# List of wars involving Romania

This is a list of wars fought by Romania since 1859:

## The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1862)

The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia did not participate in any wars.

## Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866)

The Romanian United Principalities did not participate in any wars.

## Principality of Romania (1866–1881)

| Conflict | Conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result | Result | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders |
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
| 24 April 1877 – 3 March 1878 | Romanian War of Independence or Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | Russian Empire Principality of Romania Principality of Serbia Principality of Montenegro Co-belligerents Bulgarian volunteers Serb rebels of Bosnia | Ottoman Empire | Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin Independence of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro from Ottoman Empire Northern Dobruja passed from Ottoman Empire to Romania Southern Bessarabia passed from Romania to Russian Empire due to the reestablishment of the Bulgarian state, Ottoman Empire lost its common border with Romania | 4,302 dead and missing 3,316 wounded 19,904 sick | Carol I | Ion C. Brătianu | Alexandru Cernat | Gheorghe Slăniceanu (until Aug. 1877) Constantin Barozzi (Aug. – Oct. 1877) Ştefan Fălcoianu (from Oct. 1877) |

## Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

| Conflict | Conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result | Result | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders |
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
| 21 February – 5 April 1907 | 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie | Uprising peasants | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | 10 dead and 5 wounded (military) 3,000 civilian casualties | Carol I | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (until 24 March 1907) Dimitrie Sturdza (from 24 March 1907) | Alexandru Averescu | Nicolae Tătărăscu (until 1 April 1907) Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (from 1 April 1907) |
| 29 June – 10 August 1913 Romania entered: 10 July 1913 | Second Balkan War | Serbia Greece Romania Montenegro Co-belligerent  Ottoman Empire | Bulgaria | Victory Treaty of Bucharest Romania gained Southern Dobruja | negligible combat casualties 6,000 dead of disease | Carol I | Titu Maiorescu | Constantin Harjeu | Alexandru Averescu |
| 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 Romania entered: 27 August 1916 Romania temporary exited: 9 December 1917 Romania re-entered: 10 November 1918 | World War I | Triple Entente France  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa Russia (1914–1917) Italy (1915–1918) Japan  Romania (1916–1918)  Serbia  Belgium  Greece (1917–1918) Portugal (1916–1918)  Montenegro (1914–1916) China (1917–1918) Siam (1917–1918) Co-belligerents United States (1917–1918) Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1918) Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1915–1918) Nepal Brazil (1917–1918) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Democratic Republic of Armenia Monaco Cuba Panama Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica Haiti Honduras Supply only Liberia (1917–1918) Diplomatic only Peru Bolivia Uruguay Ecuador San Marino Active neutrality  Norway  Venezuela | Central Powers Germany Togoland (1914) German Samoa (1914) German New Guinea (1914) Tsingtao (1914) German South-West Africa (1914–1915) Kamerun (1914–1916) German East Africa  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria (1915–1918) Co-belligerents Emirate of Jabal Shammar Dervish state Sultanate of Darfur Senussi (1915–1917) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1918) Kuban People's Republic (1918) Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918) Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918) | Defeat Armistice of Focșani Treaty of Buftea Bulgaria recovered Southern Dobruja and gained the southern part of Northern Dobruja The northern part of Northern Dobruja was placed under the joint control of the Central Powers Austria-Hungary gained the passes of the Carpathian Mountains Romania leased its oil wells to Germany for 90 years. The Central Powers recognized the Union of Bessarabia with Romania | 535,706 | Ferdinand I | Ion I. C. Brătianu | Constantin Iancovescu | Vasile Zottu (until Oct. 1916) Dumitru Iliescu (Oct. – Dec. 1916) Constantin Prezan (from Dec. 1916) |
| 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 Romania entered: 27 August 1916 Romania temporary exited: 9 December 1917 Romania re-entered: 10 November 1918 | World War I | Triple Entente France  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa Russia (1914–1917) Italy (1915–1918) Japan  Romania (1916–1918)  Serbia  Belgium  Greece (1917–1918) Portugal (1916–1918)  Montenegro (1914–1916) China (1917–1918) Siam (1917–1918) Co-belligerents United States (1917–1918) Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1918) Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1915–1918) Nepal Brazil (1917–1918) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Democratic Republic of Armenia Monaco Cuba Panama Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica Haiti Honduras Supply only Liberia (1917–1918) Diplomatic only Peru Bolivia Uruguay Ecuador San Marino Active neutrality  Norway  Venezuela | Central Powers Germany Togoland (1914) German Samoa (1914) German New Guinea (1914) Tsingtao (1914) German South-West Africa (1914–1915) Kamerun (1914–1916) German East Africa  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria (1915–1918) Co-belligerents Emirate of Jabal Shammar Dervish state Sultanate of Darfur Senussi (1915–1917) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1918) Kuban People's Republic (1918) Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918) Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918) | Victory Armistice of 11 November 1918 Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Treaty of Trianon anullement of the Treaty of Buftea Creation of Greater Romania | 535,706 | Ferdinand I | Constantin Coandă | Eremia Grigorescu | Constantin Prezan |
