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 - 94
- French defeat - 17
- Another result * - 18
- Ongoing conflict - 4
*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
First French Republic (1792–1804)
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First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815)
Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis (1823) Location: Spain |  Kingdom of France Armée de la Foi | Partisans of the Cortes | French and Spanish Royalist victory |
| Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location: Greece | 1821: Filiki Eteria Greek revolutionariesAfter 1822: .svg){kind=small} Hellenic RepublicSupported by:  Romanian Revolutionaries (1821) Philhellenes United Kingdom (after 1826) Russian Empire (after 1826) Kingdom of France (after 1826) Serb and Montenegrin volunteers | .svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire | Greek victory
|
| Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa |  France | Trarza | French victory |
| Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1825) Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Empire of Brazil France United Kingdom | Irish mercenaries German mercenaries | Revolt Suppressed |
| July Revolution (July 1830) Location: France | Bourbon Restoration (Legitimists) | Orléanists | Orléanist victory
|
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July Monarchy (1830–1848)
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Second French Republic (1848–1852)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) |  Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia France (1849) |  Kingdom of SardiniaSupported by: | French-Austrian Victory
|
| June Days uprising (June 1848) Location: France | French Second Republic |  Socialist rebels | Second Republic victory
|
| French invasion of Honolulu (1849) | France |  Hawaiian Kingdom | Victory |
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Second French Empire (1852–1870)
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French Third Republic (1870–1940)
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Vichy France (1940–1944)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina | Vichy France |  Thailand | Indecisive
|
French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
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French Fifth Republic (1958–present)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location: Basque country |  Spain | Neo-fascist paramilitaries:
Basque National Liberation Movement:
| Victory |
| Bizerte crisis (1961) | France |  Tunisia | French victory |
| Sand War (1963–1964) |  MoroccoSupport:  France[29] |  AlgeriaSupport:  Egypt[30] Cuba[31] | Military stalemate[32]
|
| Dirty War (1974–1983) Location: Argentina |  Argentina
Supported by: |  ERP
| Argentine government 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 |  Western Sahara
| Inconclusive
|
| 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) FLECMaterial 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) Brazil Mexico | MPLA Victory |
| Corsican conflict (1976–present) Location: Corsica | France | Corsican nationalist paramilitaries
| Victory |
| Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire | France Zaire Morocco Egypt BelgiumSupported by: United States China Saudi Arabia Sudan Nigeria |  Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)Supported by:  Angola Soviet Union East Germany | Zairian victory |
| Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) Location: Chad |  Anti-Libyan Chadian factions
|  Libya
| Chadian-French victory
|
| Shaba II (1978) | France Zaire Belgium Morocco United States Supported by China | Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by Angola Cuba (alleged) Soviet Union (alleged) | Zairian victory |
| Rwandan Civil War (1990−1994) Location: Rwanda |  Rwanda Zaire (1990) France |  Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) | Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and |  Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Egypt France Syria Morocco Oman Pakistan Canada United Arab Emirates Qatar Bangladesh Italy Australia Netherlands |  Iraq | Coalition victory
|
| Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Location: Northern Djibouti |  Djibouti Supported by : France |  FRUD | Franco-Djiboutian victory
|
| Bosnian War (1992–1995) Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia CroatiaSupport:  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 |  KLA Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States | FR Yugoslavia | NATO Victory |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Location: Afghanistan |  ISAF |  Taliban al-Qaeda | Taliban victory
|
| Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) | Algeria Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali Niger Chad France Turkey | al-Qaeda | Ongoing |
| First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location: Ivory Coast  |  Ivory Coast Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported by: Russia Bulgaria Belarus | Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire | Victory |
| Haitian coup d'état (2004) Location: Haiti |  National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti | 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 |  Somalia United States European Union | Al-Qaeda | Ongoing |
| Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: Northeast Nigeria | Nigeria Cameroon Chad Niger TurkeySupported 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  | NATO | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
| Victory
|
| Northern Mali Conflict (2012–2022) Location: Northern Mali | Government of Mali |  National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad(MNLA)
| Mixed Results
|
| Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2021) Location: Central African Republic  |  Central African Republic MINUSCA (since 2014)MISCA (2013–2014) MICOPAX (2013)
|  FPRC UPC MPC | France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021.[37] |
| Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Location: Iraq |  Iraq CJTF–OIR |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Victory |
| Opération Chammal (2014–present)  | France | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syria | Ongoing
|
| Operation Aspides (19 February 2024 – present) Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Yemen | European Union |  Yemen (SPC)
| Ongoing |
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See also
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Brown, Kenneth L. (1976). People of Sale: Tradition and Change in a Moroccan City, 1830–1930. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-66155-4.
- Croxton, Derek (2013). The Last Christian Peace: The Congress of Westphalia as A Baroque Event. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-33332-2.
- Kendall, Paul Murray (1974). Louis XI. Cardinal.
- Ottaway, David (1970). Algeria: The Politics of a Socialist Revolution. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520016552.
- Patman, Robert G. (2009). The Soviet Union in the Horn of Africa: The Diplomacy of Intervention and Disengagement. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-10251-3.
- Saenger, Paul (Spring 1977). "Burgundy and the Inalienability of Appanages in the Reign of Louis XI". French Historical Studies. 10 (1): 1–26. doi:10.2307/286114. JSTOR 286114.
- Teretta, Meredith (2013). Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and State Building in Cameroon. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821444726.
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