List of wars involving France explained

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.

*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: France	Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army Chouans Armée des Émigrés	Revolutionaries Jacobins Cordeliers Girondins Sans-culottes Thermidorians	French Republican victory Establishment of the French First Republic (1792) Execution of Louis XVI (1793) Thermidorian Reaction (1794) French Directory (1795) Coup of 18 Brumaire (1799)
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797)Location: Western, Central, and Southern Europe, West Indies	French Republic French satellites:^[1] (1795–1797)^[2] Sister republics^[3] French naval allies: Spain (1796–1797, naval only)^[4]	Armée des ÉmigrésFirst Coalition: Dutch Republic (1792–1795)^[5] (1792–1797)^[6] Hesse-Kassel (1792–1795)^[7] Württemberg (1792–1796)^[8] Baden (1792–1796)^[9] Papal States (1792–1797)^[10] (1792–1796) (1792–1795) Sardinia (1792–1796)^[11] Spain (1792–1795) (1792–1796) Other Italian states^[12]	French victory
War in the Vendée (1793–1796)Location: Western France (former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, and Brittany)	French First Republic: Armée de l'Ouest Republican Vendeans Local National Guards	French Royalists: Catholic and Royal Army Royalist Vendeans Chouans Émigrés Supported by:	French Republican victory
War of the Pyrenees (1793–1795)Location: Pyrenees		Kingdom of Spain	French victory
Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)Location: Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue expedition Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Blockade of Saint-Domingue Battle of Vertières	Slave owners Kingdom of France French Republic	Ex-slaves French royalists Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1793–1795) Ex-slaves (1802–1803)	Haitian victory French colonial government expelled Massacre of the French French occupation of Santo Domingo
French invasion of Switzerland (1798)Location: Switzerland			French victory
War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas	Spain Polish Legions French client republics: Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic (until 1799) Parthenopaean Republic (1799)	(until 1801) Austria (until 1801) (pre-1801) (post-1801) (until 1799) (until 1801) Grand Duchy of Tuscany (until 1801) Order of Saint John (1798) French Royalists	French victory Treaty of Lunéville, Treaty of Amiens Survival of the French Republic Previous annexations by France confirmed Hostilities resume in 1803 with the formation of a Third Coalition against France
Peasants' War (1798)Location: Southern Netherlands	French Republic	Brigands	French victory
Quasi-War(1798–1800)Location: Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Seas	French Republic Guadeloupe	United StatesCo-belligerent:	Convention of 1800 Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance End of French privateer attacks on American shipping American neutrality and renunciation of claims by France
War of the Oranges (1801)Location: Portugal	Kingdom of Spain		French victory Portugal closes its ports to British ships

First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)

