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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.
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 ...
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.
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
France in the American Revolutionary War; France in the Seven Years' War; Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628) First Franco-Dahomean War; Second Franco-Dahomean War; Franco-Dutch War; Franco-Flemish War; Franco-German war of 978–980; Franco-Hova Wars; Franco-Moroccan War; Franco-Prussian War; Franco-Savoyard War (1600–1601) 1893 Franco-Siamese ...
France has encouraged military cooperation at an EU level, starting with the formation of the Franco-German Brigade in 1987 and Eurocorps in 1992, based in Strasbourg. In 2009 a battalion of German light infantry was moved to Alsace, the first time German troops had been stationed in France since the Nazi occupation of World War II.
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