This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic.
- For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France.
- For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving Francia.
- French victory
- French defeat
- Another result *
- Ongoing conflict
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
First French Republic (1792–1804)
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Brigands
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
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Partisans of the Cortes
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French and Spanish Royalist victory |
| Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location: Greece |
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Greek victory
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| Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa |
 France
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Trarza | French victory |
| Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1825) Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
 Empire of Brazil France United Kingdom
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Irish mercenaries German mercenaries |
Revolt suppressed |
| July Revolution (July 1830) Location: France |
Bourbon Restoration (Legitimists)
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Orléanists | Orléanist victory
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July Monarchy (1830–1848)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Wars (1828–34) Location: Portugal |
 Liberals Supported by:
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 Miguelites
Supported by:
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Liberal victory |
| French conquest of Algeria (1827–1830–1857) Location: Regency of Algiers |
 France
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 Ottoman Empire
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French victory |
| Belgian Revolution (1830–31) Location: The Low Countries |
 Belgian rebels France
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 United Netherlands
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Franco-Belgian victory
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| June Rebellion (1832) Location: Paris, France |
July Monarchy
|
 Republicans
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Orléanist victory, rebellion crushed |
| First Carlist War (1833–1840) Location: Spain |
Liberals Supported by: France United Kingdom Portugal (from 1834)
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 CarlistsSupported by: Portugal (until 1834)
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French and Liberal victory |
| First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839) Location: Mexico |
France
|
 Mexico
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French victory
|
| Uruguyan Civil War (1839–1851) Location: Uruguay |
 Colorados
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 Blancos
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Colorado victory |
| Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) Location: The Levant |
Ottoman victory
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| First Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Location: Morocco |
France
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French victory | |
| Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) Location: Tahiti |
France
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French victory | |
| Bombardment of Tourane (1847) Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam |
France
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Nguyễn dynasty | French victory |
| French Revolution of 1848 (February 1848) |
July Monarchy Supported by: United Kingdom
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Republican victory
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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 Sardinia
Supported by: |
French-Austrian Victory
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| 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)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiping Rebellion (1850–1871) Location: China |
Later stages: |
Qing victory
| |
| Bombardment of Salé (1851) Location: Morocco |
France
|
 Sherifian Empire
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French military victory French political failure
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| Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East |
France Ottoman Empire
Britain Sardinia Supported by: Austrian Empire Caucasus Imamate CircassiaAbkhazia |
Russian Empire
Kurdish rebels Greece
|
Allied victory |
| Second Opium War (1857) Location: China |
France United Kingdom India United States
|
 Qing dynasty
|
Allied victory |
| Siege of Medina Fort (1857) Location: Médine, Mali |
France
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Toucouleur Empire | French victory |
| Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862) Location: Vietnam |
Second French Empire Spain
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Nguyễn dynasty | Franco-Spanish victory
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| Second Italian War of Independence (1859) Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral |
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Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
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Franco-Sardinian victory |
| Expedition of the Thousand (1860–61) Location: Sicily and Southern Italy |
 Two SiciliesSupported by  Papal States France Spain
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Sardinia Supported by United Kingdom
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Unification Victory |
| Second Franco-Mexican War (1862–1867) Location: Mexico |
France Mexican Empire
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 United Mexican States United States (from 1865)
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French Defeat
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| Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
Britain French Empire Netherlands United States
|
 Chōshū Domain
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Allied victory |
| French campaign against Korea (1866) Location: Korea |
France
|
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French defeat
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| Garibaldis Expedition to Rome 1867
Location: Rome |
France Papal States
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Italian volunteers
|
Franco-Papal Victory |
| Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Location: France |
France
|
 North German Confederation
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French Defeat
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French Third Republic (1870–1940)
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Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic
Vichy France (1940–1944)
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina |
Vichy France
|
 Thailand
|
Inconclusive
|
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
|
| First Indochina War (1946–1954) Location: French Indochina
|
France
Supported by: |
Viet Minh
Supported by: |
French defeat
|
| Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948) Location: Madagascar |
France
|
 MDRM
|
French victory
|
| 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
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 North Korea China Soviet Union
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UN Victory
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| Algerian War (1954–1962) Location: Algeria |
France
|
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French defeat
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| Bamileke War (1955–1964) Location: French Cameroon |
Before 1960 France
|
 UPC
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French-Cameroonian victory |
| Suez Crisis (1956) Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez Canal zone) |
 Israel United Kingdom France
|
 Egypt
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Coalition military victory Egyptian political victory |
| Ifni War (1957–1958) Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco  |
 Spain France
|
 Moroccan Army of Liberation
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Franco-Spanish victory |
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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) |
Morocco Support:  France
|
 AlgeriaSupport:  Egypt Cuba
|
Military stalemate
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| 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
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| 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
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 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
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MPLA Victory |
| Corsican conflict (1976–present) Location: Corsica |
France
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Corsican nationalist paramilitaries
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Ongoing
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| Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire |
France Zaire Morocco Egypt BelgiumSupported by: United States China Saudi Arabia Sudan Nigeria
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 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
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| Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Location: Northern Djibouti |
 Djibouti Supported by : France
|
 FRUD
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Franco-Djiboutian victory
|
| Bosnian War (1992–1995) Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia CroatiaSupport:  NATO
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 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
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 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
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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
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Rebels Janjaweed Alleged support: Sudan (until 2010)
|
Victory |
| Somali Civil War (2009–present) Location: Somalia |
 Somalia United States European Union
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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
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France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021. |
| 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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National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) (1976-1990)
See also
- Anglo-French Wars
- Franco-Spanish War (disambiguation)
- ISIL-related terror attacks in France
- List of battles involving France (disambiguation)
- List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
- List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)
- Military history of France
Notes
- Abolished following the restoration of the neutral Papal States in 1799.
- Short lived state that replaced the Kingdom of Naples in 1799.
- 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.
- 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.
- From 1854
- ^ From 1855
- Until 1855
- Until 1854
- Battle of Daugavpils
- After 1920
- ^ Volunteers
- The Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL) was supported by some officials of the Spanish government, most notably José Barrionuevo.
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- Including the Polish Legions formed in French-allied Italy in 1797, following the abolition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Third Partition in 1795.
- The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
- Various conquered Italian states, including the Cisalpine Republic from 1797
- Re-entered the war against Britain as an ally of France after signing the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France.
- Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian rule, also encompassed many other Italian states, such as the
Duchy of Modena and the 
Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Campo Formio with France.
- ^ Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.
- ^ Left the war after signing the Peace of Paris with France.
- Left the war after signing the Treaty of Tolentino with France.
- Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France.
- Virtually all of the Italian states, including the neutral
Republic of Genoa and the 
Republic of Venice, as well the 
Grand Duchy of Tuscany, were conquered following Napoleon's invasion in 1796 and became French satellite states. The 
Principality of Monaco had been annexed in 1793. Even 
Switzerland began to be involved into the conflict through its associated Three Leagues that lost the Val Telline.
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- Ottaway 1970, p. 166.
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