List of wars involving France

This article is about wars involving modern France (1792–present). For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars involving (West) Francia, see List of wars involving Francia.

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)

Conflict	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
French Revolution (1789–1799) Location: Kingdom of France/French First Republic	Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army Chouans Armée des Émigrés	Revolutionaries Jacobins Cordeliers Girondins Sans-culottes Thermidorians	French Republican victory Abolition of the Ancien régime and creation of constitutional monarchy Proclamation of the French First Republic in September 1792 Reign of Terror and execution of Louis XVI French Revolutionary Wars Establishment of the French Consulate in November 1799
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, West Indies	Kingdom of France (until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) French satellites[1]  Batavian Republic (from 1795)[2] Sister republics[3] French naval allies Spain (from 1796, naval only)[4]	First Coalition Dutch Republic (until 1795)[5] French Royalists[6]  Great Britain[7]  Holy Roman Empire (until 1797)[8]  Portugal  Prussia (until 1795)[9] Sardinia (until 1796)[10] Spain (until 1795)[9]  Naples (until 1796)	French victory Treaty of The Hague, Treaty of Paris, Peaces of Basel, Treaty of Tolentino, Treaty of Campo Formio French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine, Savoy, and other smaller territories Santo Domingo to France French sister republics established End of millennial Venetian independence
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	Vendeans Supported 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 Collage of the Haitian Revolution 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)  Great Britain 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: Old Swiss Confederacy	France	Switzerland	French victory Switzerland becomes a French client state
War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Location: Italy, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea	French Republic Spain French client republics:[11]  Batavian Republic Cisalpine Republic Helvetic Republic Ligurian Republic	Second Coalition:  Holy Roman Empire (until 1801)[a] Tuscany  Bavaria[12]  United Kingdom[13]  Russia (until 1801)[14]  Ottoman Empire[15]  Naples (until 1801)[16]  Portugal (until 1801)[17] Sardinia[18]  United States (Quasi-War until 1800)[b]	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 and allies Trinidad, Ceylon and Malta to Britain Parma and Louisiana to France Tuscany to the House of Bourbon Foundation of the Septinsular Republic Portuguese Olivenza to Spain Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
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 USS Constellation in combat with French Insurgente	France	United States	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: Alentejo, Portugal Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso, Brazil	Kingdom of Spain  French Republic	Kingdom of Portugal State of Brazil	Franco-Spanish victory in Europe Portuguese victory in South America Treaty of Badajoz Question of Olivença Territory of Brazil expanded Portuguese territory returned, except Olivenza, and border territories, which remained in Spanish possession; France territorial guarantees in Trinidad, Port Mahon (Menorca) and Malta, as well as lands north of Brazil; Southern Spanish America loses territory to Portuguese Brazil

First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
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–Norway Co-belligerent: Russian Empire (1808–09) Supported by: French Empire[19]	United Kingdom Co-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 Empire Co-belligerent: Denmark–Norway Supported by: French Empire	Sweden Supported by: United Kingdom	Russian victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 (1808–1809) Location: Scandinavia	Denmark–Norway Co-belligerent: Russian Empire Supported by: French Empire	Sweden Co-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  Bavaria Saxony  Westphalia  Württemberg Duchy of Warsaw Holland  Italy Naples Switzerland	Austria Black Brunswickers Portugal  Sardinia Sicily Spain Tyrol  United Kingdom	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	France Confederation of the Rhine  Baden Bavaria Berg Saxony  Westphalia Duchy of Warsaw  Italy Naples Switzerland	Russia	Russian victory Start of the War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) Location: Central and Eastern Europe	France Duchy of Warsaw[d]  Italy Naples Until January 1814 Confederation of the Rhine (many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig) Denmark–Norway	Original coalition  Mecklenburg-Schwerin  Portugal  Prussia  Russia  Sardinia  Sicily  Spain  Sweden  United Kingdom After the Armistice of Pläswitz  Austria  Bavaria After the Battle of Leipzig  Württemberg Baden Netherlands  Liechtenstein 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  Baden Bavaria Brunswick Denmark Kingdom of France Hanover Liechtenstein  Nassau Netherlands  Portugal  Sardinia Saxony  Sicily 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)

