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:Including the Polish Legions formed in French-allied Italy in 1797, following the abolition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Third Partition in 1795.
* (1795–1797)The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
* Sister republicsVarious conquered Italian states, including the Cisalpine Republic from 1797
French naval allies:
* Spain (1796–1797, naval only)Re-entered the war against Britain as an ally of France after signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso.	
 Armée des Émigrés
First Coalition: Dutch Republic(1792–1795)Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France. (1792–1797)Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian rule, also encompassed many other Italian states, such as the Duchy of Modena and the Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Campo Formio with France.
* Hesse-Kassel (1792–1795)Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
* Württemberg (1792–1796)Left the war after signing the Peace of Paris with France.
* Baden (1792–1796)Left the war after signing the Peace of Paris with France.
 Papal States (1792–1797)Left the war after signing the Treaty of Tolentino with France. (1792–1796) (1792–1795) Sardinia (1792–1796)Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France. Spain (1792–1795) (1792–1796) Other Italian statesVirtually all of the Italian states, including the neutral Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice, as well the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, were conquered following Napoleon's invasion in 1796 and became French satellite states. The Principality of Monaco had been annexed in 1793. Even Switzerland began to be involved into the conflict through its associated Three Leagues that lost the Val Telline.	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:	French Republican victory
War of the Pyrenees(1793–1795)
Location: Pyrenees	 	Kingdom of Spain 	French victory
Haitian Revolution(1791–1804)
Location: Saint-Domingue
* 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) 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	 	 	French victory
War of the Second Coalition(1798–1802)
* Mediterranean campaign of 1798
Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas	
 Polish LegionsFrench client republics:
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* 
* Cisalpine Republic
* Roman Republic (until 1799)
* Parthenopaean Republic (1799)	(until 1801)
* Austria (until 1801)
 (pre-1801) (post-1801)
 (until 1799)
 (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 Seas	French Republic
* Guadeloupe 	
Co-belligerent: 	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	
 Kingdom of Spain 	 	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-Dominguepresent 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)
 SpainSwitzerland	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 EmpireOlesen, Jens E. (2008). "Schwedisch-Pommern in der schwedischen Politik nach 1806". In North, Michael; Riemer, Robert. Das Ende des Alten Reiches im Ostseeraum. Wahrnehmungen und Transformationen (in German). Böhlau. pp. 289. .	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
** 
** Saxony
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* Duchy of Warsaw
* Holland
* 
* Naples
* Switzerland	
* Black Brunswickers
 Portugal Sicily Spain Tyrol 	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	
* Confederation of the Rhine
** 
** Bavaria
** Berg
** Saxony
** 
* Duchy of Warsaw
* 
* Naples
* Switzerland	 	Russian victory
* Start of the War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition(1813–1814)
Location: Central and Eastern Europe	
* Duchy of Warsaw
* 
* Naples
Until January 1814
* Confederation of the Rhine (many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig)
* Denmark–Norway	Original coalition 
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After the Armistice of Pläswitz
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After the Battle of Leipzig
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* Baden
* Netherlands
* 
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 Bavaria Brunswick Denmark Kingdom of France Hanover Liechtenstein Netherlands Saxony 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 (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 mercenariesGerman mercenaries	Revolt suppressed
July Revolution(July 1830)
Location: France	(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	 	
* 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 	 	Franco-Belgian victory
* Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
June Rebellion(1832)
Location: Paris, France	 	Republicans 	Orléanist victory, rebellion crushed
First Carlist War(1833–1840)
Location: Spain	LiberalsSupported by: France United Kingdom Portugal	CarlistsSupported by: Portugal	French and Liberal victory
First Franco-Mexican War(1838–1839)
Location: Mexico	 	Mexico 	French victory
* Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
Uruguyan Civil War(1839–1851)
* Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
Location: Uruguay	Colorados
* Gobierno de la Defensa (since 1843) 	
* Gobierno del Cerrito (since 1843)	Colorado victory
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War(1839–1841)
Location: The Levant	 	 	Ottoman victory
* Egypt renounces claim on Syria, Britain recognizes Muhammad Ali and his descendants as the legitimate rulers of Egypt
First Franco-Moroccan War(1844)
Location: Morocco
* Bombardment of Tangiers
* Battle of Isly
* Bombardment of Mogador	 	 	French victory
Franco-Tahitian War(1844–1847)
Location: Tahiti	France 	 	French victory
Bombardment of Tourane(1847)
Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam	 	Nguyễn dynasty 	French victory
French Revolution of 1848(February 1848)
Location: Paris, France	Supported by: 	 	Republican victory
* July Monarchy abolished, Second Republic established
==Second French Republic (1848–1852)==
Conflict	France & allies 	France's opposition	Outcome
First Italian War of Independence(1848–1849)
Location: Lombardy; Rome	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (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
June Days uprising(June 1848)
Location: France	 	Socialist rebels 	Second Republic victory
* New constitution adopted from the provisional government
French invasion of Honolulu(1849)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii	 	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: 	
* 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	 	Sherifian Empire 	French military victoryFrench 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
* Egypt
* Tunis
 SardiniaSupported by: Caucasus Imamate Circassia Abkhazia	Russian Empire
* Mingrelia
Kurdish rebels Greece 	Allied victory
* Treaty of Paris
Second Opium War(1857)
