List of wars involving France

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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.

Contents

  French victory
  French defeat
  Another result *
  Ongoing conflict

*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

First French Republic (1792–1804)

ConflictAlliesOpponentsOutcome
French Revolution
(1789–1799)

Location: France

Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France Revolutionaries French Republican victory
War of the First Coalition
(1792–1797)

Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, West Indies

French satellites [a]

French naval allies

First Coalition
French victory; Treaty of The Hague, Treaty of Paris, Peaces of Basel, Treaty of Tolentino, Treaty of Campo Formio
War in the Vendée
(1793–1796)

Location: West France: Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Loire-Atlantique, Deux-Sèvres (or former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, Brittany)

Flag of France (1790-1794).svg French Republic

Drapeau Armee Catholique et Royale de Vendee3.svg Vendeans

French Republican victory
War of the Pyrenees
(1793-1795)

Location: Pyrenees

Flag of France official.svg French Republic

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal

French victory
Haitian Revolution
(1791–1804)

Location: Hispaniola

Collage of the Haitian Revolution Revolucion Haitiana.png
Collage of the Haitian Revolution
1791–17931793–17981798–18011802–18041791–17931793–17981798–18011802–1804

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain (1793–1798)

Haitian victory
French invasion of Switzerland
(1798)

Location: Old Swiss Confederacy

Flag of France official.svg  France

Early Swiss cross.svg  Switzerland

French victory
War of the Second Coalition
(1798–1802)

Location: Italy, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea

Flag of France official.svg French Republic
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
French client republics: [2]


Co-belligerent:
Flag of Mysore Hyder Ali & TipuSultan.png Mysore (Fourth Anglo-Mysore War until 1799) [j]

Second Coalition:
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire (until 1801) [k]

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom [7]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (until 1801) [8]
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire [9]
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg  Naples (until 1801) [10]
Flag Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal (until 1801) [11]
War Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1785-1802).svg Sardinia [12]


Co-belligerent:
Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States (Quasi-War until 1800) [l]

French victory
Peasants' War
(1798)

Location: Southern Netherlands annexed by the French Republic [m]

Flag of France.svg French Republic Blanc croix rouge.svg BrigandsFrench Republican victory
Quasi-War

(1798–1800) Location:Primarily Caribbean and East Coast of the United States, minor actions in Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea

Flag of France official.svg  France

Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States

Convention of 1800
War of the Oranges
(1801)

Location: Alentejo, Portugal
Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso, Brazil

Franco-Spanish victory in Europe
Portuguese victory in South America

  • Treaty of Badajoz
  • Question of Olivença
  • Territory of Brazil expanded
  • Portuguese territory returned, except Olivenza, and border territories, which remained in Spanish possession; France territorial guarantees in Trinidad, Port Mahon (Menorca) and Malta, as well as lands north of Brazil; Southern Spanish America loses territory to Portuguese Brazil

First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
War of the Third Coalition
(1803–1806)

Location: Central Europe, Italy and the Atlantic Ocean

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France

French victory
Franco-Swedish War
(1805–1810)

Location: Swedish Pomerania

Co-belligerents:

Co-belligerents:

French victory
Siege of Santo Domingo
(1805)

Location: Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo

France

Haiti

French victory
War of the Fourth Coalition
(1806–1807)

Location: Central Europe

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France

Fourth Coalition:

French victory
Gunboat War
(1807–1814)

Location: the North Sea and the Baltic Sea

Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway
Co-belligerent:
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire (1808–09)
Supported by:
Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Empire [13]

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Sweden (1808–09, 1813–1814)

Anglo-Swedish victory
Finnish War
(1808–1809)

Location: Finland and Sweden

Russian victory
Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809)
(1808–1809)

Location: Scandinavia

Supported by:

Co-belligerent:

Inconclusive
Peninsular War
(1808 [n] –1814 [o] )

Location: the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France

Coalition victory
War of the Fifth Coalition
(1809)

Location: Central Europe, Northern Italy, and the Low Countries

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France

Fifth Coalition

Rebel groups

French victory
Tyrolean Rebellion
(1809)

Location: Tyrol

AUT Tirol COA.svg Tyrolean civilian militia (Schützen) Supported by:
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire

French victory
French invasion of Russia
(1812)

Location: Russian Empire

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Empire
Banner of the Duchy of Warsaw.svg Duchy of Warsaw
Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg Naples

