# List of wars involving Germany

This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
    Victory of Germany (and allies)
    Defeat of Germany (and allies)
    Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Germany, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

## Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Emperor/King |
| Otto I's raid on Poland (963) | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Poland | Victory | Otto I |
| German–Danish War of 974 | Holy Roman Empire Norwegian Rebels | Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway | Victory | Otto II |
| Franco-German War of 978-980 | Holy Roman Empire | West Francia | Defeat | Otto II |
| Otto II's raid on Poland (979) | Holy Roman Empire | Civitas Schinesghe | Defeat | Otto II |
| Slavic revolt of 983 | Holy Roman Empire | Wends Lutici Obotrite | Defeat | Otto II |
| Polish-Saxon Invasion of Veleti (985) | Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire | Veleti | Victory | Otto III |
| Polish–Bohemian War (990) | Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Bohemia | Victory | Otto III |
| Polish-German invasion of Veleti (992) | Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire | Veleti | Victory | Otto III |
| Polish-German invasion of Obotrites (995) | Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire | Obotrites | Victory | Otto III |
| German–Polish War (1003–1018) | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Poland | Defeat (Peace of Bautzen) Poland is granted control over Lusatia and Upper Lusatia | Henry II |
| Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis (1015–1019) | Duchy of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire Pechenegs | Kievan Rus | Victory Temporary victory for Sviatopolk and Boleslaw Polish sack of Kiev | Henry II |
| German–Polish War (1028–1031) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary (1029–1031) | Victory | Conrad II |
| Emperor Conrad II's military campaign against Hungary (1030–1031) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary (1029–1031) | Defeat The Hungarians occupied Vienna | Conrad II |
| German-Hungarian Wars (1042–1043) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary (1029–1031) | Victory | Henry III |
| Henry III's military campaign against Hungary (1044) | Holy Roman Empire Peter Orseolo and his allies | The army of King Samuel Aba | Victory Defeat of Samuel Aba, restoration of Peter | Henry III |
| War between King Peter and Prince Andrew (1046) | King Peter's army Holy Roman Empire | Prince Andrew's army Kievan Rus' | Defeat | Henry III |
| Emperor Henry III's military campaigns against Hungary (1051–1052) | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | Henry III |
| German-Hungarian border War (1056–1058) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Stalemate Treaty of Marchfeld | Henry IV |
| Civil War between King Andrew I and his brother, Prince Bela (1060) | King Andrew I's army Holy Roman Empire | Prince Béla's army Kingdom of Poland | Defeat | Henry IV |
| German invasion of Hungary (1063) | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bavaria | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory Death of Béla I Ascension of Solomon to the Hungarian throne | Henry IV |
| Saxon revolt of 1073–1075 | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Saxony | Victory Rebellion suppressed | Henry IV |
| Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 | Holy Roman Empire | German rebels Duchy of Saxony Duchy of Bavaria County of Luxembourg | Victory | Henry IV |
| German-Flemish war | Holy Roman Empire | County of Flanders | Status quo ante bellum | Henry V |
| Henry V's expedition to Poland (1109) | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland | Defeat | Henry V |
| War of Bohemian Succession (1125–1140) | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Bohemia | Defeat | Lothair III |
| Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines (1125–1186) (1216–1392) | Ghibellines' Holy Roman Empire 1st phase Holy Roman Empire 2nd phase Staufen (Empire) Pro-Staufen Sicily March of Treviso County of Urbino Pro-Ghibelline Florence Pro-Ghibelline Milan led by Della Torre Pro-Ghibelline Milan led by Visconti Republic of Siena Republic of Lucca Republic of Pisa Duchy of Modena Republic of Massa Pro-Ghibelline Montferrat Pavia Commune of Terni Asti Todi Santa Fiora Variable Italian city-states  Crown of Aragon Empire of Nicaea | Guelphs' Holy See (Papacy) 1st phase Lombard League 2nd phase Welfen (Empire) Pro-Angevin Sicily Papal States Pro-Guelph Florence Pro-Guelph Milan led by Della Torre Pro-Guelph Milan led by Visconti House of Della Torre Commune of Bologna Republic of Siena Republic of Lucca Republic of Genoa March of Ferrara Republic of Massa Pro-Guelph Montferrat County of Savoy Republic of Ancona Patriarchate of Aquileia Lodi Perugia Mantua Orvieto Variable Italian city-states | 1st phase:Peace of Constance (1186) 2nd phase:Stalemate (1392) Decline of free communes;rise of signorie Diffusion of Black Death Extinction of Hohenstaufen dynasty Conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily by Charles of Anjou Interregnum after Frederick II's death Weakening of Imperial Authority over Italy | Frederick I Barbarossa Frederick II Henry VII Louis IV |