Location: China	France 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 SardiniaSupported By: United Principalities	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia 	Franco-Sardinian victory
Expedition of the Thousand(1860–61)
Location: Sicily and Southern Italy	Supported by Papal States France Spain 	SardiniaSupported by United Kingdom 	Unification 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 (from 1865)Robert Ryal Miller (1961). "The American Legion of Honor in Mexico". Pacific Historical Review. Berkeley, California, United States: University of California Press. 30 (3). ISSN 0030-8684. Retrieved 13 June 2012.	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	French Empire 	Chōshū Domain 	Allied victory
French campaign against Korea(1866)
Location: Korea	France 	Korea 	French defeat
* French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
Garibaldis Expedition to Rome 1867
Location: Rome	France 	volunteers 	Franco-Papal Victory
Franco-Prussian War(1870–71)
Location: France	France 	North German Confederation
* 
* 
 Grand Duchy of Baden 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 	ChinaBlack 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	:Eritrean rebels 	
* 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 Italy (until April 12, 1898) (until March 16, 1898)	 	French victory
* Establishment of the Cretan State.
* Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.
Boxer Rebellion(1899)
Location: North China	
* 
 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 ConfederationVarying other Berber tribes 	French victory
Zaian War(1914–1921)
Location: French protectorate of Morocco
* Battle of El Herri	France
* Morocco 	Zaian ConfederationVarying other Berber tribesSupported 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
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 Russian Empire 	Central Powers 	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	 	 	Temporary occupation
November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-Lorraine
Location: Alsace-Lorraine	 	Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic 	Third Republic victory
* Alsace-Lorraine annexed by France
Hungarian-Romanian War(1918–1919)
Location: Hungary, and Transylvania	Supported by: 	Supported by: 	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
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 France
 Poland 	
 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:
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* 
* 
* Social Democratic Party of Germany
Supported by: 	FSR GermanySupported by: 	Weimar victory
Hungarian–Czechoslovak War(1918–1919)
Location: Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary	Supported by: 	Supported by: 	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	 	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	Belarusian PR Ukrainian People's RepublicSupported by: Russian Whites 	Polrewkom 	Polish victory
Bender Uprising(1919)
Location: Tighina, Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova)	France Romania 	Red Guards 	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 SyriaKing Faisal expelled to Mandatory Iraq
Rif War(1920–1927)
Location: Morocco	Spain (1925–1926)Jebala tribes 	Republic of the RifJebala tribes 	Franco-Spanish victory
* Dissolution of the Republic of the Rif
Great Syrian Revolt(1925–1927)
Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
* 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
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Co-belligerents:Gbaya chiefdoms	Gbaya people and clans
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Co-belligerents:Mbum peopleMbai peoplePana peopleYangere peopleMbimou peopleGoundi people	French victory
Yên Bái mutiny(1930)
Location: Vietnam	France
* French Indochina 	Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng 	French victory
* Uprising crushedVNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authoritiesRettig, pp. 316–317.
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
 Free France
 Poland 	Axis Powers 	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	
* 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 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	France
* (1945–1954)
 Cambodia (1953–1954)
 (1953–1954) State of Vietnam (1949–1954)
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Supported by: (1950–1954)	Viet Minh
 Lao Issara (1945–1949)
* Pathet Lao (1949–1954)
 Khmer Issarak
* United Issarak Front (1950–1954)
 Japanese volunteers
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Supported by: (1949–1954) PolandRadvanyi, Janos (1980). "Vietnam War Diplomacy: Reflections of a Former Iron Curtain Official" (PDF). Parameters: Journal of the US Army War College. Carlise Barracks, Pennsylvania. 10 (3): 8–15.	French defeat
* Vietnam is partitioned between North (controlled by the Viet Minh) and South (controlled by the State of Vietnam)
* Geneva Conference
* Departure of the French from Indochina
* State of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia achieve independence
Malagasy Uprising(1947–1948)
Location: Madagascar	 	MDRM 	French victory
* Uprising Crushed by French, various participants tried and executed
* Scars on Malagasy society
Korean War(1950–1953)
Location: Korea	France 	 	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: Algeria
* Toussaint Rouge
* Battle of Philippeville
* Battle of Algiers
* Battle of Agounennda
* Operation Jumelles
* Algiers putsch of 1961
* Battle of Bab El Oued	 	FLN 	French defeat
* Military stalemate
* FLN political victory
* Évian Accords
* Algerian independence
Bamileke War(1955–1964)
Location: French Cameroon	Before 1960 France
* French Equatorial Africa
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Suez Crisis(1956)
Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez Canal zone)	Israel United Kingdom France 	Egypt 	Coalition military victoryEgyptian political victory
Ifni War(1957–1958)
Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco	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	 	Neo-fascist paramilitaries:
* Spanish Basque Battalion 
* Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups 
* Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance 
* Spanish Armed Groups 
* Warriors of Christ the King 
* Spanish National Action 
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* Anti-Marxist Commandos
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* Iparretarrak 
* Iraultza 
* Autonomous Anti-Capitalist Commandos 
* Irrintzi 
* Kale borroka
* Hordago 
* Euskal Zuzentasuna	Victory
Bizerte crisis(1961)
Location: Bizerte, Tunisia	 	Tunisia 	French victory
Sand War(1963–1964)
Location: Around the oasis towns of Tindouf and Figuig	Support: 	Support: 	Military stalemate"Within weeks the war ended in stalemate." Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1 edited by Alexander Mikaberidze Read here. 
