This is alist of wars involving modern France from theabolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of theFrench First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the currentFifth Republic.
*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
| Conflict | Allies | Opponents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Revolution (1789–1799) Location:France |  Kingdom of France | Revolutionaries | French Republican victory
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| War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, theLow Countries, Spain, West Indies |
French naval allies | First Coalition
| French victory;Treaty of The Hague,Treaty of Paris,Peaces of Basel,Treaty of Tolentino,Treaty of Campo Formio
|
| War in the Vendée (1793–1796) Location: West France:Maine-et-Loire, Vendée,Loire-Atlantique, Deux-Sèvres (orformer provinces ofAnjou, Poitou,Brittany) | French Republican victory | ||
| War of the Pyrenees (1793-1795) Location:Pyrenees | French victory
| ||
| Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Location:Hispaniola  | 1791–1793
| 1791–1793
| Haitian victory
|
| French invasion of Switzerland (1798) Location:Old Swiss Confederacy | French victory
| ||
| War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Location: Italy, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea |
Co-belligerent: | Second Coalition:
Co-belligerent: | French victory
|
| Peasants' War (1798) Location:Southern Netherlands annexed by the French Republic[m] |  French Republic |  Brigands | French Republican victory |
| Quasi-War (1798–1800)Location:PrimarilyCaribbean andEast Coast of the United States, minor actions inIndian Ocean, andMediterranean Sea | Convention of 1800 | ||
| War of the Oranges (1801) Location:Alentejo,Portugal | Franco-Spanish victory in Europe
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis (1823) Location:Spain |
|
| Spanish and French Bourbon royalist victory
|
| Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location:Ottoman Greece (present-dayGreece) | In detail: Military support:
Diplomatic support: | Supported by: | Greek victory[q]
|
| Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location:Waalo,West Africa | French victory | ||
| Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828) Location:Rio de Janeiro,Empire of Brazil | Revolt suppressed | ||
| July Revolution (July 1830) Location:Paris,Kingdom of France | Supported by: |
| Revolutionary victory
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Wars (1828–34) Location:Portugal |  LiberalsSupported by:
|  MiguelitesSupported by:
| Liberal victory |
| French conquest of Algeria (1830–1903) Location:Algeria |
Support: |
| French victory |
| Belgian Revolution (1830–31) Location:The Low Countries |
| Treaty of London
| |
| June Rebellion (1832) Location:Paris |
|
| Government victory
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| First Carlist War (1833–1840) Location:Spain |
| Liberal victory | |
| Pastry War (1838–1839) | French victory[19][20] | ||
| Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) |
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| Colorado victory
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| First Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Location:Morocco | French victory | ||
| Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) Location: theSociety Islands |
| French victory | |
| Bombardment of Tourane (1847) Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang),South Central Coast ofVietnam | French victory | ||
| French Revolution of 1848 (February 1848) |
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| Republican victory
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| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| June Days uprising (June 1848) Location:France | Insurgents | Second Republic victory
| |
| First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) Location:Lombardy–Venetia andPiedmont | (1849) | Supported by: | Austrian victory
|
| French invasion of Honolulu (1849) | French victory |
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soninke-Marabout War (Kombo) (1850-1856) Location:Kingdom of Kombo |
| French victory
| |
| Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) Location: China |
| Qing victory | |
| Bombardment of Salé (1851) | French military victory[21] | ||
| Crimean War (1853–1856) Location:Crimea,North Caucasus,Balkans,Black Sea,Baltic Sea,White Sea,Far East |  Russia Greece[t] | Allied victory
| |
| Second Opium War (1856-1860) Location: China | Allied victory(see§ Aftermath)
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| Siege of Medina Fort (1857) | French victory[24] | ||
| Campagne de Kabylie (1857) (1857) Location:Algeria |  France | Kabylie Tribes | French Victory |
| Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862) Location: Nam Kỳ,Đại Nam |  SpainCobelligerent: | Franco-Spanish victory
| |
| Second Italian War of Independence (1859) Location:Lombardy–Venetia,Piedmont and theAustrian Littoral | Franco-Sardinian victory
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| Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867) Location:Mexico | Mexican Republican victory | ||
| Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Location:Shimonoseki, Japan | Allied victory | ||
| French campaign against Korea (1866) Location:Korea | France | .png) Korea | French defeat
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| Garibaldi's expedition to Rome (1867) Location:Rome | France Papal States |  Italian volunteers | Franco-Papal Victory |
| Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Location:France | France |  North German Confederation
