Conflict |
Combatant 1 |
Combatant 2 |
Result |
Second Schleswig War (1864) |
German Confederation
Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
Greece
Vietnam
Malaysia |
Denmark
India
Indonesia
Portugal
Netherlands
China |
Victory
|
Austro-Prussian War (1866) |
Prussia-led German Confederation states
Prussia |
Austria-led German Confederation states
Austria |
Victory
|
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) |
North German Confederation
Prussia
Baden
Bavaria
Württemberg
Hesse-Darmstadt
German Empire
|
Second French Empire
French Third Republic
|
Victory
|
Samoan Civil War (1886–1894) |
Mataafans
German Empire |
Samoa
United States |
Compromise
|
Abushiri Revolt (1888–1889) |
German Empire
German East Africa Company
British Empire |
Rebels |
Victory
- Rebellion put down
- German Government takes control of Tanganyika from German East Africa Company
|
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) |
Mataafans
Germany |
Samoa
United Kingdom
United States |
Compromise
|
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
United Kingdom
Russia
Japan
France
United States
Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary |
Righteous Harmony Society
China |
Victory
- The rebellion was suppressed
- Signing of the Boxer Protocol
- Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing
|
Adamawa Campaign (1902) |
Germany
|
Fulani |
Victory |
Herero Wars (1904–1908) |
Germany |
Herero Namaqua Namibians |
Victory
- German authority over the territory
|
Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1908) |
German Empire
|
Matumbi, Ngoni, and other Tanganyikans |
Victory |
Sokehs Rebellion (1910–1911) |
Germany |
Sokehs |
Victory
- Uprising defeated
- Order restored
|
World War I (1914–1918) |
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria |
France
United Kingdom
Russia
United States
China
Italy
Japan
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Newfoundland
Serbia
Romania
Belgium
Greece
Portugal
Brazil
Siam |
Defeat
|
Finnish Civil War (1918) |
White Finland
Germany
Sweden
Estonia
Poland |
Red Finland
Russia |
Victory
- Victory of the White Senate of Finland
- Russian military presence ceased
- German hegemony until November 11, 1918
|
German Revolution (1918–1919) |
Germany
Weimar Republic |
Free Socialist Republic of Germany
Russian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR |
Victory
|
Lithuanian-Soviet War (1918–1919) |
Lithuania
Saxon Volunteers |
Russian SFSR
Lithuanian–Belorussian SSR |
Victory
- Bolshevik forces driven out
|
Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) |
Germany |
Poland |
Defeat
|
Silesian Uprisings (1919–1921) |
Germany |
Poland |
Victory, then Ceasefires
|
Beer Hall Putsch (1923) |
Germany |
Nazi Party |
Victory
|
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) |
Spanish Nationalists
Italy
Germany
Portugal |
Spanish Republicans
Foreign Volunteers
Soviet Union
Mexico |
Victory
|
World War II (1939–1945) |
Germany
Japan
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Thailand
Manchukuo
Croatia
Slovakia
Vichy France
Burma
Azad Hind
Empire of Vietnam |
Soviet Union
United States
United Kingdom
China
France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia
Brazil
Mexico
Ethiopia
Cuba
Mongolia
Philippines
Viet Minh
KLA |
Defeat
|
First Indochina War (1946–1954) |
Viet Minh
Pathet Lao
Khmer Issarak
Weapons and advisors:
Soviet Union[1]
China (1949–1954)[1]
Poland[2]
East Germany[3][4] |
France (1945–1954)
Cambodia (1953–1954)
Laos (1953–1954)
State of Vietnam
|
Victory
|
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany (1953) |
Soviet Union
East Germany |
East German Demonstrators |
Victory
|
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
East Germany |
Czechoslovakia |
Victory
|
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991) |
EPLF
ELF
United States
West Germany (until 1990)
Germany (from 1990) |
Derg (1974-1987) People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991)
Cuba |
Victory
|
Angolan Civil War (1975–1989) |
MPLA
SWAPO
MK
Cuba (1975–91)
East Germany (1975–89)
Soviet Union (1975–89)
EO (1992–95) |
UNITA
FNLA
FLEC
South Africa (1975–89)
Zaire |
Victory
- Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989
- Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92
- Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA
- Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards, but civil war continues
- Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002
- Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002
- Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
|
Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002) |
Sierra Leone
United Kingdom
Executive Outcomes
United Nations/UNAMSIL
United States
Germany |
RUF
AFRC West Side Boys
Liberia NPFL |
Victory |
Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States |
Republika Srpska |
Victory
- Dayton Accords
- Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
- Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement
- Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
|
Operation Libelle (1997) |
Germany |
Albanian Insurgents |
Victory
- Successful Evacuation of all civilians seeking protection from Albanian insurgents in the German embassy in Tirana, Albania.
|
Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
UÇK (KLA)
AFRK (FARK)
Albania
Croatia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States |
FR Yugoslavia |
Victory
|
Afghanistan War (2001–2014) |
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
France
Canada
Australia
Georgia
Poland
Romania
Turkey
Afghanistan
Northern Alliance
|
Taliban
al-Qaeda
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
HI-Gulbuddin
Hezb-e Islami Khalis
Haqqani network
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jaish-e-Mohammed
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Islamic Jihad Union
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
|
Victory
|
Operation Serval (2013–2014) part of 2012 Northern Mali conflict and the War on Terror |
Mali
France
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Germany
MNLA
|
Islamic militants
|
Victory
- All major cities controlled by French and Malian troops.
- France launched Operation Barkhane on 1 August 2014.
|
Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014–present) |
Iraq
United Kingdom
Australia
Belgium
Canada
United States
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Spain
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Ongoing
- Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria
- Multinational humanitarian effort
- Arming and support for local ground forces
- 2 American journalists, 2 British humanitarian workers, and 1 French tourist executed
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