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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. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France .
The Nine Years' War [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa.
Although Britain remained at war with France, this effectively ended the First Coalition. Austria later signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, ceding the Austrian Netherlands to France and recognizing the French border at the Rhine. Austria and France also partitioned the Republic of Venice between them.
Poilus posing with their war-torn flag in 1917, during World War I (1914–1918).. This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history.. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as ...
France did not participate when war resumed in 1614 Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628) Location: Algiers Kingdom of France: Regency of Algiers: Defeat Valtellina War (1620–26) Location: Valtellina France The Three Leagues Venice Savoy Papal States Holy Roman Empire Spain: Treaty of Monzon, France prevents complete Habsburg control of Valtellina
A variety of factors—ranging from smaller industrial base to low population growth and obsolete military doctrines—crippled the French effort at the outset of World War II. The Germans won the Battle of France in 1940 despite the French often having better planes and tanks than their opponents whereas they were lacking modern weaponry for ...
Anglo-French War (1123–1135) – conflict that amalgamated into The Anarchy; Anglo-French War (1158–1189) – first conflict between the Capetian dynasty and the House of Plantagenet; Anglo-French War (1193–1199) – conflict between King Richard the Lionheart and King Philip Augustus; Anglo-French War (1202–1204) – French invasion of ...
The Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits (Irish: Bel-atha-na-mBriosgadh [1]) took place in Fermanagh, Ireland on 7 August 1594, during the Nine Years' War.A column of almost 650 English troops led by Sir Henry Duke was ambushed and defeated by a Gaelic Irish force under Hugh Maguire and Cormac MacBaron O'Neill at the Arney River.