List of wars involving Germany

This is a list of wars involving Germany since unification in 1871.

• German Empire (1871–1918)
• Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
• German Reich (1933–1945)
• Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949)
• Federal Republic of Germany (1949–1990)
• German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
• Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)

List

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)	North German Confederation  Prussia Baden  Bavaria Württemberg Hesse-Darmstadt German Empire	Second French Empire French Third Republic	Victory Treaty of Frankfurt Formation of the German Empire Fall of the Second French Empire Formation of the French Third Republic German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
Samoan Civil War (1886–1894)	Mataafans  German Empire	Samoa  United States	Compromise Malietoa Laupepa restored to power
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 Allies and Rebels compromise for peace Tripartite Convention United States acquires American Samoa United Kingdom withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands Germany acquires German Samoa Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa
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 German Kamerun	Fulani	Victory
Herero Wars (1904–1908)	Germany	Herero Namaqua Namibians	Victory German authority over the territory
Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1908)	German Empire German East Africa	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 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
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 Establishment of the Weimar Republic
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 Treaty of Versailles gives Great Poland to Poland
Silesian Uprisings (1919–1921)	Germany	Poland	Victory, then Ceasefires League of Nations gives the greater part of the Upper Silesian industrial district to Poland
Beer Hall Putsch (1923)	Germany	Nazi Party	Victory Putsch failure Arrest of Adolf Hitler and other NSDAP leadership
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)	Spanish Nationalists Italy Germany Portugal	Spanish Republicans Foreign Volunteers  Soviet Union  Mexico	Victory End of the Second Spanish Republic Beginning of Franco's rule
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 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
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)  French Indochina (1945–1954) Cambodia (1953–1954)  Laos (1953–1954) State of Vietnam	Victory 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 gain official independence.
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany (1953)	Soviet Union  East Germany	East German Demonstrators	Victory Uprising suppressed
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)	Soviet Union Bulgaria Hungary Poland East Germany	Czechoslovakia	Victory Moscow Protocol Soviet military presence until 1991 Withdrawal of Albania from the Warsaw Pact in September
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 Independence of Eritrea. Ethiopia becomes a landlocked country.
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 Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency
Afghanistan War (2001–2014)	United States  United Kingdom  Germany  Italy  France  Canada  Australia  Georgia  Poland  Romania  Turkey  Afghanistan Northern Alliance ISAF  Albania  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  El Salvador  Estonia  Finland  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Jordan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malaysia  Mongolia  Montenegro  Netherlands  New Zealand  Norway  Portugal  Republic of Macedonia  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Tonga  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates	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 Invasion of Afghanistan Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished Occupation of Afghanistan Establishment of a new Afghan Government and Security Force Taliban insurgency Killing of Osama bin Laden
Operation Serval (2013–2014) part of2012 Northern Mali conflict and the War on Terror	Mali  France  Nigeria  Sierra Leone  Germany MNLA	Islamic militants MOJWA AQIM Ansar Dine	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)	United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  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

References

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2. http://www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=36539&st=15 (in Polish)
3. http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2013/9311/pdf/DaoDucThuan_2013_02_05.pdf
4. http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-5159.html