List of wars involving France

Location: France

• 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)

Location: Western, Central, and Southern Europe, West Indies

Location: Western France (former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, and Brittany)

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

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

Supported by:  Great Britain

Location: Pyrenees

Location: Saint-Domingue

• 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

Location: Switzerland

• Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Location: Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas

 France

 Spain
Polish Legions
French client republics:

•  Batavian Republic
•  Helvetic Republic
• Cisalpine Republic
• Roman Republic (until 1799)^[a]
• Parthenopaean Republic (1799)^[b]

 

• Austria (until 1801)

 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

• 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

Location: Southern Netherlands

(1798–1800)

• Guadeloupe

 

Co-belligerent:

 Great Britain

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

Location: Portugal

 France

Kingdom of Spain

• Portugal closes its ports to British ships

Location: Central Europe, Italy and the Atlantic Ocean

• 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

Location: Swedish Pomerania

• Sweden integrates into continental system

Location: Santo Domingo, Saint-Domingue
present day Dominican Republic

• Haitian withdrawal from Santo Domingo

Location: Central Europe, Wallachia and Moldavia

• 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

Location: Danish–Norwegian waters

Co-belligerent:
Russian Empire (1808–09)
Supported by:
French Empire^[12]

Co-belligerent:
Sweden
(1809, 1813–1814)

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

Location: Finland and Sweden

Co-belligerent:
Denmark–Norway Supported by:
French Empire

Supported by:
United Kingdom

• Treaty of Fredrikshamn

Location: Scandinavia

Co-belligerent:
Russian Empire
Supported by:
French Empire

Co-belligerent:
United Kingdom

• Treaty of Jönköping

Location: Iberian Peninsula and Southern France

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

• Junta control over Spain
• Treaty of Paris

Location: Central Europe, Italy and Netherlands

• Confederation of the Rhine
  •  Bavaria
  • Saxony
  •  Westphalia
  •  Württemberg
• Duchy of Warsaw
• Holland
•  Italy
• Naples
• Switzerland

 Austria

• Black Brunswickers

Portugal
 Sardinia
Sicily
Spain
Tyrol
 United Kingdom

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

Location: Tyrol

• Uprising crushed

Location: Eastern Europe

 France

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

• Start of the War of the Sixth Coalition

Location: Central and Eastern Europe

 France

• Duchy of Warsaw^[d]
•  Italy
• Naples

Until January 1814

After the Armistice of Pläswitz

After the Battle of Leipzig

After January 1814

• 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

Location: France and Netherlands

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

Location: Spain

• Battle of Navarino
• Morea Expedition

Location: Greece

• Egypt
• Algeria
• Tripolitania
• Tunis

• First Hellenic Republic established and recognized

Location: Waalo, West Africa

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Location: France

• Establishment of the July Monarchy

• Battle of the Tagus

Location: Portugal

Supported by:
United Kingdom (1828–1834)
France (1830–1834)
Belgian volunteers (1832–1834)^[13]
Spain (1833–1834)

Supported by:
Spain (1828–1833)

• Concession of Evoramonte

Location: Regency of Algiers

• 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

Location: The Low Countries

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

Location: Paris, France

Location: Spain

Location: Mexico

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

• Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata
  • Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

Location: Uruguay

Location: The Levant

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

Location: Morocco

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

Location: Tahiti

Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam

Location: Paris, France

• July Monarchy abolished, Second Republic established

Location: Lombardy; Rome

• 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^[14]

Location: France

• New constitution adopted from the provisional government

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

Location: China

• 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

Location: Morocco

• Morocco agreed to pay 100,000 francs to the French on 29 November 1851 to avoid further conflict.^[15]
• France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur.^[16]

Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East

 

• Egypt
• Tunis

 Britain

 

• Mingrelia

• Treaty of Paris

Location: China

• Treaty of Tientsin

Location: Médine, Mali

Location: Vietnam

• Philippines

• Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) becomes a French colony

Location: Lombardy–Venetia, Piedmont and the Austrian Littoral

Location: Sicily and Southern Italy

Location: Mexico

• 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.

Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Location: Korea

• French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism

Location: Rome

Location: France

•  Kingdom of Prussia
•  Kingdom of Saxony

Grand Duchy of Baden
 Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Württemberg
Grand Duchy of Hesse

• Dissolution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established

Location: Paris

Location: Society Islands

Location: Tunisia

• Tunisia becomes a French protectorate

Location: West Africa

Location: Madagascar

Location: Southeast mainland China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam

• 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

Location: Northern Vietnam

• French protectorate over Tonkin and Annam

Location: Ouémé Department of modern Benin

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

Location: Ouémé Department and Zou Department of modern Benin

• Battle of Abomey

• Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate

Location: French Indochina, Siam

• French Indochina

• Entente Cordiale
• Laos ceded to French Indochina

Location: Eritrea and Ethiopia

 Italy

• Italian Eritrea

• Treaty of Addis Ababa

Location: Madagascar

Location: Crete

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

Location: North China

 France

 

•  India

 Russia

 Japan

 Germany

 United States

 Italy

 Austria-Hungary

 Netherlands

 Belgium

• Boxer Protocol

• Battle of Togbao
• Battle of Kousséri

Location: West Africa

Location: Madagascar

• Rebellion suppressed

Location: Ouaddai Empire

• Annexation of Ouaddai Empire

Location: North Africa

• Morocco

Location: French protectorate of Morocco

• Battle of El Herri

• Morocco

Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America

France
 British Empire

•  United Kingdom
•  Canada
•  Newfoundland
•  Australia
•  New Zealand
•  India
•  South Africa

Russian Empire
 United States
 Italy
 Japan
 China
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Belgium
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria

• 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

Location: Burkino Faso, Mali

• French West Africa

Location: Northern Niger

• French West Africa

Location: Northern Vietnam

• Uprising suppressed.

Location: Istanbul

Location: Alsace-Lorraine

• Alsace-Lorraine annexed by France

Location: Hungary, and Transylvania

 Romania

 France

 Czechoslovakia

Location: Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia

• 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

Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran

White Movement
 British Empire

•  United Kingdom
•  Canada
•  Australia
•  India
•  South Africa

 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

• Allied withdrawal from Russia
• Bolshevik victory over White Army

Location: German Empire

 

• Reichswehr
• Freikorps
• Der Stahlhelm
• Social Democratic Party of Germany

Supported by:
 France

Location: Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary

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

Location: Luxembourg

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

Location: Central and Eastern Europe

Location: Tighina, Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova)

Location: Syria

• 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

Location: Morocco

• Dissolution of the Republic of the Rif

Location: Germany

•  Belgium

Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

• 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

Location: French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroon

• French Equatorial Africa
• French Cameroon

Fula people

Co-belligerents:
Gbaya chiefdoms

Co-belligerents:
Mbum people
Mbai people
Pana people
Yangere people
Mbimou people
Goundi people

Location: Vietnam

• French Indochina

• Uprising crushed
  VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities^[25]

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

• 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

Location: French Indochina

• Battle of Ko Chang

 

• French Indochina

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

Location: Vietnam

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

Location: French Indochina

• 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

•  French Indochina (1945–1954)

Cambodia
(1953–1954)
 Laos
(1953–1954)
State of Vietnam (1949–1954)

Supported by:
 United States (1950–1954)

Lao Issara (1945–1949)

• Pathet Lao (1949–1954)

Khmer Issarak

• United Issarak Front (1950–1954)

Japanese volunteers

Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 China (1949–1954)
 East Germany
Poland^[26]

• 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

Location: Madagascar

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

Location: Korea