List of wars involving France

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This is a list of wars involving France and its predecessor states. It is an incomplete list of French and proto-French wars and battles from the foundation of Francia by Clovis I, the Merovingian king who united all the Frankish tribes and northern Gallo-Romans in the 5th century, to the current Fifth Republic.

Frankish Kingdom, Carolingian Empire and West Francia[]

Conflict Franks & allies Frankish opposition Outcome
Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum
(c. 445 – c. 450[1])

Location: Gallia Belgica

Salian Franks  Roman Empire Salian Frankish victory
  • Turnacum and Cameracum become Frankish capitals
Battle of Vicus Helena
(c.448)

Location: Gallia Belgica

Salian Franks  Roman Empire Roman victory
Campaigns of Clovis I
(486–508)

Location: Europe

Francia Various enemies
  • Frankish victory against Kingdom of Soissons
  • Frankish victory against Alamannia (Tolbiac)
  • Frankish victory against Kingdom of the Burgundians
  • Frankish victory against Visigothic Kingdom
  • Frankish defeat against Ostrogothic Kingdom
  • Frankish campaign against the Thuringians (491)?
Franco-Visigothic Wars
(492–508)

Location: Aquitaine, Provence, Burgundy

Francia Visigothic Kingdom Frankish victory, Gallia Aquitania annexed by Franks

(523–533)

Location: France

Francia Kingdom of the Burgundians Frankish victory
Battle of the Unstrut River (531)
(531)

Location: Thuringia

Francia Thuringii Frankish victory
Gothic War
(535–554)

Location: Italy, Dalmatia

Ostrogoths,
Franks,
Alamanni,
Burgundians 		East Roman Empire,
Huns,
Heruli,
Sclaveni,
Lombards 		Short-term East Roman conquest of Italy, long-term devastation of Italy

(536)

Location: Upper Rhine

Francia Alemanni Frankish victory

(555)

Location: Bavaria

Francia Baiuvarii Frankish victory
Fredegund–Brunhilda wars, or Merovingian throne struggle
(568–613)

Location: Francia

Neustria (Fredegund) Austrasia (Brunhilda) Victory for Fredegund's son, Chlothar II of Neustria
Frisian–Frankish wars
(7th century–793)

Location: Low Countries

Francia Frisian Kingdom Frankish victory
Neustrian war of succession
(673)

Location: Neustria

Neustria (Ebroin) Neustrian rebel noblemen
Austrasia (Childeric II) 		Victory for Childeric II of Austrasia
Frankish war of succession
(675–679)

Location: Francia

Neustria (Ebroin) Austrasia (Pepin II & Martin) Victory for Ebroin of Neustria
Neustrian invasion of Austrasia
(686–687)

Location: Francia

Neustria (Berchar) Austrasia (Pepin II) Victory for Pepin II of Austrasia
Frankish Civil War (fr, nl)
(715–719)

Location: Francia

Carolingian faction (Austrasian)
Charles Martel
Chlothar IV (717–718)

Pippinid faction (Austrasian)
Theudoald (715–717)
Plectrude (715–717)

Neustrian faction
Ragenfrid
Dagobert III (†715)
Chilperic II
Redbad of Frisia (716–718)
Odo of Aquitaine (independent until 718) 		Carolingian victory (Charles Martel)
  • Neustrians defeat Pippinids (715)
  • Charles subjects Pippinids, enthrones Chlothar (717)
  • Carolingians defeat Neustrians (718)
  • Chlothar dies, Charles recognises Chilperic as king
    but gains de facto power as palace mayor,
    establishing the Carolingian dynasty (718)
Umayyad invasion of Gaul
(719–759)

Location: Southern Gaul

Francia

Kingdom of the Lombards

Umayyad Caliphate

Andalusi commanders (as of 750)

Frankish victory
Siege of Laon (741)

Location: Francia

Carloman
Pepin the Short 		Grifo Carloman/Pepin victory
  • Grifo imprisoned and excluded from inheritance
War against the Lombards
(755–758)

Location: Lombardy

Francia Lombards Donation of Pepin

(761–768)

Location: Aquitaine

Francia Aquitani Frankish victory
Saxon Wars
(772–804)

Location: Low Countries, Germania

Francia Saxons Frankish victory
War against the Lombards
(773–774)

Location: Lombardy

Francia Lombards Frankish victory
  • Annexation of the Lombard Kingdom
War against the Avars and Slavs
(791–805)

Location: Pannonia

Francia
Carolingian Empire (800) 		Avars & Slavs Frankish victory

(843–851)

Location: Francia

Carolingian Empire Duchy of Brittany Breton victory
  • Treaty of Angers 851
Viking raids in the Rhineland
(834–923)

Location: Francia

Carolingian Empire, later:
 Vikings
  • Eventual Frankish victory at Siege of Chartres (911)
  • Establishment of Duchy of Normandy
    • Rollo swears vassalage to Robert I of France
    • Rollo converts to Christianity

Kingdom of France (987–1792)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Outcome
Reconquista
(722–1492)
  • Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

Location: Iberia

  • Kingdom of Castile
  • Kingdom of León
  • Kingdom of Navarre
  • Crown of Aragón
  • County of Portugal
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Many other Christian states and Crusader orders
  • Islamic states and factions of Iberia
 Christian victory
First Norman Rebellion against William
(1047)

Location: Normandy

  • Kingdom of France
  • Duchy of Normandy
  • Norman rebels
 French-Norman victory, rebels defeated
Second Norman Rebellion against William
(1052–1054)

Location: Normandy

  • Kingdom of France
  • Norman rebels
  • Duchy of Normandy
 Norman victory, French and rebels defeated
War of the Flemish succession (1070–1071)
(1070–1071)

Location: County of Flanders

Blason comte-des-Flandres.svg Pro-Arnulf Flanders
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Blason fr Hainaut ancien.svg County of Hainaut
Arms of the House of Courtenay (undifferencied arms).svg County of Boulogne
Arms of William the Conqueror (1066-1087).svg Duchy of Normandy 		Blason comte-des-Flandres.svg Pro-Robert Flanders
West Frisia (later County of Holland) 		West Frisian victory
  • Robert the Frisian becomes Count of Flanders
First Crusade
(1096–1099)

Location: Mostly Levant and Anatolia

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
  • Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders
  •  Fatimid Caliphate
  • Seljuk Empire.png Seljuk Empire
  • Abbasid Caliphate
 Crusader Victory
Crusade of 1101

Location: Anatolia

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Papal States
  • Sultanate of Rum
 Rum victory

Location: Normandy

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svgDuchy of Normandy
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svgKingdom of England
 Truce
Anglo-French War 1116–19

Location: Normandy

  • Norman Rebels
  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svgDuchy of Normandy
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svgKingdom of England
 Anglo-Norman Victory

Location: France

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • County of Maine
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svgDuchy of Normandy
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svgKingdom of England
 Rebellion in Maine suppressed by Anglo-Normans, French remain in a strong position, Henry I dies. The White Ship incident opens succession question and the Anarchy begins before conclusive result
Second Crusade
(1147–1150)

