List of wars involving France explained

• Catholic and Royal Army
• Chouans
• Armée des Émigrés

• Jacobins
• Cordeliers
• Girondins
• Sans-culottes
• Thermidorians

• Establishment of the French First Republic (1792)
• Execution of Louis XVI (1793)
• Thermidorian Reaction (1794)
• French Directory (1795)
• Coup of 18 Brumaire (1799)

• (1795–1797)^[2]
• Sister republics^[3]

French naval allies:

• Spain (1796–1797, naval only)^[4]

• Hesse-Kassel (1792–1795)^[7]
• Württemberg (1792–1796)^[8]
• Baden (1792–1796)^[9]

Papal States (1792–1797)^[10]
(1792–1796)

(1792–1795)
Sardinia (1792–1796)^[11]
Spain (1792–1795)
(1792–1796)
Other Italian states^[12]

• Armée de l'Ouest
• Republican Vendeans
• Local National Guards

• Catholic and Royal Army
• Royalist Vendeans
• Chouans
• Émigrés

Supported by:

• Saint-Domingue expedition
• Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres
• Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot
• Blockade of Saint-Domingue
• Battle of Vertières

• French colonial government expelled
• Massacre of the French
• French occupation of Santo Domingo

• Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas

Spain

• • • Cisalpine Republic
• Roman Republic (until 1799)
• Parthenopaean Republic (1799)

• Austria (until 1801)

(pre-1801)
(post-1801)
(until 1799)


(until 1801)
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (until 1801)
Order of Saint John (1798)
French Royalists

• Treaty of Lunéville, Treaty of Amiens
• Survival of the French Republic
• Previous annexations by France confirmed
• Hostilities resume in 1803 with the formation of a Third Coalition against France

• Guadeloupe

• Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance
• End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
• American neutrality and renunciation of claims by France

• Portugal closes its ports to British ships

• 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

• Sweden integrates into continental system

• Haitian withdrawal from Santo Domingo

• Confederation of the Rhine
• Etruria
• Holland
• Italy
• Naples
• Polish Legions and rebels
• Saxony
  (after 11 December 1806)

Spain
Switzerland

• 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

• Treaty of Kiel
• Dissolution of Denmark–Norway
• Norway adopts a new Constitution
• Norwegian War of Independence

• Treaty of Fredrikshamn

• Treaty of Jönköping

• Napoleonic Spain
• Confederation of the Rhine
• Duchy of Warsaw
• Italy

• Junta control over Spain
• Treaty of Paris

• Confederation of the Rhine
  • • • Saxony
        • Duchy of Warsaw
• Holland
  • Naples
• Switzerland

• Black Brunswickers

Portugal

Sicily
Spain
Tyrol

• Treaty of Schönbrunn
• Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained
• General hostilities across Europe suspended until 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia

• Uprising crushed

• Confederation of the Rhine
  • • • Bavaria
  • Berg
  • Saxony
    • Duchy of Warsaw
  • Naples
• Switzerland

• Start of the War of the Sixth Coalition

• Duchy of Warsaw
  • Naples

Until January 1814

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

After the Armistice of Pläswitz

After the Battle of Leipzig

• • Baden
• Netherlands
• 

After January 1814

• Denmark

• 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

• Second Treaty of Paris
• End of the Napoleonic Wars
• Second exile of Napoleon and second Bourbon Restoration
• Beginning of the Concert of Europe

• Battle of Navarino
• Morea Expedition

Location: Greece

• Egypt
• Algeria
• Tripolitania
• Tunis

• First Hellenic Republic established and recognized

• Establishment of the July Monarchy

• Battle of the Tagus

Location: Portugal

• Concession of Evoramonte

• Battle of Macta
• Siege of Constantine
• Battle of Mazagran
• Battle of the Smala
• Battle of Sidi Brahim

• Regency of Algiers

Emirate of Abdelkader
Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Kel Ahaggar
Sultanate of Morocco

• Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands

• Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos

• Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

Location: Uruguay

• Gobierno de la Defensa (since 1843)

• Unitarians
• (since 1851)
• Entre Ríos (from 1851)
• (from 1851)
• France
• United Kingdom
• (1839–1845)
• Italian Redshirts

• Gobierno del Cerrito (since 1843)

• Federalists
• Lavallejistas
• Entre Ríos (until 1851)

• Eyalet of Egypt
• Kingdom of France
• Kingdom of Spain

• Ottoman Empire
• British Empire
• Austrian Empire
• Russian Empire
• Kingdom of Prussia

• Egypt renounces claim on Syria, Britain recognizes Muhammad Ali and his descendants as the legitimate rulers of Egypt