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War of the Third Coalition (1803–06)Location: Central Europe, Italy and the Atlantic Ocean	France Batavian Republic Bavaria Etruria Italy Spain Württemberg	Holy Roman Empire Naples Russia Sicily Sweden United Kingdom	French victory Treaty of Pressburg Consolidation of the French Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine French conquest of Naples Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Formation of the Fourth Coalition a few months later
Franco-Swedish War (1805–10)Location: Swedish Pomerania	France	Sweden	French victory Sweden integrates into continental system
Siege of Santo Domingo (1805)Location: Santo Domingo, Saint-Domingue present day Dominican Republic	France	Haiti	French victory Haitian withdrawal from Santo Domingo
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806)Location: Central Europe, Wallachia and Moldavia	France Confederation of the Rhine Etruria Holland Italy Naples Polish Legions and rebels Saxony (after 11 December 1806) Spain Switzerland	Prussia Russia Saxony (until 11 December 1806) Sicily Sweden United Kingdom	French victory Treaties of Tilsit Prussia loses half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw Saxony joins the Confederation of the Rhine Franco-Russian alliance Creation of the Continental System Hostilities resume later in 1807 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expand in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France
Gunboat War (1807–1814)Location: Danish–Norwegian waters	Denmark–NorwayCo-belligerent: Russian Empire (1808–09) Supported by: French Empire^[13]	United KingdomCo-belligerent: Sweden (1809, 1813–1814)	British victory Treaty of Kiel Dissolution of Denmark–Norway Norway adopts a new Constitution Norwegian War of Independence
Finnish War (1808–1809)Location: Finland and Sweden	Russian EmpireCo-belligerent: Denmark–NorwaySupported by: French Empire	SwedenSupported by: United Kingdom	Russian victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 (1808–1809)Location: Scandinavia	Denmark–NorwayCo-belligerent: Russian Empire Supported by: French Empire	SwedenCo-belligerent: United Kingdom	Inconclusive Treaty of Jönköping
Peninsular War (1808–1814)Location: Iberian Peninsula and Southern France	France Napoleonic Spain Confederation of the Rhine Duchy of Warsaw Italy	Spain Portugal United Kingdom	Coalition victory Junta control over Spain Treaty of Paris
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809)Location: Central Europe, Italy and Netherlands	France Confederation of the Rhine Saxony Duchy of Warsaw Holland Naples Switzerland	Black Brunswickers Portugal Sicily Spain Tyrol	French victory Treaty of Schönbrunn Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained General hostilities across Europe suspended until 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia
Tyrolean Rebellion (1809)Location: Tyrol	French Empire	Tyrolean partisans	French victory Uprising crushed
French invasion of Russia (1812)Location: Eastern Europe	Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Berg Saxony Duchy of Warsaw Naples Switzerland		Russian victory Start of the War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814)Location: Central and Eastern Europe	Duchy of Warsaw Naples Until January 1814 Confederation of the Rhine (many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig) Denmark–Norway	Original coalition After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig Baden Netherlands After January 1814 Denmark	Coalition victory Treaty of Fontainebleau, Treaty of Kiel and First Treaty of Paris Bourbon Restoration, with Napoleon defeated and exiled to Elba Various territorial changes Dissolution of Denmark-Norway Beginning of the Congress of Vienna Hostilities resume with the return of Napoleon to power in 1815
Hundred Days (1815)Location: France and Netherlands	France Naples	Austria Prussia Russia United Kingdom Bavaria Brunswick Denmark Kingdom of France Hanover Liechtenstein Netherlands Portugal Saxony Spain Sweden Switzerland Tuscany Württemberg	Coalition-Bourbon victory Second Treaty of Paris End of the Napoleonic Wars Second exile of Napoleon and second Bourbon Restoration Beginning of the Concert of Europe

Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)

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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) Battle of Navarino Morea Expedition Location: Greece	1821: Filiki Eteria Greek revolutionaries After 1822: Hellenic Republic Supported by: Romanian Revolutionaries (1821) Philhellenes (after 1826) Russian Empire (after 1826) Kingdom of France (after 1826) Serb and Montenegrin volunteers	Ottoman Empire Egypt Algeria Tripolitania Tunis	Greek victory First Hellenic Republic established and recognized
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	(Legitimists)	Orléanists	Orléanist victory Establishment of the July Monarchy

July Monarchy (1830–1848)

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Liberal Wars (1828–34) Battle of the Tagus Location: Portugal	Liberals Supported by: United Kingdom (1828–1834) France (1830–1834) Belgian volunteers (1832–1834)^[14] Spain (1833–1834)	MiguelitesSupported by: Spain (1828–1833)	Liberal victory Concession of Evoramonte
French conquest of Algeria (1827–1830–1857)Location: Regency of Algiers Battle of Macta Siege of Constantine Battle of Mazagran Battle of the Smala Battle of Sidi Brahim		Regency of Algiers Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kel Ahaggar Sultanate of Morocco	French victory
Belgian Revolution (1830–31)Location: The Low Countries	Belgian rebels France		Franco-Belgian victory Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
June Rebellion (1832)Location: Paris, France		Republicans	Orléanist victory, rebellion crushed
First Carlist War (1833–1840)Location: Spain			French and Liberal victory
First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839)Location: Mexico		Mexico	French victory Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Location: Uruguay	Colorados Unitarian Party France Riograndense Republic Italian redshirts	Blancos Federalist Party (Argentina)	Colorado victory, Arana-Southern Treaty for Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839–1841)Location: The Levant	Eyalet of Egypt Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain	Ottoman Empire British Empire Austrian Empire Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia	Ottoman victory Egypt renounces claim on Syria, Britain recognizes Muhammad Ali and his descendants as the legitimate rulers of Egypt
First Franco-Moroccan War (1844)Location: Morocco Bombardment of Tangiers Battle of Isly Bombardment of Mogador		Morocco Algerian volunteers	French victory
Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847)Location: Tahiti	France	Tahiti Huahine Raiatea Bora Bora and Tahaa	French victory
Bombardment of Tourane (1847)Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam		Nguyễn dynasty	French victory
French Revolution of 1848 (February 1848)Location: Paris, France	Supported by:	Republicans Socialists	Republican victory July Monarchy abolished, Second Republic established