| Wendish Crusade (1147) | Crusaders Holy Roman Empire Bishopric of Havelberg March of Meissen March of Brandenburg Duchy of Saxony Archbishopric of Bremen Archbishopric of Mainz Bishopric of Halberstadt County of Holstein Bishopric of Münster Bishopric of Olmütz Bishopric of Brandenburg Bishopric of Merseburg Jutland-Kingdom of Denmark Zealand/Scania-Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Poland | Wends Obotrite Confederacy Obotrites Wagrians Liutizian Confederacy Wendish allies: Duchy of Pomerania | Victory March of Brandenburg reconquers Havelberg, County of Holstein expels its Wends | Conrad III of Germany |
| Second Crusade (1147–1150) | Holy Roman Empire Other Crusaders | Emirate of Damascus other Muslim and Pagan entities in East Central Europe, Iberia and the Near East. | Indecisive Victories in East Central Europe and Iberia. Defeat in the Holy Land. | Conrad III of Germany |
| Frederick I's expedition to Głogów (1157) | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland Cumania Old Prussians | Victory | Frederick I Barbarossa |
| Third Crusade (1189–1192) | Holy Roman Empire Other Crusaders | Ayyubids | Victory | Frederick I Barbarossa |
| Henry VI's conquest of Sicily (1194) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Sicily | Victory Kingdom of Sicily added to Henry VI's Personal Union | Henry VI |
| Crusade of 1197 | Holy Roman Empire | Ayyubid Sultanate | Victory Beirut restored to the Kingdom of Jerusalem | Henry VI |
| Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) | Crusaders from: Kingdom of France County of Blois County of Brienne County of Champagne County of Flanders County of Saint-Pol Holy Roman Empire March of Montferrat County of Hainaut | In Europe: Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Holy Land: Ayyubid Sultanate | Victory | Otto IV |
| Prussian Crusade (1217–1274) | Holy Roman Empire Other Crusaders | Baltic pagans:' Prussians Bartians Galindians Natangians Nadruvians Pomesanians Pogesanians Sambians Warmians Yotvingians (Sudovians) Skalvians Allies of Prussians: Grand Duchy of Lithuania Duchy of Pomerania | Victory Teutonic Knights gain control of Prussia | Frederick II |
| Anglo-French War (1213–1214) | Angevin Empire Kingdom of England County of Anjou Duchy of Normandy Duchy of Aquitaine Holy Roman Empire County of Flanders County of Boulogne | Kingdom of France | Defeat Collapse of the Angevin Empire | Otto IV |
| Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Crusaders:  Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Portugal  Kingdom of Hungary  Kingdom of France Levant: Kingdom of Jerusalem Kingdom of Cyprus Latin Empire Military orders: Knights Templar Teutonic Order Knights Hospitaller | Muslim forces: Ayyubids | Defeat | Frederick II |
| Sixth Crusade (1227–1229) | Holy Roman Empire including in Personal Union:  Kingdom of Sicily  Kingdom of Jerusalem | Ayyubids | Victory Crusaders gains Jerusalem back | Frederick II |
| War of the Lombards (1228–1243) | Holy Roman Empire Pro-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Tyre Jerusalem Principality of Antioch and County of Tripoli Republic of Pisa Knights Hospitaller Teutonic Knights | Kingdom of Cyprus Anti-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Acre Beirut Arsuf Caesarea Republic of Genoa Knights Templar Papacy | Defeat | Frederick II |
| Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire (1241–1242) | Holy Roman Empire | Golden Horde | Victory | Frederick II |
| Great Interregnum (1245/50–1273/5) | Hohenstaufen party Frederick II (1245–50) Conrad IV (1245–54) Alfonso X of Castile (1257–75) Rudolf of Habsburg (1273–5) | Welf party Henry of Thuringia (1246–7) William II of Holland (1247–56) Richard of Cornwall (1257–72) Ottokar II of Bohemia | Compromise Unanimous election of Rudolf of Habsburg in 1273 Alfonso X of Castile renounced claim in 1275 | ? |
| Hussite Wars (1419–1434) | Catholic Church, Crusades and Loyalists:  Holy Roman Empire | Bohemian Wars: Hussite Movement | Indecisive Eventual defeat for Radical Hussites, Victory for Moderate Hussites and Catholics | Sigismund |
| Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–1488) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat The Black Army captures Vienna | Frederick III |
| Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–1491) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory Treaty of Pressburg (1491) | Frederick III |
| Italian War of 1494–1498 | 1494: Kingdom of Naples1495: League of Venice Papal States Republic of Venice Kingdom of Naples Kingdoms of Spain Duchy of Milan Holy Roman Empire Republic of Florence  England (1496–98) Margraviate of Mantua  Republic of Genoa | Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries Duchy of Milan (before 1495) Duchy of Ferrara (officially neutral) | Victory | Maximilian I |
| Swabian War (1499) | Holy Roman Empire Swabian League | Old Swiss Confederacy Three Leagues of the Grisons | Defeat Peace of Basel Swiss Confederacy exempt from the resolutions of the Imperial Diet of Worms | Maximilian I |
| Italian War of 1521–1526 | Holy Roman Empire Spain England Papal States (1521–1523 and 1525–1526) | France Swiss mercenaries  Republic of Venice  Papal States (1524–1525) Marquisate of Saluzzo | Victory Capture of Francis I of France at the Battle of Pavia | Charles V |
| Knights' War (1522–1523) | Holy Roman Empire Trier Palatinate | Brotherly Conventention of Knight's | Victory | Charles V |
| German Peasants' War (1524–1525) | Holy Roman Empire Swabian League | Peasant army | Victory Rebellion suppressed | Charles V |
| War of the League of Cognac (1526-1530) | Pro-Habsburg:  Holy Roman Empire Spain Duchy of Ferrara  Republic of Genoa (1528–1530) Duchy of Mantua (1528–1530)  Papal States (1530) | League of Cognac:  Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries  Papal States (1526–1529) Swiss Guards  Republic of Venice Republic of Florence  Kingdom of England  Republic of Genoa (1526–1528) Kingdom of Navarre Duchy of Milan | Victory Treaty of Cambrai (1529) End of the Florentine Republic (1530) Transformation of Florence into an hereditary monarchy by Pope Clement VII (1532) | Charles V |
| Little War in Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Archduchy of Austria Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Styria Duchy of Carniola Royal Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Spain Papal States | Ottoman Empire John Szapolyai's Hungarian kingdom Kingdom of France | Defeat | Charles V |
| Conquest of Tunis (1535) | Spanish Empire  Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily  Holy Roman Empire  Republic of Genoa County of Flanders Kingdom of Portugal Papal States Knights of Malta | Ottoman Empire | Victory Sack of Tunis Muley Hassan of the Hafsid dynasty restored as client ruler of Tunis and Spanish-Imperial tributary. | Charles V |
| Italian War of 1542–1546 | Holy Roman Empire Saxony Brandenburg Spain England | France Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Jülich-Cleves-Berg Denmark-Norway (1542–1543) | Inconclusive | Charles V |
| Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547) | Holy Roman Empire  Habsburg Austria  Electorate of Saxony Bohemian Crown  Habsburg Spain Habsburg HungarySupported by: Papal States | Schmalkaldic League:  Electorate of Saxony Hesse Electoral Palatinate Bremen Lübeck Brunswick-Lüneburg Württemberg Pomerania-Wolgast Anhalt-Köthen Brandenburg-Küstrin Lesser German states Supported by: England | Victory Capitulation of Wittenberg Schmalkadic League dissolved Saxon electoral dignity passed to the Albertine House of Wettin | Charles V |
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Papal States (1551–1552) Duchy of Mantua  Kingdom of England (1557–1559) Republic of Florence  Duchy of Savoy  Republic of Genoa Knights Hospitaller | Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries Ottoman Empire  Duchy of Parma (1551–1552) Republic of Siena (1552–1555/9) Papal States (1556–1557) | Victory Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis | Charles V |
| Second Schmalkaldic War (March–August 1552) | Imperial–Habsburg forces Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Austria | Protestant princes Electoral Saxony Hesse Prussia Brandenburg-Kulmbach Supported by: France | Protestant victory Peace of Passau (1552) Peace of Augsburg (1555) Three Bishoprics annexed by the Kingdom of France | Charles V |
| Long Turkish War (1593–1606) | Holy Roman Empire Transylvania Kingdom of Hungary  Papal States  Spain | Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive Peace of Zsitvatorok | Rudolph II |