• Bombardment of Tangiers
• Battle of Isly
• Bombardment of Mogador

• Morocco
• Algerian volunteers

• Tahiti
• Huahine
• Raiatea
• Bora Bora and Tahaa

• Republicans
• Socialists

• July Monarchy abolished, Second Republic established

• Italian Volunteer Army

Supported by:

• Provisional Government of Milan
• Republic of San Marco
• Kingdom of Sicily
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany
• Duchy of Modena and Reggio
• Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
• Roman Republic

• Austria keeps Lombardy–Venetia
• French Victory over Roman Republic
  • Papal rule restored over Rome^[15]

• New constitution adopted from the provisional government

• China
• Xiang Army
• Huai Army

Later stages:

• Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
• Co-belligerents:
• Nian rebels
• Red Turban rebels (Tiandihui)
• Small Swords Society
• Miao rebels
• Pingnan Guo
• Islamic rebels
• Black Flag Army

• 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

• Morocco agreed to pay 100,000 francs to the French on 29 November 1851 to avoid further conflict.
• France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur.

• Egypt
• Tunis

Sardinia
Supported by:

• Mingrelia

Kurdish rebels

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Tientsin

• Philippines

• Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) becomes a French colony

• 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

• Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire
• French withdrawal following the continued loss of territory by Mexican Republic forces and American threats.

• French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism

Grand Duchy of Baden

Kingdom of Württemberg
Grand Duchy of Hesse

• Dissolution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established

• Tunisia becomes a French protectorate

• Battle of Fuzhou
• Kep Campaign
• Battle of Shipu
• Battle of Zhenhai
• Lạng Sơn Campaign
• Siege of Tuyên Quang
• Battle of Hòa Mộc
• Battle of Phu Lam Tao
• Battle of Bang Bo
• Retreat from Lạng Sơn
• Pescadores Campaign

• 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

• French protectorate over Tonkin and Annam

• Dahomey recognizes Porto-Novo as a French protectorate and gives up customs rights to Cotonou in exchange for yearly payment

• Battle of Abomey

• Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate

• French Indochina

• Entente Cordiale
• Laos ceded to French Indochina

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[19] [20]}

• Italian Eritrea

• Treaty of Addis Ababa

• Establishment of the Cretan State.
• Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.

• Boxer Protocol

• Battle of Togbao
• Battle of Kousséri

Location: West Africa

• Rebellion suppressed

• Annexation of Ouaddai Empire

• Morocco

• Battle of El Herri

• Morocco

• United Kingdom
• Canada
  • Australia
• New Zealand

Russian Empire
United States






Belgium

Portugal
Brazil

• 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

• French West Africa

• French West Africa

• Uprising suppressed.

• Alsace-Lorraine annexed by France

• Battle of Marash
• Battle of Urfa
• Siege of Aintab
• Karboğazı ambush
• Kaç Kaç incident
• Battle of Kovanbaşı
• Battle of Kanlı Geçit
• Battle of Fadıl

• French Armenian Legion

• Kuva-yi Milliye

• French influence in Anatolia is repelled
• Southern Anatolia ceded to Turkey
• Cilicia Peace Treaty
• Treaty of Ankara
• Treaty of Lausanne

• United Kingdom
• Canada
• Australia

United States
France



Estonia


Poland

• Allied withdrawal from Russia
• Bolshevik victory over White Army

• German: [[Reichswehr]]
• German: [[Freikorps]]
• German: [[Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten|Der Stahlhelm]]
• Social Democratic Party of Germany

Supported by:

• Hungarian retreat after diplomatic negotiations with the Entente
• Formation and then dissolution of the Slovak Soviet Republic

• Luxembourgish republican and pro-Belgian rebellion suppressed (10 January 1919)

• Alawite Revolt of 1919
• Hananu Revolt
• Battle of Maysalun
• Capture of Damascus (1920)

• French West Africa

• Arab militias

• Establishment of French Mandate of Syria
  King Faisal expelled to Mandatory Iraq

• Dissolution of the Republic of the Rif

• Capture of Salkhad
• Battle of al-Kafr
• Battle of al-Mazraa
• Battle of al-Musayfirah
• 1925 Hama uprising
• Battle of Rashaya
• Battle of al-Mazraa

• Syria
• Lebanon

• French Equatorial Africa
• French Cameroon

Fula people----Co-belligerents:
Gbaya chiefdoms

• French Indochina

• Uprising crushed
  VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities^[23]

• 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

• Battle of Ko Chang

• French Indochina

• Japanese-mediated ceasefire
• On Japanese decision, disputed territories in French Indochina ceded by France to Thailand