Early Swiss cross.svg Switzerland
Drapeau du regiment de Joseph Bonaparte.svg Regiment Joseph Napoleon (Spain) [14]
French allies:
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg  Prussia

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Russian victory
War of the Sixth Coalition
(1812–1814)

Location: Central and Eastern Europe, the Low Countries, and France

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France

Original coalition

After the Armistice of Pläswitz

After the Battle of Leipzig

After 20 November 1813

After January 1814

Coalition victory

Hundred Days
(1815) Location: France and the Netherlands

Coalition victory

Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
(1823)

Location: Spain

Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg  France
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Armée de la Foi

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Partisans of the Cortes

Spanish and French Bourbon royalist victory
Greek War of Independence
(18211829)

Location: Ottoman Greece (present-day Greece)

Greek Revolution flag.svg Greek Revolutionaries

After 1822:
Diplomatic support:

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire

Greek victory [q]
Franco-Trarzan War of 1825
(1825)

Location: Waalo, West Africa

Pavillon royal de France.svg Kingdom of France

Emirate of Trarza

French victory

Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt
(1828)

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil

Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Empire of Brazil
Flag of France (1814-1830).svg Kingdom of France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Irish mercenaries
German mercenaries

Revolt suppressed
July Revolution
(July 1830)

Location: Paris, Kingdom of France

Supported by:
Flag of France (1814-1830).svg Ultra-royalists
Flag of France (1814-1830).svg Doctrinaires (factions)

Revolutionary victory

July Monarchy (1830–1848)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
Liberal Wars
(1828–34)

Location: Portugal

Flag Portugal (1830).svg Liberals

Supported by:

Flag Portugal (1707).svg Miguelites

Supported by:

Liberal victory
French conquest of Algeria
(1830–1903)

Location: Algeria

Support:
Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco (1847)

Flag of the Emirate of Mascara.svg Emirate of Abdelkader
Drapeau Royaume Ait Abbas (Beni Abbes).svg Kingdom of Beni Abbas
Sultanate of Tuggurt
Kel Ahaggar
Awlad Sidi Shaykh
Various other tribal confederations
Various bandits
Support:
Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco (until 1844)

French victory
Belgian Revolution
(1830–31)

Location: The Low Countries

  • Flag of Belgium (1830).svg Belgian rebels
  • Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France (from 1831)

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Treaty of London
  • Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
June Rebellion
(1832)

Location: Paris

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg July Monarchy

Red flag.svg Republicans

Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
First Carlist War
(1833–1840)

Location: Spain

Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Liberals
Supported by:
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag Portugal (1830).svg Portugal (from 1834)
Flag of New Spain.svg Carlists
Supported by:
Flag Portugal (1707).svg Portugal (until 1834)
French and Liberal victory
First Franco-Mexican War
(1838–1839)

Location: Mexico

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg  France Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg Mexico French victory
  • Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
Uruguayan Civil War
(1839–1851)

Location: Uruguay

Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Colorados Colorado victory
First Franco-Moroccan War
(1844)

Location: Morocco

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg  France
French victory
Franco-Tahitian War
(1844–1847)

Location: Tahiti

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France French victory
Bombardment of Tourane
(1847)

Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg  France Nguyễn dynasty French victory
French Revolution of 1848
(February 1848)

Location: Paris, France

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg July Monarchy
  • Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Revolutionaries
Republican victory

Second French Republic (1848–1852)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
June Days uprising
(June 1848)

Location: France

Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Second Republic InsurgentsSecond Republic victory
  • New constitution adopted from the provisional government
First Italian War of Independence
(1848–1849)

Location: Lombardy; Rome

Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.svg Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France (1849)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Kingdom of Sardinia

Supported by:

French-Austrian Victory
  • Austria keeps Lombardy–Venetia
  • French victory over Roman Republic
    • Papal rule restored over Rome [19]
French invasion of Honolulu
(1849)

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaiian Kingdom Victory

Second French Empire (1852–1870)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
Soninke-Marabout War (Kombo)
(1850-1856)

Location: Kombo

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire

Kingdom of the Kombo (Soninke)

Marabout confederacy

French victory
Taiping Rebellion
(1850–1871)

Location: China

Qing victory
Bombardment of Salé
(1851)