| 1 November 1918 – 17 July 1919 Romania entered: 11 November 1918 Romania exited: 11 June 1919 | Polish–Ukrainian War | Poland  Romania Only police troops Czechoslovakia (1918–1919) Hungarian Democratic Republic (1919) | West Ukrainian People's Republic  Ukrainian People's Republic Co-belligerents Hutsul Republic (1919) Komancza Republic Active neutrality Czechoslovakia (1919) | Victory Romania secured Northern Bukovina Temporary Romanian occupation of Pokuttya Ukrainian state failed to stabilize, therefore USSR gained access to common border with Romania Poland became ally of Romania | negligible | Ferdinand I | Constantin Coandă (until Nov. 1918) Ion I. C. Brătianu (from Nov. 1918) | Eremia Grigorescu (until Nov. 1918) Artur Văitoianu (from Nov. 1918) | Constantin Prezan |
| 15 April – 6 August 1919 | Hungarian–Romanian War | Romania Co-belligerents Czechoslovakia  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Hungarian Soviet Republic Active neutrality Soviet Russia | Victory Romania secured Transylvania Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungary became enemy of Romania Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia became allies of Romania | 3,610 dead 11,666 total | Ferdinand I | Ion I. C. Brătianu | Artur Văitoianu | Constantin Prezan |
| 27–28 May 1919 | Bender Uprising | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie | Bolsheviks Active neutrality Soviet Russia | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | unknown | Ferdinand I | Ion I. C. Brătianu | Artur Văitoianu | Constantin Prezan |
| 20–28 October 1920 | 1920 Romanian General Strike | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie | Bolsheviks | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | unknown | Ferdinand I | Alexandru Averescu | Ioan Rășcanu | Constantin Cristescu |
| 15–18 September 1924 | Tatarbunary Uprising | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie Romanian Naval Forces | Bolsheviks Active neutrality Soviet Union | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | 3,000 civilian casualties | Ion I. C. Brătianu | George Mărdărescu | Alexandru Lupescu | Alexandru Gorski |
| 5–6 August 1929 | Lupeni Strike | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie | Coal miners | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | 10 soldiers wounded 15 gendarmes wounded 22 miners dead 23 miners gravely wounded 30 miners lightly wounded | Michael I | Iuliu Maniu | Henry Cihoschi | Nicolae Samsonovici |
| 12–16 February 1933 | Grivița Strike | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie | Communists | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | 2 soldiers dead 7 workers dead 20 workers wounded | Carol II | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod | Nicolae Samsonovici | Constantin Lăzărescu |
| 21–23 January 1941 | Legionnaires' Rebellion and Bucharest Pogrom | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Police | Iron Guard Romanian Police | Victory Crushing of the rebellion | 30 soldiers dead 200–800 legionnaires dead or wounded 125 Jews dead in pogrom | Michael I | Ion Antonescu | Ion Antonescu | Alexandru Ioaniţiu |
| 1–2 September 1945 Romania entered: 22 June 1941 Romania switched sides: 23 August 1944 Romania exited: 9 May 1945 | World War II | Axis  Germany  Italy (1940–1943) Italian North Africa (1943)  Italian East Africa (until 1941)  Japan Affiliate states  Romania (1941–1944)  Hungary (1941–1945)  Bulgaria (1941–1944)  Thailand (1942–1945) Co-belligerents  Finland (1941–1944)  Vichy France (1940–1944) Iran (1941)  Iraq (1941) Client states  Italian Social Republic (1943–1945)  Slovak Republic Serbia (1941–1944)  Croatia (1941–1945) Greece (1941–1944) Albania (1939–1944)  Syria (1941)  Greater Lebanon (1941)  Manchukuo Reorganized National Government of China (1940–1945)  Mengjiang  Second Philippine Republic (1943–1945) State of Burma (1943–1945) Free India (1943–1945) Active neutrality  Soviet Union (1939–1940)  Spanish State  Denmark (1940–1945)  Monaco French Morocco (1940–1942) | Allies  United States (1941–1945)  Commonwealth of the Philippines (1941)  Soviet Union (1941–1945) Ukrainian SSR (1941, 1943–1945) Byelorussian SSR (1941, 1943–1945)  United Kingdom  Australia  Canada  India  New Zealand  South Africa  British Somaliland (1939–1940, 1941–1945) Southern Rhodesia Western Samoa Straits Settlements (1939–1942) Federated Malay States (1939–1942)  Northern Rhodesia  Nyasaland  France (1939–1940, 1944–1945)  China Poland (1939)  Denmark (1940)  Norway (1940)  Belgium (1940)  Belgian Congo (1940–1941)  Luxembourg (1940)  Netherlands (1940) Dutch East Indies (1940–1942)  Greece (1940–1941)  Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1945)  Egypt (1940–1945)  Nepal Cuba (1941–1945) Brazil (1942–1945)  Mexico (1942–1945)  Ethiopia (1942–1945)  Portuguese Timor (1942–1945)  Colombia (1943–1945) Co-belligerents  Italy (1943–1945)  Romania (1944–1945)  Finland (1944–1945) Bulgaria (1944–1945) Mongolia (1939)  Finland (1939–1940)  Estonia (1940)  Latvia (1940)  Lithuania (1940)  Romania (1940) Client state  Tuvan People's Republic (1941–1944) Supply only Bahrain  Haiti (1941–1945)  Honduras (1941–1945)  Dominican Republic (1941–1945)  Nicaragua (1941–1945)  Iraq (1942–1945)  Bolivia (1943–1945)  Liberia (1944–1945) Diplomatic only Oman  Panama (1941–1945)  Costa Rica (1941–1945)  El Salvador (1941–1945)  Guatemala (1941–1945) Iran (1943–1945) Governments in exile Poland (1939–1945) Norway (1940–1945) Belgium (1940–1944)  Free France (1940–1944) Luxembourg (1940–1944) Netherlands (1940–1945) Greece (1941–1944) Yugoslavia (1941–1945) Czechoslovakia Korea Active neutrality  Iceland French Morocco (1939–1940, 1942–1945)  Tonga | Defeat King Michael's Coup Soviet occupation of Romania Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 Romania lost again Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, to USSR, back to the border of 1940 Second Vienna Award was annulled (Romania re-gained control of Northern Transylvania, lost to Hungary in 1940) Bulgaria kept control of Southern Dobruja, as of 1940 Communist regime installed in Romania | 300,000 soldiers dead 64,000 civilians dead 469,000 Jews died in Holocaust | Michael I | Ion Antonescu (until Aug. 1944) | Iosif Iacobici (until Sep. 1942) Ion Antonescu (Sep. 1941 – Jan. 1942) Constantin Pantazi (Jan. 1942 – Aug. 1944) | Alexandru Ioaniţiu (until Sep. 1941) Iosif Iacobici (Sep. 1941 – Jan. 1942) Ilie Șteflea (Jan. 1942 – Aug. 1944) |

## Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)

| Conflict | Conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result | Result | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders |
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
| Summer 1948–1962 | Romanian anti-communist resistance movement | Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie (until Jan. 1949) Directorate for Security Troops (since Jan. 1949) Romanian Police | Romanian anti-communists | Defeat Crushing of the rebellion | official number estimates 2000 | Constantin Ion Parhon (until Jun. 1952) Petru Groza (Jun. 1952 – Jan. 1958) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (Jan. 1958 – Mar. 1961) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (from Mar. 1961) | Petru Groza (until Jun. 1952) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Jun. 1952 – Oct. 1955) Chivu Stoica (Oct. 1955 – Mar. 1961) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (from Mar. 1961) | Emil Bodnăraș (until Oct. 1955) Leontin Sălăjan (from Oct. 1955) | Constantin Gh. Popescu (until Mar. 1950) Leontin Sălăjan (Mar. 1950 – Apr. 1954) Ion Tutoveanu (from Apr. 1954) |

## Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)

| Conflict | Conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result | Result | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders |
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
| 15–16 November 1987 | Brașov Rebellion | Directorate for Security Troops Romanian Land Forces Romanian Police | Romanian anti-communists | Defeat Crushing of the rebellion | no casualties | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Constantin Dăscălescu | Vasile Milea | Ștefan Gușă |
| 16–27 December 1989 | Romanian Revolution | Directorate for Security Troops Romanian Land Forces (until 22 December 1989) Romanian Police (until 22 December 1989) unknown shooters | Romanian anti-communists Romanian Land Forces (from 22 December 1989) | Victory End of Communist regime in Romania Execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu | 1,104 dead 3,352 wounded | Nicolae Ceaușescu (until 22 Dec. 1989) Council of the National Salvation Front (22–26 Dec. 1989) Ion Iliescu (from 26 Dec. 1989) | Constantin Dăscălescu (until 22 Dec. 1989) Petre Roman (from 26 Dec. 1989) | Vasile Milea (until 22 Dec. 1989) Nicolae Militaru (from 22 Dec. 1989) | Ștefan Gușă |

