List of wars involving Belgium
This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Belgium and its colonial empire.
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Belgium) | Outcome | |
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1789 | 1790 | Brabant Revolution | ![]() |
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Austrian victory
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1830 | 1839 | Belgian Revolution | ![]() |
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Treaty of London:
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1832 | 1834 | Liberal Wars | ![]() |
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Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored |
1861 | 1867 | French intervention in Mexico | ![]()
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French withdrawal, Republican victory |
1881 | 1899 | Mahdist War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Anglo-Egyptian victory |
1891 | 1892 | Stairs Expedition to Katanga | ![]() supported by: ![]() |
Yeke state of Msiri | Congo Free State victory
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1892 | 1894 | Belgo-Arab War | ![]() |
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Congo Free State victory |
1895 | 1895 | ![]() supported by: ![]() |
Luba rebels | Congo Free State victory
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1895 | 1908 | Batetela Rebellions | ![]() |
Batetela people |
Congo Free State victory |
1905 | 1917 | [1] | ![]() ![]()
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Luba rebels led by | Belgian victory
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1914 | 1918 | World War I | Allies:
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Central Powers
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Allied victory
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1914 | 1918 | East African campaign (part of World War I) |
Allies: |
Central Powers | Allied victory
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10 May 1940 |
28 May 1940 |
Battle of Belgium (part of World War II) |
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Belgian surrender and German occupation of Belgium |
1940 | 1945 | World War II | Allies | Axis powers | Allied victory |
1950 | 1953 | Korean War | ![]() |
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Ceasefire |
1959 | 1962 | Rwandan Revolution | Independence of the Republic of Rwanda Independence of the Kingdom of Burundi | ||
1960 | 1966 | Congo Crisis | ![]() |
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Withdrawal of Belgian Armed Forces
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1978 | 1978 | Shaba II | ![]() |
Front for the National Liberation of the Congo | Franco-Belgian victory |
1990 | 1991 | Gulf War | Coalition forces | ![]() |
Coalition victory |
1991 | 2003 | Iraqi no-fly zones | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Coalition victory |
1992 | 1995 | Somali Civil War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1998 | 1999 | Kosovo War | ![]() |
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NATO victory |
2001 | 2021 | War in Afghanistan | ![]() |
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Fall of Taliban régime Ongoing Taliban insurgency |
2011 | 2011 military intervention in Libya | ![]()
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Fall of Gaddafi régime | |
2014 | ongoing | 2014 military intervention against ISIS | ![]() |
Ongoing |
See also[]
- List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.
- List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy,, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon and smaller states.
- List of wars involving the Netherlands (1815–1839) – includes colonial wars in which the south participated as part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
- History of Belgium
- Belgian Army
References[]
- ^ a b c Appiah, Anthony; Henry Louis Gates (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Volume 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 656. ISBN 9780195170559. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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- Wars involving Belgium
- Military history of Belgium
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