Location: Morocco

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Flag of Morocco 1666 1915.svg Sherifian Empire French military victory
French political failure
  • Morocco agreed to pay 100,000 francs to the French on 29 November 1851 to avoid further conflict. [20]
  • France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur. [21]
Crimean War
(1853–1856)

Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain [r]
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Sardinia [s]
Supported by:
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
Thirdimamateflag.svg Caucasus Imamate [t]
Flag of Adygea.svg Circassia
Abkhazia [s]
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire Kurdish rebels
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece [u]
Allied victory
Second Opium War
(1857)

Location: China

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg United States
Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg Qing dynasty Allied victory
Siege of Medina Fort
(1857)

Location: Médine, Mali

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Toucouleur Empire French victory
Campagne de Kabylie (1857)
(1857)

Location: Algeria

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France Kabylie TribesFrench Victory
Cochinchina Campaign
(1858–1862)

Location: Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Second French Empire Nguyễn dynasty Franco-Spanish victory
Second Italian War of Independence
(1859)

Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Empire
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Kingdom of Sardinia
Supported By:
Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg United Principalities
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.svg Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Franco-Sardinian victory
Second Franco-Mexican War
(1862–1867)

Location: Mexico

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Imperial Standard of Mexico (1864-1867).svg Mexican Empire

Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary

Bandera Historica de la Republica Mexicana (1824-1918).svg United Mexican States
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg United States (from 1865) [22]
French defeat
  • Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire
  • French withdrawal following the continued loss of territory by Mexican Republic forces and American threats.
Shimonoseki Campaign
(1863–1864)

Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Empire
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg United States
Ichimonjimitsuboshi.svg Chōshū Domain Allied victory
French campaign against Korea
(1866)

Location: Korea

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Korea (1856).png Korea French defeat
  • French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
Garibaldi's expedition to Rome (1867)

Location: Rome

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg Papal States
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian volunteersFranco-Papal Victory
Franco-Prussian War
(1870–71)

Location: France

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of the German Empire.svg North German Confederation

Flag of Baden 1862.svg Grand Duchy of Baden
Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Flagge Konigreich Wurttemberg.svg Kingdom of Württemberg
Flag of Hesse.svg Grand Duchy of Hesse

French defeat
  • Dissolution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established

French Third Republic (1870–1940)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
Paris Commune
(1871)

Location: Paris

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Third Republic Socialist red flag.svg Communards
Socialist red flag.svg National Guards
Third Republic victory
Mokrani Revolt
(1871–1872)

Location: Algeria

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Algerian rebels:
Drapeau Royaume Ait Abbas (Beni Abbes).svg Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Sultanate of Tuggurt
Maghribi Kufic.jpg Algerian Zawiyas
Algerian peasantry
French victory
Annexation of the Leeward Islands
(1880–1897)

Location: Society Islands

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the Tahiti Protectorate 1843-1880.svg Tahiti (French protectorate)
Flag of Raiatea.svg Raiatea-Tahaa
Flag of Huahine.svg Huahine
Flag of Bora Bora.svg Bora Bora
French victory
French conquest of Tunisia
(1881)

Location: Tunisia

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Tunis Bey-fr.svg Beylik of Tunis French victory
  • Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
Mandingo Wars
(1883–1898)

Location: West Africa

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of the Wassoulou Empire.svg Wassoulou Empire French victory
First Madagascar expedition
(1883–1885)

Location: Madagascar

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Merina Kingdom flag.svg Merina Kingdom French victory
Sino-French War
(1884–1885)

Location: Southeast mainland China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg China
Black Flag Army
Nguyễn dynasty
Both sides declared victory
  • Limited "victory" for Qing forces on land (China won one battle at the end before suing for peace)
  • Defeat of Qing forces on Taiwan and surrounding islands
  • Collapse of Ferry's government in late March due to public opinion against the war
  • Treaty of Tientsin
  • China officially recognizes French domination over Vietnam
Tonkin Campaign
(1883–1886)

Location: Northern Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Qing dynasty
Black Flag Army Flag.jpg Black Flag Army
Flag placeholder.svg Nguyễn dynasty
French victory
First Franco-Dahomean War
(1890)

Location: Ouémé Department of modern Benin

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Ghezo of Dahomey.svg Dahomey French victory
  • Dahomey recognizes Porto-Novo as a French protectorate and gives up customs rights to Cotonou in exchange for yearly payment
Second Franco-Dahomean War
(1892–1894)

