List of wars involving Romania
This is a list of wars fought by Romania since 1859:
The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1862)[]
The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia did not participate in any wars.
Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866)[]
The Romanian United Principalities did not participate in any wars.
Principality of Romania (1866–1881)[]
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | ||||||
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Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
24 April 1877 - 3 March 1878 | Romanian War of Independence or Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | Russian Empire Principality of Romania Principality of Serbia Principality of Montenegro Co-belligerents |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
4,302 dead and missing 3,316 wounded 19,904 sick |
Carol I | Ion C. Brătianu | Alexandru Cernat | (until Aug. 1877) (Aug.-Oct. 1877) Ştefan Fălcoianu (from Oct. 1877) |
Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)[]
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | ||||||
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Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | King | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
21 February 1907 - 5 April 1907 | 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt |
|
|
Victory
|
10 dead and 5 wounded (military)
3,000 civilian casualties |
Carol I | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (until 24 March 1907) Dimitrie Sturdza (from 24 March 1907) |
Alexandru Averescu | (until 1 April 1907) Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (from 1 April 1907) |
29 June 1913 - 10 August 1913
Romania entered: 10 July 1913 |
Second Balkan War | Serbia Greece Romania Montenegro Co-belligerent |
Bulgaria | Victory
|
negligible combat casualties 6,000 dead of disease |
Titu Maiorescu | Constantin Harjeu | Alexandru Averescu | |
28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918
Romania entered: 27 August 1916 Romania temporary exited: 9 December 1917 Romania re-entered: 10 November 1918 |
World War I | Triple Entente United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Russia (1914-1917) Italy (1915-1918) Co-belligerents Kingdom of Hejaz (1916-1918)
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Supply only Diplomatic only Active neutrality |
Central Powers Germany
Austria-Hungary Co-belligerents
Emirate of Jabal Shammar Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917-1918) |
Defeat
|
535,706 | Ferdinand I | Ion I. C. Brătianu | Constantin Iancovescu | (until Oct. 1916) (Oct.-Dec. 1916) Constantin Prezan (from Dec. 1916) |
Victory
|
Constantin Coandă | Eremia Grigorescu | Constantin Prezan | ||||||
1 November 1918 - 17 July 1919
Romania entered: 11 November 1918 Romania exited: 11 June 1919 |
Polish–Ukrainian War | Poland |
West Ukrainian People's Republic |
Victory
|
negligible | Constantin Coandă (until Nov. 1918) Ion I. C. Brătianu (from Nov. 1918) |
Eremia Grigorescu (until Nov. 1918) Artur Văitoianu (from Nov. 1918) | ||
15 April 1919 - 6 August 1919 | Hungarian–Romanian War | Romania
Co-belligerents |
Hungarian Soviet Republic
Active neutrality |
Victory
|
3,610 dead 11,666 total |
Ion I. C. Brătianu | Artur Văitoianu | ||
27 May 1919 - 28 May 1919 | Bender Uprising |
|
Active neutrality |
Victory
|
unknown | ||||
20 October 1920 - 28 October 1920 | 1920 Romanian General Strike |
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Victory
|
unknown | Alexandru Averescu | Ioan Rășcanu | Constantin Cristescu | ||
15 September 1924 - 18 September 1924 | Tatarbunary Uprising |
|
Active neutrality |
Victory
|
3,000 civilian casualties | Ion I. C. Brătianu | |||
5 August 1929 - 6 August 1929 | Lupeni Strike |
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|
Victory
|
10 soldiers wounded 15 gendarmes wounded 22 miners dead |
Michael I | Iuliu Maniu | Nicolae Samsonovici | |
12 February 1933 - 16 February 1933 | Grivița Strike |
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|
Victory
|
2 soldiers dead
7 workers dead |
Carol II | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod | Nicolae Samsonovici | |
21 January 1941 - 23 January 1941 | Legionnaires' Rebellion and Bucharest Pogrom |
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|
Victory
|
30 soldiers dead
200-800 legionnaires dead or wounded 125 Jews dead in pogrom |
Michael I | Ion Antonescu | Alexandru Ioaniţiu | |
1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945