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) Battle of Navarino Morea Expedition Location: Greece	1821: Filiki Eteria Greek revolutionaries After 1822: Hellenic Republic Supported by: Romanian Revolutionaries (1821) Philhellenes  United Kingdom (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	Bourbon Restoration (Legitimists)	Orléanists	Orléanist victory Establishment of the July Monarchy

July Monarchy (1830–1848)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
Liberal Wars (1828–34) Battle of the Tagus Location: Portugal	Liberals Supported by: United Kingdom (1828–1834) France (1830–1834) Belgian volunteers (1832–1834)[20] Spain (1833–1834)	Miguelites Supported 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	France	Ottoman Empire 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	United Netherlands	Franco-Belgian victory Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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)	Carlists Supported by: Portugal (until 1834)	French and Liberal victory
First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839) Location: Mexico	France	Mexico	French victory Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Location: Uruguay	Colorados Gobierno de la Defensa (since 1843) Unitarians  Empire of Brazil (since 1851) Entre Ríos (from 1851)  Corrientes (from 1851) France  United Kingdom  Riograndense Republic (1839–1845) Italian Redshirts	Blancos Gobierno del Cerrito (since 1843) Federalists Lavallejistas  Argentine Confederation Entre Ríos (until 1851)	Colorado victory
First Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Location: Morocco Bombardment of Tangiers Battle of Isly Bombardment of Mogador	France	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	France	Nguyễn dynasty	French victory
French Revolution of 1848 (February 1848) Location: Paris, France	July Monarchy	Revolutionaries	Republican victory July Monarchy abolished, Second Republic established

Second French Republic (1848–1852)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
June Days uprising (June 1848) Location: France	French Second Republic	Insurgents	Second Republic victory New constitution adopted from the provisional government
First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) Location: Lombardy; Rome	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia  France (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[21]
French invasion of Honolulu (1849) Location: Honolulu, Hawaii	France	Hawaiian Kingdom	Victory

Second French Empire (1852–1870)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1871) Location: China	China Xiang Army Huai Army Later stages:  France  United Kingdom	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	France	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.[22] France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur.[23]
Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East	France  Ottoman Empire Egypt Tunis  Britain[e] Sardinia[f] Supported by:  Austrian Empire Caucasus Imamate[g] Circassia Abkhazia[f]	Russian Empire Mingrelia Kurdish rebels Greece[h]	Allied victory Treaty of Paris
Second Opium War (1857) Location: China	France  United Kingdom  India 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
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 Austria-Hungary	United Mexican States  United States (from 1865)[24]	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	Britain French Empire  Netherlands  United States	Chōshū Domain	Allied victory
French campaign against Korea (1866) Location: Korea	France	Korea	French defeat French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
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  Kingdom of Prussia  Kingdom of Saxony Grand Duchy of Baden  Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Württemberg Grand Duchy of Hesse	French defeat Dissolution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established