Location: Iberia, Levant and Anatolia

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders
  • Various Muslim Kingdoms
 Mixed results
  • Iberia - Crusader Victory
  • Levant - Status Quo Ante Bellum
  • Anatolia - Crusader Defeat

Location: France

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Angevins suppoting Prince Richard
 Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England Revolt of 1173-74 defeated, Richards revolt successful in 1189 with the help of Philip II and French forces, Treaty of Azay-le-Rideau, Prince Richard becomes king of England at expense of Henry II following the battle of Ballans
Anglo-French War 1193–1199

Location: France

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England Truce at Vernon
Third Crusade
(1189–1192)

Location: Levant and Anatolia

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
  • Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England
  • Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader orders
Crusader Victory
Fourth Crusade
(1202–04)

Location: Holy Land and Byzantine Empire

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
  • Republic of Venice Republic of Venice
 In Europe:
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Kingdom of Croatia (in union with Hungary)

Holy Land:

  • Ayyubid Sultanate
 Division of Byzantine Empire
French invasion of Normandy (1202–1204)

Location: Normandy

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England French Victory, Normandy, Anjou and Maine annexed by France
Albigensian Crusade
(1209–1229)

Location: Languedoc, France

* Crusade

  • Cathars
  • County of Toulouse
    • Viscounty of Béziers and Albi
    • County of Valentinois
  • Marquisate of Provence
  • Béarn Viscounty of Béarn
  • County of Astarac
  • Crown of Aragon
    • Foix County of Foix
    • County of Comminges
    • Viscounty of Carcassonne
  • Exiled knights
 Crusader Victory
Anglo-French War (1213-14)
  • Battle of Bouvines

Location: France, Flanders

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Angevin Empire

Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg County of Flanders Blason Courtenay.svg County of Boulogne

French Victory, Collapse of Angevin Empire
First Barons War
(1215–17)

Location: England

Blason fam uk FitzWalter.svg Army of God and Holy Church
France Ancient.svg Kingdom of France 		Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Pro-Angevin forces French Invasion Defeat
Fifth Crusade
(1217-1221)

Location: Egypt and Levant

  • Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
  • Various Christian Kingdoms and Crusader Orders
 Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg Ayyubids Crusader Defeat
Poitou War
(1224)

Location: Poitou

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg England French Victory
Saintonge War
(1242-1243)
  • Battle of Taillebourg

Location: Saintonge

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg England French Victory
Seventh Crusade
(1248-1254)

Location: Egypt

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France

Coa Greece Country History Principality of Achaea.svg Principality of Morea
Cross of the Knights Templar.svg Knights Templar

Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg Ayyubids Crusader Defeat
Eighth Crusade
(1270)

Location: Tunisia

  • Kingdom of France
  • Kingdom of Sicily
  • Kingdom of Navarre
 Hafsid dynasty Inconclusive, Death of King Louis IX
War of the Sicilian Vespers
(1282-1302)
  • Aragonese Crusade

Location: Sicily and Catalonia

Image-Blason Sicile Péninsulaire.svg Angevin Kingdom of Naples
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Armoiries Majorque.svg Kingdom of Majorca 		Aragon Arms-crown.svg Crown of Aragon
Aragon-Sicily Arms.svg Kingdom of Trinacria
 Byzantine Empire 		Division of the kingdom of Sicily into Aragonese Trinacria and Angevin Naples, Aragonese Crusade defeated
Anglo-French War (1294-1303)

Location: South-Western France

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg England French Victory
Franco-Flemish War
(1297-1305)

Location: Flanders

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg France Blason Comte-de-Flandre.svg County of Flanders French Victory
War of Saint-Sardos
(1324)

Location: Aquitaine

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg France Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg England French Victory
Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328
(1323-1328)
  • Battle of Cassel (1328)

Location: Flanders

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Blason Comte-de-Flandre.svg Flemish count and loyalists 		Blason Comte-de-Flandre.svg Flemish rebels French Victory
Hundred Years' War
(1337-1453)
  • Edwardian Phase
    • Battle of Poitiers
    • Battle of Crecy
  • Caroline Phase
    • Battle of Pontvallain
  • Lancastrian Phase
    • Battle of Agincourt
    • Siege of Orleans
    • Battle of Patay
    • Battle of Formigny
    • Battle of Castillon

Location: France, England, Spain, Scotland and Low Countries

  • Arms of France (France Moderne).svg France
  • Arms of the Duke of Burgundy since 1430.svg Burgundian State (1337 to 1419 and 1435 to 1453)
  • Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg Kingdom of Scotland
  • Royal Coat of Arms of the Crown of Castile (1284-1390).svg Crown of Castile
  • Lombard League arms.svg Republic of Genoa
  • Coat of arms of the House of Luxembourg-Bohemia.svg Kingdom of Bohemia
  • Royal arms of Aragon.svg Crown of Aragon
  • BlasonComtatVenaissin.svg Avignon Papacy[a]
  • Royal Arms of England (1399-1603).svg Kingdom of England
  • Arms of the Duke of Burgundy since 1430.svg Burgundian State (1419 to 1435)
  • Brasão de armas do reino de Portugal (1385).svg Kingdom of Portugal
  • Evolution Coat of Arms of Navarre-3.svg Kingdom of Navarre
  • Blason ville be Gand (Flandre-Orientale).svg Ghent Rebels[b]
  • CoA Pontifical States 02.svg Papal States[c]
 French Victory
Castilian Civil War
(1351-1369)

Location: Spain

Arms of Henry II of Castile before his accession.svg Forces of Henry of Trastámara
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Aragon arms.svg Crown of Aragon 		Royal Coat of Arms of the Crown of Castile (1284-1390).svg Forces of Peter of Castile
Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England
Blason Royaume Navarre.svg Kingdom of Navarre
Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Majorca and the Balearic Islands (14th-20th Centuries).svg Kingdom of Majorca
COA of Nasrid dynasty kingdom of Grenade (1013-1492).svg Kingdom of Granada 		Victory for Henry of Trastámara
Barbary Crusade
(1390)

Location: Tunisia

Kingdom of France
Republic of Genoa 		Hafsids
Zianids
Bejaia 		Truce negotiated, Both sides claim victory
Nicopolis Crusade
(1396)
  • Battle of Nicopolis

Location: Nicopolis

Crusade:


Holy Roman Empire

  • Coat of arms of Bohemian Crown.svg Bohemian Crown
  • Duchy of Savoy
  • Swiss Confederacy

 Kingdom of France[2][full citation needed]

  • Duchy of Burgundy

Kingdom of Hungary[2][full citation needed]

  • Voivodship of Transylvania
  • Kingdom of Croatia[2][full citation needed]

Coa Romania Country Wallachia History 2 (14th century).svg Principality of Wallachia[3]
Knights Hospitaller[2][full citation needed]
 Republic of Venice[2][full citation needed]
 Republic of Genoa
Bulgarian Empire[4]
Polish Crown
Crown of Castile
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Navarre
Teutonic Order
Byzantine Empire

