List of wars involving France

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.

*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 Location: France Location: Western, Central, and Southern Europe, West Indies French satellites:[1] French naval allies: Armée des Émigrés First Coalition: Dutch Republic(1792–1795)[5] Great Britain Holy Roman Empire (1792–1797)[6] Papal States (1792–1797)[9] Parma (1792–1796) Portugal Prussia (1792–1795)[7] Sardinia (1792–1796)[10] Spain (1792–1795)[7] Naples (1792–1796) Other Italian states[11] Location: Western France (former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, and Brittany) Supported by: Great Britain Location: Pyrenees Location: Saint-Domingue Location: Switzerland Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas Spain Polish LegionsFrench client republics: Great Britain (pre-1801) United Kingdom (post-1801) Russia (until 1799) Ottoman Empire Portugal Naples (until 1801) Grand Duchy of Tuscany (until 1801) Order of Saint John (1798) French Royalists Location: Southern Netherlands (1798–1800) Co-belligerent: Great Britain Location: Portugal Kingdom of Spain Location: Central Europe, Italy and the Atlantic Ocean Location: Swedish Pomerania Location: Santo Domingo, Saint-Dominguepresent day Dominican Republic Location: Central Europe, Wallachia and Moldavia SpainSwitzerland Location: Danish–Norwegian waters Co-belligerent: Russian Empire (1808–09) Supported by: French Empire[12] Co-belligerent: Sweden (1809, 1813–1814) Location: Finland and Sweden Co-belligerent: Denmark–Norway Supported by: French Empire Supported by: United Kingdom Location: Scandinavia Co-belligerent: Russian Empire Supported by: French Empire Co-belligerent: United Kingdom Location: Iberian Peninsula and Southern France Location: Central Europe, Italy and Netherlands Portugal Sardinia Sicily Spain Tyrol United Kingdom Location: Tyrol Location: Eastern Europe Location: Central and Eastern Europe Until January 1814 After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig After January 1814 Location: France and Netherlands Location: Spain Location: Greece Location: Waalo, West Africa Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Location: France Location: Portugal Supported by: United Kingdom (1828–1834) France (1830–1834) Belgian volunteers (1832–1834)[13] Spain (1833–1834) Supported by: Spain (1828–1833) Location: Regency of Algiers Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kel Ahaggar Sultanate of Morocco Location: The Low Countries Location: Paris, France Location: Spain Location: Mexico Location: Uruguay Location: Morocco Location: Tahiti Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam Location: Paris, France Location: France Location: Lombardy; Rome Supported by: Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Location: China Later stages: France United Kingdom Location: Morocco Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East Location: China Location: Médine, Mali Location: Vietnam Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral Location: Mexico Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan Location: Korea Location: Rome Location: France Grand Duchy of Baden Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Württemberg Grand Duchy of Hesse Location: Paris Location: Society Islands Location: Tunisia Location: West Africa Location: Madagascar Location: Southeast mainland China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam Location: Northern Vietnam Location: Ouémé Department of modern Benin Location: Ouémé Department and Zou Department of modern Benin Location: French Indochina, Siam Location: Eritrea and Ethiopia Location: Madagascar Location: Crete Location: North China Location: West Africa Location: Madagascar Location: Ouaddai Empire Location: North Africa Location: French protectorate of Morocco Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America France British Empire Russian Empire United States Italy Japan China Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Location: Burkino Faso, Mali Location: Northern Niger Location: Northern Vietnam Location: Istanbul Location: Alsace-Lorraine Location: Hungary, and Transylvania Czechoslovakia Location: Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran White Movement British Empire United States France Japan Czechoslovakia Greece Estonia Serbia Italy Poland Romania China Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists Location: German Empire Supported by: France Location: Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary Location: Luxembourg Location: Central and Eastern Europe Location: Tighina, Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova) Location: Syria Location: Morocco Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Location: French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroon Fula people Co-belligerents:Gbaya chiefdoms Co-belligerents:Mbum peopleMbai peoplePana peopleYangere peopleMbimou peopleGoundi people Location: Vietnam Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Oceania, North and South America United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China Free France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Location: French Indochina Location: Vietnam Location: French Indochina Cambodia (1953–1954) Laos (1953–1954) State of Vietnam (1949–1954) Supported by: United States (1950–1954) Lao Issara (1945–1949) Khmer Issarak Japanese volunteers Supported by: Soviet Union China (1949–1954) East Germany Poland[26] Location: Madagascar Location: Korea Location: Algeria Location: French Cameroon After 1960 Cameroon[28] France Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez Canal zone) Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco Location: Basque country France Basque National Liberation Movement: Location: Bizerte, Tunisia Location: Around the oasis towns of Tindouf and Figuig Location: Argentina Supported by: Montoneros

Supported by: Cuba Location: Western Sahara AlgeriaSupported by: Libya (until 1984) North Korea (from 1978) Location: Angola Location: Corsica Location: Shaba Province, Zaire Location: Chad France Zaire Nigeria SenegalSupported by: Sudan Egypt Israel Iraq United States Pro-Libyan Chadian factions PLO (1987)Supported by: East Germany Soviet Union Location: Shaba, Zaire Location: Rwanda Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia andthe Persian Gulf other allies Location: Northern Djibouti Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Location: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (then part of Serbia) Location: Afghanistan Location: Maghreb, Sahara desert, Sahel Location: Ivory Coast France UNOIC Location: Haiti MINUSTAH  United States  Chile  Canada  France Location: Chad Location: Somalia Location: Northeast Nigeria Location: Ivory Coast Location: Libya Location: Northern Mali France TurkeyECOWAS Location: Central African Republic France (2013–16) South Africa (2012–13) EUFOR RCA (2014–15) Location: Iraq Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Collage of the Haitian Revolution
USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente
Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925.
French wars since 1958
A Forces nouvelles ' s member caught by the French Foreign Legion in 2004 after a plundering.
Part of a group of six, Italian-built, Palmaria self-propelled howitzers of the Gaddafi regime's forces, destroyed by French Rafale airplanes at the west-southern outskirts of Benghazi, Libya, in Opération Harmattan on March 19, 2011.
French soldiers as part of Operation Sangaris , authorized in late 2013.
French Dassault Rafale of Squadron 11F prepares to land on USS Carl Vinson . Carl Vinson is deployed as part of maritime security operations and strike operations in Iraq and Syria.