List of wars involving Romania

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This is a list of wars fought by Romania since 1859:

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The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1862)

The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia did not participate in any wars.

Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866)

The Romanian United Principalities did not participate in any wars.

Principality of Romania (1866–1881)

ConflictBelligerentsResultRomanian commanders
DateNameAlliesEnemiesOutcomeLosses Prince Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
24 April 1877 – 3 March 1878 Romanian War of Independence or Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Romanov Flag.svg  Russian Empire
Flag of Romania.svg Principality of Romania
Civil Flag of Serbia.svg Principality of Serbia
Flag of Montenegro (1860-1905).svg  Principality of Montenegro

Co-belligerents
Flag of Stiliana Paraskevova.svg Bulgarian volunteers
Serb rebels of Bosnia

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Victory
  • due to the reestablishment of the Bulgarian state, Ottoman Empire lost its common border with Romania
4,302 dead and missing
3,316 wounded
19,904 sick
Carol I Ion C. Brătianu Alexandru Cernat Gheorghe Slăniceanu
(until Aug. 1877)
Constantin Barozzi
(Aug. – Oct. 1877)
Ştefan Fălcoianu (from Oct. 1877)

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

ConflictBelligerentsResultRomanian commanders
DateNameAlliesEnemiesOutcomeLosses Prince Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
21 February – 5 April 1907 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt
  • Uprising peasants
Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
10 dead and 5 wounded (military)

3,000 civilian casualties

Carol I Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
(until 24 March 1907)
Dimitrie Sturdza
(from 24 March 1907)
Alexandru Averescu Nicolae Tătărăscu
(until 1 April 1907)
Grigore C. Crăiniceanu
(from 1 April 1907)
29 June – 10 August 1913

Romania entered: 10 July 1913

Second Balkan War State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg  Serbia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Montenegro (1905-1918).svg  Montenegro

Co-belligerent
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire

Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Victorynegligible combat casualties
6,000 dead of disease
Titu Maiorescu Constantin Harjeu Alexandru Averescu
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918

Romania entered: 27 August 1916


Romania temporary exited: 9 December 1917


Romania re-entered: 10 November 1918

World War I Triple Entente

Flag of France.svg France

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Flag of Russia.svg Russia (1914–1917)


Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy (1915–1918)
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1916–1918)
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg  Serbia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece (1917–1918)
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (1916–1918)
Flag of Montenegro (1905-1918).svg  Montenegro (1914–1916)
Flag of the Republic of China 1912-1928.svg China (1917–1918)
Flag of Thailand.svg Siam (1917–1918)


Co-belligerents

Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States (1917–1918)
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 (1915–1918)


Defeat 535,706 Ferdinand I Ion I. C. Brătianu Constantin Iancovescu Vasile Zottu
(until Oct. 1916)
Dumitru Iliescu
(Oct. – Dec. 1916)
Constantin Prezan
(from Dec. 1916)
Victory Constantin Coandă Eremia Grigorescu Constantin Prezan
1 November 1918 – 17 July 1919

Romania entered: 11 November 1918


Romania exited: 11 June 1919

Polish–Ukrainian War Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland

Flag of Romania.svg  Romania


Only police troops

Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (1918–1919)

Flag of Hungary (1918-1919; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungarian Democratic Republic (1919)
Flag of Ukraine.svg West Ukrainian People's Republic

Flag of the Ukrainian State.svg  Ukrainian People's Republic


Co-belligerents

Flag of Ukraine.svg Hutsul Republic (1919)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Komancza Republic


Active neutrality

Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (1919)
Victory
negligible Constantin Coandă
(until Nov. 1918)
Ion I. C. Brătianu
(from Nov. 1918)
Eremia Grigorescu
(until Nov. 1918)
Artur Văitoianu
(from Nov. 1918)
15 April – 6 August 1919 Hungarian–Romanian War Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Co-belligerents
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Socialist red flag.svg  Hungarian Soviet Republic

Active neutrality
Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg Soviet Russia

Victory
3,610 dead
11,666 total
Ion I. C. Brătianu Artur Văitoianu
27–28 May 1919 Bender Uprising

Active neutrality
Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg Soviet Russia

Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
unknown
20–28 October 1920 1920 Romanian General Strike Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
unknown Alexandru Averescu Ioan Rășcanu Constantin Cristescu
15–18 September 1924 Tatarbunary Uprising

Active neutrality
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
3,000 civilian casualties Ion I. C. Brătianu George Mărdărescu Alexandru Lupescu Alexandru Gorski
5–6 August 1929 Lupeni Strike
  • Coal miners
Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
10 soldiers wounded
15 gendarmes wounded

22 miners dead
23 miners gravely wounded
30 miners lightly wounded

Michael I Iuliu Maniu Henry Cihoschi Nicolae Samsonovici
12–16 February 1933 Grivița Strike Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
2 soldiers dead

7 workers dead
20 workers wounded

Carol II Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Nicolae Samsonovici Constantin Lăzărescu
21–23 January 1941 Legionnaires' Rebellion and Bucharest Pogrom Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
30 soldiers dead
200–800 legionnaires dead or wounded
125 Jews dead in pogrom
Michael I Ion Antonescu Alexandru Ioaniţiu
1–2 September 1945

Romania entered: 22 June 1941


Romania switched sides: 23 August 1944


Romania exited: 9 May 1945

World War II Axis

Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy (1940–1943)

Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan


Affiliate states
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1941–1944)
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary (1941–1945)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1941–1944)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (1942–1945)


Co-belligerents
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (1941–1944)
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  Vichy France (1940–1944)
Naval flag of Iran 1933-1980.svg Iran (1941)
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg  Iraq (1941)


Client states


Active neutrality
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union (1939–1940)
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spanish State
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (1940–1945)
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco

Flag of Morocco.svg French Morocco (1940–1942)
Allies

Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States (1941–1945)

Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union (1941–1945)

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France (1939–1940, 1944–1945)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China


Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland (1939)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (1940)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (1940)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (1940)

Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg (1940)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1940)

Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece (1940–1941)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941)

Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt (1940–1945)


Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (1941–1945)
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Brazil (1942–1945)
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico (1942–1945)
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia (1942–1945)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portuguese Timor (1942–1945)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (1943–1945)


Co-belligerents
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy (1943–1945)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1944–1945)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (1944–1945)
Flag of the Bulgarian Homeland Front.svg Bulgaria (1944–1945)


Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1924-1940).svg Mongolia (1939)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (1939–1940)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (1940)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (1940)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1940)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1940)


Client state
Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg  Tuvan People's Republic (1941–1944)


Supply only
Flag of Bahrain (1932 to 1972).svg Bahrain
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti (1941–1945)
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras (1941–1945)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic (1941–1945)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua (1941–1945)
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg  Iraq (1942–1945)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia (1943–1945)
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia (1944–1945)


Diplomatic only
Flag of Muscat.svg Oman
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama (1941–1945)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (1941–1945)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (1941–1945)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala (1941–1945)
Naval flag of Iran 1933-1980.svg Iran (1943–1945)


Governments in exile
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland (1939–1945)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway (1940–1945)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (1940–1944)
Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg  Free France (1940–1944)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (1940–1944)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (1940–1945)
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece (1941–1944)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Yugoslavia (1941–1945)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Flag of Korea (1882-1910).svg Korea


Active neutrality
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Morocco.svg French Morocco (1939–1940, 1942–1945)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga

Defeat 300,000 soldiers dead

64,000 civilians dead


469,000 Jews died in Holocaust

Ion Antonescu
(until Aug. 1944)
Iosif Iacobici
(until Sep. 1942)

Ion Antonescu
(Sep. 1941 – Jan. 1942)

Constantin Pantazi (Jan. 1942 – Aug. 1944)
Alexandru Ioaniţiu
(until Sep. 1941)
Iosif Iacobici
(Sep. 1941 – Jan. 1942)
Ilie Șteflea
(Jan. 1942 – Aug. 1944)

Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)