Ottoman Empire
  • Coat of arms of Moravian Serbia.svg Moravian Serbia[5]
 Defeat
Old Zurich War
(1440-1446)
  • Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs

Location: Swiss plateau

Zurich-coat of arms.svg Imperial City of Zurich
Gules a fess argent.svg Habsburg Further Austria
Blason France moderne.svg France 		  Old Swiss Confederacy:
  • Berne-coat of arms.svg Canton of Bern
  • Lucerne-coat of arms.svg Canton of Lucerne
  • Uri-coat of arms.svg Canton of Uri
  • Wappen schwyz.png Canton of Schwyz
  • Wappen Unterwalden alt.svg Canton of Unterwalden
  • Glaris-coat of arms.svg Canton of Glarus
  • Zug-coat of arms.svg Canton of Zug

AppenzellRI-coat of arms.svg Vogteien of Appenzell

Peace of Einsiedeln
Milanese War of Succession
(1447–54)

Location: Italy

Coat of arms of the House of Sforza.svg House of Sforza
Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg Duchy of Milan (1450–4)
FlorenceCoA.svg Republic of Florence (1452–4)
France moderne.svg Kingdom of France (1452–4) 		Flag of the Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Coat of arms of the House of Gonzaga (1394).svg Margravate of Mantua

Flag of the Ambrosian Republic.png Ambrosian Republic (1447–50)
Arms of Dukes of Savoy.svg Duchy of Savoy

Francesco Sforza recognised as Duke of Milan
War of the Burgundian Succession
(1477-1482)

Location: France, Low Countries

Valois-Orléans:
 Kingdom of France 		Burgundy-Habsburg:
 Burgundian State 		France annexes several Burgundian territories, Maximilian I retains the Netherlands, the County of Burgundy, Artois and Charolais.
Catalan Civil War
(1462-1472)

Location: Catalonia

John II of Aragon
Blason France moderne.svg France 		Principality of Catalonia rebels John reestablished as King
War of the Castilian Succession
(1475-1479)

Location: Spain

  • Arms of the Crown of Castile (15th Century).svg Joanna's supporters
  • COA king Alphonse V of Portugal.svg Kingdom of Portugal
  • France moderne.svg Kingdom of France
  • Arms of the Crown of Castile (15th Century).svg Isabella's supporters
  • Arms Aragon-Sicily (Template).svg Crown of Aragon
 Isabella is recognised as Queen of Castile in exchange for Ferdinand breaking alliance with Maximilian I, Duke of Burgundy
Mad War
(1485-1488)

Location: France

Blason France moderne.svg Kingdom of France Blason Lorraine.svg Duchy of Lorraine
Armoiries Bretagne - Arms of Brittany.svg Duchy of Brittany
Armoiries Albret moderne.svg Lordship of Albret
Blason ville fr Orange (Vaucluse).svg Principality of Orange
Blason Charles Ier d’Angoulême (1459-1496).svg County of Angoulême
Supported by:
Armoiries Saint-Empire bicéphale.svg Holy Roman Empire
Royal Arms of England (1399-1603).svg Kingdom of England
Blason Castille Léon.svg Kingdom of Castile-Leon 		Royal Victory
French-Breton War
(1487–1491)

Location: Duchy of Brittany

Blason France moderne.svg Kingdom of France Armoiries Bretagne - Arms of Brittany.svg Duchy of Brittany
Armoiries Saint-Empire bicéphale.svg Holy Roman Empire
Royal Arms of England (1399-1603).svg Kingdom of England
Blason Castille Léon.svg Kingdom of Castile and León 		French Victory, Anne of Brittany marries Charles VIII of France
First Italian War
1494-1498

Location: Italy

 Kingdom of France
  • Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss mercenaries

Duchy of Milan (before 1495)

1494:
 Kingdom of Naples
1495:
League of Venice
 Papal States
 Republic of Venice
 Kingdom of Naples
Kingdoms of Spain
Duchy of Milan
 Holy Roman Empire
 Republic of Florence
 England (1496–98)
Duchy of Mantua
 Republic of Genoa 		Victory for the League of Venice
Second Italian War
(1499–1501)
  • Battle of Novara

Location: Italy

 France
 Papal States
 Venice (1499)
Spain (1500)
Argent a chief azur.svg Marquisate of Saluzzo 		Duchy of Milan
 Naples 		France conquers the Duchy of Milan
Third Italian War
(1502–1504)

Location: Italy

 France Spain Spanish victory, France cedes Naples
War of the League of Cambrai
(1508-1516)
  • Battle of Marignano

Location: Italy, France, England and Spain

1508–1510: League of Cambrai:
    •  Papal States
    •  France
    •  Holy Roman Empire
    • Arms of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1513-1516).svg Spain
    • Coat of arms of the House of Este (1471).svg Duchy of Ferrara
1510–1511:
  •  France
  • Coat of arms of the House of Este (1471).svg Duchy of Ferrara

1511–1513:

  •  France
  • Coat of arms of the House of Este (1471).svg Duchy of Ferrara
  •  Scotland
  •  Florence

1513–1516:

  •  France
  •  Venice
  • Coat of arms of the House of Este (1471).svg Duchy of Ferrara
 1508–1510:
  •  Venice

1510–1511:

  •  Papal States
  •  Venice

1511–1513: Holy League:

  •  Papal States
  •  Venice
  • Arms of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1513-1516).svg Spain
  •  Holy Roman Empire
  •  England
  • Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss mercenaries

1513–1516:

  •  Papal States
  • Arms of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1513-1516).svg Spain
  •  Holy Roman Empire
  •  England
  • Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg Duchy of Milan
  • Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss mercenaries
 French and Venetian Victory
Italian War of 1521-1526
  • Battle of Pavia

Location: France, Italy and Spain

 France
  • Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss mercenaries

 Republic of Venice
 Papal States (1524–1525)
Argent a chief azur.svg Marquisate of Saluzzo

 Holy Roman Empire
Spain Spain
 England
 Papal States (1521–1523 and 1525–1526) 		Habsburg Victory, Capture of Francois I
War of the League of Cognac
(1526–30)

Location: Italy

 Kingdom of France
  • Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss mercenaries

 Papal States

  • Papal States Swiss Guards

 Republic of Venice
FlorenceCoA.svg Republic of Florence
 Kingdom of England
 Republic of Genoa (1526–1528)
Bandera de Reino de Navarra.svg Kingdom of Navarre
Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg Duchy of Milan

 Holy Roman Empire
Spain Spain
Coat of arms of the House of Este (1471).svg Duchy of Ferrara
 Republic of Genoa (1528–1530)
Mantua Flag 1575-1707 (new).svg Duchy of Mantua (1528–1530) 		Habsburg Victory
Italian War of 1536–1538

Location: Provence, Piedmont and Lombardy

  •  France
  • Ottoman Empire
  •  Holy Roman Empire
  • Spain Spain
 Truce of Nice, Savoy and Piedmont acquired by France
Italian War of 1542-1546

Location: England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Low Countries

  •  Holy Roman Empire
    •  Saxony
    • Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg
  • Spain Spain
  •  Kingdom of England
 Treaty of Crépy and Treaty of Ardres
Rough Wooing
(1542-1551)

Location: Northern England and Scotland

  •  Kingdom of Scotland
  •  Kingdom of France
  •  Kingdom of England
 Scottish and French Victory
Italian War of 1551-1559

Location: France, Flanders, Italy and the Mediterranean

  •  Kingdom of France
  • Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss mercenaries
  • Republic of Siena
  • Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1517).svg Ottoman Empire
  • Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg Papal States
  •  Holy Roman Empire
  • Spain Spanish Empire
  • Mantua Flag 1575-1707 (new).svg Duchy of Mantua
  • Bandiera del granducato di Toscana (1562-1737 ).png Republic of Florence
  •  Duchy of Savoy
 Spanish-Imperial Victory
Anglo-French War (1557-1559)

Location: Pale of Calais

  • Siege of Calais (1558)
 Pavillon royal de la France.png Kingdom of France  Kingdom of England French Victory
French Wars of Religion
(1562-1628)

Location: France

  •  France
  •  France
  • Protestants:
  • Huguenot cross.svg Huguenots
  •  England
  •  Scotland
  • Bandera de Reino de Navarra.svg Navarre
  • Flag of the Catholic League (French Wars of Religion).svg Catholic League
  •  Spain
  •  Savoy
  •  Portuguese Empire
 Edict of Nantes 1598, Edict of Fontainebleau 1685 revokes treaty of Nantes
English expedition to France (1562-1563)

Location: Le Havre, Dieppe

Pavillon royal de la France.png Kingdom of France  Kingdom of England, Huguenots (Before Edict of Amboise) Elizabeth I accepts French rule over Pale of Calais
War of the Portuguese Succession
(1580-1583)

Location: Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, and the Azores Islands

Pro-Crato Portugal
Supported by:
 France
 England
 Dutch Republic 		Spain
Pro-Philip Portugal 		Spanish Victory, Philip II of Spain crowned king of Portugal, Iberian Union
Franco-Spanish War of 1595–98
(simultaneously supporting the Dutch Republic in the Eighty Years' War during 1596–98)

Location: Western Europe

Kingdom of France Kingdom of France
England England 		Spain Spain French Victory
Franco-Savoyard War (1600–1601)

Location: Savoy

Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France Drapeau de la Savoie.svg Duchy of Savoy Treaty of Lyon (1601)
War of the Jülich Succession
(1609–10)

Location: United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Margraviate of Brandenburg
Palatinate-Neuburg
 United Provinces
 Kingdom of France
Protestant Union 		Holy Roman Empire Rudolph II
Straatsburg-Bistum.PNG Principality of Strasbourg
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Catholic League 		France did not participate when war resumed in 1614
Valtellina War
(1620–26)

Location: Valtellina

 France
Wappen Grauer Bund1.svgWappen Gotteshausbund.svgWappen Zehngerichtebund2.svg The Three Leagues
 Venice
 Savoy 		 Papal States
 Holy Roman Empire
Spain Spain 		Treaty of Monzon, France prevents complete Habsburg control of Valtellina

(1625)

Location: Genoa

 Kingdom of France
 Duchy of Savoy 		 Spain
 Republic of Genoa 		Defeat
Anglo-French War (1627-1629)

Location: France, Quebec

 France  England Treaty of Susa, English withdraw support for huguenots, Status Quo Ante Bellum in Canada
War of the Mantuan Succession
(1628–31)

Location: Northern Italy

Supporting the Duke of Nevers:
 France
 Venice 		Supporting the Duke of Guastalla:
 Holy Roman Empire
 Duchy of Savoy
Spain Spain 		Duke of Nevers is recognised as ruler of Mantua
Thirty Years War
(1618–1648)

Location: Europe, primarily in Germany

 France (from 1635)

Bohemia Bohemia (until 1620)
Sweden Sweden (from 1630)
Palatinate (until 1632)
 Duchy of Savoy (1618–19)
Transylvania Transylvania (until 1621)[6]
 Dutch Republic (from 1619)
Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway (1625–29)
Heilbronn League (1631–1635)
Hesse-Kassel (from 1629)
Brandenburg-Prussia (1631–1635)[d]
 Brunswick-Lüneburg (1634–1642)
 Saxony (1630–1635)[d]

  Habsburg Monarchy

Spain Spanish Empire
Electorate of Bavaria
Catholic League (1618–1635)

France annexes Décapole and Upper Alsace[7]
  • Peace of Westphalia
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
(simultaneously supporting the Dutch Republic in the Eighty Years' War during 1635–48)
  • Battle of the Dunes

Location: Northern France, Catalonia, Spanish Netherlands, Northern Italy, the Rhineland

Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Prinsenvlag.svg Dutch Republic (1635–48)
 Commonwealth of England (1654–59)
 Duchy of Savoy
Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Modena and Reggio (1647–49, 1655–59)
 Duchy of Parma (1635–37)
Flag of Catalonia.svg Principality of Catalonia (1640–41)
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalan Republic (1641)

Co-belligerent:
Flag of Portugal (1640).svg Kingdom of Portugal (1640–59)[e]

Flag of New Spain.svg Spanish Empire (incl. Spanish Netherlands)
 Holy Roman Empire (1635–48)
Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Modena and Reggio (1635–46)
Royal Standard of Great Britain (1603-1649).svg English Royalists (1657–59)[f] 		Treaty of the Pyrenees, Artois, Roussillon and Perpignan annexed by France
Savoyard–Waldensian wars
(1655–1690)

Location: Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy

  •  Duchy of Savoy
  •  Kingdom of France (1686–1690)
 Waldenser-Wappen.jpg Waldensian rebels Status quo
  • Waldensians resettle their valleys
  • Savoyard-Waldensian alliance against France, Savoy joins Augsburg League
  • Edict of Reintegration 1694
Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664)
  • Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)

Location: Kingdom of Hungary

 Holy Roman Empire
 France
League of the Rhine 		 Ottoman Empire Peace of Vasvár
Second Anglo-Dutch War
(1665–1667)

Location: Europe, Caribbean, North Sea and English Channel

Treaty of Breda
War of Devolution
(1667–1668)

Location: Spanish Netherlands, Franche-Comté, Northern Catalonia

 France Spain Spanish Empire (incl. Spanish Netherlands)
Triple Alliance:
  •  Dutch Republic
  •  Kingdom of England
  • Sweden Swedish Empire
 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), France gains Armentières, Bergues, Charleroi, Kortrijk, Douai, Veurne, Lille, Oudenaarde and Tournai
Franco-Dutch War
(1672–1678)

Location: Low Countries, England, Alsace, Rhineland, Brandenburg, Sicily, France, North America, West Indies

  •  France
  •  England (1672–74)
  • Münster (1672–1673)
  • Cologne (1672–1673)
  •  Dutch Republic
  •  Holy Roman Empire (from 1673)
  •  Spain (from 1673)
  • Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673)
  • Lorraine Lorraine (from 1673)
  • Denmark Denmark–Norway (from 1674)
  •  England (1678)
 Treaties of Nijmegen, France gains Franche-Comté
War of the Reunions
(1683–1684)

LocationSpanish Netherlands, Catalonia, Genoa

 France * Holy Roman Empire
  • Spain Spain
  •  Republic of Genoa
 French Victory
French conquest of Senegal
(1659–1895)

Location: Senegal

 France Waalo Kingdom
Kingdom of Cayor
Jolof Empire
Baol
Kingdom of Sine
Saloum 		French victory
  • France conquers territory of present-day Senegal
French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685)

Location: Chios, Tripoli and Tunis

Royal Standard of the King of France France French Victory
French-Algerian War 1681-88
(1681–88)

Location: Algiers

Royal Standard of the King of France France Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Regency of Algiers French Victory
Siamese revolution of 1688
(1688)

Location: Siam

Prasat Thong dynasty
 France
  • French East India Company
 Phetracha and various Siamese lords
Supported by:
VOC-Amsterdam.svg Dutch East India Company
 French defeat
  • Establishment of Ban Phlu Luang dynasty
  • Expulsion of French troops in Bangkok
Nine Years' War

Location: Europe, Ireland, Asia, North America

 France
 New France
Wabanaki Confederacy
Jacobites
  •  Dutch Republic
  •  England
  •  Holy Roman Empire
  • Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire
  •  Duchy of Savoy
  •  Portuguese Empire
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish Empire
    (until 1691)
 Treaty of Ryswick
French and Iroquois Wars
(17th century)

Location: Great Lakes region

Huron, Erie, Neutral, Odawa, Ojibwe, Mississaugas, Potawatomi, Algonquin, Shawnee, Wenro, Mahican, Innu, Abenaki, Miami, Illinois Confederation, other nations allied with France
Supported by:
 France 		Haudenosaunee
Supported by:
 England
 Dutch Republic 		Military stalemate
  • Great Peace of Montreal
  • Growth of French token influence in the Great Lakes region
  • Huron-Wendat Confederacy destroyed or assimilated
  • Military refugee migration results in expansion of Iroquois hunting grounds down to Mississippi River
  • Further Iroquois territorial expansion halted in military campaigns by the Council of Three Fires
War of the Spanish Succession
(1701–1714)

Location: Europe, North America, Asia, Africa

*  France
  • Bourbon Spain
  •  Bavaria (until 1704)
  • Savoy (until 1703)
  • Cologne (until 1702)
  • Liège (until 1702)
 Holy Roman Empire
  •  Great Britain
  •  Dutch Republic
  • Pro-Habsburg Spain
  •  Prussia (from 1702)
  • Savoy (after 1703)
  •  Portugal (from 1703)
 Treaty of Utrecht, Treaty of Portsmouth
  • Philip of the House of Bourbon becomes Philip V of Spain
  • Partition of Spanish holdings in Europe
  • France cedes territories in North America to Britain
Chickasaw Wars
(1721–1763)

Location: Mississippi River

 France
Choctaw
Illini 		 Great Britain
Chickasaw 		Chickasaw victory
  • Treaty of Paris
War of the Quadruple Alliance
(1718–1720)

Location: Europe, North America

 Great Britain
 France
Austria
 Dutch Republic
 Savoy 		Spain Allied victory
Fox Wars
(1712-1733)

Location: Detroit

 Kingdom of France and Indigenous Allies Fox Peoples French victory
War of the Polish Succession
(1733-1735)

Location: Poland, Rhineland, Italy

* Poland loyal to Stanislaus I
  •  France
  • Spain Spain
  • Duchy of Savoy Savoy-Sardinia
  •  Duchy of Parma
 * Poland loyal to Augustus III
  •  Russia
  •  Holy Roman Empire
    •  Habsburg Monarchy
    •  Saxony
    •  Prussia
 Treaty of Vienna, Bourbon territorial gains, France guaranteed Lorraine following death of Stanisław Leszczyński
War of Austrian Succession
(1740–48)
  • King George's War
    (1744–1748)
  • Second Carnatic War
  • Jacobite Rising of 1745
    • Battle of Fontenoy

Location: Europe, North America

* France
  •  New France

Wabanaki Confederacy

  •  Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
  • Spain Spain
  • Bavaria Bavaria (1741–45)
  •  Saxony (1741–42)
  •  Savoy-Sardinia (1741–42)
  •  Genoa (1745–48)
  • Sweden Sweden (1741–43)
  • Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Duchy of Modena
 * Great Britain
  • British America

Iroquois Confederacy

  •  Habsburg Monarchy
  •  Great Britain
  • Province of Hanover Hanover
  •  Dutch Republic

Co-belligerents:

  •  Saxony (1743–45)
  •  Savoy-Sardinia (1742–48)
  •  Russia (1741–43, 1748)
 Status quo ante bellum
  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Father Le Loutre's War
(1749–1755)

Location: Acadia and Nova Scotia

 France
  •  New France

Wabanaki Confederacy

 Great Britain
  • British America
 French defeat
Seven Years' War
(1756–1763) 		 France
  •  New France

Wabanaki Confederacy

Algonquin
Lenape
Ojibwa
Ottawa
Shawnee
Wyandot

 Great Britain
  • British America

Iroquois Confederacy
Catawba
Cherokee (before 1758)

French defeat
Larache expedition
(1765)

Location: Larache, Morocco

 France Flag of Morocco 1666 1915.svg Morocco French defeat
Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
(1778–83)
  • American Revolutionary War
    • Battle of the Chesapeake
    • Siege of Yorktown (1781)

Location: English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, West Indies, North America, Straits of Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, East Indies

 France
Spain Spain
United States

Co-belligerent:
 Dutch Republic (1780–1784)

 Great Britain French victory
  • United States gain independence from Britain
  • France weakens Britain, but incurs huge debts
  • Dutch economy ruined, Patriots radicalise
French conquest of Corsica
(1768–1770)

Location: Corsica

 France Corsican Republic French victory

First French Republic (1792–1804)[]

Conflict France & allies France's opposition Outcome
War of the First Coalition
(1792-1797)

Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, West Indies

 France
  •  Batavian Republic (from 1795)[g]
  • POL COA Ciołek.svg Polish Legions (from 1797)[h]
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Sister Republics

Spain Spain (from 1796)[i]

Kingdom of France Army of Condé

 Dutch Republic (until 1795)
 Great Britain
 Holy Roman Empire (until 1797)[j]

  • Habsburg Monarchy (until 1797)[k]
  •  Prussia (until 1795)[l]

 Naples (until 1796)
 Portugal
 Sardinia (until 1796)[m]
Spain Spain (until 1795)[n]
Other Italian states

French victory
War of the Pyrenees
(1793-1795)

Location: Pyrenees

 France Spain Kingdom of Spain
 Kingdom of Portugal 		French victory
Haitian Revolution
(1791–1804)

Location: Saint-Domingue

Collage of the Haitian Revolution
 Slave owners
Kingdom of France
French Republic 		Ex-slaves
French royalists
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg 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
War of the Second Coalition
(1798-1802)
  • Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea

 France


 Spain
POL COA Ciołek.svg Polish Legions
French client republics:

