# List of wars involving France

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.
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*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: France | Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army Chouans Armée des Émigrés | Revolutionaries Jacobins Cordeliers Girondins Sans-culottes Thermidorians | French Republican victory Establishment of the French First Republic (1792) Execution of Louis XVI (1793) Thermidorian Reaction (1794) French Directory (1795) Coup of 18 Brumaire (1799) |
| War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Location: Western, Central, and Southern Europe, West Indies | French Republic French satellites:  Batavian Republic (1795–1797) Sister republics French naval allies: Spain (1796–1797, naval only) | Armée des Émigrés First Coalition: Dutch Republic (1792–1795) Great Britain Holy Roman Empire (1792–1797) Hesse-Kassel (1792–1795) Württemberg (1792–1796) Baden (1792–1796) Papal States (1792–1797) Parma (1792–1796) Portugal Prussia (1792–1795) Sardinia (1792–1796) Spain (1792–1795) Naples (1792–1796) Other Italian states | French victory |
| War in the Vendée (1793–1796) Location: Western France (former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, and Brittany) | French First Republic: Armée de l'Ouest Republican Vendeans Local National Guards | French Royalists: Catholic and Royal Army Royalist Vendeans Chouans Émigrés Supported by:  Great Britain | French Republican victory |
| War of the Pyrenees (1793–1795) Location: Pyrenees | France | Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of 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: Switzerland | France | Switzerland | French victory |
| War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas | France  Spain Polish Legions French client republics:  Batavian Republic  Helvetic Republic Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic (until 1799) Parthenopaean Republic (1799) | Holy Roman Empire (until 1801) Austria (until 1801)  Great Britain (pre-1801) United Kingdom (post-1801)  Russia (until 1799)  Ottoman Empire  Portugal  Naples (until 1801) Grand Duchy of Tuscany (until 1801) Order of Saint John (1798) French Royalists | 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 |
| Peasants' War (1798) Location: Southern Netherlands | French Republic | Brigands | French victory |
| Quasi-War (1798–1800) Location: Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean SeasUSS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente | French Republic Guadeloupe | United States Co-belligerent:  Great Britain | 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: Portugal | France Kingdom of Spain | Kingdom of Portugal | French victory Portugal closes its ports to British ships |

## 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 | 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  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 RepublicSupported 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) 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 |
| 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. France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur. |
| Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East | France Ottoman Empire Egypt Tunis  Britain Sardinia Supported by: Austrian Empire Caucasus Imamate Circassia Abkhazia | Russian Empire Mingrelia Kurdish rebels Greece | 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 | United Mexican States United States (from 1865) | 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 FranceEritrean rebels | 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 Japan | 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 Ukrainian People's Republic Supported by: France Hungarian Republic Romania Russian Whites United Kingdom United States | 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 |
| 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 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 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 After 1960 Cameroon 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) 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 | Algeria Support: Egypt Cuba | Military stalemate 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  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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |