List of wars involving France

According to BBC History: "There have been 53 major wars in Europe, France had been a belligerent in 49 of them; UK 43. In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10. Giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe".

The following is an incomplete list of French wars and battles from the Gauls to modern France.

Gauls (Transalpine and Cisalpine)

Roman-Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia Battle of Arretium Battle of Lake Vadimo Battle of Faesulae Battle of Telamon Battle of Clastidium Battle of Cremona Battle of Mutina Samnite Wars Battle of Sentinum Gallic Wars Battle against the Nervians Battle of Gergovia Siege of Alesia

Franks and the Carolingian Empire

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains Battle of Soissons Battle of Tolbiac Battle of Vouillé Battle of Vézeronce Battle of Wogastisburg Battle of Compiègne Battle of Cologne Battle of Amblève Battle of Vincy Battle of Soissons Battle of Toulouse Battle of Tours Battle of Narbonne Battle of Nîmes Conquest of Lombardy Battle of Pavia Saxon Wars Spanish campaign Battle of Roncevaux Pass Avar campaigns Battle of Fontenay Battle of Brissarthe Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu Siege of Paris Battle of Soissons

Middle Ages

Battle of Pontlevoy Battle of Val-ès-Dunes Norman Conquest of England Battle of Hastings Baussenque Wars Angevin-Capetian Conflict Battle of Bremule Battle of Gisors Battle of Damme Battle of Tournai Battle of Bouvines Battle of Lincoln Crusades First Crusade Siege of Nicaea Battle of Dorylaeum Siege of Antioch Siege of Jerusalem Battle of Ascalon Crusade of 1101 Battle of Tinchebrai Second Crusade Siege of Lisbon Siege of Damascus Siege of Ascalon Ayyubid-Crusader War, 1177–1187 Battle of Montgisard Battle of Jacob's Ford Siege of Kerak Battle of Cresson Battle of Hattin Siege of Jerusalem Third Crusade Siege of Acre Fourth Crusade Siege of Zara Albigensian Crusade Seventh Crusade Eighth Crusade First Barons' War Saintonge War Battle of Taillebourg Siege of Saintes Conquest of Sicily by Charles of Anjou Battle of Benevento Battle of Tagliacozzo War of the Sicilian Vespers Battle of Malta Aragonese Crusade Battle of Les Formigues Battle of the Col de Panissars French invasions of Flanders Battle of Furnes Battle of the Golden Spurs Battle of Arques (1303) Battle of Zierikzee Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle Battle of Cassel Battle of Roosebeke Battle of Dunkirk (1385) Battle of Guinegate (1479) War of Saint-Sardos Hundred Years' War Battle of Sluys Breton War of Succession Battle of Morlaix Battle of St Pol de Leon Battle of La Roche-Derrien Combat of the Thirty Battle of Mauron Battle of Auray Battle of Auberoche Battle of Caen Battle of Blanchetaque Battle of Crécy Siege of Calais Battle of Lunalonge Battle of Ardres Battle of Poitiers Battle of Cocherel Peasant Jacquerie Battle of Mello Castilian Civil War Battle of Nájera (Navarette) Battle of Montiel Battle of La Rochelle Battle of Chiset Battle of Roosebeke Battle of Agincourt Siege of Rouen Battle of Baugé Siege of Meaux Battle of Cravant Battle of Verneuil Siege of Orléans Battle of the Herrings Battle of Jargeau Battle of Meung-sur-Loire Battle of Beaugency Battle of Patay Siege of Compiègne Battle of Gerbevoy Battle of Formigny Battle of Castillon Ottoman wars in Europe Battle of Nicopolis Old Zürich War Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs Mad War

Ancien Régime

Italian Wars First Italian War Battle of Seminara Battle of Fornovo Second Italian War Battle of Cerignola Battle of Garigliano War of the League of Cambrai Battle of Agnadello Battle of Ravenna Battle of Novara Battle of Guinegate Battle of Marignano Italian War of 1521 Battle of Pampeluna Siege of Mézières Siege of Tournai Battle of Bicocca Siege of Genoa Battle of the Sesia Siege of Marseille Battle of Pavia War of the League of Cognac Italian War of 1535 Italian War of 1542 Battle of Ceresole Battle of the Solent Italian War of 1551–1559 Battle of Marciano Battle of Renty Battle of St. Quentin Battle of Gravelines French Religious Wars Battle of Dreux Battle of Saint Denis Battle of Jarnac Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille Battle of Moncontour Siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573) Siege of Sancerre Battle of Coutras Battle of Vimory Battle of Arques Battle of Ivry Battle of Fontaine-Française Siege of La Rochelle Thirty Years' War Battle of Honnecourt Battle of Rocroi Battle of Freiburg Battle of Nördlingen Battle of Zusmarshausen Battle of Lens Fronde Battle of Bléneau Franco-Spanish War Battle of Arras Battle of the Dunes War of Devolution Siege of Lille Franco-Dutch War Battle of Solebay Battle of Schooneveld Siege of Maastricht Battle of Seneffe Battle of Texel Battle of Turckheim Battle of Stromboli Battle of Agosta Battle of Palermo Battle of Cassel Battle of Saint-Denis War of the Reunions Nine Years War Battle of Bantry Bay Battle of Walcourt Battle of Fleurus Battle of Beachy Head Battle of Staffarda Siege of Cuneo Battle of Leuze Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue Battle of Aughrim Battle of Steenkerque Battle of Lagos Battle of Landen Battle of Hudson's Bay Battle of Marsaglia Battle of Torroella War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Carpi Battle of Chieri Battle of Cremona Battle of Luzzara Battle of Malaga Battle of Friedlingen Battle of Vigo Bay Battle of Ekeren Battle of Hochstadt Battle of Schellenberg Battle of Blenheim Battle of Vélez-Málaga Battle of Elixheim Battle of Cassano Battle of Calcinato Battle of Ramillies Battle of Turin Battle of Almansa Battle of Toulon Battle of Oudenarde Siege of Lille Battle of Malplaquet Battle of Almenar Battle of Brihuega Battle of Villaviciosa Siege of Bouchain Battle of Denain Siege of Barcelona War of the Quadruple Alliance War of the Polish Succession Siege of Kehl Siege of Pizzighettone Siege of Danzig Siege of Philippsburg Battle of San Pietro Siege of Gaeta Battle of Guastalla Battle of Clausen War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Dettingen Battle of Toulon Battle of Villafranca Battle of Casteldelfino Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo Battle of Fontenoy Battle of Bassignano Battle of Piacenza Battle of Rottofreddo Battle of Rocoux Battle of Lauffeld Seven Years' War Battle of Minorca Battle of Hastenbeck Battle of Rossbach Battle of Krefeld Battle of Saint Cast Battle of Bergen Battle of Minden Battle of Corbach Battle of Emsdorf Battle of Warburg Battle of Kloster Kampen Battle of Villinghausen Battle of Wilhelmsthal First Battle of Lutterberg Second Battle of Lutterberg American Revolutionary War European Naval Campaign 1778–1782 First Battle of Ushant Second Battle of Ushant Battle of Cape Spartel West Indies Campaign 1778–1779 Battle of St. Lucia Battle of Grenada Battle of Martinique Battle of Fort Royal Battle of St. Kitts Battle of the Saintes East Indies Campaign 1778–1783 Battle of Porto Praya Battle of Sadras Battle of Providien Battle of Negapatam Battle of Trincomalee Battle of Cuddalore North American Campaign 1780–1781 Battle of the Chesapeake Siege of Yorktown