  •  Batavian Republic
  •  Helvetic Republic
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Cisalpine Republic
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Roman Republic (until 1799)[o]
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Parthenopaean Republic (1799)[p]
  Holy Roman Empire (until 1801)[q]
  • Habsburg Monarchy Austria (until 1801)

 Great Britain (pre-1801)
 United Kingdom (post-1801)
 Russia (until 1799)
 Portugal
 Naples (until 1801)
Tuscany Grand Duchy of Tuscany (until 1801)
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of Saint John (1798)
 Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of France French Royalists

French victory
  • French victory in Europe
  • Anglo-Ottoman victory in Mediterranean, Egypt and Levant
  • Britain signs Treaty of Amiens which is favourable to France bringing the Anglo-French War of 1792-1802 to an end.
    • Peace is short lived War starts again in 1803 Anglo-French War 1803-1814
Peasants' War
(1798)

Location: Southern Netherlands

 France Brigands French victory
Quasi-War
(1798–1800)

Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean

 France


Spain

 United States


 Great Britain

Convention of 1800
War of the Oranges
(1801)

Location: Portugal

 France


Spain Kingdom of Spain

 Kingdom of Portugal French victory
  • Portugal closes its ports to British ships

First French Empire (1804–1814,15)[]

Conflict France & allies France's opposition Outcome
War of the Third Coalition
(1803–06)

Location: Central Europe, Italy and the Atlantic Ocean

First French Empire France
Batavian Republic Batavian Republic
Electorate of Bavaria Bavaria
Etruria
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Italy
Spain
Württemberg 		Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire
Naples
Russian Empire Russia
Kingdom of Sicily Sicily
Sweden
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Italy
  • Naples
  • Polish Legions and rebels
  • Kingdom of Saxony Saxony
    (after 11 December 1806)

Spain
Switzerland

Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Russian Empire Russia
Electorate of Saxony Saxony
(until 11 December 1806)
Sicily
Sweden
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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
Peninsular War
(1808-1814)

Location: Iberian Peninsula and Southern France

First French Empire France
  • Napoleonic Spain
  • Confederation of the Rhine
  • Duchy of Warsaw
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Italy
 Spain
Portugal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom 		Coalition victory
  • Junta control over Spain
  • Treaty of Paris
War of the Fifth Coalition
(1809)

Location: Central Europe, Italy and Netherlands

First French Empire France
  • Confederation of the Rhine
  • Duchy of Warsaw
  • Netherlands Holland
  •  Italy
  • Naples
  • Switzerland Switzerland
  Austria
  • Black Brunswickers

Portugal Portugal
 Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
Spain 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

First French Empire 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

Until January 1814

  • Confederation of the Rhine (many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig)
  • Denmark 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

After January 1814

  • Denmark 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 		Austrian Empire Austria
Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Russian Empire Russia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
 Baden
Kingdom of Bavaria Bavaria
Duchy of Brunswick Brunswick
Denmark Denmark
Kingdom of France Kingdom of France
Province of Hanover Hanover
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
 Nassau
United Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands
 Portugal
 Sardinia
Kingdom of Saxony Saxony
 Sicily
Spain Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tuscany
Kingdom of Württemberg 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
(1820-1823)

Location: Spain

Kingdom of France
Spain Armée de la Foi 		Spain 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 flag.svg Filiki Eteria
Flag of Greece (1821).svg Greek revolutionaries
After 1822:
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Hellenic Republic
Supported by:
Romanian Revolutionaries (1821)
Greece Philhellenes
 United Kingdom (after 1826)
Russian Empire (after 1826)
Kingdom of France (after 1826)
Serb and Montenegrin volunteers 		Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman Empire Greek victory
  • First Hellenic Republic established and recognized
Franco-Trarzan War of 1825
(1825)

Location: Waalo, West Africa

Drapeau Royaume de France 1815-1830.jpg France Trarza French victory
Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt
(1825)

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Empire of Brazil Empire of Brazil
Drapeau Royaume de France 1815-1830.jpg France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom 		Irish mercenaries
German mercenaries 		Revolt Suppressed

July Monarchy (1830–1848)[]

Conflict France & allies France's opposition Outcome
Liberal Wars
(1828–34)

Location: Portugal

Liberals

Supported by:
United Kingdom (1828-1834)
France (1830-1834)
Belgian volunteers (1832-1834)[8]
Spain (1833-1834)

Miguelites

Supported by:
Spain (1828-1833)

Liberal victory
French conquest of Algeria
(1827–1830–1857)

Location: Regency of Algiers

 France  Ottoman Empire
  • Regency of Algiers

Dz flag-Abdelkader.png Emirate of Abdelkader
Beni Abbas Kingdom2 Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Flag of Kel Ahaggar Kel Ahaggar
Flag of Morocco 1666 1915.svg Sultanate of Morocco

French victory
  • Pacification of Algeria
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
First Carlist War
(1833-1840)

Location: Spain

Liberals
Supported by:
France 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)
  • Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata
    • Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

Location: Uruguay

Colorados
Unitarian Party
 Brazil
France
 United Kingdom
Flag of Piratini Republic.svg Riograndense Republic
Bandera calabreses de garibaldi.png Italian redshirts 		Blancos
Federalist Party (Argentina)
 Argentine Confederation 		Colorado victory, Arana-Southern Treaty for Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata
First Franco-Moroccan War
(1844)

Location: Morocco

 France Morocco
Dz flag-Abdelkader.png 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

Second French Republic (1848–1852)[]

Conflict France & allies France's opposition Outcome
First Italian War of Independence
(1848)

Location: Lombardy

Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.svg Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
France French Republic 		Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Italy cockade.svg Italian Volunteer Army

Supported by:

French-Austrian Victory
  • Austria keeps Lombardy-Venetia
  • French Victory over Roman Republic
    • Papal rule restored over Rome[9]

Second French Empire (1852–1870)[]

Conflict France & allies France's opposition Outcome
Taiping Rebellion
(1850–1871)

Location: China

  • Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg China
  • Xiang Army
  • Huai Army

Later stages:
 France
 United Kingdom

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 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.[10]
  • France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur.[11]
Crimean War
(1853-1856)

Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East

France
 Ottoman Empire
  • Egypt
  • Tunis
 British Empire[s]
Kingdom of Sardinia Sardinia[t]
Supported by:
 Austrian Empire
Caucasus Imamate[u]
Circassia
Abkhazia[t] 		Russian Empire Russian Empire
  • border=no Mingrelia
Kurdish rebels
Greece[v] 		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

France Second French Empire
Spain Spain
  • 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

Second French Empire French Empire
Kingdom of Sardinia
Supported By:
Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg United Principalities 		Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.svg 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)[12] 		French Defeat
  • Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire
  • French withdrawal
Shimonoseki Campaign
(1863–1864)

Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

 British Empire
French Empire
 Netherlands
 United States 		Ichimonjimitsuboshi.svg Chōshū Domain Allied victory
French campaign against Korea
(1866)

Location: Korea

France Flag of Korea (1856).png Korea French defeat
  • French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
Garibaldis Expedition to Rome 1867

