List of wars involving France

The following is an incomplete list of French wars and battles from the Gauls to modern France.

Contents

Gauls (Transalpine and Cisalpine)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Battle of the Allia (390 BC) Location: Gaul Paul Jamin, Brennus and His Share of the Spoils, 1893	Senone Gauls	Roman Republic	Decisive Gallic victory Sack of Rome by Brennus the Gaul
Battle of Sentinum (295 BC) (Part of the Third Samnite War) Location: Sentinum, Italy	Samnium Gauls	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory
Battle of Arretium (283 BC) Location: Arretium, Italy	Senone Gauls	Roman Republic	Decisive Gallic victory
Battle of Lake Vadimo (283 BC) Location: Lake Vadimo, Italy	Gauls Etruscans	Roman Republic	Roman victory
Battle of Faesulae (225 BC) Location: Faesulae, Italy	Gauls	Roman Republic	Gallic victory
Battle of Telamon (225 BC) Location: Telamon, Italy	Gauls	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory Roman influence extended over northern Italy
Battle of Clastidium (222 BC) Location: Clastidium, Italy	Gauls	Roman Republic	Roman victory
Battle of Cremona (200 BC) Location: Cremona, Italy	Gauls	Roman Republic	Roman victory
Battle of Placentia (194 BC) Location: Placentia, Italy	Boii	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory
Battle of Sentinum (295 BC) (Part of the Third Samnite War) Location: Sentinum, Italy	Samnium Gauls	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory
Gallic Wars (58–50 BC) Location: Gaul, Germania, and Britannia Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar, 1899, by Lionel Royer Roman silver denarius with a captured Gaul's head following the campaigns of Caesar, 48 BC Battle of Magetobriga Battle of the Arar Battle of Bibracte Battle of Vosges Battle of the Axona Battle of the Sabis Battle of Octodurus Siege of Avaricum Battle of Gergovia Siege of Alesia	Gauls: Arverni Atrebates Bituriges Caletes Eburones Helvetii Menapii Morini Nervii Sotiates Suessiones Veliocasses Veneti Viromandui other Germanic: Aduatuci Sicambri Suebi Tencteri Ubii Usipetes Britons and Aquitanian tribes as well as portions of Iberian tribesmen	Roman Republic	Decisive Roman victory Roman Republic annexes Gaul as a province
Battle of Châlons (274) Location: apud Catalaunos (Châlons-en-Champagne, France) Map of the Roman Empire with the breakaway states of Palmyra and Gaul, 271 AD	Gallic Empire	Roman Empire	Decisive Roman victory Territories of the breakaway Gallic Empire re-annexed by Rome

Franks and the Carolingian Empire

Barbarian Invasions Great Conspiracy Battle of the Frigidus Crossing of the Rhine Battle of Mainz Battle of the Catalaunian Plains Battle of Arelate Battle of Orleans Battle of Déols Campaigns of Clovis I Battle of Soissons Battle of Tolbiac Franco-Visigothic Wars Battle of Vézeronce Battle of the Unstrut River Battle of Autun Gothic War Battle of the Volturnus Battle of Wogastisburg Battle of Tertry Frisian–Frankish wars Battle of Dorestad Battle of Cologne Battle of Amblève Battle of the Boarn Frankish Civil War Battle of Compiègne Battle of Cologne Battle of Amblève Battle of Vincy Battle of Soissons Islamic Invasion of Gaul Battle of Toulouse Battle of the River Garonne Battle of Tours Battle of Avignon Battle of Narbonne Battle of the River Berre Battle of Nîmes Siege of Narbonne

Conquest of Lombardy Siege of Pavia Saxon Wars Spanish campaign Battle of Roncevaux Pass Campaigns Against Avars and Slavs Siege of Trsat Reconquista Battle of Pancorbo Battle of Albelda Battle of Fontenoy Franco-Breton wars Battle of Blain Battle of Ballon Battle of Jengland Battle of Brissarthe Battle of Trans-la-Forêt Battle of Conquereuil Frankish–Vikings battles Siege of Paris (845) Battle of Brissarthe Battle of Thimeon Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu Siege of Asselt Siege of Paris (885–86) Battle of Leuven Siege of Chartres Battle of Soissons