Second French Republic (1848–1852)

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First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849)Location: Lombardy; Rome	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1849)	Kingdom of Sardinia Italian Volunteer Army Supported by: Provisional Government of Milan Republic of San Marco Kingdom of Sicily Grand Duchy of Tuscany Duchy of Modena and Reggio Duchy of Parma and Piacenza Roman Republic	French-Austrian Victory Austria keeps Lombardy–Venetia French Victory over Roman Republic Papal rule restored over Rome^[15]
June Days uprising (June 1848)Location: France		Socialist rebels	Second Republic victory New constitution adopted from the provisional government
French invasion of Honolulu (1849)Location: Honolulu, Hawaii		Hawaiian Kingdom	Victory

Second French Empire (1852–1870)

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Taiping Rebellion (1850–1871)Location: China	China Xiang Army Huai Army Later stages:	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Co-belligerents: Nian rebels Red Turban rebels (Tiandihui) Small Swords Society Miao rebels Pingnan Guo Islamic rebels Black Flag Army	Qing victory Fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Diminished power of the central court over the provinces Rise of irregular provincial armies Vanquishing of God Worshippers Lasting damage to the perception of Christianity in China Sparking other rebellions in China, including the Miao Rebellion (1854–73) Persecution of Hakka people and other ethnic groups that supported the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Bombardment of Salé (1851)Location: Morocco		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. France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur.
Crimean War (1853–1856)Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East	France Egypt Tunis Sardinia Supported by: Caucasus Imamate Circassia Abkhazia	Russian Empire Mingrelia Kurdish rebels Greece	Allied victory Treaty of Paris
Second Opium War (1857)Location: China	France United States	Qing dynasty	Allied victory Treaty of Tientsin
Siege of Medina Fort (1857)Location: Médine, Mali	France	Toucouleur Empire	French victory
Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862)Location: Vietnam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Nguyễn dynasty	Franco-Spanish victory Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) becomes a French colony
Second Italian War of Independence (1859)Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral	French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Supported By: United Principalities	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia	Franco-Sardinian victory
Expedition of the Thousand (1860–61)Location: Sicily and Southern Italy	Supported by Papal States France Spain	Sardinia Supported by United Kingdom	Unification Victory
Second Franco-Mexican War (1862–1867)Location: Mexico Battle of Puebla Battle of Barranca Seca Battle of San Pablo del Monte Battle of Camarón Battle of San Juan Bautista Capture of Mazatlán Battle of Acapulco Battle of San Pedro Siege of Mexico City	France Mexican Empire	United Mexican States United States (from 1865)^[16]	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	French Empire United States	Chōshū Domain	Allied victory
French campaign against Korea (1866)Location: Korea	France	Korea	French defeat French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
Garibaldis Expedition to Rome 1867Location: Rome	France	volunteers	Franco-Papal Victory
Franco-Prussian War (1870–71)Location: France	France	North German Confederation Grand Duchy of Baden Kingdom of Württemberg Grand Duchy of Hesse	French Defeat Dissolution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established

French Third Republic (1870–1940)