| War of the Jülich Succession (1609–1614) | 1609–1610: Holy Roman Empire Principality of Strasbourg Prince-Bishopric of Liège Catholic League | 1609–1610: Margraviate of Brandenburg Palatinate-Neuburg United Provinces Kingdom of France Protestant Union | Treaty of Xanten | Rudolph II Matthias |
| War of the Montferrat Succession (1613-1617) | Supporting the Duke of Mantua: Duchy of Mantua Montferrat Tuscany (1613) Spanish Empire France (1613–14) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Naples Genoa | Supporting the Duke of Savoy: Duchy of Savoy Montferrat Tuscany (1613) France (1615–17) Venice | Victory Peace of Asti Savoy renounces its claims to Montferrat | Matthias |
| Uskok War (1615–1617) | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Croatia Spain | Republic of Venice Dutch Republic England | Treaty of Madrid (1617) Many Uskok pirates executed or exiled; Austrian garrison installed to check Uskoks. | Matthias |
| Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) | Imperial alliance prior to 1635  Habsburg Monarchy Spanish Empire  Bavaria Catholic League Post–1635 Peace of Prague  Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire  Denmark–Norway | Anti-Imperial alliance prior to 1635  Kingdom of Bohemia Sweden Palatinate Savoy Transylvania  Dutch Republic  Denmark–Norway Heilbronn League Hesse-Kassel Brandenburg-Prussia  Saxony Post–1635 Peace of Prague  France Sweden  Dutch Republic Hesse-Kassel | Defeat Peace of Prague (1635) Peace of Westphalia (1648): Peace of Münster (January 1648) between Spain and the Dutch Republic Treaty of Osnabrück (IPO; October 1648) between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Münster (October 1648) (IPM; October 1648) between France and the Holy Roman Empire Consequences France annexes Décapole, and Sundgau Sweden gains Wismar, Wolin, Western Pomerania, and Bremen-Verden Brandenburg-Prussia obtains Eastern Pomerania Spain recognises sovereignty of the Dutch Republic Old Swiss Confederacy gains independence from the Holy Roman Empire | Ferdinand III |
| Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626 | Holy Roman Empire Bavaria | Austrian Rebels | Victory | Adam Von Herberstorff |
| Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664) | League of the Rhine:  Kingdom of France  Holy Roman Empire  Electorate of Saxony  Brandenburg-Prussia  Electorate of Bavaria  Baden-Baden  Swabia  Piedmont-Savoy  Kingdom of Hungary  Kingdom of Croatia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Ottoman Empire | Peace of Vasvár | Leopold I |
| Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) | Dutch Republic  Holy Roman Empire (from 1673)  Spain (from 1673) Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673) Lorraine (from 1673) Denmark–Norway (from 1674)  England (1678) | France  England (1672–74) Münster (1672–1674) Cologne (1672–1674) Swedish Empire (from 1674) | Treaty of Nijmegen Major French territorial gains France occupies Lorraine, Freiburg and Kehl | Leopold I |
| War of the Reunions (1683–1684) | Spain Co-belligerent: Holy Roman Empire Genoa | France | Defeat Truce of Ratisbon | Leopold I |
| Great Turkish War (1683–1699) | Holy Roman Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Republic of Venice  Spanish Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory Treaty of Karlowitz The Habsburg monarchy wins lands in Hungary, the Principality of Transylvania and the Balkans. Poland-Lithuania captures Podolia. Russia captures the port of Azov. Venice captures Morea and inner Dalmatia. | Leopold I |
| Nine Years War (1688–1697) | Grand Alliance: Dutch Republic England Scotland Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Savoyard state | France | Victory Treaty of Ryswick | Leopold I |
| War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) | Pro-Habsburg Spain  Holy Roman Empire  England (until 1707)  Scotland (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707)  Ireland  Dutch Republic  Prussia (from 1702) Portugal (from 1702) Savoy (from 1703) | Pro-Bourbon Spain  France  Bavaria Savoy (until 1703) Portugal (until 1702) Cologne (until 1702) Liège (until 1702) Kuruc (1703–1711) | Indecisive Treaties of Utrecht (1713), Rastatt (1714) and Baden (1714) Philip is recognized as King of Spain, but once more renounces any claim to the throne of France Austria gains the crowns of Naples and Sardinia as well as the duchy of Milan and the Spanish Netherlands Savoy gains the crown of Sicily which is soon to be exchanged with Sardinia | Leopold I Joseph I Charles VI |
| Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711) | Holy Roman Empire: Austria  Prussia Margraviate of Baden Serbs from the Military Frontier Transylvanian Saxons Kingdom of Croatia Royalists Danish Auxiliary Corps Foreign mercenaries: Swiss Germans Italians Spaniards | Kuruc (Kingdom of Hungary) Principality of Transylvania Kingdom of France Minorities: Hungarian Slovenes Slovaks Rusyns Zipser Saxons Hungarian Germans Croats from Hungary Šokac and Bunjevac people Romanians in Hungary pro-Hungarian Serbs Foreign mercenaries and volunteers: Poles Wallachians Crimean Tatars Swedes Ottoman Turks Germans Lithuanians Moldavians Bulgarians Lipka Tatars Ruthenians | Victory | Leopold I Joseph I Charles VI |
| War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735) | Poland loyal to Augustus III  Russia  Habsburg Monarchy  Holy Roman Empire (from 1734)  Saxony  Prussia | Poland loyal to Stanislaus I  France Spain Savoy-Sardinia  Duchy of Parma | Treaty of Vienna Augustus III ascends the throne Bourbon and Habsburg territorial gains | Charles VI |
| Liège Revolution (1789–1791) | Prince-Bishops of Liège  Holy Roman Empire Habsburg monarchy Supported by: Prussia (1789–1790) | Liège rebels Republic of Liège (1789–1791) France (from 1792) Supported by: Prussia (from July 1790) | Defeat Foundation of Liège Republic (1789); reversion to Prince-Bishopric(1791); annexation by France (1795) | Leopold II |
| War of the First Coalition (mostly the Low Countries theatre) (1792–1797) | First Coalition: Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Habsburg monarchy (Austria) Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Hanover Hesse-Kassel (until 1795) Great Britain Spanish Empire (1793–95) Kingdom of Naples (until 1796) Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Prussia (until 1795) Kingdom of Sardinia (until 1796) Army of Condé | Kingdom of the French (1792) French First Republic (from 1792) Republic of Bouillon (1794–95) Batavian Republic (from 1795) Ligurian Republic (from 1795) Cisrhenian Republic (1797) Cisalpine Republic (1797) other sister republics Spanish Empire (1796–97) Polish Legions (from 1797) | Defeat French monarchy abolished, republicanism spread across Europe All southern Low Countries and Left Bank of the Rhine annexed by France (1795) Treaty of The Hague (1795) Batavian Republic established as a French sister republic Peace of Basel (1795) Prussia and Hesse-Kassel withdraw from Coalition Spain allies with France (ending the War of the Pyrenees) Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) Habsburg monarchy accepts the loss of the Austrian Netherlands | Francis II |

## Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Protector |
| War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) | France Confederation of the Rhine Etruria Holland Italy Naples  Saxony (from 11 Dec 1806) Polish Legions Swiss Confederation Spain Polish rebels | Fourth Coalition:' Prussia  Russia  United Kingdom Saxony (until 11 Dec 1806) Sweden Sicily | Victory Treaties of Tilsit Treaty of Posen Franco Russian alliance Creation of the Continental System Hostilities resume later in 1807 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expand and expand in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France | Napoleon I |
| Peninsular War (1808-1814) | France  Napoleonic Spain Kingdom of Italy Confederation of the Rhine  Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Holland  Denmark-Norway (Evacuation of La Romana's division) | Spain Portugal  United Kingdom | Defeat Treaty of Paris Collapse of the First French Empire Revolts break out in America | Napoleon I |
| War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) | France Confederation of the Rhine  Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Duchy of Warsaw  Italy Naples Holland  Russia | Fifth Coalition:  Austria  United Kingdom Portugal Spain Sardinia Sicily Rebel groups Black Brunswickers Tyrol Gottscheers Italian rebels | Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn Illyrian Provinces to France Salzburg to Bavaria Parts of Bohemia to Saxony West Galicia to Duchy of Warsaw East Galicia to Russia | Napoleon I |
| French Invasion of Russia (1812) | France' Poland Duchy of Warsaw Lithuania Italy Naples Rhine Confederation Saxony Bavaria Westphalia Württemberg Hesse Berg Baden Switzerland  Spain French allies: Austria Prussia Denmark-Norway | Russia | Defeat | Napoleon I |
| War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814) | Original coalition  Russia  Prussia Spain  United Kingdom  Hanover Mecklenburg-Schwerin  Portugal Sardinia  Sicily  Sweden After the Armistice of Pläswitz  Austria  Bavaria After the Battle of Leipzig Baden  Liechtenstein  Saxony  Württemberg After 20 November 1813 Netherlands After January 1814 Denmark | France Duchy of Warsaw  Italy Naples Until January 1814 Confederation of the Rhine (many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig) Denmark–Norway Co-belligerent:  United States (War of 1812 only) | Victory Treaty of Kiel Treaty of Fontainebleau Treaty of Paris Confederation of the Rhine dissolved German states and Austria unite to form the German Confederation Netherlands gains independence Norway ceded to The King of Sweden | Napoleon I |

