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

This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic.

  French victory France
  French defeat
  Another result *
  Ongoing conflict

*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive

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First French Republic (1792–1804)

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First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)

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Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)

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July Monarchy (1830–1848)

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Second French Republic (1848–1852)

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Second French Empire (1852–1870)

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French Third Republic (1870–1940)

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Vichy France (1940–1944)

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French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

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French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

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Notes

  1. [a]
    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.
  2. [b]
    The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
  3. [c]
    Various conquered Italian states, including the Cisalpine Republic from 1797
  4. [d]
    Re-entered the war against Britain as an ally of France after signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso.
  5. [e]
    Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France.
  6. [f]
    Including the Army of Condé
  7. [g]
    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.
  8. [h]
    Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
  9. [i]
    Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France.
  10. [j]
    Napoleon Bonaparte, who wished to establish a French presence in the Middle East, planned to ally France with Mysore[3] and even planned to defeat the British together[4] but with Napoleon and Tipu's respective defeats, this plan was no longer possible.[5]
  11. [k]
    Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian Habsburg rule, also nominally encompassed some other Italian states abolished in 1797, as well as other Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
  12. [l]
    An undeclared naval war between the United States and the First French Republic after Congress authorised a trade deal with Great Britain and suspended repaying French loans. Hostilities began in June 1798 and concluded in September 1800. The U.S. was never an official member of the Second Coalition.
  13. [m]
    Modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and German border lands
  14. [n]
    Some accounts mark the 1807 Franco–Spanish invasion of Portugal as the beginning of the war (Glover 2001, p. 45).
  15. [o]
    Denotes the date of the general armistice between France and the Sixth Coalition (Glover 2001, p. 335).
  16. [p]
    The Dutch Brigade
  17. [q]
    London Protocol (1830),
    London Conference (1832),
    Treaty of Constantinople (1832)
  18. [r]
    From 1854
  19. [s]
    From 1855
  20. [t]
    Until 1855
  21. [u]
    Until 1854
  22. [v]
    Battle of Daugavpils
  23. [w]
    After 1920
  24. [x]
    Volunteers
  1. [1]
    Mikaberidze 2020, p. 309 states that the contributions of coalition members aside from Austria were "rather nominal". Englund 2004, p. 345 writes that "the only real coalition to be mounted in this nominal fifth war of that name was the coalition France created against unhappy Austria; it included the key German States and Italy."
  2. [2]
    in rebellion against the Confederation of the Rhine
  3. [3]
    in rebellion against Bavaria
  4. [4]
    in rebellion against France in Illyria
  5. [5]
    in rebellion against the Kingdom of Italy
  6. [6]
    Only in 1821
  7. [7]
    From 1821–1823.
  8. [8]
    From 1821.
  9. [9]
    From 1826.
  10. [10]
    Haiti was the first nation to recognize the independence of Greece.
  1. [1]
    The Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, although most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon.
  2. [2]
    Dissolved after the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813
  3. [3]
    Many member states defected after the Battle of Leipzig

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