This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic.
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum , result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis (1823) Location: Spain |  Kingdom of France  Armée de la Foi | Partisans of the Cortes | French and Spanish Royalist victory |
| Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location: Greece | 1821: Filiki Eteria  Greek revolutionariesAfter 1822:  Hellenic Republic Supported by:  Romanian Revolutionaries (1821) Philhellenes  United Kingdom (after 1826) Russian Empire (after 1826) Kingdom of France (after 1826) Serb and Montenegrin volunteers |  Ottoman Empire | Greek victory
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| Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa |  France | Trarza | French victory |
| Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1825) Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Empire of Brazil France United Kingdom | Irish mercenaries German mercenaries | Revolt suppressed |
| July Revolution (July 1830) Location: France | Bourbon Restoration (Legitimists) | Orléanists | Orléanist victory
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Wars (1828–34) Location: Portugal |  Liberals Supported by: |  Miguelites Supported by: | Liberal victory |
| French conquest of Algeria (1827–1830–1857) Location: Regency of Algiers |  France |  Ottoman Empire | French victory |
| Belgian Revolution (1830–31) Location: The Low Countries |  Belgian rebels France |  United Netherlands | Franco-Belgian victory
|
| June Rebellion (1832) Location: Paris, France | July Monarchy |  Republicans | Orléanist victory, rebellion crushed |
| First Carlist War (1833–1840) Location: Spain | Liberals Supported by: France United Kingdom Portugal (from 1834) |  Carlists Supported by: Portugal (until 1834) | French and Liberal victory |
| First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839) Location: Mexico | France |  Mexico | French victory
|
| Uruguyan Civil War (1839–1851) Location: Uruguay |  Colorados
|
| Colorado victory |
| Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) Location: The Levant | Ottoman victory
| ||
| First Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Location: Morocco | France | French victory | |
| Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) Location: Tahiti | France | French victory | |
| Bombardment of Tourane (1847) Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam | France | Nguyễn dynasty | French victory |
| French Revolution of 1848 (February 1848) | July Monarchy Supported by: United Kingdom | Republican victory
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| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) |  Austrian Empire  Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia France (1849) |  Kingdom of Sardinia Supported by: | French-Austrian Victory
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| June Days uprising (June 1848) Location: France | French Second Republic |  Socialist rebels | Second Republic victory
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| French invasion of Honolulu (1849) | France |  Hawaiian Kingdom | Victory |
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina | Vichy France |  Thailand | Inconclusive
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| War in Vietnam (1945–1946) Location: Vietnam | France British Empire  Japan Allied captured soldiers. |  Việt Minh | Operational success
|
| First Indochina War (1946–1954) Location: French Indochina
| France
Supported by: | Viet Minh
Supported by: | French defeat
|
| Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948) Location: Madagascar | France |  MDRM | French victory
|
| Korean War (1950–1953) Location: Korea |  South Korea  United States United Kingdom  Australia  Belgium  Canada France  Philippines  Colombia  Ethiopia Greece  Luxembourg Netherlands  New Zealand  South Africa  Thailand  Turkey |  North Korea  China  Soviet Union | UN Victory
|
| Algerian War (1954–1962) Location: Algeria | France |  FLN | French defeat
|
| Bamileke War (1955–1964) Location: French Cameroon | Before 1960 France |  UPC | French-Cameroonian victory |
| Suez Crisis (1956) Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez Canal zone) |  Israel  United Kingdom  France |  Egypt | Coalition military victory Egyptian political victory |
| Ifni War (1957–1958) Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco  |  Spain France |  Moroccan Army of Liberation | Franco-Spanish victory |
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location: Basque country |  Spain | Neo-fascist paramilitaries:
Basque National Liberation Movement:
| Victory |
| Bizerte crisis (1961) | France |  Tunisia | French victory |
| Sand War (1963–1964) | Morocco Support:  France [29] |  Algeria Support:  Egypt [30]  Cuba [31] | Military stalemate [32]
|
| Dirty War (1974–1983) Location: Argentina |  Argentina
Supported by: |  ERP
| Argentine government victory
|
| Western Sahara War (1975–1991) Location: Western Sahara | Morocco  Mauritania (1975–1979) France (1977–78) Operation Lamantin, aid from 1978)Supported by:  Saudi Arabia  United States |  Western Sahara
| Inconclusive
|
| Angolan Civil War (1975–2002) Location: Angola |  UNITA  FNLA (1975–1978) South Africa(1975–1991) Zaire(1975)Supported By United States (1975–1991) Morocco (1970s) China (1975) FLEC Material support: France |  MPLA  Cuba(1975–1991) SWAPO (1975–1991) ANC(1975–1991)Executive Outcomes (1993–1995)  FLNC (1975–2001) Namibia (2001–2002)Material support:  Soviet Union (1975–1991) Yugoslavia (1975–1991) North Korea (1980s) Brazil  Mexico | MPLA Victory |