Revolutionary France

French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition Campaigns of 1792 Battle of Valmy Battle of Jemappes Campaigns of 1793 Battle of Neerwinden Battle of Hondshoote Siege of Toulon Campaigns of 1794 Battle of Boulou Battle of Tourcoing Battle of Fleurus Battle of Platzberg Battle of Aldenhoven Battle of San-Lorenzo de la Muga Campaigns of 1795 Campaigns of 1796 Battle of Mondovì Battle of Lodi Battle of Amberg Battle of Arcole Campaigns of 1797 Battle of Rivoli Battle of Neuwied Battle of Diersheim War of the Second Coalition Campaigns of 1798 Battle of the Pyramids Battle of the Nile Campaigns of 1799 Siege of Jaffa Battle of Cassano Siege of Acre Battle of Mount Tabor First Battle of Zürich Battle of Trebia Battle of Abukir Battle of Novi Second Battle of Zürich Battle of Bergen Campaigns of 1800 Siege of Genoa Battle of Engen Battle of Möerskirch Battle of Marengo Battle of Hohenlinden Campaigns of 1801 Revolt in the Vendée Quasi-War

Napoleonic France

War of the Oranges Napoleonic Wars French Invasion of England War of the Third Coalition Battle of Wertingen Battle of Haslach-Jungingen Battle of Elchingen Battle of Trafalgar Ulm Maneuver Battle of Caldiero Battle of Cape Ortegal Battle of Austerlitz War of the Fourth Coalition Battle of Maida Battle of Jena Battle of Auerstadt Battle of Pultusk Battle of Eylau Battle of Heilsberg Battle of Friedland War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Sacile Battle of Teugen-Hausen Battle of Abensberg Battle of Eckmühl Battle of Aspern-Essling Battle of Wagram Peninsular War Battle of El Bruc First Siege of Saragossa Battle of Medina del Rio Seco Battle of Bailén Battle of Roliça Battle of Vimeiro Battle of Pancorbo Battle of Valmaseda Battle of Burgos Battle of Espinosa Battle of Tudela Battle of Somosierra Second Siege of Saragossa Battle of Corunna Battle of Villafranca del Bierzo Battle of Ciudad-Real Battle of Medellin First Battle of Porto Siege of Gerona Second Battle of Porto Battle of Alcañiz Battle of María Battle of Talavera Battle of Almonacid Battle of Tamamés Battle of Ocana Battle of Fuengirola Battle of Barrosa Battle of Fuentes de Onoro Battle of Albuera Battle of Badajoz Battle of Salamanca Battle of Vitoria Battle of Sorauren Battle of Orthez French invasion of Russia Battle of Ostrowo Battle of Klyastitsy Battle of Smolensk First battle of Polotsk Battle of Valutino Battle of Borodino Battle of Tarutino Battle of Maloyaroslavets Second Battle of Polotsk Battle of Czasniki Battle of Vyazma Battle of Smoliani Battle of Krasnoi Battle of Berezina War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Lützen Battle of Bautzen Siege of Hamburg Battle of Großbeeren Battle of Katzbach Battle of Dresden Battle of Kulm Battle of Dennewitz Battle of Leipzig Battle of Hanau Battle of La Rothiere Battle of the Mincio River Six Days Campaign Battle of Champaubert Battle of Montmirail Battle of Château-Thierry Battle of Vauchamps Battle of Montereau Battle of Craonne Battle of Laon Battle of Reims Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise Battle of Paris Battle of Toulouse War of the Seventh Coalition Battle of Tolentino Battle of Quatre Bras Battle of Ligny Battle of Waterloo Battle of Wavre

