List of wars involving Belgium explained

This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Belgium and its colonial empire.

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Belgium)		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1789	1790	Brabant Revolution	United Belgian States	Habsburg Austria	Austrian victory Revolution suppressed
1830	1839	Belgian Revolution Ten Days' Campaign	Belgian rebels France		Treaty of London Recognition by the European powers of the independence and neutrality of Belgium
1832	1834	Liberal Wars	Portugal France Spain	Miguelites	Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored
1861	1867	French intervention in Mexico	Mexican Empire France Spain United Kingdom Egypt Eyalet Polish Revolutionaries	United Mexican States United States of America (entered in 1865)	French withdrawal, Republican victory
1881	1899	Mahdist War	Congo Free State Ethiopian Empire		Anglo-Egyptian victory
1891	1892	Stairs Expedition to Katanga	Congo Free State supported by:	Yeke state of Msiri	Congo Free State victory Msiri killed, Mukanda-Bantu becomes vassal prince Belgium acquires the colony of Katanga
1892	1894	Belgo-Arab War	Congo Free State	Zanzibari slave traders	Congo Free State victory
1895	1895	Luba rebellion	Congo Free State supported by:	Luba rebels	Congo Free State victory Many Luba men had to perform forced labour in the Katanga mines^[1]
1895	1908	Batetela Rebellions	Congo Free State	Batetela people	Congo Free State victory
1905	1917	Kasongo Nyembo rebellion	Congo Free State (until 1908) (from 1908)	Luba rebels led by Kasongo Nyembo	Belgian victory Kasongo Nyembo banished
1914	1918	World War I	Allies France (1914–17) (1917–18) and others	Central Powers (1915–18)	Allied victory Belgium acquires Eupen-Malmedy from Germany
1914	1918	East African campaign (part of World War I)	Allies Rhodesia British East Africa Nyasaland Uganda Belgium Portuguese Mozambique	Central Powers German East Africa	Allied victory Allied conquest and partition of German East Africa Belgium acquires Ruanda-Urundi from German East Africa
10 May 1940	28 May 1940	Battle of Belgium (part of World War II)	Belgium France		Belgian surrender and German occupation of Belgium
1940	1945	World War II	Allies	Axis powers	Allied victory
1950	1953	Korean War	(UN Resolution 84)		Ceasefire
1959	1962	Rwandan Revolution			Independence of the Republic of Rwanda Independence of the Kingdom of Burundi
1960	1966	Congo Crisis		Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (United Nations Operation in the Congo)	Withdrawal of Belgian Armed Forces Debellation of the State of South Kasai in 1961 Debellation of the State of Katanga in 1963 New Belgian intervention Operation Dragon Rouge and Operation Dragon Noire in 1964
1978	1978	Shaba II		Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Franco-Belgian victory
1990	1991	Gulf War	Coalition forces	Ba'athist Iraq	Coalition victory
1991	2003	Iraqi no-fly zones	(1991–1998)	Ba'athist Iraq	Coalition victory
1992	1995	Somali Civil War		United Somali Congress	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled. About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance. Civil war is ongoing.
1998	1999	Kosovo War	Kosovo Liberation Army NATO force		NATO victory United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
2001	2021	War in Afghanistan	ISAF	Taliban	Taliban victory
2011		2011 military intervention in Libya	National Transitional Council forces	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Fall of Gaddafi régime
2014	ongoing	2014 military intervention against ISIS			Ongoing

See also

• List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.
• List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy,, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon and smaller states.
  • List of wars involving the Netherlands (1815–1839) – includes colonial wars in which the south participated as part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands History of Belgium
• Belgian Army

Notes and References

1. Book: Appiah, Anthony . Henry Louis Gates . 2005 . Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Volume 3 . Oxford . Oxford University Press . 656 . 9780195170559 . 5 August 2020.