Middle Ages

Battle of Pontlevoy Norman rule in Southern Italy Battle of Cannae Battle of Olivento Battle of Civitate Siege of Capua Duchy of Normandy Battle of Val-ès-Dunes Battle of Mortemer Battle of Varaville Byzantine–Norman wars Siege of Bari Battle of Dyrrhachium Sack of Thessalonica (1185) Reconquista Siege of Barbastro Battle of Cutanda Breton–Norman War Battle of Dinan Battle of Pouancé Battle of Segré Norman conquest of England Battle of Hastings Siege of Exeter Rebellion of 1088 Crusades First Crusade Siege of Xerigordon Battle of Civetot Siege of Nicaea Battle of Dorylaeum Siege of Antioch Siege of Ma'arra Siege of Jerusalem Battle of Ascalon Seljuk–Crusader War Siege of Nicaea Battle of Dorylaeum Siege of Antioch Siege of Ma'arra Battle of Melitene Crusade of 1101 Battle of Mersivan First Battle of Heraclea Second Battle of Heraclea Battle of Ramla (1101) Battle of Ramla (1102) Siege of Tripoli Battle of Harran Battle of Artah Battle of Ramla (1105) Norwegian Crusade Siege of Sidon Battle of Shaizar Battle of Al-Sannabra Battle of Sarmin Battle of Ager Sanguinis Battle of Hab Battle of Azaz Battle of Marj al-Saffar Fatimid–Crusader War Siege of Jerusalem Battle of Ascalon Battle of Ramla (1101) Battle of Ramla (1102) Battle of Ramla (1105) Battle of Yibneh Siege of Ascalon Crusader invasions of Egypt Battle of al-Babein 1113–15 Balearic Islands expedition Zengid–Crusader War Battle of Ba'rin Siege of Edessa Battle of Bosra Siege of Damascus Battle of Inab Battle of Aintab Crusader invasions of Egypt Battle of Lake Huleh Battle of al-Buqaia Battle of Harim Siege of Shaizar Second Crusade Siege of Lisbon Battle of Ephesus Battle of the Meander Battle of Mount Cadmus Siege of Damascus Siege of Bilbeis Capture of Bilbeis Siege of Damietta (1169) Ayyubid–Crusader War Battle of Montgisard Battle of Marj Ayyun Battle of Jacob's Ford Battle of Belvoir Castle Battle of Al-Fule Siege of Kerak Battle of Cresson Battle of Hattin Siege of Jerusalem Siege of Tyre Siege of Acre Battle of Arsuf Third Crusade Siege of Acre Battle of Arsuf Fourth Crusade Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros Albigensian Crusade Battle of Muret Fifth Crusade Seventh Crusade Siege of Damietta (1249) Battle of Al Mansurah Battle of Fariskur Eighth Crusade Ninth Crusade Aragonese Crusade Barbary Crusade Battle of Nicopolis Norman England vs France conflicts Conquest of Normandy Battle of Tinchebray Battle of Brémule Battle of Gisors Baussenque Wars

Normandy campaigns of 1200–1204 Battle of Mirebeau Siege of Château Gaillard Anglo-French War (1202–14) Battle of Damme Battle of Roche-au-Moine Battle of Bouvines War of the Succession of Champagne Reconquista Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa First Barons' War Battle of Lincoln Battle of Dover Battle of Sandwich Saintonge War Battle of Taillebourg Siege of Saintes Conquest of Sicily by Charles of Anjou Battle of Benevento Battle of Tagliacozzo Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa Battle of Roccavione Battle of Gamenario War of the Sicilian Vespers Sicilian Vespers Battle of Malta Aragonese Crusade Battle of Les Formigues Battle of the Col de Panissars Battle of the Counts Battle of Cape Orlando Battle of Ponza Franco-Flemish War Battle of Furnes Bruges Matins Battle of the Golden Spurs Battle of Arques Battle of Zierikzee Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–28 Battle of Cassel War of Saint-Sardos Invasion of England (1326) Hundred Years' War Edwardian phase Battle of Arnemuiden English Channel naval campaign Battle of Sluys Battle of Saint-Omer Siege of Tournai War of the Breton Succession Battle of Champtoceaux Battle of Morlaix Battle of St Pol de Léon Battle of La Roche-Derrien Combat of the Thirty Battle of Mauron Battle of Auray Battle of Bergerac Battle of Auberoche Battle of Caen Battle of Blanchetaque Battle of Crécy Siege of Calais Battle of Lunalonge Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer Battle of Ardres Battle of Saintes Capture of Saint-Jean-d'Angély Capture of Lusignan Battle of Comborn Battle of Montmuran Battle of Poitiers Battle of Cocherel Peasant Jacquerie Battle of Mello Battle of Launac Castilian Civil War War of the Two Peters Caroline phase Battle of Nájera Battle of Montiel Siege of Limoges Battle of Pontvallain Battle of La Rochelle Battle of Chiset Battle of Roosebeke Despenser's Crusade Battle of Dunkirk (1383) Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85 Battle of Aljubarrota French invasion of Scotland (1385) Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War Battle of Blackpool Sands Lancastrian phase Siege of Harfleur Battle of Agincourt Battle of Valmont Siege of Rouen Battle of Fresnay Battle of Baugé Battle of Mello Battle of Cravant Battle of La Brossinière Battle of Verneuil Battle of St. James Loire Campaign (1429) Siege of Orléans Battle of the Herrings Battle of Jargeau Battle of Meung-sur-Loire Battle of Beaugency Battle of Patay Siege of Compiègne Siege of La Charité Battle of Gerberoy Battle of Rouen (1449) Battle of Formigny Battle of Castillon Neapolitan Campaigns of Louis the Great Ottoman wars in Europe Battle of Nicopolis Old Zürich War Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs Burgundian Wars Battle of Guinegate Mad War

