List of wars involving the Netherlands explained

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1795. These predecessors include:

• United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795): see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic
• Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
• Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
• Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present)
• For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
• For simultaneous wars in the south, see
  • List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium and Luxembourg, 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 Belgium (1830–present)
  • List of wars involving Luxembourg (1890–present)

Batavian Republic (1795–1806)

See main article: Batavian Republic.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802)	French Republic Spain Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics: Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic	Austria Portugal French Royalists	VictoryTreaty of Amiens General French victory Britain recognises the French Republic Cape Colony returned to the Batavian Republic British withdrawal from Egypt French withdrawal from the Papal States Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic
Third Xhosa-Dutch War (1799 - 1803)		Xhosa militia Khoikhoi militia	Stalemate The Xhosa were allowed to stay in Zuurveld.
War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806)	French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Spain Bavaria Württemberg	Naples and Sicily Portugal Sweden	VictoryTreaty of Pressburg Consolidation of the French Empire Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine Hostilities resume few months later with the formation of a Fourth Coalition against France
Padri War (1803-1838)	Adats	Padris	Victory

Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)

See main article: Kingdom of Holland.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810)	France Spanish Empire Holland	Sweden	Victory
Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807)		Fante Confederacy	Victory
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807)	French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine: Saxony^[1] Polish Legions Etruria Holland Spain Swiss Confederation	Saxony Sweden Sicily	VictoryTreaties of Tilsit Prussia lost one half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw Franco-Russian alliance Promulgation of the Continental System Hostilities resume in 1808 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expanded in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France
Second Tondano War (1808–1809)	Holland Dutch East Indies	Minahasan militia	Victory
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809)	French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine Saxony Naples Switzerland Holland		VictoryTreaty of Schönbrunn Franco-Austrian Alliance Napoléon marries Marie Louise of Austria Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained General hostilities across Europe resume in 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia and expand in 1813 with the formation of a Sixth Coalition against France

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)

See main article: Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands.

United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)

See main article: United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Hundred Days (1815)War of the Seventh Coalition	United Kingdom Hanover German Confederation Sweden Spain Portugal Tuscany	French Empire	VictoryTreaty of Paris General French defeat Restoration of the House of Bourbon Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) ₣100,000,000 compensation from France
Bombardment of Algiers (1816)		Regency of Algiers	Victory 3000 slaves freed.
First expedition to Palembang (1819)			Defeat
Second expedition to Palembang (1821)			Victory
Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo (1823)		Chinese Indonesian rebels	Victory
First Bone War (1824–1825)		Sulawesian militia	Victory
Java War (1825-1830)	Pro-Dutch Javanese	Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro Chinese mercenaries	Victory Diponegoro deported to Makassar
Belgian Revolution (1830-1831)		Belgian rebels Supported by: France	Defeat The main European powers recognized Belgium's de facto independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Dutch expedition on the west coast of Sumatra (1831)			Victory
First Sumatran expedition (1832)	United States	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory
Dutch–Ahanta War (1837-1839)		Ahanta Kingdom	Victory Ahanta becomes a Dutch protectorate
Second Sumatran expedition (1838)	United States	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory

Netherlands (1839–present)