French Third Republic (1870–1940)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
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	Ethiopia Support:  Russia[25][26][27]  France[28][29] Eritrean rebels[30]	Italy 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  British Empire  France Italy  Russian Empire  Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898)  German Empire (until March 16, 1898)	Ottoman Empire	French victory Establishment of the Cretan State. Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.
Boxer Rebellion (1899) Location: North China	France  British Empire  India  Russia  Japan  Germany  United States  Italy  Austria-Hungary  Netherlands  Belgium 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  British Empire  United Kingdom  Canada  Newfoundland  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa Russian Empire  United States  Italy  Japan  China  Serbia  Montenegro  Romania  Belgium  Greece  Portugal  Brazil	Central Powers  Germany  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria	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	United Kingdom  France  Italy  Greece  United States[31]  Japan[31]	Ottoman Empire	Temporary occupation
November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-Lorraine Location: Alsace-Lorraine	French Third Republic	Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic	Third Republic victory Alsace-Lorraine annexed by France
Hungarian-Romanian War (1918–1919) Location: Hungary, and Transylvania	Romania Supported by:  France  Czechoslovakia	Hungarian Republic (until 21 March 1919)  Soviet Hungary Supported by:  Soviet Russia	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  British Empire  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  India  South Africa  United States France  Japan  Czechoslovakia  Greece  Estonia  Serbia  Italy Poland  Romania  China	Russian SFSR  Far Eastern Republic 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:  Weimar Republic Reichswehr Freikorps Der Stahlhelm Social Democratic Party of Germany Supported by:  France	FSR Germany Supported by:  Russian SFSR	Weimar victory
Hungarian–Czechoslovak War (1918–1919) Location: Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary	Czechoslovakia Supported by:  France  Romania	Hungarian Republic (until 21 March 1919)  Soviet Hungary (from 21 March 1919) Supported by:  Soviet Russia	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	French Third Republic  Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Comité de Salut Public (Luxembourg) [nl] 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	Poland Belarusian PR  Latvia[i] Ukrainian People's Republic[j] Supported by:  France  Hungarian Republic  Romania Russian Whites  United Kingdom[k]  United States[k]	Russian SFSR  Byelorussian SSR Polrewkom  Ukrainian SSR	Polish victory
Bender Uprising (1919) Location: Tighina, Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova)	France Romania	Red Guards  Ukrainian SSR	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  France (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 Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925. 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[32]
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  Soviet Union  United Kingdom  China Free France Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Yugoslavia  Greece  Denmark  Norway  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Mexico	Axis Powers  Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Croatia  Slovakia  Finland  Thailand  Manchukuo  Mengjiang	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)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina Battle of Ko Chang	Vichy France French Indochina	Thailand	Inconclusive Japanese-mediated ceasefire On Japanese decision, disputed territories in French Indochina ceded by France to Thailand

French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
War in Vietnam (1945–1946) Location: Vietnam	France  British Empire 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	French Union France French Indochina State of Vietnam Kingdom of Cambodia  Kingdom of Laos Supported by:  United States	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh Supported by:  China  Soviet Union	DR Vietnamese victory[33][34][35][36] Division of Vietnam between North Vietnam and South Vietnam in 1954 Independence of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
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	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 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: French Algeria Toussaint Rouge Battle of Philippeville Battle of Algiers Battle of Agounennda Operation Jumelles Algiers putsch of 1961 Battle of Bab El Oued	French Fourth Republic (1954–1958) French Fifth Republic (1958–1962) La Main Rouge MPC ANPA FAF (1960–61) OAS (1961–62)	FLN MNA PCA	Algerian victory Independence of Algeria from France End of the French colonial empire[42] Collapse of the Fourth French Republic and establishment of the Fifth French Republic
Bamileke War (1955–1964) Location: French Cameroon	Before 1960 France French Equatorial Africa[43] After 1960 Cameroon[44] 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 French wars since 1958	Spain France	Moroccan Army of Liberation	Franco-Spanish victory