Ancien Régime

Italian Wars Italian War of 1494–98 Battle of Rapallo Battle of Mordano Battle of Seminara Battle of Fornovo Siege of Novara Italian War of 1499–1504 Battle of Novara Battle of Ruvo Battle of Seminara Battle of Cerignola Battle of Garigliano War of the League of Cambrai Battle of Agnadello Siege of Padua Siege of Mirandola Sack of Brescia Battle of Ravenna Spanish conquest of Navarre Battle of Saint-Mathieu Battle of Novara Battle of Guinegate Siege of Dijon Battle of Marignano Italian War of 1521–26 Battle of Pampeluna Battle of Noáin Siege of Mézières Siege of Tournai Battle of Bicocca Siege of Genoa Battle of San Marcial Battle of Fuenterrabía Battle of the Sesia Siege of Marseille Italian Campaign of 1524–26 Battle of Pavia War of the League of Cognac Siege of Naples Neapolitan Campaign of 1528 Battle of Landriano Italian War of 1536–38 Italian War of 1542–46 Siege of Perpignan Battle of Muros Bay Siege of Nice Battle of Düren Battle of Ceresole Battle of Serravalle Siege of St. Dizier Battle of Lagny-sur-Marne Battle of Montreuil First Siege of Boulogne Second Siege of Boulogne Battle of the Solent French invasion of the Isle of Wight Battle of Bonchurch Battle of Beachy Head Italian War of 1551–59 Siege of Tripoli Siege of Mirandola Siege of Metz Battle of Ponza Invasion of Corsica Battle of Marciano Battle of Renty Battle of St. Quentin Siege of Calais Battle of Thionville Battle of Gravelines Scottish Reformation Siege of Leith French Wars of Religion Massacre of Mérindol First war (1562–63) Siege of Rouen Battle of Dreux Siege of Orléans Second war (1567–68) Battle of Saint-Denis Siege of Chartres Third war (1568–70) Battle of Jarnac Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille Battle of Orthez Battle of Moncontour Fourth war (1572–73) Siege of Sommières Siege of Sancerre Siege of La Rochelle Fifth war (1574–76) Sixth War (1576–77) Seventh war (1579–80) War of the Three Henrys Battle of Coutras Battle of Vimory Battle of Arques Battle of Ivry Siege of Paris Battle of Craon Siege of Fort Crozon Battle of Fontaine-Française Franco-Spanish War (1595–98) Siege of Amiens Huguenot Rebellions First Huguenot Rebellion (1620–22) Capture of Saumur Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély Blockade of La Rochelle Siege of Montauban Siege of Royan Siege of Saint-Foix Siege of Nègrepelisse Siege of Saint-Antonin Siege of Montpellier Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré Second Huguenot Rebellion Battle of Blavet Recovery of Ré island Third Huguenot Rebellion Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré Siege of La Rochelle Siege of Privas Siege of Alès Surrender of Montauban Dutch Revolt War of the Portuguese Succession Battle of Salga Battle of Ponta Delgada Conquest of the Azores Thirty Years' War Relief of Genoa Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30) Battle of St. Kitts War of the Mantuan Succession Battle of Veillane Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) Battle of Les Avins Siege of Leuven Battle of Tornavento Crossing of the Somme Battle of Getaria Siege of Fuenterrabía Siege of Saint-Omer Relief of Thionville Battle of Dunkirk Siege of Salses Battle of Cádiz Siege of Turin Battle of Montjuïc Siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys Battle of Tarragona (July 1641) Battle of Tarragona (August 1641) Battle of Montmeló Siege of Perpignan (1642) Battle of Honnecourt Battle of Barcelona Battle of Lerida Battle of Cartagena Battle of Rocroi Siege of Lleida Battle of Orbetello Battle of Lens Action of 23 November 1650 Siege of Barcelona Battle of Bordeaux Capture of Fort Rocher Battle of Arras Battle of Valenciennes Battle of the Dunes Battle of Rheinfelden Battle of Breisach Siege of Salses Battle of La Marfée Battle of Tuttlingen Battle of Freiburg Battle of Herbsthausen Battle of Nördlingen Battle of Zusmarshausen Battle of Lens Fronde Battle of Bléneau Austro-Turkish War (1663–64) Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) War of Devolution Siege of Charleroi (1667) Siege of Tournai (1667) Siege of Douai (1667) Siege of Lille Franco-Dutch War Battle of Solebay Siege of Groenlo Battle of Schooneveld Siege of Maastricht (1673) Battle of Texel Siege of Bonn Siege of Besançon Battle of Sinsheim Battle of Seneffe Battle of Entzheim Battle of Mulhouse Battle of Turckheim Battle of Salzbach Battle of Konzer Brücke Battle of Stromboli Battle of Augusta Battle of Palermo Siege of Valenciennes Siege of Cambrai Action of March 1677 Battle of Cassel Siege of Ypres Battle of Saint-Denis War of the Reunions Siege of Strasbourg (1681) Siege of Courtrai Invasion of Dixmude Siege of Luxembourg Bombardment of Genoa

