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
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis (1823) Location: Spain |
 Kingdom of France Armée de la Foi
|
Partisans of the Cortes
|
French and Spanish Royalist victory |
| Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location: Greece |
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|
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|
Greek victory
|
| Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa |
 France
|
Trarza | French victory |
| Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1825) Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
 Empire of Brazil France United Kingdom
|
Irish mercenaries German mercenaries |
Revolt Suppressed |
| July Revolution (July 1830) Location: France |
Bourbon Restoration (Legitimists)
|
Orléanists | Orléanist victory
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) |
 Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia France (1849)
|
 Kingdom of Sardinia
Supported by: |
French-Austrian Victory
|
| June Days uprising (June 1848) Location: France |
French Second Republic
|
 Socialist rebels
|
Second Republic victory
|
| French invasion of Honolulu (1849) |
France
|
 Hawaiian Kingdom
|
Victory |
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina |
Vichy France
|
 Thailand
|
Indecisive
|
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| War in Vietnam (1945–1946) Location: Vietnam |
France British Empire Japan Allied captured soldiers.
|
 Việt Minh
|
Operational success
|
| First Indochina War (1946–1954) Location: French Indochina
|
France
Supported by: |
Viet Minh
Supported by: |
French defeat
|
| Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948) Location: Madagascar |
France
|
 MDRM
|
French victory
|
| Korean War (1950–1953) Location: Korea |
 South Korea United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey
|
 North Korea China Soviet Union
|
UN Victory
|
| Algerian War (1954–1962) Location: Algeria |
France
|
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|
French defeat
|
| Bamileke War (1955–1964) Location: French Cameroon |
Before 1960 France
|
 UPC
|
French-Cameroonian victory |
| Suez Crisis (1956) Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez Canal zone) |
 Israel United Kingdom France
|
 Egypt
|
Coalition military victory Egyptian political victory |
| Ifni War (1957–1958) Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco  |
 Spain France
|
 Moroccan Army of Liberation
|
Franco-Spanish victory |
| Conflict | France & allies | France's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basque conflict (1959–2011) Location: Basque country |
 Spain
|
Neo-fascist paramilitaries:
Basque National Liberation Movement:
|
Victory |
| Bizerte crisis (1961) |
France
|
 Tunisia
|
French victory |
| Sand War (1963–1964) |
Morocco Support:  France[29]
|
 AlgeriaSupport:  Egypt[30] Cuba[31]
|
Military stalemate[32]
|
| 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
|
 MPLA Cuba(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 |
France
|
Corsican nationalist paramilitaries
|
Victory |
| Shaba I (1977) Location: Shaba Province, Zaire |
France Zaire Morocco Egypt BelgiumSupported by: United States China Saudi Arabia Sudan Nigeria
|
 Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)Supported by:  Angola Soviet Union East Germany
|
Zairian victory |
| Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1978–1987) Location: Chad |
 Anti-Libyan Chadian factions
|
 Libya
|
Chadian-French victory
|
| Shaba II (1978) |
France Zaire Belgium Morocco United States Supported by China
|
Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by Angola Cuba (alleged) Soviet Union (alleged)
|
Zairian victory |
| Rwandan Civil War (1990−1994) Location: Rwanda |
 Rwanda Zaire (1990) France
|
 Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
|
Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and |
 Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Egypt France Syria Morocco Oman Pakistan Canada United Arab Emirates Qatar Bangladesh Italy Australia Netherlands |
 Iraq
|
Coalition victory
|
| Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994) Location: Northern Djibouti |
 Djibouti Supported by : France
|
 FRUD
|
Franco-Djiboutian victory
|
| 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 of Serbia |
 KLA Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United 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 Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali Niger Chad France Turkey
|
al-Qaeda
|
Ongoing |
| First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location: Ivory Coast  |
 Ivory Coast Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported 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 |
Chad France NMRD JEM
|
Rebels Janjaweed Alleged support: Sudan (until 2010)
|
Victory |
| Somali Civil War (2009–present) Location: Somalia |
 Somalia United States European Union
|
Al-Qaeda
|
Ongoing |
| Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: Northeast Nigeria |
Nigeria Cameroon Chad Niger TurkeySupported by:  Benin Canada China France Iran Israel Italy Spain United Kingdom United States
|
Boko Haram
|
Ongoing |
| Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011) Location: Ivory Coast |
New Forces Liberian mercenaries RDR UNOCI France
|
Military of Ivory Coast Liberian mercenaries Young Patriots of Abidjan Ivorian Popular Front
|
Victory |
| First Libyan Civil War (2011) Location: Libya  |
NATO
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
|
Victory
|
| Northern Mali Conflict (2012–2022) Location: Northern Mali |
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 Republic MINUSCA (since 2014)MISCA (2013–2014) MICOPAX (2013)
|
 FPRC UPC MPC
|
France ended support for Central African Republic in 2021.[37] |
| 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 |
European Union
|
 Yemen (SPC)
|
Ongoing |
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