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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|---|---|---|---|
| French Revolution (1789–1799) Location: Kingdom of France/French First Republic |  Kingdom of France | Revolutionaries | French Republican victory
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| War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, West Indies |
French naval allies | First Coalition
| French victory
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| War in the Vendée (1793) Location: West France: Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Loire-Atlantique, Deux-Sèvres (or former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, Brittany) |  French Republic |  VendeansSupported by:  Great Britain | French Republican victory |
| War of the Pyrenees (1793-1795) Location: Pyrenees |  French Republic |  Spain Portugal | French victory |
| Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Location: Saint-Domingue  |  Slave owners Kingdom of France French Republic |  Ex-slaves French royalists Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1793–1795) Great Britain Ex-slaves (1802–1803) | Haitian victory
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| French invasion of Switzerland (1798) Location: Old Swiss Confederacy | France |  Switzerland | French victory
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| War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Location: Italy, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea | French Republic Spain French client republics:[11] | Second Coalition:
| French victory
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| Peasants' War (1798) Location: Southern Netherlands annexed by the French Republic[c] |  French Republic |  Brigands | French Republican victory |
| Quasi-War (1798–1800) Location: Primarily Caribbean and East Coast of the United States, minor actions in Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea | France |  United States | Convention of 1800
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| War of the Oranges (1801) Location: Alentejo, Portugal | Franco-Spanish victory in Europe Portuguese victory in South America
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
[edit]| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[24] | 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
| French defeat
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French Third Republic (1870–1940)
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Vichy France (1940–1944)
[edit]| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina | Vichy France |  Thailand | Inconclusive
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French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
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French Fifth Republic (1958–present)
[edit]| 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) |  MoroccoSupport: France[45] |  AlgeriaSupport:  Egypt[46] Cuba[47] | Military stalemate[48]
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| Dirty War (1974–1983) Location: Argentina |  Argentina
Supported by: |  ERP
| Argentine government victory
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| 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
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| 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) FLECMaterial 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
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| Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire | France Zaire Morocco Egypt BelgiumSupported 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
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| 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
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| 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 CroatiaSupport:  NATO |  Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina |
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