Nine Years' War Continental European Theatre Battle of Walcourt Battle of Fleurus Battle of Beachy Head Battle of Staffarda Siege of Mons Siege of Cuneo Battle of Leuze Siege of Namur Action at Barfleur Action at Cherbourg Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue Battle of Steenkerque Battle of Lagos Battle of Landen Battle of Marsaglia Siege of Charleroi Battle of Camaret Battle of Torroella Siege of Namur Bombardment of Brussels Siege of Barcelona Williamite War in Ireland Battle of Bantry Bay Battle of the Boyne Siege of Limerick (1690) Battle of Aughrim Siege of Limerick (1691) War of the Spanish Succession Flemish and Rhine campaigns Battle of Friedlingen Siege of Kehl (1703) Battle of Ekeren First Battle of Höchstädt Battle of Speyerbach Battle of Schellenberg Battle of Blenheim Battle of Elixheim Battle of Ramillies Battle of Oudenarde Battle of Beachy Head (1707) Battle at The Lizard Battle of Wijnendale Siege of Lille Battle of Malplaquet Siege of Bouchain Battle of Denain Italian campaigns Battle of Carpi Battle of Chiari Battle of Cremona Battle of Luzzara Battle of Cassano Battle of Calcinato Siege of Turin Battle of Castiglione (1706) Battle of Toulon Battle of Syracuse (1710) Spanish and Portuguese campaigns Battle of Vigo Bay Battle of Cap de la Roque Battle of Málaga (1704) Battle of Cabrita Point Siege of Barcelona (1705) Siege of Barcelona (1706) Battle of Almansa Battle of Brihuega Battle of Villaviciosa Siege of Barcelona (1713–14) West Indies and South America Action of August 1702 Siege of Guadeloupe Raid on Nassau Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710) Battle of Rio de Janeiro Cassard expedition War of the Quadruple Alliance Capture of Pensacola (1719) Villasur expedition War of the Polish Succession Siege of Kehl Siege of Pizzighettone Siege of Danzig Siege of Trarbach Siege of Philippsburg Battle of San Pietro Siege of Gaeta Battle of Guastalla Battle of Clausen War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Sahay Battle of Dettingen Battle of Toulon Action of 8 May 1744 Battle of Pfaffenhofen Battle of Fontenoy Battle of Melle Siege of Ghent Siege of Brussels Raid on Lorient Battle of Rocoux First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) Battle of Lauffeld Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) Siege of Maastricht (1748) Italian Campaign Battle of Villafranca Battle of Casteldelfino Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo Battle of Bassignano Battle of Piacenza Battle of Rottofreddo Siege of Genoa (1747) Battle of Assietta Jacobite rising of 1745 Seven Years' War Siege of Fort St Philip (1756) Battle of Minorca Battle of Hastenbeck Raid on Rochefort Battle of Rossbach Battle of Cartagena (1758) Raid on St Malo Battle of Rheinberg Battle of Krefeld Raid on Cherbourg Battle of Saint Cast Battle of Lutterberg (1758) Battle of Bergen Raid on Le Havre Battle of Minden Battle of Lagos Battle of Quiberon Bay Battle of Carrickfergus (1760) Battle of Corbach Battle of Emsdorf Battle of Warburg Battle of Kloster Kampen Capture of Belle Île Battle of Langensalza (1761) Siege of Cassel (1761) Battle of Grünberg Battle of Villinghausen Battle of Wilhelmsthal Second Battle of Lutterberg Battle of Nauheim Siege of Cassel (1762) French conquest of Corsica Battle of Borgo Battle of Ponte Novu American Revolutionary War European Naval Campaign 1778–82 First Battle of Ushant Franco-Dutch Invasion of Jersey Battle of Flamborough Head Battle of Jersey Invasion of Minorca (1781) Battle of Ushant (1781) Battle of Ushant (1782) Great Siege of Gibraltar Battle of Cape Spartel Action of 12 December 1782 West Indies Campaign 1778–1779 Invasion of Dominica Battle of St. Lucia Capture of St. Lucia Capture of Saint Vincent Capture of Grenada (1779) Battle of Grenada Battle of Martinique (1779) Battle of Martinique (1780) Dutch West Indies campaign Capture of Sint Eustatius Battle of Fort Royal Invasion of Tobago Siege of Brimstone Hill Battle of Saint Kitts Capture of Demerara and Essequibo Capture of Montserrat Battle of the Saintes Battle of the Mona Passage Action of 18 October 1782 Action of 6 December 1782 Battle of Grand Turk East Indies Campaign 1778–1783 Siege of Pondicherry (1778) Battle of Porto Praya Battle of Sadras Battle of Providien Battle of Negapatam Battle of Trincomalee Battle of Cuddalore Siege of Cuddalore Gulf Coast campaign Siege of Pensacola Southern Theater Siege of Savannah North American theater (land and naval) Battle of Rhode Island Battle of Cape Henry Action of 21 July 1781 Hudson Bay expedition Action of 15 September 1782 Action of 22 January 1783 North American Campaign 1780–81 Battle of the Chesapeake Siege of Yorktown

Revolutionary France

French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition Campaigns of 1792 Battle of Valmy Battle of Jemappes Campaigns of 1793 Battle of Neerwinden Battle of Hondshoote Siege of Toulon Campaigns of 1794 Battle of Boulou Battle of Tourcoing Battle of Fleurus Battle of Platzberg Battle of Aldenhoven Battle of San-Lorenzo de la Muga Campaigns of 1795 Campaigns of 1796 Battle of Mondovì Battle of Lodi Battle of Amberg Battle of Arcole Campaigns of 1797 Battle of Rivoli Battle of Neuwied Battle of Diersheim

War of the Second Coalition Campaigns of 1798 Battle of the Pyramids Battle of the Nile Campaigns of 1799 Siege of Jaffa Battle of Cassano Siege of Acre Battle of Mount Tabor First Battle of Zürich Battle of Trebia Battle of Abukir Battle of Novi Second Battle of Zürich Battle of Bergen Campaigns of 1800 Siege of Genoa Battle of Engen Battle of Möerskirch Battle of Marengo Battle of Hohenlinden Campaigns of 1801 War in the Vendée Siege of Lyon Chouannerie Peasants' War (1798) Irish Rebellion of 1798 Quasi-War