| French defeat
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location:French Indochina | Vichy France |  Thailand | Inconclusive
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| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location:Greater Basque Country (Spain,France) | Unaligned and anti-separatist paramilitary groups:
Basque National Liberation Movement:
Supported by: | Partial victory for the Spanish and French states; political gains for Basque nationalism
| |
| Bizerte crisis (1961) | France |  Tunisia | French victory |
| Sand War (1963–1964) |  MoroccoSupport: France[47] |  AlgeriaSupport:  Egypt[48] Cuba[49] | Military stalemate[50]
|
| 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 |  MPLACuba (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 |
Anti-separatist paramilitaries
Criminal groups |
| Ongoing |
| Shaba I (1977) Location:Shaba Province,Zaire | FranceZaireMorocco Egypt BelgiumSupported by: United StatesChinaSaudi Arabia Sudan Nigeria |  Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)Supported by:  AngolaSoviet Union East Germany | Zairian victory |
| Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) Location:Chad |  Anti-Libyan Chadian factions
|  Libya
| Chadian-French victory
|
| Shaba II (1978) | FranceZaireBelgiumMoroccoUnited States Supported by China | Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by AngolaCuba (alleged)Soviet Union (alleged) | Zairian victory |
| Rwandan Civil War (1990−1994) Location:Rwanda |  RwandaZaire (1990)France |  Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) | Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) Location:Iraq,Kuwait,Saudi Arabia and |  KuwaitUnited States United KingdomSaudi Arabia EgyptFrance SyriaMorocco Oman Pakistan Canada United Arab Emirates Qatar Bangladesh Italy Australia Netherlands |  Iraq | Coalition victory
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| Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Location: NorthernDjibouti |  DjiboutiSupported by : France |  FRUD | Franco-Djiboutian victory
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| 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 ofSerbia) |  KLABelgiumCanada DenmarkFrance GermanyItaly LuxembourgNetherlands Norway Portugal Spain TurkeyUnited 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 MauritaniaTunisia Libya Mali NigerChadFranceTurkey | al-Qaeda | Ongoing |
| First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location:Ivory Coast  |  Ivory CoastYoung Patriots of Abidjan militia LiberianmercenariesSupported 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 | ChadFranceNMRD JEM | RebelsJanjaweed Alleged support: Sudan(until 2010) | Victory |
| Somali Civil War (2009–present) Location:Somalia |  SomaliaUnited States European Union | Al-Qaeda | Ongoing |
| Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: NortheastNigeria | Nigeria CameroonChadNigerTurkeySupported by:  BeninCanadaChinaFrance Iran IsraelItalySpainUnited KingdomUnited States | Boko Haram | Ongoing |
| Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011) Location:Ivory Coast | New Forces Liberian mercenariesRDR UNOCIFrance | Military of Ivory Coast LiberianmercenariesYoung Patriots of AbidjanIvorian Popular Front | Victory |
| First Libyan Civil War (2011) Location:Libya  | NATO | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
| Victory
|
| Northern Mali Conflict (2012–2022) Location: NorthernMali | 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 RepublicMINUSCA(since 2014)MISCA(2013–2014) MICOPAX(2013)
|  FPRCUPCMPC | France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021.[56] |
| 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 |
| Ongoing |
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Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing theTreaty of Campo Formio with France.The death knell of the French empire was sounded by the bitterly fought Algerian war of independence, which ended in 1962.
The Algerian War came to an end in 1962, and with it closed some 130 years of French colonial presence in Algeria (and North Africa). With this outcome, the French Empire, celebrated in pomp in Paris in the Exposition coloniale of 1931 ... received its decisive death blow.
The independence of Algeria in 1962, after a long and bitter war, marked the end of the French Empire.
The difficult relationship which France has with the period of history dominated by the Algerian war has been well documented. The reluctance, which ended only in 1999, to acknowledge 'les évenements' as a war, the shame over the fate of theharki detachments, the amnesty covering many of the deeds committed during the war and the humiliation of a colonial defeat which marked the end of the French empire are just some of the reasons why France has preferred to look towards a Eurocentric future, rather than confront the painful aspects of its colonial past.
L'armée française était en 1963 présente en Algérie et au Maroc. Le gouvernement français, officiellement neutre, comme le rappelle le Conseil des ministres du 25 octobre 1963, n'a pas pu empêcher que la coopération très étroite entre l'armée française et l'armée marocaine n'ait eu quelques répercussions sur le terrain. == The French Army was in 1963 present in Algeria and Morocco. The French government, officially neutral, as recalled by the Council of Ministers on October 25, 1963, could not prevent the very close cooperation between the French army and the Moroccan army from having some repercussions on the ground.
In this instance, unlike several others, the Cubans did no fighting; Algeria concluded an armistice with the Moroccan king.
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