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Paris Commune (1871)Location: Paris	French Third Republic	Communards National Guards	Third Republic victory
Annexation of the Leeward Islands (1880–1897)Location: Society Islands	France Tahiti (French protectorate)	Raiatea-Tahaa Huahine Bora Bora	French Victory
French conquest of Tunisia (1881)Location: Tunisia	France	Beylik of Tunis	French victory Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
Mandingo Wars (1883–1898)Location: West Africa	France	Wassoulou Empire	French victory
First Madagascar expedition (1883–1885)Location: Madagascar	France	Merina Kingdom	French victory
Sino-French War (1884–1885)Location: Southeast mainland China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam Battle of Fuzhou Kep Campaign Battle of Shipu Battle of Zhenhai Lạng Sơn Campaign Siege of Tuyên Quang Battle of Hòa Mộc Battle of Phu Lam Tao Battle of Bang Bo Retreat from Lạng Sơn Pescadores Campaign	France	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	France	Qing dynasty Black Flag Army Nguyễn dynasty	French victory French protectorate over Tonkin and Annam
First Franco-Dahomean War (1890)Location: Ouémé Department of modern Benin	France	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 Battle of Abomey	France	Dahomey	French victory Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate
Franco-Siamese conflict (1893)Location: French Indochina, Siam	French Republic French Indochina	Siam	French victory Entente Cordiale Laos ceded to French Indochina
First Italo-Ethiopian War (1894–1896)Location: Eritrea and Ethiopia	^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20] Eritrean rebels^[21]	Italian Eritrea	Ethiopian victory Treaty of Addis Ababa
Second Madagascar expedition (1894–1895)Location: Madagascar	France	Merina Kingdom	French victory
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)Location: Crete	Cretan revolutionaries Kingdom of Greece Italy (until April 12, 1898) (until March 16, 1898)		French victory Establishment of the Cretan State. Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.
Boxer Rebellion (1899)Location: North China	Spain Mutual Protection of Southeast China	Boxers Qing dynasty	Allied victory Boxer Protocol
Rabih War (1899–1901) Battle of Togbao Battle of Kousséri Location: West Africa	France	Kanem–Bornu Empire	French victory
1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar (1904–1905)Location: Madagascar	France	Rebels	French victory Rebellion suppressed
Ouaddai War (1909–1911)Location: Ouaddai Empire	France	Ouaddai Empire	French victory Annexation of Ouaddai Empire
French conquest of Morocco (1911–1934)Location: North Africa	France Morocco	Zaian Confederation Varying other Berber tribes	French victory
Zaian War (1914–1921)Location: French protectorate of Morocco Battle of El Herri	France Morocco	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 France United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Russian Empire United States Belgium Portugal Brazil	Central Powers	Allied victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations
Volta-Bani War (1915–1917)Location: Burkino Faso, Mali	France French West Africa	Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuni, and Bobo people	French victory
Kaocen revolt (1916–1917)Location: Northern Niger	France French West Africa	Tuareg guerrillas	French victory
Thái Nguyên uprising (1917–1918)Location: Northern Vietnam	France	Vietnamese rebels	French victory Uprising suppressed.
Occupation of Constantinople (1918–1923)Location: Istanbul	^[22]		Temporary occupation
November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-LorraineLocation: Alsace-Lorraine		Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic	Third Republic victory Alsace-Lorraine annexed by France
Hungarian-Romanian War (1918–1919)Location: Hungary, and Transylvania	Supported by:	Supported by:	Romanian victory
Franco-Turkish War (1918–1921)Location: Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia Battle of Marash Battle of Urfa Siege of Aintab Karboğazı ambush Kaç Kaç incident Battle of Kovanbaşı Battle of Kanlı Geçit Battle of Fadıl	France French Armenian Legion	Grand National Assembly Kuva-yi Milliye	French loss French influence in Anatolia is repelled Southern Anatolia ceded to Turkey Cilicia Peace Treaty Treaty of Ankara Treaty of Lausanne
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920)Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran	White Movement United Kingdom Canada Australia United States France Estonia Poland	Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia 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: German: [[Reichswehr]] German: [[Freikorps]] German: [[Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten|Der Stahlhelm]] Social Democratic Party of Germany Supported by:	FSR Germany Supported by:	Weimar victory
Hungarian–Czechoslovak War (1918–1919)Location: Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary	Supported by:	Supported by:	Czechoslovakian victory Hungarian retreat after diplomatic negotiations with the Entente Formation and then dissolution of the Slovak Soviet Republic
1919 Luxembourgish rebellion (January 1919)Location: Luxembourg		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	Belarusian PR Latvia Ukrainian People's Republic Supported by: Russian Whites United States	Polrewkom	Polish victory
Bender Uprising (1919)Location: Tighina, Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova)	France Romania	Red Guards	Franco-Romanian victory
Franco-Syrian War (1920)Location: Syria Alawite Revolt of 1919 Hananu Revolt Battle of Maysalun Capture of Damascus (1920)	France French West Africa	Arab Kingdom of Syria Arab militias	French victory Establishment of French Mandate of Syria King Faisal expelled to Mandatory Iraq
Rif War (1920–1927)Location: Morocco	Spain (1925–1926) Jebala tribes	Republic of the Rif Jebala tribes	Franco-Spanish victory Dissolution of the Republic of the Rif
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Capture of Salkhad Battle of al-Kafr Battle of al-Mazraa Battle of al-Musayfirah 1925 Hama uprising Battle of Rashaya Battle of al-Mazraa	France Syria Lebanon	Syrian rebels	French victory
Kongo-Wara rebellion (1928–1931)Location: French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroon	France French Equatorial Africa French Cameroon 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	France French Indochina	Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng	French victory Uprising crushed VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities^[23]
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 United States United Kingdom Free France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Brazil Mexico	Axis Powers Finland Thailand	Allied victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War