Napoleonic France

War of the Oranges Napoleonic Wars Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom Second Anglo-Maratha War War of the Third Coalition Battle of Wertingen Battle of Haslach-Jungingen Battle of Elchingen Battle of Trafalgar Ulm Maneuver Battle of Caldiero Battle of Cape Ortegal Battle of Austerlitz Franco-Swedish War War of the Fourth Coalition Battle of Maida Battle of Jena Battle of Auerstedt Battle of Pultusk Battle of Eylau Battle of Heilsberg Battle of Friedland War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Sacile Battle of Teugen-Hausen Battle of Abensberg Battle of Eckmühl Battle of Aspern-Essling Battle of Wagram Peninsular War Combat of El Bruch First Siege of Zaragoza Battle of Medina de Rioseco Battle of Bailén Battle of Roliça Battle of Vimeiro Battle of Pancorbo Battle of Valmaseda Battle of Burgos Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros Battle of Tudela Battle of Somosierra Second Siege of Zaragoza Battle of Corunna Battle of Villafranca (1809) Battle of Ciudad Real Battle of Medellín First Battle of Porto Siege of Gerona Second Battle of Porto Battle of Alcañiz Battle of María Battle of Talavera Battle of Almonacid Battle of Tamames Battle of Ocaña Battle of Fuengirola Battle of Barrosa Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro Battle of Albuera Siege of Badajoz Battle of Salamanca Battle of Vitoria Battle of Sorauren Battle of Orthez

Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 Finnish War French invasion of Russia Battle of Ostrovno Battle of Klyastitsy Battle of Smolensk First Battle of Polotsk Battle of Valutino Battle of Borodino Battle of Tarutino Battle of Maloyaroslavets Second Battle of Polotsk Battle of Czasniki Battle of Vyazma Battle of Smoliani Battle of Krasnoi Battle of Berezina War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Lützen Battle of Bautzen Siege of Hamburg Battle of Großbeeren Battle of Katzbach Battle of Dresden Battle of Kulm Battle of Dennewitz Battle of Leipzig Battle of Hanau Battle of La Rothière Battle of the Mincio River Six Days' Campaign Battle of Champaubert Battle of Montmirail Battle of Château-Thierry Battle of Vauchamps Battle of Montereau Battle of Craonne Battle of Laon Battle of Reims Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube Battle of Fère-Champenoise Battle of Paris Battle of Toulouse War of the Seventh Coalition Battle of Tolentino Battle of Quatre Bras Battle of Ligny Battle of Waterloo Battle of Wavre West Indies Campaign 1804–1810 Adriatic campaign of 1807–14 Mauritius campaign of 1809–11 Invasion of Java (1811)