Romania entered: 22 June 1941 Romania switched sides: 23 August 1944 Romania exited: 9 May 1945 |
World War II | Axis Germany
Affiliate states Co-belligerents Client states
Active neutrality |
Allies United States (1941-1945) Soviet Union (1941-1945)
France (1939-1940, 1944-1945) Poland (1939)
Luxembourg (1940)
Greece (1940-1941)
Egypt (1940-1945) Nepal Co-belligerents Mongolia (1939) Client state Supply only Diplomatic only Governments in exile Active neutrality |
Defeat
|
300,000 soldiers dead
64,000 civilians dead 469,000 Jews died in Holocaust |
Ion Antonescu (until Aug. 1944) | (until Sep. 1942) Ion Antonescu (Sep. 1941-Jan. 1942) (Jan. 1942-Aug. 1944) |
Alexandru Ioaniţiu (until Sep. 1941) (Sep. 1941-Jan. 1942) Ilie Șteflea (Jan. 1942-Aug. 1944) |
Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)[]
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | ||||||
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Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
Summer 1948 - 1962 | Romanian anti-communist resistance movement |
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Defeat
|
unknown | Constantin Ion Parhon (until Jun. 1952) Petru Groza (Jun. 1952-Jan. 1958) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (Jan. 1958-Mar. 1961) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (from Mar. 1961) |
Petru Groza (until Jun. 1952) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Jun. 1952-Oct. 1955) Chivu Stoica (Oct. 1955-Mar. 1961) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (from Mar. 1961) |
Emil Bodnăraș (until Oct. 1955) Leontin Sălăjan (from Oct. 1955) |
(until Mar. 1950) Leontin Sălăjan (Mar. 1950-Apr. 1954) (from Apr. 1954) |
Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)[]
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | ||||||
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Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
15 November 1987 - 16 November 1987 | Brașov Rebellion |
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|
Defeat
|
no casualties | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Constantin Dăscălescu | Vasile Milea | Ștefan Gușă |
16 December 1989 - 27 December 1989 | Romanian Revolution |
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|
Victory
|
1,104 dead
3,352 wounded |
Nicolae Ceaușescu (until 22 Dec. 1989) Council of the National Salvation Front (22-26 Dec. 1989) Ion Iliescu (from 26 Dec. 1989) |
Constantin Dăscălescu (until 22 Dec. 1989) Petre Roman (from 26 Dec. 1989) |
Vasile Milea (until 22 Dec. 1989) Nicolae Militaru (from 22 Dec. 1989) |
Post-communist Romania (since 1989)[]
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | ||||||
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Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
March 2003 - 23 July 2009 | Iraq War |
Iraqi National Congress
Iraqi Kurdistan |
Ba'athist Iraq Ansar al-Islam Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Sunni insurgents
Shia insurgents
For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07). |
Victory
|
3 soldiers killed. | Ion Iliescu (until Dec. 2004) Traian Băsescu (from Dec. 2004) |
Adrian Năstase (until Dec. 2004) Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Dec. 2004-Dec. 2008) Emil Boc (from Dec. 2008) |
Ioan Mircea Pașcu (until Dec. 2004) Teodor Atanasiu (Dec. 2004-Oct. 2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (Oct. 2006-Apr. 2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (Apr. 2007-Dec. 2008) Mihai Stănișoară (from Dec. 2008) |
(until Oct. 2004) (Oct. 2004-Sep. 2006) (from. Sep. 2006) (from Jan. 2011) Nicolae Ciucă (from Jan. 2015) (from Nov. 2019) |
7 October 2001 - 16 August 2021 | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
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Defeat
|
23 soldiers killed. | Ion Iliescu (2001-2004. Traian Băsescu (2004-2014) Klaus Iohannis (2014-) |
Adrian Năstase (2001-2004) Călin Popescu Tăriceanu (2004-2008) Emil Boc (2008-2012) Victor Ponta (2012-) |
Ioan Mircea Pașcu (2001-2004) Teodor Atanasiu (2004-2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (2006-2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (2007-2008) Mihai Stănișoară (2008-2009) Gabriel Oprea (2009-2012) (2012) Mircea Dușa (2015-) | |
19 March 2011 - 23 October 2011 | 2011 Military Intervention in Libya |
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Victory
|
no casualties. |
References[]
- Wars involving Romania
- Lists of wars by country
- Romania history-related lists