Vichy France (1940–1944)

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Franco-Thai War (1940–1941)Location: French Indochina Battle of Ko Chang	French Indochina	Thailand	Thai tactical victory Japanese-mediated ceasefire On Japanese decision, disputed territories in French Indochina ceded by France to Thailand

French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

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War in Vietnam (1945–1946)Location: Vietnam	France Japan Allied captured soldiers.	Việt Minh	Operational success Restoration of French rule in Indochina First Indochina War begins
First Indochina War (1946–1954)Location: French Indochina Battle of Hanoi Battle of Cao Bằng Operation Papillon Operation Léa Operation Ceinture Battle of Đông Khê Battle of Route Coloniale 4 Battle of Vĩnh Yên Battle of Mạo Khê Battle of the Day River Battle of Hòa Bình Operation Lorraine Battle of Nà Sản Operation Bretagne Operation Adolphe Battle of Muong Khoua Operation Camargue Operation Hirondelle Operation Brochet Operation Mouette Operation Castor Battle of Dien Bien Phu Operation Condor Battle of Mang Yang Pass	France (1945–1954) Cambodia (1953–1954) (1953–1954) State of Vietnam (1949–1954)----Supported by: United States (1950–1954)	Viet Minh Lao Issara (1945–1949) Pathet Lao (1949–1954) Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front (1950–1954) Japanese volunteers----Supported by: China (1949–1954) Poland^[24]	French defeat Vietnam is partitioned between North (controlled by the Viet Minh) and South (controlled by the State of Vietnam) Geneva Conference Departure of the French from Indochina State of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia achieve independence
Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948)Location: Madagascar	France	MDRM	French victory Uprising Crushed by French, various participants tried and executed Scars on Malagasy society
Korean War (1950–1953)Location: Korea	United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Thailand Turkey	China	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: Algeria Toussaint Rouge Battle of Philippeville Battle of Algiers Battle of Agounennda Operation Jumelles Algiers putsch of 1961 Battle of Bab El Oued	France	FLN	French defeat Military stalemate FLN political victory Évian Accords Algerian independence
Bamileke War (1955–1964)Location: French Cameroon	Before 1960 France French Equatorial Africa ----After 1960 Cameroon^[25] 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	France	Moroccan Army of Liberation	Franco-Spanish victory