French Colonial Empire

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
French conquest of Senegal (1659–1895) Location: Senegal	France	Waalo Kingdom Kingdom of Cayor Jolof Empire Baol Kingdom of Sine Saloum	French Victory France conquers territory of present-day Senegal
Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688) Location: Siam	Prasat Thong dynasty Kingdom of France French East India Company	Phetracha and various Siamese lords Supported by: Dutch East India Company	French Defeat Establishment of Ban Phlu Luang dynasty Expulsion of French troops in Bangkok
King William's War (1688–1697) Location: North America Acadia and New England Theatre Raid on Dover Siege of Pemaquid (1689) Raid on Salmon Falls Battle of Port Royal Battle of Fort Loyal Battle of Chedabucto Raid on York Raid on Wells Raid on Oyster River Battle of Fundy Bay Siege of Pemaquid (1696) Raid on Chignecto Siege of Fort Nashwaak Quebec, New York, and Newfoundland Theatre Lachine massacre Schenectady massacre Battle of Quebec Battle of La Prairie Mohawk Valley Raid Avalon Peninsula Campaign Siege of Ferryland Raid on Cape Broyle Raid on Bay Bulls Raid on Petty Harbour Siege of St. John's Raid on Conception Bay Battle of Carbonear Hudson Bay Theatre Hudson Bay Expedition Battle of Fort Albany Battle of Fort Albany (1693) Capture of York Factory Battle of Hudson's Bay	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy	England Massachusetts Bay Colony English America Haudenosaunee	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Ryswick
French and Iroquois Wars (17th century) Location: Great Lakes region	Huron, Erie, Neutral, Odawa, Ojibwe, Mississaugas, Potawatomi, Algonquin, Shawnee, Wenro, Mahican, Innu, Abenaki, Miami, Illinois Confederation, other nations allied with France Supported by: France	Haudenosaunee Supported by: England, Dutch Republic	Military Stalemate Great Peace of Montreal Growth of French token influence in the Great Lakes region Huron-Wendat Confederacy destroyed or assimilated Military refugee migration results in expansion of Iroquois hunting grounds down to Mississippi River Further Iroquois territorial expansion halted in military campaigns by the Council of Three Fires
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) Location: North America	France New France Spain New Spain Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez	England (before 1707) English America Great Britain (after 1707) British America Muscogee (Creek) Chickasaw Yamasee	French Defeat Treaty of Utrecht Treaty of Portsmouth
Chickasaw Wars (1721–1763) Location: Mississippi River	France Choctaw Illini	Great Britain Chickasaw	Chickasaw victory Treaty of Paris
Carnatic Wars (1744–1763) Location: Carnatic region, South India Third Carnatic War Battle of Chandannagar Battle of Plassey Battle of Cuddalore (1758) Battle of Negapatam (1758) Battle of Condore Battle of Pondicherry Siege of Masulipatam Siege of Madras Battle of Wandiwash Siege of Pondicherry (1760)	Kingdom of France French East India Company	Kingdom of Great Britain British East India Company	French Defeat
King George's War (1744–1748) Location: North America Raid on Canso Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744) Siege of Annapolis Royal (1745) Siege of Port Toulouse Siege of Louisbourg (1745) Action of 15 June 1745 Battle at Port-la-Joye Northeast Coast Campaign (1745) Raid on Saratoga Duc d'Anville Expedition Siege of Fort Massachusetts Battle of Grand Pré Siege of Fort at Number 4	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy	Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755) Location: Acadia and Nova Scotia	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Mi'kmaq militia Maliseet militia	Great Britain British America	French Defeat
French and Indian War (1754–1763) Location: North America St. Lawrence and Mohawk theater Battle of Lake George Battle of Fort Bull Battle of Fort Oswego (1756) Battle on Snowshoes (1757) Battle of Sabbath Day Point Siege of Fort William Henry Attack on German Flatts (1757) Battle on Snowshoes Battle of Carillon Battle of Fort Frontenac Battle of La Belle-Famille Battle of Fort Niagara Battle of Ticonderoga Battle of Beauport Battle of the Plains of Abraham St. Francis Raid Battle of Sainte-Foy Battle of the Thousand Islands Ohio Valley Theater Battle of Jumonville Glen Battle of the Great Meadows Braddock Expedition Battle of the Monongahela Forbes Expedition Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Fort Ligonier Atlantic theater Action of 8 June 1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) Battle of Petitcodiac Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1756) Louisbourg Expedition (1757) Battle of Bloody Creek (1757) Siege of Louisbourg (1758) Petitcodiac River Campaign Ile Saint-Jean Campaign Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758) St. John River Campaign Battle of Restigouche Battle of Signal Hill	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaq militia Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Ottawa Shawnee Wyandot	Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Catawba Cherokee (before 1758)	French Defeat Treaty of Paris
West Indies Campaign (Seven Years' War) (1757–1762) Location: West Indies Battle of Cap-Français Invasion of Martinique (1759) Invasion of Guadeloupe (1759) Invasion of Dominica (1761) Invasion of Martinique (1762)	France	Great Britain	French Defeat
West African Campaign (Seven Years' War)) (1758) Location: West Africa Capture of Senegal Capture of Gorée	France	Great Britain	French Defeat
Larache expedition (1765) Location: Larache, Morocco	France	Morocco	French Defeat
Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Location: Saint-Domingue Collage of the Haitian Revolution Saint-Domingue expedition Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Blockade of Saint-Domingue Battle of Vertières	Slave owners Kingdom of France French Republic	Ex-slaves French royalists Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1793–1795) Great Britain Ex-slaves (1802–1803)	Haitian victory French colonial government expelled Massacre of the French French occupation of Santo Domingo
Siege of Santo Domingo (1805) Location: Santo Domingo, Saint-Domingue present day Dominican Republic	French Republic	Haiti	French victory Haitian withdrawal from Santo Domingo.
Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 (1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa	Kingdom of France	Emirate of Trarza	French victory
French conquest of Algeria (1827–1830–1857) Location: Regency of Algiers Battle of Macta Siege of Constantine Battle of Mazagran Battle of the Smala Battle of Sidi Brahim	Kingdom of France	Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kel Ahaggar Sultanate of Morocco	French victory Pacification of Algeria
First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839) Location: Mexico	France	Mexico	French victory Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
First Franco-Moroccan War (1844) Location: Morocco Bombardment of Tangiers Battle of Isly Bombardment of Mogador	France	Morocco	French victory
Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) Location: Tahiti	France	Toucouleur Empire	French victory
Bombardment of Tourane (1847) Location: Off Tourane (Da Nang), South Central Coast of Vietnam	France	Nguyễn dynasty	French victory
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1871) Location: China	Qing dynasty Xiang Army Huai Army Later stages: France United Kingdom	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	Qing victory 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
Bombardment of Salé (1851) Location: Morocco	France	Sherifian Empire	French military victory French political failure. 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.
Siege of Medina Fort (1857) Location: Médine, Mali	France	Toucouleur Empire	French victory
Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862) Location: Vietnam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Nguyễn Dynasty	Franco-Spanish victory Cochinchina (southern Vietnam) becomes a French colony
Second Franco-Mexican War (1862–1867) 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	France Mexican Empire	Mexican republicans	Mexican republican victory Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire French withdrawal
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan	British Empire French Empire Netherlands United States	Chōshū Domain	Allied victory
French campaign against Korea (1866) Location: Korea	French Empire	Kingdom of Joseon	French Defeat French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
Siege of Medina Fort (1881) Location: Tunisia	France	Beylik of Tunis	French victory Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
Mandingo Wars (1883–1898) Location: West Africa	France	Wassoulou Empire	French victory
First Madagascar expedition (1883–1885) Location: Madagascar	France	Merina Kingdom	French victory
Sino-French War (1884–1885) Location: Southeast mainland China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam Battle of Foochow 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	France	Qing dynasty Black Flag Army Nguyễn dynasty	Both sides declared victory Limited strategic victory for Qing forces on land 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
Tonkin Campaign (1883–1886) Location: Northern Vietnam	France	Qing dynasty Black Flag Army Nguyễn dynasty	French victory French protectorate over Tonkin and Annam
First Franco-Dahomean War (1890) Location: Ouémé Department of modern Benin	France	Dahomey	French victory Dahomey recognizes Porto-Novo as a French protectorate and gives up customs rights to Cotonou in exchange for yearly payment
Second Franco-Dahomean War (1892–1894) Location: Ouémé Department and Zou Department of modern Benin Battle of Abomey	France	Dahomey	French victory Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate
Franco-Siamese War (1893) Location: French Indochina, Siam	French Republic French Indochina	Kingdom of Siam	French victory Entente Cordiale Laos ceded to French Indochina
Second Madagascar expedition (1894–1895) Location: Madagascar	France	Merina Kingdom	French victory
Ouaddai War (1909–1911) Location: Ouaddai Empire	France	Ouaddai Empire	French victory Annexation of Ouaddai Empire
French conquest of Morocco (1911–1934) Location: North Africa	France Morocco	Zaian Confederation Varying other Berber tribes	French victory
Zaian War (1914–1921) Location: French protectorate of Morocco Battle of El Herri	France Morocco	Zaian Confederation Varying other Berber tribes Supported during the First World War by the Central Powers	French victory
Volta-Bani War (1915–1917) Location: Burkino Faso, Mali	France French West Africa	Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuni, and Bobo people	French victory
Kaocen revolt (1916–1917) Location: Northern Niger	France French West Africa	Tuareg guerrillas	French victory
Thái Nguyên uprising (1917-1918) Location: Northern Vietnam	France	Vietnamese rebels	French victory Uprising suppressed.
Franco-Syrian War (1920) Location: Syria Alawite Revolt of 1919 Hananu Revolt Battle of Maysalun Capture of Damascus (1920)	France French West Africa	Arab Kingdom of Syria Arab militias	French victory Establishment of French Mandate of Syria King Faisal expelled to Mandatory Iraq
Rif War (1920–1927) Location: Morocco	Spain France (1925–1926) Jebala tribes	Republic of the Rif Jebala tribes	Franco-Spanish victory Dissolution of the Republic of the Rif
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927) Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925. Capture of Salkhad Battle of al-Kafr Battle of al-Mazraa Battle of al-Musayfirah 1925 Hama uprising Battle of Rashaya	France Syria Lebanon	Syrian rebels	French victory
Kongo-Wara rebellion (1928–1931) Location: French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroon	France French Equatorial Africa French Cameroon Fula people Co-belligerents: Gbaya chiefdoms	Gbaya people and clans Co-belligerents: Mbum people Mbai people Pana people Yangere people Mbimou people Goundi people	French victory
Yên Bái mutiny (1930) Location: Vietnam	France French Indochina	Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng	French victory Uprising crushed VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities
Franco-Thai War (1940–1941) Location: French Indochina Battle of Ko Chang	Vichy France French Indochina	Thailand	Indecisive Japanese-mediated ceasefire On Japanese decision, disputed territories in French Indochina ceded by France to Thailand
War in Vietnam (1945–46) (1945–1946) Location: Vietnam	France British Empire Japan	Việt Minh	Operational success Restoration of French rule in Indochina First Indochina War begins
First Indochina War (1946–1954) Location: French Indochina Battle of Hanoi Battle of Cao Bằng Operation Papillon Operation Lea 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	France French Indochina (1945–1954) Cambodia (1953–1954) Laos (1953–1954) State of Vietnam (1949–1954) Supported by: United States(1950–1954)	Viet Minh 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	French Defeat 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
Malagasy Uprising (1947–1948) Location: Madagascar	France	MDRM	French victory Uprising Crushed by French, various participants tried and executed Scars on Malagasy society
Algerian War (1954–1962) Location: Algeria French forces killed Algerian rebels, December 1954 Toussaint Rouge Battle of Philippeville Battle of Algiers Battle of Agounennda Operation Jumelles Algiers putsch of 1961 Battle of Bab El Oued	France	FLN	Military stalemate FLN political victory Évian Accords Algerian Independence
Ifni War (1957–1958) Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco	Spain France	Moroccan Army of Liberation	Franco-Spanish victory
Bizerte crisis (1961) Location: Bizerte, Tunisia	France	Tunisia	French victory