## German Confederation (1815–1866)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Head of the Presiding Power |
| War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) | United Kingdom Prussia  Russia Netherlands  Austria  Bourbon Restoration Brunswick Denmark (no combat) Hanover Liechtenstein  Nassau Sardinia  Sicily Switzerland Tuscany  Württemberg | France Naples | Victory Second Treaty of Paris End of the Napoleonic Wars Second exile of Napoleon (to the island of Saint Helena) and second Bourbon Restoration Beginning of the Concert of Europe | Francis I |
| German revolutions of 1848–1849 | German Confederation  Kingdom of Saxony  Kingdom of Prussia  Austrian Empire | German Empire (1848–1849) German Revolutionaries | Victory Establishment of German state and introduction of liberal constitution Dissolution of German Confederation | Ferdinand I Archduke John of Austria Frederick William IV |
| First Schleswig War (Part of the revolutions of 1848) | German Confederation Schleswig Holstein  Prussia  Kingdom of Saxony  Kingdom of Hanover  Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Denmark Supported by: Russian Empire United Kingdom Sweden-Norway France | Defeat Denmark retains control of Schleswig-Holstein | Ferdinand I of Austria Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| Second Schleswig War (1864) | Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire | Kingdom of Denmark | Victory Denmark losses Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria | Otto von Bismarck |
| Austro-Prussian War (1866) | Austrian-led German Confederation states  Austria  Bavaria  Saxony  Hanover  Württemberg Hesse-Kassel  Baden Hesse-Darmstadt Nassau Saxe-Meiningen Reuss-Greiz Schaumburg-Lippe Frankfurt Liechtenstein | Prussian-led German states Prussia Saxe-Lauenburg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Brunswick Saxe-Coburg & Gotha Saxe-Altenburg Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Anhalt Schwarzburg Waldeck Lippe Lübeck Bremen Hamburg Italy | Victory Dissolution of the German Confederation Formation of the North German Confederation, later the German Empire Formation of Austria-Hungary | Francis Joseph I |

## North German Confederation (1867–1870/71)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Chancellor |
| Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) | North German Confederation  Kingdom of Prussia  Kingdom of Saxony  Grand Duchy of Baden  Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Wuttemberg  Grand Duchy of Hesse  German Empire (after 18 January 1871) | French Third Republic (Government of National Defense) Foreign Volunteers | Victory Treaty of Frankfurt Fall of the Second French Empire Formation of the French Third Republic Beginning of Franco-German enmity Paris Commune uprising Unification of Germany completed Proclamation of the German Empire German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine | Wilhelm I |

## Post-unification (1871–present)
### German Empire (1871–1918)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Reichskanzler (Imperial chancellor) | German losses |
| Nauruan Civil War (1878–1888) | Supporters of King Aweida Germany | Anti-Aweida Rebels | Victory Nauru is annexed as part of German New Guinea | Otto von Bismarck | ? |
| First Samoan Civil War (1886–1894) | Supporters of Laupepa Germany | Supporters of Mata'afa | Compromise Malietoa Laupepa restored to power | Otto von Bismarck | 16 dead |
| Abushiri Revolt (1888–1889) | Germany United Kingdom | Arab Rebels led by al-Harthi | Victory Rebellion put down | Otto von Bismarck | ? |
| Hehe Rebellion (1891–1898) | Germany | Hehe | Victory Rebellion put down | Leo von Caprivi | ? |
| Bafut Wars (1891–1907) | Germany | Fondom of Bafut | Victory Exile of the Fon of Bafut | Leo von Caprivi | ? |
| Battle of Adibo (1896) | Germany | Dagbaŋ | Victory | Leo von Caprivi | ? |
| Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) | 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 | Victory Establishment of the Cretan State. Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete. | Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst | ? |
| Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) | Supporters of Mata'afa Germany | Supporters of Tanumafili I United States United Kingdom | Compromise Tripartite Convention | Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst | ? |
| Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) | Russia Japan United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy | Yihetuan Movement China | Victory Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing | Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst | ? |
| Adamawa Wars (1899–1907) | Germany United Kingdom | Sokoto Caliphate Mahdist rebels | Victory German rule in Kamerun solidified | Bernhard von Bülow | ? |
| Venezuelan Crisis (1902–1903) | United Kingdom Germany Italy | Venezuela | Compromise Venezuelan debt dispute resolved | Bernhard von Bülow | ? |
| Kavango Uprising (1903) | German Empire | Kavango rebels | Victory Uprising suppressed | Bernhard von Bülow | ? |
| Herero Wars (1904–1908) | Germany | Herero Namaqua | Victory Herero and Namaqua genocide | Bernhard von Bülow | 1,541 dead |
| Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1908) | Germany | Qadiriyya Brotherhood Matumbi Ngoni Yao | Victory Rebellion put down | Bernhard von Bülow | 397 dead |
| Sokehs Rebellion (1910–1911) | Germany | Sokehs tribe | Victory Rebellion put down | Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | 5 dead |
| World War I (1914–1918) | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | France United Kingdom Russia (withdrew) United States Italy Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Belgium Romania Greece Portugal Brazil Nepal Japan China Siam Hejaz | Defeat Victory of Germany and its allies on the Eastern Front, leading to an armistice between Russia and the Central Powers and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Armistice of 11 November 1918, Paris Peace Conference Communist Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, formation of the Soviet Union in 1922 Establishment of the Weimar Republic Rise of the United States Transfer of German colonies and territories to other countries, partition of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of Austria-Hungary Turkish War of Independence Creation of the League of Nations | Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | 2,198,420 to 2,800,720 dead |
| Finnish Civil War (1918) | Finnish Whites  German Empire Foreign volunteers: Swedish Brigade Estonian volunteers Polish Legion in Finland White Army | Finnish Reds Soviet Russia | Victory Establishment of the Kingdom of Finland German hegemony until November 1918 Division in Finnish society Collapse of the Finnish Reds | Georg von Hertling | 450–500 killed in action |
| Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921) | Ukrainian State  South Russia  Germany  Poland | Russian SFSR  UNRR  URR  Ukrainian SSR | Victory (The Bolsheviks were forced out of Ukraine as long as Germany was stationed there) | Hermann von Eichhorn | ? |

### Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Reichskanzler | German losses |
| German Revolution (1918–1919) | Germany | Revolutionaries | Government victory Establishment of the Weimar Republic | Friedrich Ebert | ? |
| Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) | Germany | POW | Defeat Poland gains Greater Poland | Friedrich Ebert | ? |
| Lithuanian–Soviet War (1918–1919) | Lithuania  Saxon Volunteers | Russian SFSR  Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR | Victory | Friedrich Ebert (1918–1919) Philipp Scheidemann (1919) Gustav Bauer (1919) | ? |
| First Silesian Uprising (1919) | Weimar Republic | POW-GS | Victory German forces crush uprising | Gustav Bauer | ? |
| Kapp Putsch (1920) | Weimar Republic Striking workers | Putschists Marinebrigade Ehrhardt | Government victory Collapse of the Putsch General strike in opposition of the Putsch Order restored and elections held Amnesty for Putschists Ruhr uprising | Friedrich Ebert | ? |
| Ruhr Uprising (1920) | Weimar Republic | Ruhr Red Army | Government victory Uprising crushed | Friedrich Ebert | 1,600+ (Both combatants) |
| Second Silesian Uprising (1920) | Weimar Republic | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire Order restored by Allied intervention | Constantin Fehrenbach | ? |
| March Action (1921) | Weimar Republic | Communist Party Communist Workers Party | Government victory | Constantin Fehrenbach | 31 police officers dead |
| Third Silesian Uprising (1921) | Weimar Republic | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire Parts of Upper Silesia ceded to Poland | Joseph Wirth | ? |
| Hamburg Uprising (1923) | Weimar Republic | Communist Party of Germany | Government victory | Friedrich Ebert | 17 dead, 61 civilians dead |