ConflictBelligerentsResultRomanian commanders
DateNameAlliesEnemiesOutcomeLosses Prince Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
Summer 1948–1962 Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
  • Romanian anti-communists
Defeat
  • Crushing of the rebellion
official number estimates 2000 Constantin Ion Parhon
(until Jun. 1952)
Petru Groza
(Jun. 1952 – Jan. 1958)
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
(Jan. 1958 – Mar. 1961)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
(from Mar. 1961)
Petru Groza
(until Jun. 1952)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
(Jun. 1952 – Oct. 1955)
Chivu Stoica
(Oct. 1955 – Mar. 1961)
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
(from Mar. 1961)
Emil Bodnăraș
(until Oct. 1955)
Leontin Sălăjan
(from Oct. 1955)
Constantin Gh. Popescu
(until Mar. 1950)
Leontin Sălăjan
(Mar. 1950 – Apr. 1954)
Ion Tutoveanu
(from Apr. 1954)

Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)

ConflictBelligerentsResultRomanian commanders
DateNameAlliesEnemiesOutcomeLosses Prince Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
15–16 November 1987 Brașov Rebellion
  • Romanian anti-communists
Defeat
  • Crushing of the rebellion
no casualties Nicolae Ceaușescu Constantin Dăscălescu Vasile Milea Ștefan Gușă
16–27 December 1989 Romanian Revolution Victory1,104 dead

3,352 wounded

Nicolae Ceaușescu
(until 22 Dec. 1989)
Council of the National Salvation Front
(22–26 Dec. 1989)

Ion Iliescu
(from 26 Dec. 1989)
Constantin Dăscălescu
(until 22 Dec. 1989)
Petre Roman
(from 26 Dec. 1989)
Vasile Milea
(until 22 Dec. 1989)
Nicolae Militaru
(from 22 Dec. 1989)

Post-communist Romania (since 1989)

ConflictBelligerentsResultRomanian commanders
DateNameAlliesEnemiesOutcomeLosses Prince Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
March 2003 – 23 July 2009 Iraq War

Iraqi National Congress
Flag of Iraq.svg New Iraqi government

Flag of Kurdistan.svg  Iraqi Kurdistan

Flag of Iraq, 1991-2004.svg Ba'athist Iraq
Flag of Ansar al-Islam.svg Ansar al-Islam

Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order


Sunni insurgents


Shia insurgents


For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07).

Victory3 soldiers killed. Ion Iliescu
(until Dec. 2004)
Traian Băsescu
(from Dec. 2004)
Adrian Năstase
(until Dec. 2004)

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
(Dec. 2004 – Dec. 2008)
Emil Boc
(from Dec. 2008)
Ioan Mircea Pașcu
(until Dec. 2004)
Teodor Atanasiu
(Dec. 2004 – Oct. 2006)
Sorin Frunzăverde
(Oct. 2006 – Apr. 2007)
Teodor Meleșcanu
(Apr. 2007 – Dec. 2008)
Mihai Stănișoară
(from Dec. 2008)
Mihail Eugen Popescu
(until Oct. 2004)
Eugen Bădălan
(Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2006)
Gheorghe Marin
(from. Sep. 2006)
Ștefan Dănilă
(from Jan. 2011)
Nicolae Ciucă
(from Jan. 2015)
Daniel Petrescu
(from Nov. 2019)
7 October 2001 – 16 August 2021 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Defeat
  • Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
  • Destruction of al-Qaeda camps.
  • Establishment of new Afghan government and creation of the new Afghan National Army.
  • Fall of Kabul.
  • Ongoing Taliban insurgency.
23 soldiers killed. Ion Iliescu
(2001–2004)
Traian Băsescu
(2004–2014)
Klaus Iohannis
(2014–)
Adrian Năstase
(2001–2004)
Călin Popescu Tăriceanu
(2004–2008)
Emil Boc
(2008–2012)
Victor Ponta
(2012–)
Ioan Mircea Pașcu
(2001–2004)
Teodor Atanasiu
(2004–2006)
Sorin Frunzăverde
(2006–2007)
Teodor Meleșcanu
(2007–2008)
Mihai Stănișoară
(2008–2009)
Gabriel Oprea
(2009–2012)
Corneliu Dobrițoiu
(2012)
Mircea Dușa
(2015–)
19 March – 23 October 2011 2011 military intervention in Libya Victory
  • Overthrow of the Gaddafi government.
no casualties.

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