Location: Ouémé Department and Zou Department of modern Benin

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Ghezo of Dahomey.svg Dahomey French victory
  • Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate
Franco-Siamese conflict
(1893)

Location: French Indochina, Siam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Republic Flag of Thailand 1855.svg Siam French victory
First Italo-Ethiopian War
(1894–1896)

Location: Eritrea and Ethiopia

Ethiopian Pennants.svg  Ethiopia
Support:
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [23] [24] [25]
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France [26] [27]
Eritrean rebels [28]
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy Ethiopian victory
Second Madagascar expedition
(1894–1895)

Location: Madagascar

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Merina Kingdom flag.svg Merina Kingdom French victory
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)

Location: Crete

Arkadi Cretan flag.svg Cretan revolutionaries
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Kingdom of Greece
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898)
Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire (until March 16, 1898)
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire French victory
  • Establishment of the Cretan State.
  • Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.
Boxer Rebellion
(1899-1901)

Location: North China, Yellow Sea



Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Mutual Defence Pact of Southeast China (after 1900)

Eight-Nation Alliance victory
Rabih War
(1899–1901)

Location: West Africa

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Kanem flag from dulcerta 1339-pt.svg Kanem–Bornu Empire French victory
1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar
(1904–1905)

Location: Madagascar

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France RebelsFrench victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Ouaddai War
(1909–1911)

Location: Ouaddai Empire

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Ouaddai Empire French victory
French conquest of Morocco
(1911–1934)

Location: North Africa

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Zaian Confederation
Varying other Berber tribes
French victory
Zaian War
(1914–1921)

Location: French protectorate of Morocco

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Zaian Confederation
Varying other Berber tribes
Supported during the First World War by the Central Powers
French victory
First World War
(1914–1918)

Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America

Allied Powers

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire

Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan
Flag of the Republic of China 1912-1928.svg China
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg  Serbia
Flag of Montenegro (1905-1918).svg  Montenegro
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Central Powers

Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria

Allied victory
Volta-Bani War
(1915–1917)

Location: Burkino Faso, Mali

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuni, and Bobo peopleFrench victory
Kaocen revolt
(1916–1917)

Location: Northern Niger

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Tuareg guerrillasFrench victory
Thái Nguyên uprising
(1917–1918)

Location: Northern Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg Vietnamese rebelsFrench victory
  • Uprising suppressed.
Occupation of Constantinople
(1918–1923)

Location: Istanbul

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg  Greece
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States [29]
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan [29]
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Temporary occupation
November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-Lorraine

Location: Alsace-Lorraine

Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Third Republic Flag of the Republic of Alsace-Lorraine.svg Alsace-Lorraine Soviet RepublicThird Republic victory
Hungarian-Romanian War
(1918–1919)

Location: Hungary, and Transylvania

Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Supported by:
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg  Hungarian Republic
(until 21 March 1919)
Socialist red flag.svg Soviet Hungary
Supported by:
Flag RSFSR 1918.svg Soviet Russia
Romanian victory
Franco-Turkish War
(1918–1921)

Location: Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Ottoman flag alternative 2.svg Grand National Assembly French loss
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918–1920)

Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran

Flag of Russia.svg White Movement
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire

Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbia
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Flag of the Republic of China 1912-1928.svg China

Flag RSFSR 1918.svg Russian SFSR
Flag of Far Eastern republic.svg Far Eastern Republic
Flag of Latvian SSR 1919.svg Latvian SSR
Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1923-1927).svg Ukrainian SSR
Flag of CWP of Estonia.svg Commune of Estonia
Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1921-1924).svg Mongolian Communists

Allied withdrawal
  • Allied withdrawal from Russia
  • Bolshevik victory over White Army
German Revolution of 1918–1919
(1918–1919)

Location: German Empire

1918–1919:
Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic

Supported by:
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg France

Socialist red flag.svg FSR Germany
Supported by:
Flag RSFSR 1918.svg Russian SFSR
Weimar victory
Hungarian–Czechoslovak War
(1918–1919)

Location: Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Supported by:
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg  Hungarian Republic
(until 21 March 1919)
Socialist red flag.svg Soviet Hungary
(from 21 March 1919)
Supported by:
Flag RSFSR 1918.svg Soviet Russia
Czechoslovakian victory
1919 Luxembourgish rebellion
(January 1919)

