French
DeutschList of wars involving France
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.
- For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France.
- For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving Francia.
- 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)
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First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)
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Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)
[edit]| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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| 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: .svg){kind=small} Hellenic RepublicSupported by:  Romanian Revolutionaries (1821) Philhellenes United Kingdom (after 1826) Russian Empire (after 1826) Kingdom of France (after 1826) Serb and Montenegrin volunteers | .svg){kind=small} 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
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July Monarchy (1830–1848)
[edit]| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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| 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
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| 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) |  CarlistsSupported by: Portugal (until 1834) | French and Liberal victory |
| First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839) Location: Mexico | France |  Mexico | French victory
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| Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) Location: Uruguay |  Colorados
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| Colorado 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 |
| Republican victory
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Second French Republic (1848–1852)
[edit]| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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| June Days uprising (June 1848) Location: France | French Second Republic | Insurgents | Second Republic victory
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| 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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| French invasion of Honolulu (1849) | France |  Hawaiian Kingdom | Victory |
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Second French Empire (1852–1870)
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| Taiping Rebellion (1850–1871) Location: China | Later stages: | Qing victory
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| Bombardment of Salé (1851) Location: Morocco | France |  Sherifian Empire | French military victory French political failure |
| Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East | France Ottoman Empire Britain[e] Sardinia[f] Supported by: Austrian Empire Caucasus Imamate[g] CircassiaAbkhazia[f] | Russian Empire Kurdish rebels Greece[h] | Allied victory |
| Second Opium War (1857) Location: China | France United Kingdom India United States |  Qing dynasty | Allied victory |
| Siege of Medina Fort (1857) Location: Médine, Mali | France | Toucouleur Empire | French victory |
| Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862) Location: Vietnam | Second French Empire Spain | Nguyễn dynasty | Franco-Spanish victory
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| Second Italian War of Independence (1859) Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral | French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Supported By: .svg){kind=small} United Principalities | Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | Franco-Sardinian victory |
| Second Franco-Mexican War (1862–1867) Location: Mexico | France Mexican Empire |  United Mexican States United States (from 1865)[17] | French defeat
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| Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan | Britain French Empire Netherlands United States |  Chōshū Domain | Allied victory |
| French campaign against Korea (1866) Location: Korea | France | .png){kind=small} Korea | French defeat
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| Garibaldi's expedition to Rome (1867) Location: Rome | France Papal States | Italian volunteers | Franco-Papal Victory |
| Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Location: France | France |  North German Confederation
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French Third Republic (1870–1940)
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Vichy France (1940–1944)
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| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina | Vichy France |  Thailand | Inconclusive
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French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
[edit]| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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| War in Vietnam (1945–1946) Location: Vietnam | France British Empire Japan Allied captured soldiers. |  Việt Minh | Operational success
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| First Indochina War (1946–1954) Location: French Indochina
| France
Supported by: | Viet Minh
Supported by: | French defeat
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| Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948) Location: Madagascar | France |  MDRM | French victory
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| 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
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| Algerian War (1954–1962) Location: Algeria | France | .svg){kind=small} FLN | French defeat
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| 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 |
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French Fifth Republic (1958–present)
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| Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location: Basque country |  Spain | Neo-fascist paramilitaries:
Basque National Liberation Movement:
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