French_intervention

List of wars involving France

List of wars involving France

Wars involving France

This article is about wars involving modern France (1792–present). For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars involving (West) Francia, see List of wars involving Francia.

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.


  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)

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Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830)

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July Monarchy (1830–1848)

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Second French Republic (1848–1852)

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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)

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French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

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French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

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See also

Notes

  1. Abolished following the restoration of the neutral Papal States in 1799.
  2. Short lived state that replaced the Kingdom of Naples in 1799.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. From 1854
  6. From 1855
  7. Until 1855
  8. Until 1854
  9. Battle of Daugavpils
  10. After 1920
  11. Volunteers
  12. The Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL) was supported by some officials of the Spanish government, most notably José Barrionuevo.

References

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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.
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    The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place.
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    Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France.
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