Modern period

French wars since 1958

Excluding colonial wars (the last being the Algerian War of 1954–1962), which are listed in the above section.

French intervention in Spain Battle of Trocadero Greek War of Independence Battle of Navarino Morea expedition Belgian Revolution Ten Days' Campaign Siege of Antwerp (1832) Carlist Wars First Carlist War Pastry War Battle of San Juan de Ulúa Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Crimean War Battle of Bomarsund Siege of Petropavlovsk Battle of Alma Battle of Balaclava Battle of Inkerman Battle of Eupatoria Siege of Taganrog Battle of Chernaya River Siege of Taganrog Siege of Sevastopol Battle of Malakoff Battle of Kinburn (1855) Second Opium War Battle of Canton (1856) Battle of Canton (1857) Battle of Taku Forts (1858) Battle of Taku Forts (1859) Battle of Taku Forts (1860) Battle of Zhangjiawan Battle of Palikao Franco-Austrian War Battle of Montebello Battle of Palestro Battle of Magenta Battle of Solferino Battle of Aspromonte Battle of Mentana Franco-Prussian War Battle of Worth Battle of Mars-La-Tour Battle of Gravelotte Siege of Metz Battle of Sedan Battle of Havana (1870) Siege of Paris Siege of Belfort Boxer Rebellion World War I Western Front Battle of the Frontiers Battle of Mulhouse Battle of Lorraine Battle of the Ardennes Battle of Charleroi Battle of Le Cateau First Battle of the Marne Race to the Sea First Battle of the Aisne First Battle of Artois Second Battle of Artois Third Battle of Artois Battle of Verdun Battle of the Somme Battle of Passchendaele Second Battle of the Aisne Third Battle of the Aisne Second Battle of the Marne Battle of Amiens Macedonian front Vardar Offensive Italian Front (World War I) Gallipoli Campaign Battle of the Dardanelles Sinai and Palestine Campaign West African Campaign (World War I) Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I Atlantic theater of World War I Atlantic U-boat Campaign (World War I) Mediterranean theater of World War I North Sea 1914-1918 First Ostend Raid Hungarian–Romanian War Franco-Turkish War Bender Uprising Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War North Russia Campaign Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War Siberian Intervention Ukrainian War of Independence Polish-Soviet War French Military Mission to Poland Occupation of the Rhineland Ruhr invasion