• Restoration of French rule in Indochina
• First Indochina War begins

• Battle of Hanoi
• Battle of Cao Bằng
• Operation Papillon
• Operation Léa
• Operation Ceinture
• Battle of Đông Khê
• Battle of Route Coloniale 4
• Battle of Vĩnh Yên
• Battle of Mạo Khê
• Battle of the Day River
• Battle of Hòa Bình
• Operation Lorraine
• Battle of Nà Sản
• Operation Bretagne
• Operation Adolphe
• Battle of Muong Khoua
• Operation Camargue
• Operation Hirondelle
• Operation Brochet
• Operation Mouette
• Operation Castor
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu
• Operation Condor
• Battle of Mang Yang Pass

• (1945–1954)

Cambodia
(1953–1954)

(1953–1954)
State of Vietnam (1949–1954)----Supported by:
United States (1950–1954)

• Pathet Lao (1949–1954)

Khmer Issarak

• United Issarak Front (1950–1954)

Japanese volunteers----Supported by:

China (1949–1954)

Poland^[24]

• 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

• Uprising Crushed by French, various participants tried and executed
• Scars on Malagasy society

• 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

• Toussaint Rouge
• Battle of Philippeville
• Battle of Algiers
• Battle of Agounennda
• Operation Jumelles
• Algiers putsch of 1961
• Battle of Bab El Oued

• Military stalemate
• FLN political victory
• Évian Accords
• Algerian independence

• French Equatorial Africa

----After 1960
Cameroon^[25]
France

• • • • • • • • Spanish Basque Battalion Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance Spanish Armed Groups Warriors of Christ the King Spanish National Action Anti-Marxist Commandos

----Basque National Liberation Movement

• • Iparretarrak
• Iraultza
  • Autonomous Anti-Capitalist Commandos Irrintzi
• Kale borroka
• Hordago
• Euskal Zuzentasuna

• The closing of the border south of Figuig, Morocco/Béni Ounif, Algeria.
• Morocco abandoned its intentions to control Béchar and Tindouf after OAU mediation.
• No territorial changes were made.
• Demilitarized zone established

• Argentine Army
• Argentine Navy
• Argentine Air Force
• Argentine Federal Police
• Argentine National Gendarmerie
• Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
• Justicialist Party

Supported by:

• United States^{[29] [30] [31]}
  • Brazil
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Uruguay
• France

• Operativo Independencia
• 1976 Argentine coup d'état
• National Reorganization Process
• Operation was concluded after the Falklands War

• Polisario Front

Supported by:
Libya (until 1984)
North Korea (from 1978)

• Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords (1976)
• Mauritanian retreat and withdrawal of territorial claims

• National Liberation Front of Corsica
• A Cuncolta Naziunalista

• FAT (1978–79)
• FAN (1978–83)
• FANT (1983–87)
• GUNT (1986–87)

France

Nigeria
Senegal
Supported by:
Sudan
Egypt
Israel
Iraq
United States

• Islamic Legion

Pro-Libyan Chadian factions

• FROLINAT
• GUNT (1979–86)
• Codos (1983–86)

(1987)
Supported by:

• Chad gains control of the Aouzou Strip

• Iraqi forces expelled from Kuwait
• Kuwaiti independence restored
• Destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure

• FRUD peace accord

• Kumanovo Treaty

• Mission Héraclès
• French forces in Afghanistan
  • Operation Anaconda
  • Operation Mountain Viper
  • Operation Eagle's Summit
  • Uzbin Valley ambush
  • Battle of Alasay
  • Operation Septentrion
  • Operation Moshtarak

• 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

• Operation Barkhane

• Operation Atalanta
• Operation Linda Nchi
• Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt

• Opération Harmattan
• Operation Unified Protector

• Armed Forces
• Pro-Gaddafi militia
• Foreign mercenaries

• Overthrow of the Gaddafi regime
• Continuation of Libyan Crisis
• Escalation of interfactional violence
• Which led to beginning of Second Libyan Civil War
• Rise of ISIL in Libya

• Opération Serval

• Military of Mali

France
Turkey
ECOWAS

• Islamic Movement of Azawad

• Operation Serval Success
• France withdrew from Mali in 2022^[32]

• Opération Sangaris

• Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)
  • Siege of Amirli
• Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)
  • Battle of Zumar
• Battle of Suq al Ghazi
• Battle of Ramadi (2014–15)
• Battle of Baiji (2014–15)
• Second Battle of Tikrit (March–April 2015)
• Al-Karmah offensive (2015)

• French airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq and Syria
• ISIL ground attacks on French special forces repelled

Yemen

• (SPC faction)
• Houthis