Location: Luxembourg

Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Third Republic
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Comité de Salut Public (Luxembourg)  [ nl ]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Republic of Luxembourg
French and Luxembourgish monarchist victory
  • Luxembourgish republican and pro-Belgian rebellion suppressed (10 January 1919)
Polish-Soviet War
(1919–1921)

Location: Central and Eastern Europe

Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Belarusian PR
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia [v]
Flag of Ukrainian People's Republic 1917.svg Ukrainian People's Republic [w]
Supported by:
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France
Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg  Hungarian Republic
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Whites
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom [x]
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States [x]
Flag RSFSR 1918.svg Russian SFSR
Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-1927).svg Byelorussian SSR
Socialist red flag.svg Polrewkom
Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1927-1937).svg Ukrainian SSR
Polish victory
Bender Uprising
(1919)

Location: Tighina, Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova)

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Socialist red flag.svg Red Guards
Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1927-1937).svg Ukrainian SSR
Franco-Romanian victory
Franco-Syrian War
(1920)

Location: Syria

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Kingdom of Syria (1920-03-08 to 1920-07-24).svg Arab Kingdom of Syria
  • Arab militias
French victory
Rif War
(1920–1927)

Location: Morocco

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France (1925–1926)
Jebala tribes
Flag of the Republic of the Rif.svg Republic of the Rif
Jebala tribes
Franco-Spanish victory
Great Syrian Revolt
(1925–1927)

Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925. Damas en flamme.jpg
Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925.
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Syrian rebelsFrench victory
Kongo-Wara rebellion
(1928–1931)

Location: French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroon

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France

Fula people


Co-belligerents:
Gbaya chiefdoms

Gbaya people and clans

Co-belligerents:
Mbum people
Mbai people
Pana people
Yangere people
Mbimou people
Goundi people

French victory
Yên Bái mutiny
(1930)

Location: Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929 - 1945).svg Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng French victory
  • Uprising crushed
    VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities [30]
Second World War
(1939–1945)

Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Oceania, North and South America

Allied Powers

Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the Republic of China.svg China
Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg Free France
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico

Axis Powers

Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovakia
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo
Flag of the Mengjiang.svg Mengjiang

Allied victory

Vichy France (1940–1944)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
Franco-Thai War
(1940–1941)

Location: French Indochina

Flag of France (1794-1958).svg Vichy France Flag of Thailand (TIS 982 draft standard).svg Thailand Inconclusive
  • Japanese-mediated ceasefire
  • On Japanese decision, disputed territories in French Indochina ceded by France to Thailand

French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
War in Vietnam
(1945–1946)

Location: Vietnam

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Allied captured soldiers.
Flag of North Vietnam 1945-1955.svg Việt Minh Operational success
First Indochina War
(1946–1954)

Location: French Indochina

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Union

Supported by:

Flag of North Vietnam 1945-1955.svg Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Supported by:

DR Vietnamese victory [31] [32] [33] [34]
Malagasy Uprising
(1947–1948)

Location: Madagascar

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Madagascar.svg MDRM French victory
  • Uprising Crushed by French, various participants tried and executed
  • Scars on Malagasy society
Korean War
(1950–1953)

Location: Korea

Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
UN Victory
  • Ceasefire armistice
  • North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
  • UN invasion of North Korea repelled
  • Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled
  • Korean Demilitarized Zone established
  • Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border
Algerian War
(1954–1962)

Location: French Algeria


  • Flag of France.svg FAF
    (1960–61)
  • OAS Flag.svg OAS
    (1961–62)
Algerian victory
Bamileke War
(1955–1964)

Location: French Cameroon

Before 1960
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France

After 1960
Flag of Cameroon (1957).svg Cameroon [42]
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France

Socialist red flag.svg UPC French-Cameroonian victory
Suez Crisis
(1956)

Location: Egypt (from the Gaza Strip to the Suez Canal)

Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France.svg  France

Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt

Coalition military victory
Egyptian political victory
Ifni War
(1957–1958)

Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco

French wars since 1958 French wars since 1958.png
French wars since 1958
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of Morocco.svg Moroccan Army of Liberation Franco-Spanish victory

French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

ConflictFrance & alliesFrance's oppositionOutcome
Basque conflict
(1959–2011)

Location: Greater Basque Country (Spain, France)

Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svgFlag of Spain (1977-1981).svgFlag of Spain.svg Spain

Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France

Unaligned and anti-separatist paramilitary groups:


