List of wars involving France

Gauls (Transalpine and Cisalpine)

Franks and the Carolingian Empire

Middle Ages

Ancien Régime

Revolutionary France

Napoleonic France

French colonial empire

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
French conquest of Senegal Location: Senegal	Kingdom of 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 Location: Siam	Prasat Thong dynasty French East India Company	Phetracha and various Siamese lordsSupported by: Establishment of Ban Phlu Luang dynasty Expulsion of French troops in Bangkok
King William's War Location: North America Acadia and New England Theatre *Raid on Dover *Siege of Pemaquid *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 *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 *Capture of York Factory *Battle of Hudson's Bay	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England Massachusetts Bay Colony English America Haudenosaunee	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Ryswick
French and Iroquois Wars 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: Kingdom of France	Haudenosaunee Supported by: Kingdom of England	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 Location: North America	Kingdom of France Spain New Spain Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez	Kingdom of England English America Kingdom of Great Britain British America Muscogee Chickasaw Yamasee	French defeat Treaty of Utrecht Treaty of Portsmouth
Chickasaw Wars Location: Mississippi River	Kingdom of France Choctaw Illini	Kingdom of Great Britain Chickasaw	Chickasaw victory Treaty of Paris
Carnatic Wars Location: Carnatic region, South India Third Carnatic War *Battle of Chandannagar *Battle of Plassey *Battle of Cuddalore *Battle of Negapatam *Battle of Condore *Battle of Pondicherry *Siege of Masulipatam *Siege of Madras *Battle of Wandiwash *Siege of Pondicherry	Kingdom of France French East India Company	Kingdom of Great Britain British East India Company	French defeat
King George's War Location: North America Raid on Canso Siege of Annapolis Royal Siege of Annapolis Royal Siege of Port Toulouse Siege of Louisbourg Action of 15 June 1745 Battle at Port-la-Joye Northeast Coast Campaign Raid on Saratoga Duc d'Anville Expedition Siege of Fort Massachusetts Battle of Grand Pré Siege of Fort at Number 4	Kingdom of FranceWabanaki Confederacy	Kingdom of Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Father Le Loutre's War Location: Acadia and Nova Scotia	Kingdom of France Wabanaki Confederacy Mi'kmaq militia Maliseet militia	Kingdom of Great Britain British America	French defeat
French and Indian War Location: North America St. Lawrence and Mohawk theater *Battle of Lake George *Battle of Fort Bull *Battle of Fort Oswego *Battle on Snowshoes *Battle of Sabbath Day Point *Siege of Fort William Henry *Attack on German Flatts *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 *Battle of Petitcodiac *Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia *Louisbourg Expedition *Battle of Bloody Creek *Siege of Louisbourg *Petitcodiac River Campaign *Ile Saint-Jean Campaign *Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign *St. John River Campaign *Battle of Restigouche *Battle of Signal Hill	Kingdom of France Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaq militia Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Ottawa Shawnee Wyandot	Kingdom of Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Catawba Cherokee	French defeat Treaty of Paris
West Indies Campaign Location: West Indies Battle of Cap-Français Invasion of Martinique Invasion of Guadeloupe Invasion of Dominica Invasion of Martinique	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of Great Britain	French defeat
West African Campaign ) Location: West Africa Capture of Senegal Capture of Gorée	Kingdom of France	Kingdom of Great Britain	French defeat
Larache expedition Location: Larache, Morocco	Kingdom of France	Morocco	French defeat
Haitian Revolution Location: Saint-Domingue 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 Kingdom of Great Britain Ex-slaves	Haitian victory French colonial government expelled Massacre of the French French occupation of Santo Domingo
Siege of Santo Domingo Location: Santo Domingo, Saint-Domingue present day Dominican Republic	France	Haiti	French victory Haitian withdrawal from Santo Domingo.
Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 Location: Waalo, West Africa	France	Trarza	French victory
French conquest of Algeria Location: Regency of Algiers Battle of Macta Siege of Constantine Battle of Mazagran Battle of the Smala Battle of Sidi Brahim	July Monarchy	Regency of Algiers Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kel Ahaggar Sultanate of Morocco	French victory Pacification of Algeria
First Franco-Mexican War Location: Mexico	July Monarchy	Mexico	French victory Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
First Franco-Moroccan War Location: Morocco Bombardment of Tangiers Battle of Isly Bombardment of Mogador	July Monarchy	Morocco Algerian volunteers	French victory
Franco-Tahitian War Location: Tahiti	France	Tahiti Huahine Raiatea Bora Bora and Tahaa	French victory
Bombardment of Tourane Location: Off Tourane, South Central Coast of Vietnam	July Monarchy	Nguyễn dynasty	French victory
Taiping Rebellion Location: China	China Xiang Army Huai Army Later stages: Second French Empire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	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 Persecution of Hakka people and other ethnic groups that supported the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Bombardment of Salé Location: Morocco	Second French Empire	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 Location: Médine, Mali	France	Toucouleur Empire	French victory