French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

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Basque conflict (1959–2011)Location: Basque country	Spain France	Neo-fascist paramilitaries: Spanish Basque Battalion Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance Spanish Armed Groups Warriors of Christ the King Spanish National Action Anti-Marxist Commandos ----Basque National Liberation Movement Iparretarrak Iraultza Autonomous Anti-Capitalist Commandos Irrintzi Kale borroka Hordago Euskal Zuzentasuna	Victory
Bizerte crisis (1961)Location: Bizerte, Tunisia	France	Tunisia	French victory
Sand War (1963–1964)Location: Around the oasis towns of Tindouf and Figuig	Morocco Support: France^[26]	Algeria Support: Egypt Cuba^[27]	Military stalemate^[28] 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	Argentina Argentine Army Argentine Navy Argentine Air Force Argentine Federal Police Argentine National Gendarmerie Argentine Anticommunist Alliance Justicialist Party Supported by: United States^[29] ^[30] ^[31] Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay France	ERP Montoneros FAPSupported by: Cuba	Argentine government victory Operativo Independencia 1976 Argentine coup d'état National Reorganization Process Operation was concluded after the Falklands War
Western Sahara War (1975–1991)Location: Western Sahara	(1975–1979) (1977–78) Operation Lamantin, aid from 1978) Supported by: Saudi Arabia United States	Western Sahara Polisario Front Supported by: Libya (until 1984) 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	UNITA FNLA (1975–1978) South Africa(1975–1991) (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: (1975–1991) (1975–1991) (1980s) Brazil Mexico	MPLA Victory
Corsican conflict (1976–present)Location: Corsica	France	Corsican nationalist paramilitaries National Liberation Front of Corsica A Cuncolta Naziunalista	Victory
Shaba I (1977)Location: Shaba Province, Zaire	France Morocco Egypt Belgium Supported by: United States China Saudi Arabia Sudan Nigeria	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by: Angola	Zairian victory
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987)Location: Chad	Anti-Libyan Chadian factions FAT (1978–79) FAN (1978–83) FANT (1983–87) GUNT (1986–87) France Nigeria Senegal Supported by: Sudan Egypt Israel Iraq United States	Libya Islamic Legion Pro-Libyan Chadian factions FROLINAT GUNT (1979–86) Codos (1983–86) (1987) Supported by:	Chadian-French victory Chad gains control of the Aouzou Strip
Shaba II (1978)Location: Shaba, Zaire	France Belgium Morocco United States Supported by China	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by Angola Cuba (alleged) (alleged)	Zairian victory
Rwandan Civil War (1990−1994)Location: Rwanda	Rwanda (1990) France	Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)	Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory
Gulf War (1990–1991)Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf	other allies	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	Djibouti Supported by : France	FRUD	Franco-Djiboutian victory FRUD peace accord
Bosnian War (1992–1995)Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia Support:	Western Bosnia (from 1993) Support:	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		NATO Victory Kumanovo Treaty
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)Location: Afghanistan Mission Héraclès French forces in Afghanistan Operation Anaconda Operation Mountain Viper Operation Eagle's Summit Uzbin Valley ambush Battle of Alasay Operation Septentrion Operation Moshtarak	ISAF	Taliban al-Qaeda	Taliban victory Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Drone Strikes in the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan Death of Osama bin Laden Death of Mohammed Omar in July 2013 Over two-thirds of al-Qaeda's operatives killed or captured International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) disbanded in December 2014 Commencement of Resolute Support Mission in December 2014 United States led withdrawal in August 2021
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)Location: Maghreb, Sahara desert, Sahel Operation Barkhane	Algeria Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali Niger Chad Turkey	al-Qaeda	Ongoing
First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007)Location: Ivory Coast	Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported by: ---- UNOIC	Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire	Victory
Haitian coup d'état (2004)Location: Haiti	National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti---- MINUSTAH United States Chile Canada France	Haiti	Victory
Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)Location: Chad	Chad France NMRD JEM		Victory
Somali Civil War (2009–present)Location: Somalia Operation Atalanta Operation Linda Nchi Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt	Somalia United States	Al-Qaeda	Ongoing
Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present)Location: Northeast Nigeria	Nigeria Cameroon Chad Niger Turkey Supported by: Benin Canada China France 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 Opération Harmattan Operation Unified Protector		Armed Forces Pro-Gaddafi militia Foreign mercenaries	Victory Overthrow of the Gaddafi regime Continuation of Libyan Crisis Escalation of interfactional violence Which led to beginning of Second Libyan Civil War Rise of ISIL in Libya
Northern Mali Conflict (2012–2022)Location: Northern Mali Opération Serval	Government of Mali Military of Mali France Turkey ECOWAS	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) Islamic Movement of Azawad	Mixed Results Operation Serval Success France withdrew from Mali in 2022^[32]
Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2021)Location: Central African Republic Opération Sangaris	Central African Republic MINUSCA (since 2014) MISCA (2013–2014) MICOPAX (2013)---- France (2013–16) South Africa (2012–13) EUFOR RCA (2014–15)	FPRC UPC MPC	France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021.^[33]
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)Location: Iraq Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) Siege of Amirli Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014) Battle of Zumar Battle of Suq al Ghazi Battle of Ramadi (2014–15) Battle of Baiji (2014–15) Second Battle of Tikrit (March–April 2015) Al-Karmah offensive (2015)		Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Victory
Opération Chammal (2014–present)Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya		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		Yemen (SPC) (SPC faction) Houthis	Ongoing