Basque National Liberation Movement:

Supported by:

Partial victory for the Spanish and French states; political gains for Basque nationalism

  • 2011: ETA declares definitive cessation of its armed activity
  • 2017: ETA fully disarms; 2018: group dissolves
  • Spanish and French governments maintain territorial integrity
  • Basque Autonomous Community regained broad self-government
  • Majority of Basques support peaceful political autonomy, not armed struggle
Bizerte crisis
(1961)

Location: Bizerte, Tunisia

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia French victory
Sand War
(1963–1964)

Location: Around the oasis towns of Tindouf and Figuig

Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Support:
Flag of France.svg France [45]
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Support:
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Egypt [46]
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba [47]
Military stalemate [48]
  • The closing of the border south of Figuig, Morocco/Béni Ounif, Algeria.
  • Morocco abandoned its intentions to control Béchar and Tindouf after OAU mediation.
  • No territorial changes were made.
  • Demilitarized zone established
Dirty War
(1974–1983)

Location: Argentina

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Supported by:

Bandera del ERP.svg ERP

Flag of Montoneros.svg Montoneros
Logo de las FAP.jpg FAP Supported by:
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba

Argentine government victory
Western Sahara War
(1975–1991)

Location: Western Sahara

Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg Mauritania (1975–1979)
Flag of France.svg France (1977–78) Operation Lamantin, aid from 1978)
Supported by:
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Western Sahara

Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Supported by:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (until 1984)
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea (from 1978)

Inconclusive
  • Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords (1976)
  • Mauritanian retreat and withdrawal of territorial claims
Angolan Civil War
(1975–2002)

Location: Angola

Flag of UNITA.svg UNITA
Bandeira da FNLA.svg FNLA (1975–1978)
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa (1975–1991)
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire (1975)
Supported By
Flag of the United States.svg United States (1975–1991)
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (1970s)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (1975)
Flag of Cabinda.svg FLEC
Material support:
Flag of France.svg France
Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (bandeira).svg MPLA
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (1975–1991)
Flag of South West Africa People's Organisation.svg SWAPO (1975–1991)
Flag of the African National Congress.svg ANC (1975–1991)
Executive Outcomes (1993–1995)
Flag of Katanga.svg FLNC (1975–2001)
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (2001–2002)
Material support:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (1975–1991)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (1975–1991)
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea (1980s)
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
MPLA Victory
Corsican conflict
(1976–present)

Location: Corsica
Violence occasionally spread to mainland France and Italy

Flag of France.svg France


Anti-separatist paramilitaries

  • Front d'Action Nouvelle Contre l'Indépendance et l'Autonomie [52]

Criminal groups

Flag of Corsica.svg Corsican Separatist ParamilitariesFlag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-Canal Historique (FLNC-CS) (1988-1998)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-Canal Habituel (FLNC-CA) (1988-1997)
Flag of Resistenza (Corsica).png Resistenza (1989-2003)
Fronte Ribellu (1996-1999)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-5 Maghju (FLNC-5M) (1996-1999)
Armata Corsa (AC) (1999-2001)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-Unione di i Cumbattenti (FLNC-UC) (1999-present)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-22 Uttrovi (FLNC-22U) (2002-present)
Armata di U Populu Corsu (APC) (2004-2006)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-5 Maghju 1976 (FLNC-1976) (2007-present)
Flag of Corsica and FLNC wordmark.svg FLNC-21 Maghju (FLNC-21M) (2021-present)
Other small groups

Ongoing
Shaba I
(1977)

Location: Shaba Province, Zaire

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
FLNC Congo.svg Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)
Supported by:
Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Zairian victory
Chadian–Libyan Conflict
(1978–1987)

Location: Chad

Flag of Chad.svg Anti-Libyan Chadian factions

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Supported by:
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya

Flag of Chad.svg Pro-Libyan Chadian factions

Flag of Palestine - short triangle.svg PLO (1987)
Supported by:
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Chadian-French victory
Shaba II
(1978)

Location: Shaba, Zaire

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Supported by
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
FLNC Congo.svg Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)
Supported by
Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (alleged)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (alleged)
Zairian victory
Rwandan Civil War
(1990−1994)

Location: Rwanda

Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire (1990)
Flag of France.svg France
Rwandan Patriotic Front Flag.svg Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory
Gulf War
(1990–1991)

Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and
the Persian Gulf

Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

other allies

Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq Coalition victory
  • Iraqi forces expelled from Kuwait
  • Kuwaiti independence restored
  • Destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
Djiboutian Civil War
(1991–1994)

Location: Northern Djibouti

Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti
Supported by :
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy.svg FRUD Franco-Djiboutian victory
  • FRUD peace accord
Bosnian War
(1992–1995)

Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Herzeg-Bosnia
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Support:
Flag of NATO.svg NATO
Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg  Republika Srpska
Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg  Serbian Krajina
Flag of AP Western Bosnia (1993-1995).svg Western Bosnia (from 1993)
Support:
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia
Croatian and Bosnian victory
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)

Location: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (then part of Serbia)

UCK KLA.svg KLA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg United States
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia NATO Victory
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2014)

Location: Afghanistan

Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg ISAF Flag of the Taliban.svg Taliban
Flag of Jihad.svg al-Qaeda
Taliban victory
Insurgency in the Maghreb
(2002–present)

Location: Maghreb, Sahara desert, Sahel

Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Flag of Niger.svg Niger
Flag of Chad.svg Chad
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Jihad.svg al-Qaeda Ongoing
First Ivorian Civil War
(2002–2007)

Location: Ivory Coast

A Forces nouvelles's member caught by the French Foreign Legion in 2004 after a plundering. 053 French Foreign Legion.JPG
A Forces nouvelles's member caught by the French Foreign Legion in 2004 after a plundering.
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Young Patriots of Abidjan militia
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian mercenaries
Supported by:
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNOIC

Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire Victory
Haitian coup d'état
(2004)

Location: Haiti

Flag of Haiti.svg National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti

Flag of the United Nations.svg MINUSTAH
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of France.svg France

Flag of Haiti.svg Republic of Haiti Victory
Chadian Civil War
(2005–2010)

Location: Chad

Flag of Chad.svg Chad
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Sudan.svg NMRD
JEM Logo June 2013.jpg JEM
Rebels
Flag of Sudan.svg Janjaweed
Alleged support:
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (until 2010)
Victory
Somali Civil War
(2009–present)

Location: Somalia

Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Europe.svg European Union
Flag of al-Qaeda.svg Al-Qaeda Ongoing
Boko Haram insurgency
(2009–present)

Location: Northeast Nigeria

Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Flag of Chad.svg Chad
Flag of Niger.svg Niger
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Supported by:
Flag of Benin.svg Benin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Jihad.svg Boko Haram Ongoing
Second Ivorian Civil War
(2010–2011)

Location: Ivory Coast

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg New Forces
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian mercenaries
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg RDR
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNOCI
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Military of Ivory Coast
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberian mercenaries
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Young Patriots of Abidjan
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivorian Popular Front
Victory
First Libyan Civil War
(2011)

Location: Libya

Part of a group of six, Italian-built, Palmaria self-propelled howitzers of the Gaddafi regime's forces, destroyed by French Rafale airplanes at the west-southern outskirts of Benghazi, Libya, in Operation Harmattan on March 19, 2011. Palmaria bengasi 1903 0612 b1.jpg
Part of a group of six, Italian-built, Palmaria self-propelled howitzers of the Gaddafi regime's forces, destroyed by French Rafale airplanes at the west-southern outskirts of Benghazi, Libya, in Opération Harmattan on March 19, 2011.
Flag of NATO.svg NATO Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Victory
Northern Mali Conflict
(2012–2022)

Location: Northern Mali

Flag of Mali.svg Government of Mali

Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
ECOWAS

MNLA flag.svg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
(MNLA)
  • Islamic Movement of Azawad
Mixed Results
  • Operation Serval Success
  • France withdrew from Mali in 2022 [53]
Central African Republic Civil War
(2012–2021)

Location: Central African Republic

French soldiers as part of Operation Sangaris, authorized in late 2013. Operation Sangaris 4.jpg
French soldiers as part of Operation Sangaris, authorized in late 2013.
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Flag of the United Nations.svg MINUSCA (since 2014)
MISCA (2013–2014)
MICOPAX (2013)

Flag of France.svg France (2013–16)
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (2012–13)
Flag of Europe.svg EUFOR RCA (2014–15)

Flag of Dar El Kuti Republic.svg FPRC
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg UPC
Flag of Dar El Kuti Republic.svg MPC
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg
France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021. [54]
Iraqi Civil War
(2014–2017)