| Corsican conflict (1976–present) Location: Corsica | France | Corsican nationalist paramilitaries
| Ongoing
|
| Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire | France  Zaire Morocco  Egypt Belgium Supported by: United States China Saudi Arabia  Sudan  Nigeria |  Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)Supported by:  Angola Soviet Union  East Germany | Zairian victory |
| Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) Location: Chad |  Anti-Libyan Chadian factions
|  Libya
| Chadian-French victory
|
| Shaba II (1978) | France Zaire Belgium Morocco United States Supported by China | Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by Angola Cuba (alleged) Soviet Union (alleged) | Zairian victory |
| Rwandan Civil War (1990−1994) Location: Rwanda |  Rwanda Zaire (1990) France |  Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) | Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and |  Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia  Egypt France  Syria Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Canada  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Bangladesh  Italy Australia Netherlands |  Iraq | Coalition victory
|
| Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Location: Northern Djibouti |  Djibouti Supported by : France |  FRUD | Franco-Djiboutian victory
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| Bosnian War (1992–1995) Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Herzeg-Bosnia  Croatia Support:  NATO |  Republika Srpska  Serbian Krajina  Western Bosnia (from 1993)Support:  FR Yugoslavia | Croatian and Bosnian victory |
| Kosovo War (1998–1999) Location: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (then part of Serbia) |  KLA Belgium Canada  Denmark France  Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands  Norway  Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom  United States | FR Yugoslavia | NATO Victory |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Location: Afghanistan |  ISAF |  Taliban  al-Qaeda | Taliban victory
|
| Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) | Algeria  Mauritania Tunisia  Libya  Mali  Niger Chad France Turkey | al-Qaeda | Ongoing |
| First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location: Ivory Coast  |  Ivory Coast Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported by: Russia  Bulgaria  Belarus | Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire | Victory |
| Haitian coup d'état (2004) Location: Haiti |  National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti | Republic of Haiti | Victory |
| Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Location: Chad | Chad France NMRD  JEM | Rebels Janjaweed Alleged support: Sudan (until 2010) | Victory |
| Somali Civil War (2009–present) Location: Somalia |  Somalia United States  European Union | Al-Qaeda | Ongoing |
| Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: Northeast Nigeria | Nigeria  Cameroon Chad Niger Turkey Supported by:  Benin Canada China France  Iran  Israel Italy Spain United Kingdom United States | Boko Haram | Ongoing |
| Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011) Location: Ivory Coast | New Forces Liberian mercenaries RDR  UNOCI France | Military of Ivory Coast Liberian mercenaries Young Patriots of Abidjan Ivorian Popular Front | Victory |
| First Libyan Civil War (2011) Location: Libya  | NATO | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
| Victory
|
| Northern Mali Conflict (2012–2022) Location: Northern Mali | Government of Mali |  National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)
| Mixed Results
|
| Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2021) Location: Central African Republic  |  Central African Republic MINUSCA (since 2014)MISCA (2013–2014) MICOPAX (2013)
|  FPRC UPC MPC | France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021. [37] |
| Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Location: Iraq |  Iraq  CJTF–OIR |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Victory |
| Opération Chammal (2014–present)  | France | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syria | Ongoing
|
| Operation Aspides (19 February 2024 – present) Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Yemen | European Union |  Yemen (SPC)
| Ongoing |
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Duchy of Modena and the 
Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Campo Formio with France.
Republic of Genoa and the 
Republic of Venice, as well the 
Grand Duchy of Tuscany, were conquered following Napoleon's invasion in 1796 and became French satellite states. The 
Principality of Monaco had been annexed in 1793. Even 
Switzerland began to be involved into the conflict through its associated Three Leagues that lost the Val Telline.L'armée française était en 1963 présente en Algérie et au Maroc. Le gouvernement français, officiellement neutre, comme le rappelle le Conseil des ministres du 25 octobre 1963, n'a pas pu empêcher que la coopération très étroite entre l'armée française et l'armée marocaine n'ait eu quelques répercussions sur le terrain. == The French Army was in 1963 present in Algeria and Morocco. The French government, officially neutral, as recalled by the Council of Ministers on October 25, 1963, could not prevent the very close cooperation between the French army and the Moroccan army from having some repercussions on the ground.
In this instance, unlike several others, the Cubans did no fighting; Algeria concluded an armistice with the Moroccan king.