See also

• Anglo-French Wars
• Franco-Spanish War (disambiguation)
• ISIL-related terror attacks in France
• List of battles involving France (disambiguation)
• List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
• List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)
• Military history of France

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Notes and References

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. Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian rule, also encompassed many other Italian states, such as the Duchy of Modena and the Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Campo Formio with France.
7. Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
8. Left the war after signing the Peace of Paris with France.
9. Left the war after signing the Peace of Paris with France.
10. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Tolentino with France.
11. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France.
12. Virtually all of the Italian states, including the neutral 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.
13. Olesen, Jens E. (2008). "Schwedisch-Pommern in der schwedischen Politik nach 1806". In North, Michael; Riemer, Robert. Das Ende des Alten Reiches im Ostseeraum. Wahrnehmungen und Transformationen (in German). Böhlau. pp. 289. .
14. Web site: Belgian Corps 1832-35 in Portugal's Liberal Wars. 11 June 2006. 17 February 2013.
15. Web site: Siege of Rome | Summary | Britannica.
16. Robert Ryal Miller (1961). "The American Legion of Honor in Mexico". Pacific Historical Review. Berkeley, California, United States: University of California Press. 30 (3). ISSN 0030-8684. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
17. Web site: The activities of the officer the Kuban Cossack army N. S. Leontjev in the Italian-Ethiopic war in 1895–1896.
18. Web site: Ethiopia's Historic Quest for Medicine, 6 . The Pankhurst History Library . Pankhurst . Richard . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003141829/http://www.linkethiopia.org/guide/pankhurst/medicine/medicine_6.html . 2011-10-03.
19. Web site: Soviet Appeasement, Collective Security, and the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935 and 1936. libcom.org.
20. Book: Thomas Wilson, Edward . 1974 . Russia and Black Africa Before World War II . New York . Cambridge University Press . 57–58.
21. Book: Haggai. Erlich. Ras Alula and the scramble for Africa – a political biography: Ethiopia and Eritrea 1875–1897. 1997. African World Press.
22. Web site: Occupation during and after the War (Ottoman Empire) | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1). encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net.
23. Rettig, pp. 316–317.
24. Radvanyi, Janos (1980). "Vietnam War Diplomacy: Reflections of a Former Iron Curtain Official" (PDF). Parameters: Journal of the US Army War College. Carlise Barracks, Pennsylvania. 10 (3): 8–15.
25. Web site: Cameroon - Moving toward independence history - geography. Encyclopædia Britannica. 30 April 2018.
26. Book: Nicole Grimaud . La politique extérieure de l'Algérie (1962-1978) . 1 January 1984 . KARTHALA Editions . 978-2-86537-111-2 . 198 . 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.

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27. Book: Brian Latell . Castro's Secrets: Cuban Intelligence, The CIA, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy . 24 April 2012 . St. Martin's Press . 978-1-137-00001-9 . 164 . In this instance, unlike several others, the Cubans did no fighting; Algeria concluded an armistice with the Moroccan king..
28. "Within weeks the war ended in stalemate." Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1 edited by Alexander Mikaberidze Read here.
29. Book: McSherry . J. Patrice . State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years (Critical Terrorism Studies) . . 2011 . 978-0415664578 . Esparza, Marcia . 107 . Chapter 5: "Industrial repression" and Operation Condor in Latin America . J. Patrice McSherry . Henry R. Huttenbach . Daniel Feierstein.
30. [Greg Grandin]
31. Walter L. Hixson (2009). The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy. Yale University Press. p. 223.
32. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/world/africa/mali-france-military-operation.html French Soldiers Quit Mali After 9 Years, Billions Spent and Many Lives Lost
33. https://www.africanews.com/2021/06/07/france-suspends-military-budgetary-support-to-central-african-republic// France suspends military, budgetary support to Central African Republic