Location: Iraq

Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Seal of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.svg CJTF–OIR
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Victory
Opération Chammal
(2014–present)

Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya

French Dassault Rafale of Squadron 11F prepares to land on USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is deployed as part of maritime security operations and strike operations in Iraq and Syria. Operation Inherent Resolve 150303-N-TP834-245.jpg
French Dassault Rafale of Squadron 11F prepares to land on USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is deployed as part of maritime security operations and strike operations in Iraq and Syria.
Flag of France.svg France AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Syria
Ongoing
  • French airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq and Syria
  • ISIL ground attacks on French special forces repelled
Operation Aspides
(19 February 2024 – present)

Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Flag of Europe.svg European Union

Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen (SPC)

Ongoing

See also

Notes

  1. Including the Polish Legions formed in French-allied Italy in 1797, following the abolition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Third Partition in 1795.
  2. The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
  3. Various conquered Italian states, including the Cisalpine Republic from 1797
  4. Re-entered the war against Britain as an ally of France after signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso.
  5. Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France.
  6. Including the Army of Condé
  7. Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian rule, also encompassed many other Italian states, such as the Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Duchy of Modena and the Flag of Massa and Carrara.png Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Campo Formio with France.
  8. 1 2 Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
  9. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France.
  10. Napoleon Bonaparte, who wished to establish a French presence in the Middle East, planned to ally France with Mysore [3] and even planned to defeat the British together [4] but with Napoleon and Tipu's respective defeats, this plan was no longer possible. [5]
  11. Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian Habsburg rule, also nominally encompassed some other Italian states abolished in 1797, as well as other Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
  12. An undeclared naval war between the United States and the First French Republic after Congress authorised a trade deal with Great Britain and suspended repaying French loans. Hostilities began in June 1798 and concluded in September 1800. The U.S. was never an official member of the Second Coalition.
  13. Modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and German border lands
  14. Some accounts mark the 1807 Franco–Spanish invasion of Portugal as the beginning of the war (Glover 2001, p. 45).
  15. Denotes the date of the general armistice between France and the Sixth Coalition (Glover 2001, p. 335).
  16. The Dutch Brigade
  17. London Protocol (1830),
    London Conference (1832),
    Treaty of Constantinople (1832)
  18. From 1854
  19. 1 2 From 1855
  20. Until 1855
  21. Until 1854
  22. Battle of Daugavpils
  23. After 1920
  24. 1 2 Volunteers
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mikaberidze 2020, p. 309 states that the contributions of coalition members aside from Austria were "rather nominal". Englund 2004, p. 345 writes that "the only real coalition to be mounted in this nominal fifth war of that name was the coalition France created against unhappy Austria; it included the key German States and Italy."
  2. in rebellion against the Confederation of the Rhine
  3. in rebellion against Bavaria
  4. in rebellion against France in Illyria
  5. in rebellion against the Kingdom of Italy
  6. 1 2 3 Only in 1821
  7. 1 2 3 From 1821–1823.
  8. From 1821.
  9. 1 2 3 From 1826.
  10. Haiti was the first nation to recognize the independence of Greece.
  1. The Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, although most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon.
  2. Dissolved after the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813
  3. Many member states defected after the Battle of Leipzig

References

Citations

  1. "Wars of the Vendee". Archived from the original on 19 January 2024.
  2. And other supporting soldiers as the Polish Legions and some Mamluks in captivity.
  3. Tricolor and crescent William E. Watson p.13-14
  4. Napoleon and Persia by Iradj Amini, p. 12
  5. Karsh, p.11
  6. Left the war signing the treaty of Paris (August 1801).
  7. Great Britain until 1801. Left the war signing the treaty of Amiens.
  8. Left the war signing the Treaty of Paris (8 October 1801).
  9. Including the Mamluks and the Barbary Coast. Left the war signing the Treaty of Paris (1802) with France.
  10. Left the war signing the Treaty of Florence with France.
  11. Left the war signing the Treaty of Badajoz (1801) with Spain and the Treaty of Madrid (1801) with France.
  12. Following the refusal to enter in alliance against the Two Sicilies, France declared war on both Naples and Piedmont-Sardinia the same day, December 6. The Piedmontese Republic was proclaimed on 10 December 1798. The Sardinian king Charles Emmanuel IV fled to Cagliari.
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