Location: Rome

France 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
  • Dissoulution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established

French Third Republic (1870–1940)[]

Conflict France & allies France's opposition Outcome
Annexation of the Leeward Islands
(1880-1897)

Location: Society Islands

France 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 Flag of the Wassoulou Empire.svg 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

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

France Dahomey French victory
  • Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate
Franco-Siamese War
(1893)

Location: French Indochina, Siam

French Republic
  • Flag of Colonial Annam.svg 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[13][14][15]
 France[16][17]
Eritrean rebels[18] 		 Italy
  • Italian Eritrea
 Ethiopian victory
Second Madagascar expedition
(1894–1895)

Location: Madagascar

France Merina Kingdom French victory

Location: Crete

Arkadi Cretan flag.svg Cretan revolutionaries
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Kingdom of Greece
 British Empire
 France
Kingdom of Italy Italy
 Russian Empire
 Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898)
 German Empire (until March 16th, 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 		Yihetuan flag.png Boxers
Qing Dynasty 		Allied victory

(1899–1901)

Location: West Africa

France Kanem flag from dulcerta 1339-pt.svg 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 First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg Vietnamese rebels French victory
  • Uprising suppressed.
Hungarian-Romanian War
(1918–1919)

Location: Hungary, and Transylvania

 Romania
Supported by:
 France

 Czechoslovakia

 Hungary
(until 21 March 1919)
 Soviet Hungary
Supported by:
 Soviet Russia 		Romanian victory
Franco-Turkish War
(1918–1921)

Location: Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia

France
  • Armenia French Armenian Legion
 Grand National Assembly
  • Kuva-yi Milliye
 French loss
  • French influence in Anatolia is repelled
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918–1920)

Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran

Russia White Movement
 British Empire

  •  United Kingdom
  •  Canada
  •  Australia
  •  India
  •  South Africa

 United States
France 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
1919 Luxembourgish rebellion
(January 1919)

Location: Luxembourg

 French Third Republic
 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 		Flag of Luxembourg.svg  [nl]
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Republic of Luxembourg 		French and Luxembourgish monarchist victory
  • Luxembourgish republican and pro-Belgian rebellion suppressed (10 January 1919)
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
Occupation of the Ruhr
(1923–25)

Location: The Ruhr, Germany

France
 Belgium 		Germany French Military Victory
  • Dawes Plan
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
 France 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[19]
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
France France
Poland 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
 Independent State of 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
  France
  • French Indochina
 Thailand Indecisive
  • 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

France
  •  French Indochina (1945–1954)

Cambodia
(1953–1954)
 Laos
(1953–1954)
State of Vietnam (1949–1954)

Supported by:
 United States(1950–1954)

Viet Minh

Lao Issara (1945–1949)

  • Pathet Lao (1949–1954)

Khmer Issarak

  • United Issarak Front (1950–1954)

Japanese volunteers

Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 China (1949–1954)
 East Germany
Poland[20]

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

 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 		Ceasefire
  • 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
  France Flag of Algeria (1958-1962).svg FLN Military stalemate
Bamileke War
(1955–1964)

Location: French Cameroon

Before 1960
France France
  • France French Equatorial Africa[21]

After 1960
Flag of Cameroon (1957).svg Cameroon[22]
France France

Socialist red flag.svg UPC French-Cameroonian victory
Suez Crisis
(1956)

Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez Canal zone)

Israel Israel
United Kingdom United Kingdom
French Fourth Republic France 		Egypt 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:

Basque National Liberation Movement:

Victory
Bizerte crisis
(1961)

Location: Bizerte, Tunisia

 France Tunisia French victory
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 		Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 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
Corsican conflict
(1976–2011)

Location: Corsica

 France Corsican nationalist paramilitaries
  • National Liberation Front of Corsica
  • A Cuncolta Naziunalista
 Victory
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 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

 PLO (1987)
Supported by:
 East Germany
 Soviet Union

Chadian-French victory
Shaba II
(1978)

Location: Shaba, Zaire

 France
 Zaire
 Belgium
 Morocco
 United States
Supported by
 China 		State of Katanga Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)
Supported by
Angola Angola
 Cuba (alleged)
 Soviet Union (alleged) 		Zairian 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
 Thailand
 Bangladesh
 Italy
 Australia
 Netherlands
 Niger
 Philippines
 Sweden
 Argentina
 Senegal
 Spain
 Bahrain
 Belgium
 Poland
 South Korea
 Singapore
 Norway
Czechoslovakia
 Greece
 Denmark
 New Zealand
 Hungary 		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 		Flag of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy.svg 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

UCK KLA.svg 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

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 		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
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.
  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
Northern Mali Conflict
(2012–present)

Location: Northern Mali

Government of Mali
  • Military of Mali

 France
ECOWAS

National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
(MNLA)
  • Islamic Movement of Azawad
 Ongoing
Central African Republic Civil War
(2012–present)

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
 Ongoing
Iraqi Civil War
(2014–2017)

Location: Iraq

 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

Wars France was not involved in but provided support (material, political, advisory etc.)[]

Conflict Supported by France Opposed by France Outcome
Byzantine–Norman wars
(1040-1189)

Location: Italy

Norman Sicily Byzantine Empire Norman victory
Breton–Norman War
(1064–1066)

Location: Normandy and Brittany

  • Duchy of Normandy
  • Anglo-Saxon England
  • Duchy of Brittany
 Norman victory
Norman conquest of England
(1066–1075)

Location: England

Duchy of Normandy Anglo-Saxon England Norman conquest of England
Loon War
(1203–1206)

Location: Low Countries

Ada and Louis II
Armoiries Comtes de Looz.png Loon
 William
Counts of Holland Arms.svg Holland
Support by:
Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg England
Emperor Otto IV Arms.svg House of Welf 		Military and long-term political victory for William
  • William recognised as count of Holland
Gunboat War
(1807-1814)

Location: Danish–Norwegian waters

Denmark Denmark–Norway

Co-belligerent:
Russian Empire Russian Empire (1808–09)
Supported by:
First French Empire French Empire[23]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09
(1808-1809)

Location: Scandinavia

Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway

Co-belligerent:
Russian Empire Russian Empire
Supported by:
First French Empire French Empire

Sweden

Co-belligerent:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom

Inconclusive
Finnish War
(1808-1809)

Location: Finland and Sweden

Russian Empire Russian Empire

Co-belligerent:
Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway Supported by:
First French Empire French Empire

Sweden

Supported by:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom

Russian victory
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
(1839-1841)

Location: The Levant

Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg Eyalet of Egypt
France Kingdom of France
Spain Kingdom of Spain 		Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom British Empire
Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Russia Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia 		Ottoman victory
  • Egypt renounces claim on Syria, Britain recognizes Muhammad Ali and his descendants as the legitimate rulers of Egypt
Expedition of the Thousand
(1860–61)