French Colonial Empire

French and Iroquois Wars Battle of Ackia French and Indian Wars King William's War Battle of Quebec Queen Anne's War French and Indian War Battle of Jumonville Glen Battle of the Great Meadows Battle of Fort Beauséjour Battle of the Monongahela Battle of Lake George Battle of Fort Bull Battle of Fort Oswego Battle of Fort William Henry Battle of Carillon Battle of Fort Frontenac Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Fort Ligonier Battle of Ticonderoga Battle of Fort Niagara Battle of Beauport Battle of the Plains of Abraham Battle of Sainte-Foy Battle of Restigouche Battle of the Thousand Islands Battle of Signal Hill Anglo-French conflict in India Battle of Plassey Battle of Wandiwash Haitian Revolution Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Battle of Vertières Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 French rule in Algeria Battle of Isly Battle of Smala Siege of Medina Fort French intervention in Mexico Battle of Puebla Battle of Camarón Franco-Japanese relations Bombardment of Shimonoseki Mandingo Wars Sino-French War Battle of Foochow Kep Campaign Battle of Shipu Battle of Zhenhai Lang Son Campaign Siege of Tuyen Quang Battle of Hoa Moc Battle of Phu Lam Tao Battle of Bang Bo Retreat from Lang Son Pescadores Campaign Franco-Dahomean Wars First Franco-Dahomean War Second Franco-Dahomean War Battle of Abomey Franco-Siamese War of 1893 Wadai War French Mandate of Syria Battle of Maysalun Rif War Zaian War Battle of El Herri French-Thai War Battle of Koh Chang First Indochina War Operation Lea Battle of Vinh Yen Battle of Mao Khe Battle of Hoa Binh Operation Lorraine Battle of Dien Bien Phu Battle of Mang Yang Pass Malagasy Uprising Ifni War Bizerte crisis Algerian War Battle of Algiers Algiers putsch of 1961

Modern period

Excluding colonial wars (the last being the Algerian War of 1954-1962), which are listed in the above section.

French intervention in Spain Battle of Trocadero Greek War of Independence Battle of Navarino Morea expedition Carlist Wars First Carlist War Pastry War Battle of San Juan de Ulúa Crimean War Battle of Alma Battle of Balaclava Battle of Inkerman Battle of Chernaya River Siege of Taganrog Siege of Sevastopol Battle of Malakoff Second Opium War Franco-Austrian War Battle of Montebello Battle of Palestro Battle of Magenta Battle of Solferino Battle of Aspromonte Franco-Prussian War Battle of Worth Battle of Mars-La-Tour Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Siege of Metz Siege of Paris Boxer Rebellion World War I Western Front Battle of the Frontiers Battle of Mulhouse Battle of Lorraine Battle of the Ardennes Battle of Charleroi Battle of Le Cateau First Battle of the Marne Race to the Sea First Battle of the Aisne First Battle of Artois Second Battle of Artois Third Battle of Artois Battle of Verdun Battle of the Somme Battle of Passchendaele Second Battle of the Aisne Third Battle of the Aisne Second Battle of the Marne Battle of Amiens Southern theatre Battle of Gallipoli Battle of the Dardanelles Vardar Offensive Franco-Turkish War Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War North Russia Campaign Polish-Soviet War French Military Mission to Poland Ruhr invasion World War II Western Front Saar Offensive Allied campaign in Norway Namsos Campaign Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Weygand Plan Italian Campaign Battle of Monte Cassino Operation Diadem Liberation of Corsica Battle of Elba Liberation of France Operation Neptune Battle of Normandy Liberation of Paris Operation Dragoon Struggle for Toulon and Marseilles Colmar Pocket Invasion of Germany Black Forest Battle of Dakar Battle of Kufra Battle of Bir Hakeim Korean War Battle of the Twin Tunnels Suez Crisis Shaba I Shaba II Multinational Force in Lebanon 1983 Beirut barracks bombing Gulf War Opération Daguet Rwandan Genocide Opération Turquoise Bosnian War Operation Deliberate Force IFOR SFOR Kosovo War Operation Allied Force KFOR War in Afghanistan Mission Héraclès ISAF French forces in Afghanistan Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire Haitian rebellion Opération Baliste War in Chad 2011 military intervention in Libya Opération Harmattan Operation Unified Protector

See also

• List of battles involving France
• List of wars involving England and France
• Military history of France