Powers

Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kingdom of Bulgaria (1915–18)

Allied victory
19141918 East African campaign
(part of World War I)
Allies :

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium

Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

Central Powers

Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire

Allied victory
10 May
1940
28 May
1940
Battle of Belgium

(part of World War II )

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of France.svg France

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg

Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Nazi Germany Belgian surrender and German occupation of Belgium
19401945 World War II Allies Axis powers Allied victory
19501953 Korean War Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations (UN Resolution 84)Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Ceasefire
19591962 Rwandan Revolution Independence of the Republic of Rwanda
Independence of the Kingdom of Burundi
19601966 Congo Crisis Flag of Katanga.svg Katanga

Flag of South Kasai.svg South Kasai

Flag of Congo-Leopoldville (1960-1963).svg Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)

Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations (United Nations Operation in the Congo)

Withdrawal of Belgian Armed Forces
19781978 Shaba II Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of the United States.svg United States

FLNC Congo.svg Front for the National Liberation of the Congo Franco-Belgian victory
19901991 Gulf War Coalition forces Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Ba'athist Iraq Coalition victory
19912003 Iraqi no-fly zones Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France.svg France (1991–1998)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Ba'athist Iraq Coalition victory
19921995 Somali Civil War Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of India.svg India
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Somalia.svg United Somali Congress Victory
  • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
  • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
  • Civil war is ongoing.
19981999 Kosovo War UCK KLA.svg Kosovo Liberation Army

Flag of Albania.svg Albania
Flag of NATO.svg NATO force

Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Federal Republic of Yugoslavia NATO victory
20012021 War in Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan (2001-2002).svg Afghanistan

Flag of the United States.svg United States
ISAF-Logo.svg ISAF

Flag of the Taliban.svg Taliban Taliban victory
2011 2011 military intervention in Libya Flag of Libya.svg National Transitional Council

Flag of NATO.svg NATO forces

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Fall of Gaddafi régime
2014ongoing 2014 military intervention against ISIS Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ongoing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Appiah, Anthony; Henry Louis Gates (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Volume 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 656. ISBN   9780195170559 . Retrieved 5 August 2020.