See main article: Netherlands.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)		Buleleng	Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1849-1850)	Lombok	Buleleng Jembrana Klungkung	Victory Dutch control of Northern Bali.
Palembang Highlands Expeditions (1851–1859)		Forces of the Sultan of Palembang	Victory
Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado (1854-1855)	Pro-Dutch Indonesians	Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels China	Victory
Nias Expedition (1855-1864)		Nias	Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1858)		Buleleng rebels	Victory
Second Bone War (1859–1860)		Sulawesian militia	Victory
Banjarmasin War (1859–1863)		Sultanate of Banjarmasin	Victory
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864)	French Empire United States	Chōshū Domain	Victory
Pasoemah Expedition (1864–1868)		South Sumatra	Victory
Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70 (1869-1870)		Local rulers	Victory Dutch Gold Coast sold to Britain in 1872
Aceh War (1873-1904)		Aceh Sultanate Acehnese religious ulama Thai and Chinese mercenaries	Victory Imposition of Dutch rule on Aceh. Aceh is annexed into the Dutch East Indies.
Batak War (1878-1907)		Batak Kingdom	Victory
Mandor rebellion (1884-1885)		Lanfang Republic Qing dynasty Dayak and Chinese Indonesian militia	Victory Disestablishment of the Lanfang Republic.
Jambi uprising (1885)		Jambi	Victory
Edi Expedition (1890)		Aceh militia	Victory
Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem (1894)	Eastern Sasak	Lombok Mataram Western Sasak	Victory Dutch control of Lombok and Karangasem.
Pedir Expedition (1897-1898)		Aceh militia	Victory
Siege of the International Legations part of the Boxer Rebellion (1900)	United States France Belgium Spain	Yìhéquán	Victory
Unrest in Java^[2] (1900-1907)		Peasant rebels Lone-wolf robbers arsonists	Victory
Merauke uprising (1902)		Marind rebels	Victory
Campaigns against Dayak (Location: Kalimantan) (1902-1907)		Dayak rebels	Victory
Kerinci Expedition (1903)		Kerinci	Victory
Actions on Yapen (1903)		Tribes of Yapen	Victory
Resistance on Tidore (1904)		Tidore	Victory
South Sulawesi expedition (1904-1905)		Bone Luwu Wajo	Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1906)		Badung Tabanan Klungkung	Victory Dutch control of southern Bali.
Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908 (1908)			Victory Overthrow of Cipriano Castro
Dutch intervention in Bali (1908)		Balinese rebels	Victory
World War II (1940 - 1945)	United States United Kingdom France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Mexico (from 1943) (from 1944) (from 1944) (from 1944)	(until 1943) (from 23 Sep. 1943) (until 1944) (until 1944) (1941-1944)	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
Indonesian National Revolution (1940 - 1949)		Indonesia PDRI TNI Japanese volunteers (from 1946) Supported by: ^[3] ^[4]	Indonesian political victory Dutch military victory^[5] Indonesia secured its independence Dutch recognised United States of Indonesia in Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference
APRA coup d'état (1950)	Indonesia Netherlands	Legion of the Just Ruler (APRA)	Victory
Korean War (1950 - 1953)	United States United Kingdom Netherlands	China	Ceasefire Communist invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent UN invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent communist invasion of South Korea repelled
Operation Trikora (1961 - 1962)		Air and naval support by:	Indonesian political victory^[6] ^[7] Military stalemate^[8] New York Agreement Western New Guinea ceded to the United Nations.
Gulf War (1990 - 1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Egypt Netherlands Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Kuwait regains its independence
Operation Krivaja '95 (6–11 July 1995)	Netherlands Ukraine	Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions paramilitary unit Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia Greek volunteers Russian volunteers	Defeat Decisive Bosnian Serb victory Beginning of the Srebrenica massacre
Operation Deliberate Force (30 August – 20 September 1995)	United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Germany Italy France Turkey		Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
Kosovo War (1998 - 1999)	Kosovo Liberation Army United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Canada Denmark Germany Italy		Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 NATO intervention KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Bulldozer Revolution in 2000
War in Afghanistan (2001 - 2021)^[9]	Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Canada Netherlands Germany Italy France Denmark Poland Romania Turkey Australia Spain ISAF	Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition IMU Other groups	Defeat Fall of Taliban régime in 2001 Osama bin Laden killed Taliban retakes Kabul Return of Taliban régime in 2021
Iraq War (2003 - 2011)	United States United Kingdom Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Australia Poland Netherlands Denmark	Iraq under Saddam Hussein ----Sunni insurgents al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004–2006) Islamic State of Iraq (2006–2011)^[10] <	-- Deleted image removed: -->Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah ----Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others	Victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Occupation of southern Iraq Dutch withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011
Operation Ocean Shield (2009 - 15 December 2016) ^[11] Operation Atalanta (2009 - present)	Netherlands	Somali Pirates	Victory NATO and EU operations being conducted. Action of 5 April 2010 Task Force Barracuda: sabotage of 5 Somali piracy mother ships
Libyan Civil War (2011)	Anti-Gaddafi forces United States United Kingdom France Denmark Netherlands Italy Canada several Arab League states Sweden	Armed forces Pro-Gaddafi Militia Foreign mercenaries	Victory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control
Dutch military intervention against ISIL Dutch involvement in the Syrian Civil War (2014 - 2019)	Netherlands	Boko Haram---- al-Nusra Front Khorasan---- Ahrar ash-Sham	Victory Operation Inherent Resolve is in play. 2014 Iraqi intervention against ISIL Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War

Notes and References

1. Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
2. Book: Hagen, Piet. https://books.google.com/books?id=-E9aDwAAQBAJ. Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië: Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing. 2018-05-10. Singel Uitgeverijen. 9789029524209. nl. Opstanden, expedities en oorlogen.
3. Wies Platje, 297–299
4. J.D. Legge, 403
5. Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
6. Platje . Wies . 2001 . Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62. Intelligence and National Security . 16 . 1 . 285–312 . 10.1080/714002840. 153528325 .
7. Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
8. February 2011 . Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea . Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin . 150 . 1–2 . 19 September 2013.
9. Web site: nato.int. 3 September 2018. Resolute Support Mission (RSM): Key Facts and Figures. 28 April 2023.
10. Web site: President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News. 16 March 2015 . 28 April 2023. www.youtube.com.
11. Web site: Home . nato.int.