* 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:
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*	ERP
 Montoneros
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Supported by: 	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	(1975–1979) (1977–78) Operation Lamantin, aid from 1978)Supported by: Saudi Arabia United States 	Western Sahara
* Polisario Front
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)(1975–1991)(1975)Supported By (1975–1991) (1970s) (1975) FLECMaterial support:	MPLA(1975–1991) SWAPO (1975–1991) ANC(1975–1991)Executive Outcomes (1993–1995) FLNC (1975–2001) (2001–2002)Material support: (1975–1991) (1975–1991) (1980s)	MPLA Victory
Corsican conflict(1976–present)
Location: Corsica	 	Corsican nationalist paramilitaries
* National Liberation Front of Corsica
* A Cuncolta Naziunalista 	Victory
Shaba I(1977)
Location: Shaba Province, Zaire	EgyptSupported by: Sudan 	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)Supported by: Angola 	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)
Supported by:	Libya
* Islamic Legion
 Pro-Libyan Chadian factions
* FROLINAT
* GUNT (1979–86)
* Codos (1983–86)
 (1987)Supported by: 	Chadian-French victory
* Chad gains control of the Aouzou Strip
Shaba II(1978)
Location: Shaba, Zaire	Supported by 	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)Supported by Angola (alleged) (alleged) 	Zairian victory
Rwandan Civil War(1990−1994)
Location: Rwanda	Rwanda (1990) France 	Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) 	Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory
Gulf War(1990–1991)
Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia andthe Persian Gulf	
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	Supported by : 	FRUD 	Franco-Djiboutian victory
* FRUD peace accord
Bosnian War(1992–1995)
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina	Support: 	Western Bosnia (from 1993)Support: 	Croatian and Bosnian victory
Kosovo War(1998–1999)
Location: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (then part of Serbia)	KLA 	 	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	 	al-Qaeda 	Ongoing
First Ivorian Civil War(2002–2007)
Location: Ivory Coast
thumb|left|A Forces nouvelless member caught by the French Foreign Legion in 2004 after a plundering.	Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported by:
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 UNOIC 	Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire 	Victory
Haitian coup d'état(2004)
Location: Haiti	National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti
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Chadian Civil War(2005–2010)
Location: Chad	NMRD JEM 	Rebels JanjaweedAlleged support: 	Victory
Somali Civil War(2009–present)
Location: Somalia
* Operation Atalanta
* Operation Linda Nchi
* Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt	 	Al-Qaeda 	Ongoing
Boko Haram insurgency(2009–present)
Location: Northeast Nigeria	Supported by: 	Boko Haram 	Ongoing
Second Ivorian Civil War(2010–2011)
Location: Ivory Coast	New Forces Liberian mercenaries RDR UNOCI 	Military of Ivory Coast Liberian mercenaries Young Patriots of Abidjan Ivorian Popular Front 	Victory
First Libyan Civil War(2011)
Location: Libya
* Opération Harmattan
* Operation Unified Protector	
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* 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
ECOWAS 	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad(MNLA)
* Islamic Movement of Azawad 	Mixed Results
*Operation Serval Success
*France withdrew from Mali in 2022French Soldiers Quit Mali After 9 Years, Billions Spent and Many Lives Lost
Central African Republic Civil War(2012–2021)
Location: Central African Republic
* Opération Sangaris	MINUSCA (since 2014) MISCA (2013–2014)MICOPAX (2013)
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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)	
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* 	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 	Victory
Opération Chammal(2014–present)
Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya	 	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	
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* Houthis 	Ongoing
== See also ==
* Anglo-French Wars
* Franco-Spanish War (disambiguation)
* ISIL-related terror attacks in France
* List of battles involving France (disambiguation)
* List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
* List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)
* Military history of France
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