| Beer Hall Putsch (1923) | Weimar Republic Bavarian State Police Reichswehr | Kampfbund Nazi Party Sturmabteilung Stoßtrupp-Hitler Bund Reichskriegsflagge Freikorps Oberland | Government victory | Friedrich Ebert | 4 police officers dead, 1 civilian dead |

### Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Führer | German losses |
| German involvement in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) | Spanish Nationalists Italy Germany Portugal | Spanish Republicans International Brigades | Victory End of the Second Spanish Republic | Adolf Hitler | ~300 killed |
| Sudeten German uprising | Sudeten Germans SdP sympathisers Freikorps Grüne Korps Supported by: Germany Schutzstaffel Sturmabteilung Abwehr | Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Army State Defence Guard Republikanische Wehr | Defeat | Adolf Hitler | ca.200 |
| Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1939) | Germany Hungary Poland | Czechoslovakia | Victory German occupation of Czechoslovakia | Adolf Hitler | 21 killed and wounded |
| World War II (1939–1945) | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Kingdom of Iraq  Finland  Thailand | Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Nepal Philippines Mongolia | Defeat Collapse of Nazi Germany and its allies. Allied occupation of Germany and Japan as well as Austria and Korea. Germany loses its pre-war and wartime territorial gains, as well as the eastern territories. Remaining German territory is placed under Allied occupation until 1949, when West and East Germany are established. Economy and facility of Germany suffers heavy loss Flight and expulsion of Germans from various territories in Central and Eastern Europe, including from Germany's eastern territories Creation of the United Nations and rise of internationalism | Adolf Hitler | 6,900,000 to 7,400,000 dead |

### East Germany (1949–1990)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Leadership of East Germany | German losses |
| East German uprising of 1953 (1953) | East Germany Soviet Union | Demonstrators | Victory | Walter Ulbricht | 5 police killed |

### Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor) | German losses |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) | United States  United Kingdom  France  Saudi Arabia  Egypt  Kuwait Coalition: Afghan mujahideen  Argentina  Australia  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Belgium  Canada Czechoslovakia  Denmark  Germany  Greece  Honduras  Hungary  Italy  Japan  Luxembourg  Morocco  Netherlands  New Zealand  Niger  Norway  Oman  Pakistan  Philippines  Poland  Portugal  Qatar  Romania  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Singapore  South Korea  Spain  Sweden  Syria  Turkey  United Arab Emirates | Iraq → Iraq | Victory | Helmut Kohl | ? |
| Operation Deliberate Force (1995) | NATO  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States United Nations Protection Force | Republika Srpska | Victory Dayton Accords | Helmut Kohl | None |
| Operation Allied Force (1999) | NATO  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States | FR Yugoslavia | Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 | Gerhard Schröder | None |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan ISAF  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Germany  France  Italy  Czech Republic  Netherlands  Turkey  Romania  Georgia  South Korea  Poland  Denmark  Sweden  Norway Others | Taliban al-Qaeda | Taliban victory Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 2001 Establishment of new Afghan government Fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 16 August 2021 War in North-West Pakistan | Gerhard Schröder (2001–2005) Angela Merkel (2005–2021) | 59 dead |
| War on ISIL (2015–present) | Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan CJTF–OIR  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  France  Germany  Turkey  Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Jordan  Bahrain  United Arab Emirates  Morocco  Australia  Netherlands  Belgium  Denmark  Norway | ISIL al-Qaeda | Ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Islamic terrorism in Europe | Angela Merkel (2015–2021) Olaf Scholz (2021–) | See below |
| Mali War (2017–2023) | Mali MINUSMA  France ECOWAS  Chad  Germany  Netherlands  Sweden | al-Qaeda | Compromise The Foreign Minister of Mali requested that the United Nations terminate MINUSMA due to what he called its "failure" to stabilize the situation there on 16 June 2023 MINUSMA was officially terminated on 30 June 2023. Dissolution of United Nations peacekeeping mission on 31 December 2023 Withdrawal of all contributing MINUSMA nations and retreat of their troops within 6 months | Angela Merkel (2015–2021) Olaf Scholz (2021–) | 2 dead |