French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

Conflict	France & allies	France's opposition	Outcome
Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location: Basque country	Spain  France	Neo-fascist paramilitaries: Spanish Basque Battalion (1975–1981) Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (1983–1987)[l] Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance (1976–1983) Spanish Armed Groups (1979–1980) Warriors of Christ the King (1968–1980) Spanish National Action (unknown) ETA Anti-Terrorism (1970s) Anti-Marxist Commandos Basque National Liberation Movement: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna Iparretarrak (1972–2000) Iraultza (1982–1996) Autonomous Anti-Capitalist Commandos (late 1970s–1980s) Irrintzi (2005–2009) Kale borroka Hordago (1980s) Euskal Zuzentasuna (1977–1979)	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[45]	Algeria Support:  Egypt[46]  Cuba[47]	Military stalemate[48] 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[49][50][51]  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay  France	ERP Montoneros FAP Supported 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	Morocco  Mauritania (1975–1979)  France (1977–78) Operation Lamantin, aid from 1978) Supported by: Saudi Arabia United States	Western Sahara Polisario Front  Algeria 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)  Zaire (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:  Soviet Union (1975–1991)  Yugoslavia (1975–1991)  North Korea (1980s)  Brazil  Mexico	MPLA Victory
Corsican conflict (1976–present) Location: Corsica	France	Corsican nationalist paramilitaries National Liberation Front of Corsica groups National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) (1976-1990) FLNC-Canal Habituel (1990-1997) FLNC-Canal Historique (1990-1999) FLNC-Union of Combatants (1999-Present) FLNC-22 October (2002-Present) Other Corsican armed groups	Ongoing Multiple failed peace agreements Temporary cessation of hostilities from 2014-2022
Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire	France  Zaire  Morocco Egypt  Belgium Supported 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 FAT (1978–79) FAN (1978–83) FANT (1983–87) GUNT (1986–87)  France  Zaire  Nigeria  Senegal Supported by:  Sudan  Egypt  Israel  Iraq  United States	Libya Islamic Legion Pro-Libyan Chadian factions FROLINAT GUNT (1979–86) Codos (1983–86)  PLO (1987) Supported by:  East Germany  Soviet Union	Chadian-French victory Chad gains control of the Aouzou Strip
Shaba II (1978) Location: Shaba, Zaire	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 the Persian Gulf	Kuwait  United States  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia  Egypt  France  Syria  Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Canada  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Bangladesh  Italy  Australia  Netherlands 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	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Herzeg-Bosnia  Croatia Support:  NATO	Republika Srpska  Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (from 1993) Support:  FR Yugoslavia	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	FR Yugoslavia	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  France  Turkey	al-Qaeda	Ongoing
First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location: Ivory Coast A Forces nouvelles's member caught by the French Foreign Legion in 2004 after a plundering.	Ivory Coast Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported by:  Russia  Bulgaria  Belarus  France 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	Republic of Haiti	Victory
Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Location: Chad	Chad  France NMRD JEM	Rebels Janjaweed Alleged support:  Sudan (until 2010)	Victory
Somali Civil War (2009–present) Location: Somalia Operation Atalanta Operation Linda Nchi Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt	Somalia  United States  European Union	Al-Qaeda	Ongoing
Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: Northeast Nigeria	Nigeria  Cameroon  Chad  Niger  Turkey Supported by:  Benin  Canada  China  France  Iran  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 Part of a group of six, Italian-built, Palmaria self-propelled howitzers of the Gaddafi regime's forces, destroyed by French Rafale airplanes at the west-southern outskirts of Benghazi, Libya, in Opération Harmattan on March 19, 2011. Opération Harmattan Operation Unified Protector	NATO  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada  Denmark  France  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Romania  Spain  United Kingdom  United States	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: 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[52]
Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2021) Location: Central African Republic French soldiers as part of Operation Sangaris, authorized in late 2013. 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.[53]
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)	Iraq CJTF–OIR  United States  France  United Kingdom  Netherlands  Australia  Jordan  Denmark	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Victory
Opération Chammal (2014–present) Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya French Dassault Rafale of Squadron 11F prepares to land on USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is deployed as part of maritime security operations and strike operations in Iraq and Syria.	France	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	European Union  Belgium  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Italy	Yemen (SPC)  Yemeni Navy (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

Notes

1. Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian Habsburg rule, also nominally encompassed some other Italian states abolished in 1797, as well as other Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
2. An undeclared naval war between the United States and the First French Republic after Congress authorised a trade deal with Great Britain and suspended repaying French loans. Hostilities began in June 1798 and concluded in September 1800. The U.S. was never an official member of the Second Coalition.
3. Modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and German border lands
4. Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, although most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon.
5. From 1854
6. From 1855
7. Until 1855
8. Until 1854
9. Battle of Daugavpils
10. After 1920
11. Volunteers
12. The Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL) was supported by some officials of the Spanish government, most notably José Barrionuevo.