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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.
- 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.
- French victory
- 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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Conflict | Allies | Opponents | Outcome |
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French Revolution (1789–1799) Location: France |
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Revolutionaries | French Republican victory
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War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, West Indies |
French naval allies |
First Coalition
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French victory; Treaty of The Hague, Treaty of Paris, Peaces of Basel, Treaty of Tolentino, Treaty of Campo Formio
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War in the Vendée (1793–1796) Location: West France: Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Loire-Atlantique, Deux-Sèvres (or former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, Brittany) |
French Republican victory | ||
War of the Pyrenees (1793-1795) Location: Pyrenees |
French victory
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Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Location: Hispaniola ![]() |
1791–1793
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1791–1793
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Haitian victory
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French invasion of Switzerland (1798) Location: Old Swiss Confederacy |
French victory
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War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Location: Italy, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea |
Co-belligerent: |
Second Coalition:
Co-belligerent: |
French victory
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Peasants' War (1798) Location: Southern Netherlands annexed by the French Republic[m] |
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French Republican victory |
Quasi-War
(1798–1800) Location: Primarily Caribbean and East Coast of the United States, minor actions in Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea |
Convention of 1800 | ||
War of the Oranges (1801) Location: Alentejo, Portugal |
Franco-Spanish victory in Europe
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First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)
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Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)
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Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis (1823) Location: Spain |
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Spanish and French Bourbon royalist victory
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Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location: Ottoman Greece (present-day Greece) |
In detail: Military support:
Diplomatic support: |
Supported by: |
Greek victory[q]
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Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa |
French victory | ||
Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828) Location: Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
Revolt suppressed | ||
July Revolution (July 1830) Location: Paris, Kingdom of France |
Supported by: |
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Revolutionary victory
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July Monarchy (1830–1848)
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Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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Liberal Wars (1828–34) Location: Portugal |
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Liberal victory |
French conquest of Algeria (1830–1903) Location: Algeria |
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French victory |
Belgian Revolution (1830–31) Location: The Low Countries |
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Treaty of London
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June Rebellion (1832) Location: Paris |
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Government victory
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First Carlist War (1833–1840) Location: Spain |
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Liberal victory | |
Pastry War (1838–1839) |
French victory[19][20] | ||
Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) |
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Colorado victory
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First Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Location: Morocco |
French victory | ||
Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) Location: the Society Islands |
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French victory | |
Bombardment of Tourane (1847) Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam |
French victory | ||
French Revolution of 1848 (February 1848) |
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Republican victory
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Second French Republic (1848–1852)
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Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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June Days uprising (June 1848) Location: France |
Insurgents |
Second Republic victory
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First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) Location: Lombardy–Venetia and Piedmont |
(1849) | Supported by: | Austrian victory
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French invasion of Honolulu (1849) |
French victory |
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Second French Empire (1852–1870)
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Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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Soninke-Marabout War (Kombo) (1850-1856) Location: Kombo |
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Kingdom of the Kombo (Soninke)
Marabout confederacy |
French victory |
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1871) Location: China |
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Qing victory
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Bombardment of Salé (1851) Location: Morocco |
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French military victory French political failure |
Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East |
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Allied victory |
Second Opium War (1857) Location: China |
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Allied victory |
Siege of Medina Fort (1857) Location: Médine, Mali |
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Toucouleur Empire | French victory |
Campagne de Kabylie (1857) (1857) Location: Algeria |
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Kabylie Tribes | French Victory |
Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862) Location: Vietnam |
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Nguyễn dynasty | Franco-Spanish victory
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Second Italian War of Independence (1859) Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral |
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Franco-Sardinian victory |
Second Franco-Mexican War (1862–1867) Location: Mexico |
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French defeat
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Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
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Allied victory |
French campaign against Korea (1866) Location: Korea |
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French defeat
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Garibaldi's expedition to Rome (1867)
Location: Rome |
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Franco-Papal Victory |
Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Location: France |
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French defeat
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French Third Republic (1870–1940)
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Vichy France (1940–1944)
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Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina |
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Inconclusive
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French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
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French Fifth Republic (1958–present)
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Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
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Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location: Greater Basque Country (Spain, France) |
Unaligned and anti-separatist paramilitary groups:
Basque National Liberation Movement:
Supported by: |
Partial victory for the Spanish and French states; political gains for Basque nationalism
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Bizerte crisis (1961) |
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French victory |
Sand War (1963–1964) |
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Military stalemate[49]
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Dirty War (1974–1983) Location: Argentina |
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Supported by: |
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Argentine government victory
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Western Sahara War (1975–1991) Location: Western Sahara |
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Inconclusive
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Angolan Civil War (1975–2002) Location: Angola |
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MPLA Victory |
Corsican conflict (1976–present) Location: Corsica |
Anti-separatist paramilitaries
Criminal groups |
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Ongoing |
Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire |
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Zairian victory |
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) Location: Chad |
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Chadian-French victory
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Shaba II (1978) |
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Zairian victory |
Rwandan Civil War (1990−1994) Location: Rwanda |
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Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory |
Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and |
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Coalition victory
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Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Location: Northern Djibouti |
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Franco-Djiboutian victory
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Bosnian War (1992–1995) Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Croatian and Bosnian victory |
Kosovo War (1998–1999) Location: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (then part of Serbia) |
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NATO Victory |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Location: Afghanistan |
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Taliban victory
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Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) |
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Ongoing |
First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location: Ivory Coast |
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Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire | Victory |
Haitian coup d'état (2004) Location: Haiti |
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Victory |
Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Location: Chad |
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Victory |
Somali Civil War (2009–present) Location: Somalia |
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Ongoing |
Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: Northeast Nigeria |
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Ongoing |
Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011) Location: Ivory Coast |
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Victory |
First Libyan Civil War (2011) Location: Libya ![]() |
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Victory
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Northern Mali Conflict (2012–2022) Location: Northern Mali |
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Mixed Results
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Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2021) Location: Central African Republic ![]() |
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France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021.[55] |
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Location: Iraq |
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Victory |
Opération Chammal (2014–present) ![]() |
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Ongoing
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Operation Aspides (19 February 2024 – present) Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Yemen |
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Ongoing |
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Notes
- 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.
- The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
- Various conquered Italian states, including the Cisalpine Republic from 1797
- Re-entered the war against Britain as an ally of France after signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France.
- Including the Army of Condé
- 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.
- Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
- Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France.
- 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]
- 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.
- 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.
- Modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and German border lands
- Some accounts mark the 1807 Franco–Spanish invasion of Portugal as the beginning of the war (Glover 2001, p. 45) harv error: no target: CITEREFGlover2001 (help).
- Denotes the date of the general armistice between France and the Sixth Coalition (Glover 2001, p. 335) harv error: no target: CITEREFGlover2001 (help).
- From 1854
- From 1855
- Until 1855
- Until 1854
- After 1920
- Mikaberidze 2020, p. 309 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFMikaberidze2020 (help) states that the contributions of coalition members aside from Austria were "rather nominal". Englund 2004, p. 345 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFEnglund2004 (help) 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."
- in rebellion against the Confederation of the Rhine
- in rebellion against Bavaria
- in rebellion against France in Illyria
- in rebellion against the Kingdom of Italy
- Only in 1821
- From 1821–1823.
- From 1821.
- From 1826.
- Haiti was the first nation to recognize the independence of Greece.
- 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.
- Dissolved after the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813
- Many member states defected after the Battle of Leipzig
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