## Post-communist Romania (since 1989)

| Conflict | Conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result | Result | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders | Romanian commanders |
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
| March 2003 – 23 July 2009 | Iraq War | MNF–I  United States  United Kingdom  Australia (2003–2009)  Poland (2003–2008)  Albania (2004–2008)  Armenia (2005–2008)  Azerbaijan (2004–2008)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005–2008)  Bulgaria (2004–2008)  Croatia (2004–2008)  Czech Republic (2004–2008)  Denmark (2004–2007)  Dominican Republic (2004–2004)  El Salvador(2004–2009)  Estonia (2005–2009)  Georgia (2004–2008)  Honduras (2004–2004)  Hungary (2004–2005)  Iceland (2004–unknown)  Italy (2004–2006)  Japan (2004–2008)  Kazakhstan (2004–2008)  Latvia (2004–2008)  Lithuania (2004–2007)  Macedonia (2004–2008)  Moldova (2004–2008)  Mongolia (2004–2008)  Netherlands (2004–2005)  New Zealand (2004–2004)  Nicaragua (2004–2004)  Norway (2004–2006)  Philippines (2004–2004)  Portugal (2004–2005)  Romania(2004–2009)  Singapore (2004–2008)  Slovakia (2004–2007)  South Korea (2004–2008)  Spain (2004–2004)  Thailand (2004–2004)  Tonga (2004–2008)  Ukraine (2004–2008) Iraqi National Congress New Iraqi government Iraqi Armed Forces Awakening Council  Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga | Ba'athist Iraq Ansar al-Islam Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Sunni insurgents Islamic State of Iraq Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07). | Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq, improvements in public security, Iraqi insurgency persists Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with the Syrian Civil War Resurgence of Islamic State of Iraq, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq | 3 soldiers killed. | Ion Iliescu (until Dec. 2004) Traian Băsescu (from Dec. 2004) | Adrian Năstase (until Dec. 2004) Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Dec. 2004 – Dec. 2008) Emil Boc (from Dec. 2008) | Ioan Mircea Pașcu (until Dec. 2004) Teodor Atanasiu (Dec. 2004 – Oct. 2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (Oct. 2006 – Apr. 2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (Apr. 2007 – Dec. 2008) Mihai Stănișoară (from Dec. 2008) | Mihail Eugen Popescu (until Oct. 2004) Eugen Bădălan (Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2006) Gheorghe Marin (from. Sep. 2006) Ștefan Dănilă (from Jan. 2011) Nicolae Ciucă (from Jan. 2015) Daniel Petrescu (from Nov. 2019) |
| 7 October 2001 – 16 August 2021 | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | ISAF RS | Taliban Al-Qaeda | Defeat Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Destruction of al-Qaeda camps. Establishment of new Afghan government and creation of the new Afghan National Army. Fall of Kabul. Ongoing Taliban insurgency. | 23 soldiers killed. | Ion Iliescu (2001–2004) Traian Băsescu (2004–2014) Klaus Iohannis (2014–) | Adrian Năstase (2001–2004) Călin Popescu Tăriceanu (2004–2008) Emil Boc (2008–2012) Victor Ponta (2012–) | Ioan Mircea Pașcu (2001–2004) Teodor Atanasiu (2004–2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (2006–2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (2007–2008) Mihai Stănișoară (2008–2009) Gabriel Oprea (2009–2012) Corneliu Dobrițoiu (2012) Mircea Dușa (2015–) | Mihail Eugen Popescu (until Oct. 2004) Eugen Bădălan (Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2006) Gheorghe Marin (from. Sep. 2006) Ștefan Dănilă (from Jan. 2011) Nicolae Ciucă (from Jan. 2015) Daniel Petrescu (from Nov. 2019) |
| 19 March – 23 October 2011 | 2011 military intervention in Libya | NATO Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates Libyan National Council | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Victory Overthrow of the Gaddafi government. | no casualties. | Ion Iliescu (2001–2004) Traian Băsescu (2004–2014) Klaus Iohannis (2014–) | Adrian Năstase (2001–2004) Călin Popescu Tăriceanu (2004–2008) Emil Boc (2008–2012) Victor Ponta (2012–) | Ioan Mircea Pașcu (2001–2004) Teodor Atanasiu (2004–2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (2006–2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (2007–2008) Mihai Stănișoară (2008–2009) Gabriel Oprea (2009–2012) Corneliu Dobrițoiu (2012) Mircea Dușa (2015–) | Mihail Eugen Popescu (until Oct. 2004) Eugen Bădălan (Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2006) Gheorghe Marin (from. Sep. 2006) Ștefan Dănilă (from Jan. 2011) Nicolae Ciucă (from Jan. 2015) Daniel Petrescu (from Nov. 2019) |