World War II Western Front Saar Offensive Allied campaign in Norway Namsos Campaign Battle of Luxembourg Battle of the Netherlands Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Weygand Plan Battle of Britain Italian Campaign Battle of Monte Cassino Operation Diadem Liberation of Corsica Battle of Elba Liberation of France Operation Neptune Battle of Normandy Liberation of Paris Operation Dragoon Struggle for Toulon and Marseilles Colmar Pocket Invasion of Germany Black Forest Eastern Front (World War II) Normandie-Niemen Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II Battle of Dakar Battle of Gabon Battle of the Mediterranean Gibraltar Malta North African Campaign Battle of Kufra Battle of Bir Hakeim East African Campaign (World War II) Syria–Lebanon Campaign Battle of the Atlantic Pacific War Invasion of French Indochina Indian Ocean in World War II Second French Indochina Campaign Operation Tiderace Strategic bombing during World War II Korean War First and Second Battle of Wonju Battle of the Twin Tunnels Battle of Chipyong-ni Battle of Heartbreak Ridge Suez Crisis Bamileke War 1964 Gabon coup d'etat Shaba I Shaba II Western Sahara War Opération Lamantin Chadian–Libyan conflict Multinational Force in Lebanon 1983 Beirut barracks bombing Gulf War Opération Daguet Operation Restore Hope Djiboutian Civil War Rwandan Genocide Opération Turquoise Bosnian War Battle of Vrbanja Bridge Operation Deliberate Force IFOR SFOR Kosovo War Operation Allied Force KFOR

21st century

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Location: Afghanistan Mission Héraclès French forces in Afghanistan Operation Anaconda Operation Mountain Viper Operation Eagle's Summit Battle of Afghanya Uzbin Valley ambush Battle of Alasay Operation Septentrion Operation Moshtarak	ISAF	Taliban al-Qaeda	Victory 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
First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) Location: Ivory Coast A Forces nouvelles's member caught by the French Foreign Legion in 2004 after a plundering.	Ivory Coast Young Patriots of Abidjan militia Liberian mercenaries Supported by: Russia Bulgaria Belarus France UNOIC	Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire	Victory
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Location: Maghreb, Sahara desert, Sahel Operation Barkhane	Algeria Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali Niger Chad France	al-Qaeda	Ongoing
Haitian coup d'état (2004) Location: Haiti	National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti MINUSTAH United States Chile Canada France	Republic of Haiti	Victory
Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Location: Chad	Chad France NMRD JEM	Rebels Janjaweed Alleged support: Sudan (until 2010)	Victory
War in Somalia (2009–present) Location: Somalia Operation Atalanta Operation Linda Nchi Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt	Somalia United States European Union	Al-Qaeda	Ongoing
Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present) Location: Northeast Nigeria	Nigeria Cameroon Chad Niger Supported 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
Libyan intervention (2011) Location: Libya Part of a group of six, italian built, Palmaria self-propelled howitzers of the Gaddafi forces, destroyed by French Rafale airplanes at the west-southern outskirts of Benghazi, Libya, in Opération Harmattan on March 19, 2011. Opération Harmattan Operation Unified Protector	NATO Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain United Kingdom United States	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Armed Forces Pro-Gaddafi Militia Foreign mercenaries	Victory Overthrow of Gaddafi government Continuation of Libyan Crisis Escalation of interfactional violence Which led to beginning of Second Libyan Civil War Rise of ISIL in Libya
Northern Mali conflict (2012–present) Location: Northern Mali Opération Serval	Government of Mali Military of Mali France ECOWAS	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) Islamic Movement of Azawad	Ongoing
Central African Republic conflict (2012–present) Location: Central African Republic French soldiers as part of Operation Sangaris, authorized in late 2013. Opération Sangaris	Central African Republic MINUSCA (since 2014) MISCA (2013–2014) MICOPAX (2013) France (2013–16) South Africa (2012–13) EUFOR RCA (2014–15)	FPRC UPC MPC	Ongoing
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Location: Iraq 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)	Government of Iraq CJTF–OIR United States France United Kingdom Netherlands Australia Jordan Denmark	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing
Opération Chammal (2014–present) Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya 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.	France	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing French airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq and Syria ISIL ground attacks on French special forces repelled

See also

• List of battles involving France
• Anglo-French War
• Franco-Spanish War
• Military history of France
• ISIL-related terror attacks in France