Location: Sicily and Southern Italy

 Two Sicilies
Supported by
Papal States Papal States
Second French Empire France
Spain 		Kingdom of Sardinia Sardinia
Supported by
United Kingdom United Kingdom 		Unification Victory
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 		 Hungary
(until 21 March 1919)
 Soviet Hungary
(from 21 March 1919)
Supported by:
 Soviet Russia 		Hungarian victory
  • Hungarian retreat after diplomatic negotiations with the Entente
  • Formation and then dissolution of the Slovak Soviet Republic
Polish-Soviet War
(1919–1921)

Location: Central and Eastern Europe

 Poland
Belarusian PR
 Latvia[x]
Ukrainian PR[y]
Supported By:
 France
 Hungary
 Romania
Russian Whites
 United Kingdom[z]
 United States[z] 		 Russian SFSR
 Byelorussian SSR
Polrewkom
 Ukrainian SSR
Logistical support:
 Lithuania 		Polish victory
Spanish Civil War
(1936-1939)

Location: Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, North Sea and Guinea

Republicans
  • Ejército Popular
  • Popular Front
  • UGT
  • CNT-FAI
  • Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Euzko Gudarostea[aa]
  • International Brigades

Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 Mexico
France (1936)

  • Foreign volunteers
 Nationalists

Kingdom of Italy Italy
Nazi Germany Germany
Supported by:
Portugal
Holy See (Diplomatic)
Foreign volunteers

Nationalist victory
Nigerian Civil War
(1967-1970)

Location: Nigeria

 Biafra
 Republic of Benin (1967)
Supported By:
 France
 China[24]
Germany West Germany[25]
Israel Israel (after 1968)[26]
Portugal Portugal[27][28][29]
Spain Spain[28][30]
  Vatican City (alleged)[31][32][33]
 South Africa
 Rhodesia[34]
 Haiti[25]
 Gabon[25]
 Ivory Coast[25]
 Tanzania[35][36][37]
 Czechoslovakia (until 1968)[38] 		Nigeria Nigeria
Supported by:
 United Kingdom
 Soviet Union
 United States[39]
 Israel (until 1968)[40]
 Bulgaria[41]
Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia[42]
 Senegal
Somalia Somalia
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
 Cameroon
 Niger
Congo-Kinshasa[43][44]
 Algeria[45]
 Syria
 Saudi Arabia[46] 		Nigerian victory
  • Biafra rejoins Nigeria
Dirty War
(1974–1983)

Location: Argentina

Argentina
  • Argentine Army emblem.svg Argentine Army
  • Escudo Armada Argentina (fidedigno).svg Argentine Navy
  • Argentine airforce wings emblem (color).svg Argentine Air Force
  • Emblem of the Argentine Federal Police.svg Argentine Federal Police
  • Insignia de gendarmería laurel argentino.svg Argentine National Gendarmerie
  • Comando General AAA.jpg Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
  • Escudo de la Provincia de Presidente Perón -sin silueta-.svg Justicialist Party

Supported by:

  •  United States[47][48][49]
  •  Bolivia
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Paraguay
  •  Uruguay
  •  France
 ERP

Montoneros
Logo de las FAP.jpg FAP Supported by:
 Cuba

Argentine government victory
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) 		MPLA Victory

Civil wars and revolutions[]

Conflict French Government Rebels Outcome
Shepherds' Crusade (1251)

Location: France

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Catholic Church in France
Civilians (especially Jews) 		French peasant crusaders French government victory
  • Crusaders dispersed
Shepherds' Crusade (1320)

Location: France, Crown of Aragon

Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
 Crown of Aragon
Civilians (especially Jews) 		French peasant crusaders Franco–Aragonese victory
  • Crusaders dispersed
War in the Cevennes[50]
(1702–1710)

Location: Cévennes

 Kingdom of France Camisards French victory
French Revolution
(1789–1799)

Location: France

Kingdom of France Kingdom of France Revolutionairies
  • 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 in the Vendée
(1793-1796)

Location: Western France

France French First Republic:
  • Armée de l'Ouest
  • Republican Vendeans
  • Local National Guards
 Kingdom of France French Royalists:
  • Catholic and Royal Army
  • Royalist Vendeans
  • Chouans
  • Émigrés

Supported by:  Great Britain

French Republican victory
July Revolution
(July 1830)

Location: France

 Bourbon Restoration (Legitimists) Orléanists Orléanist victory
  • Establishment of the July Monarchy
June Rebellion
(1832)

Location: Paris, France

 July Monarchy Republicans Orléanist victory, rebellion crushed
French Revolution of 1848
(February 1848)

Location: Paris, France

 July Monarchy
Supported by:
 United Kingdom 		Republicans
Socialists 		Republican victory
  • July Monarchy abolished, Second Republic established
June Days uprising
(June 1848)

Location: France

 French Second Republic Socialist rebels Second Republic victory
  • New constitution adopted from the provisional government
Paris Commune
(1871)

Location: Paris

France French Third Republic Communards
National Guards 		Third Republic victory
November 1918 in Alsace-Lorraine

Location: Alsace-Lorraine

 French Third Republic Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic Third Republic victory
  • Alsace-Lorraine annexed by France

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Fought against England during Despenser's Crusade.
  2. ^ Fought with England during the Caroline War.
  3. ^ Fought with England during Despenser's Crusade.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Reconciled with the Emperor and switched sides in the Peace of Prague (1635).
  5. ^ Portugal declared its independence from Spain in 1640, triggering the Portuguese Restoration War. Although the Portuguese were already engaged in the Dutch–Portuguese War since 1602, they agreed to a 10-year truce with the Dutch Republic in Europe (1640–1650) while both were fighting for independence from Spain; nevertheless, the colonial war between the Portuguese and the Dutch West India Company (WIC) in the Americas (especially Dutch Brazil) continued.
  6. ^ Lord Wentworth's Regiment was integrated into the Spanish army.
  7. ^ The French Revolutionary Army overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
  8. ^ Formed in French-allied Italy in 1797, following the abolition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Third Partition in 1795.
  9. ^ Re-entered the war as an ally of France after signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso.
  10. ^ Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, of which the Austrian Netherlands and the Duchy of Milan were under direct Austrian rule. Also encompassed many other Italian states, as well as other House of Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Liechtenstein
  11. ^ Left the war after signing the Peace of Leoben with France.
  12. ^ Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
  13. ^ Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France.
  14. ^ Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
  15. ^ Abolished following the restoration of the neutral Papal States in 1799.
  16. ^ Short lived state that replaced the Kingdom of Naples in 1799.
  17. ^ Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, of which the Austrian Netherlands and the Duchy of Milan were under direct Austrian rule. Also encompassed many other Italian states, as well as other Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ From 1854
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b From 1855
  21. ^ Until 1855
  22. ^ Until 1854
  23. ^ The Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL) was supported by some officials of the Spanish government, most notably José Barrionuevo.
  24. ^ Battle of Daugavpils
  25. ^ After 1920
  26. ^ Jump up to: a b Volunteers
  27. ^ From 1936 until it surrendered in 1937 to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie in the Santoña Agreement.
  28. ^ The only party under Francisco Franco from 1937 onward, a merger of the other factions on the Nationalist side.
  29. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 1936–1937, then merged into FET y de las JONS

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