Cochinchina Campaign Location: Vietnam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Nguyễn Dynasty	Franco-Spanish victory Cochinchina becomes a French colony
Second Franco-Mexican War 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	France Mexican Empire	Mexico	French Defeat Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire French withdrawal
Shimonoseki Campaign Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan	British Empire French Empire Kingdom of the Netherlands	Chōshū Domain	Allied victory
French campaign against Korea Location: Korea	France	Korea	French defeat French withdrawal, Korea reaffirms its isolationism
French conquest of Tunisia Location: Tunisia	France	Beylik of Tunis	French victory Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
Mandingo Wars Location: West Africa	France	Wassoulou Empire	French victory
First Madagascar expedition Location: Madagascar	France	Merina Kingdom	French victory
Sino-French War 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	ChinaBlack 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 Location: Northern Vietnam	France	Qing dynasty Black Flag Army Nguyễn dynasty	French victory French protectorate over Tonkin and Annam
First Franco-Dahomean War 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 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 Location: French Indochina, Siam	French Republic French Indochina	Siam	French victory Entente Cordiale Laos ceded to French Indochina
Second Madagascar expedition Location: Madagascar	France	Merina Kingdom	French victory
1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar Location: Madagascar	France	Rebels	French victory Rebellion suppressed
Ouaddai War Location: Ouaddai Empire	France	Ouaddai Empire	French victory Annexation of Ouaddai Empire
French conquest of Morocco Location: North Africa	France Morocco	Zaian ConfederationVarying other Berber tribes	French victory
Zaian War Location: French protectorate of Morocco Battle of El Herri	France Morocco	Zaian ConfederationVarying other Berber tribes Supported during the First World War by the Central Powers	French victory
First World War Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America	Allied Powers	Central Powers	Allied victory 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
Volta-Bani War Location: Burkino Faso, Mali	France French West Africa	Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuni, and Bobo people	French victory
Kaocen revolt Location: Northern Niger	France French West Africa	Tuareg guerrillas	French victory
Thái Nguyên uprising Location: Northern Vietnam	France	Vietnamese rebels	French victory Uprising suppressed.
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran	White Movement France	Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists	Allied withdrawal Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army
Franco-Syrian War Location: Syria Alawite Revolt of 1919 Hananu Revolt Battle of Maysalun Capture of Damascus	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 Location: Morocco	Spain French Third Republic Jebala tribes	Republic of the Rif Jebala tribes	Franco-Spanish victory Dissolution of the Republic of the Rif
Great Syrian Revolt Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon 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 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 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
Second World War Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Oceania, North and South America	Allied Powers France Poland	Axis Powers	Allied victory 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
Franco-Thai War Location: French Indochina Battle of Ko Chang	French Indochina	Thailand	Indecisive Japanese-mediated ceasefire On Japanese decision, disputed territories in French Indochina ceded by France to Thailand
War in Vietnam Location: Vietnam	France Japan Allied captured soldiers.	Việt Minh	Operational success Restoration of French rule in Indochina First Indochina War begins
First Indochina War 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 Cambodia State of Vietnam ---- Supported by:	Viet Minh Lao Issara Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front Japanese volunteers ---- Supported by: Poland	French defeat Vietnam is partitioned between North and South Geneva Conference Departure of the French from Indochina State of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia achieve independence
Malagasy Uprising Location: Madagascar		MDRM	French victory Uprising Crushed by French, various participants tried and executed Scars on Malagasy society
Korean War Location: Korea			Ceasefire Ceasefire armistice North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled UN invasion of North Korea repelled Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Demilitarized Zone established Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border
Algerian War Location: Algeria Toussaint Rouge Battle of Philippeville Battle of Algiers Battle of Agounennda Operation Jumelles Algiers putsch of 1961 Battle of Bab El Oued		FLN	Military stalemate FLN political victory Évian Accords Algerian independence
Ifni War Location: Spanish Sahara, Ifni, Morocco	France	Moroccan Army of Liberation	Franco-Spanish victory
Bizerte crisis Location: Bizerte, Tunisia		Tunisia	French victory

Modern period

21st century