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This is a list of wars involving Germany through a succession of ages:

Germanic peoples

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Germanic–Roman wars Germanic peoples Rome Germanic victory
  • Rome expanded territory to north but not completely subdue Germanic peoples, Rome formed border between it and Germanic land
  • Germanic invasion of Rome, and fall of Western Roman Empire in 476
  • Establish of various Germanic kingdoms, including Francia of Franks

Francia and East Francia (481-962)

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Conflict Allies Enemies Result Ruling King/Mayor of the Palace
Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum
(c. 445 – c. 450[1])
Salian Franks Roman Empire Salian Frankish victory Clovis I
Battle of Vicus Helena
(c.448)
Salian Franks Roman Empire Roman victory
Campaigns of Clovis I
(486–508)
Francia
Kingdom of Soissons Frankish victory
Alamannia (Tolbiac)
Kingdom of the Burgundians
Visigothic Kingdom
Ostrogothic Kingdom Frankish defeat
Thuringians (?) Frankish victory?
Franco-Visigothic Wars
(492–508)
Francia Visigothic Kingdom Frankish victory
Frankish-Burgundian War
(523–533)
Francia Kingdom of the Burgundians Frankish victory
Battle of the Unstrut River (531)
(531)
Francia Thuringii Frankish victory
Gothic War
(535–554)
Ostrogoths,
Franks,
Alamanni,
Burgundians
East Roman Empire,
Huns,
Heruli,
Sclaveni,
Lombards
Short-term East Roman conquest of Italy, long-term devastation of Italy
Conquest of the Alemanni
(536)
Francia Alemanni Frankish victory
Conquest of Bavaria
(555)
Francia Baiuvarii Frankish victory
FredegundBrunhilda wars, or Merovingian throne struggle
(568–613)
Neustria (Fredegund) Austrasia (Brunhilda) Victory for Fredegund's son, Chlothar II of Neustria
Frisian–Frankish wars
(7th century–793)
Francia Frisian Kingdom Frankish victory
Neustrian war of succession
(673)
Neustria (Ebroin) Neustrian rebel noblemen
Austrasia (Childeric II)
Victory for Childeric II of Austrasia
Frankish war of succession
(675–679)
Neustria (Ebroin) Austrasia (Pepin II & Martin) Victory for Ebroin of Neustria
Neustrian invasion of Austrasia
(686–687)
Neustria (Berchar) Austrasia (Pepin II) Victory for Pepin II of Austrasia
Frankish Civil War (fr, nl)
(715–719)
Carolingian faction (Austrasian)
Charles Martel
Chlothar IV (717–718)

Pippinid faction (Austrasian)
Theudoald (715–717)
Plectrude (715–717)

Neustrian faction
Ragenfrid
Dagobert III (†715)
Chilperic II
Redbad of Frisia (716–718)
Odo of Aquitaine (independent until 718)
Carolingian victory (Charles Martel)
  • Neustrians defeat Pippinids (715)
  • Charles subjects Pippinids, enthrones Chlothar (717)
  • Carolingians defeat Neustrians (718)
  • Chlothar dies, Charles recognises Chilperic as king, but gains de facto power as palace mayor, establishing the Carolingian dynasty (718)
Umayyad invasion of Gaul
(719–759)
Francia

Kingdom of the Lombards

Umayyad Caliphate

Andalusi commanders (as of 750)

Frankish victory
Siege of Laon

(741)

Carloman
Pepin the Short
Grifo Carloman/Pepin victory
  • Grifo imprisoned and excluded from inheritance
War against the Lombards
(755–758)
Francia Lombards Donation of Pepin
War of Aquitaine
(761–768)
Francia Aquitani Frankish victory Charlemagne
Saxon Wars
(772–804)
Francia Saxons Frankish victory Charlemagne
War against the Lombards
(773–774)
Francia Lombards Frankish victory
  • Annexation of the Lombard Kingdom
Charlemagne
War against the Avars and Slavs
(791–805)
Francia under Carolingian rule
(800)
Avars & Slavs Frankish victory Charlemagne
Carolingian Civil Wars in Francia

(830–843)

Louis the German

in varying alliances with his brothers:

Louis the Pious and his sons in varying alliances The Francia under Carolingian rule was divided in three parts in the Treaty of Verdun.
Stellinga uprising (841-843)
Hungarian invasions of East Francia
(862-955)
Conrad I War over Lotharingia (912-913)
Conrad I War with Swabia (914-917)
Conrad I War with Saxonia (915)
Conrad I War with Bavaria (916-918)
First Italian Expedition of Otto I

(951–952)

East Francia Kingdom of Italy East Frankish victory

Berengar II recognized the suzerainty of Otto I.

Otto I
Second Italian Expedition of Otto I

(961–962)

East Francia Kingdom of Italy East Frankish victory

Berengar II is deposed. Otto I is crowned King of Italy and later Roman Emperor, in retrospect forming the Holy Roman Empire.

Otto I

Holy Roman Empire (962–1648)

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10th century

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Conflict Allies Enemies Result Ruling King/Emperor
Otto I's raid on Poland (963) Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Poland German Victory Otto I
War of the Three Henries (976–978) Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bavaria Bavarian defeat
  • Birth of Austria, Leopold I becomes Margrave of Austria
Otto II
Franco-German War of 978-980 Holy Roman Empire West Francia Status quo ante bellum
Polish-Saxon Invasion of Veleti (985) Duchy of Poland
Holy Roman Empire
Veleti Polish and Saxon Victory Otto III
Polish-Bohemian War (990) Duchy of Bohemia German and Polish Victory
Polish-German invasion of Veleti (992) Veleti German and Polish Victory
Polish-German invasion of Obotrites (995) Obotrites German and Polish Victory

11th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
German-Polish War (1002-1018) Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Poland Peace of Bautzen Henry II
The Intervention of Boleslaw the Brave, Duke of Poland in the Kievan succession crisis (1015-1019) Duchy of Poland

Kingdom of Hungary
Holy Roman Empire
Pechenegs

Kievan Rus' Temporary victory for Sviatopolk and Boleslaw, Polish sack of Kiev
Polish-German War (1028-1031) Holy Roman Empire
Bezprym
Duchy of Bohemia
Kievan Rus'
Mieszko II Lambert
Kingdom of Hungary
Victory for Bezprym Conrad II
Emperor Conrad II's military campaign against Hungary
(1030-1031)
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary German defeat
  • The Hungarians occupied Vienna.
Henry III's invasion of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Victory
German-Hungarian Wars (1042-1043) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary German Victory Henry III
Henry III's military campaign against Hungary (1044) Holy Roman Empire
Peter Orseolo and his allies
The army of King Samuel Aba German Victory
  • Defeat of Samuel Aba, restoration of Peter
War between King Peter and Prince Andrew
(1046)
King Peter's army
Holy Roman Empire
Prince Andrew's army
Kievan Rus'
Hungarian Victory
Emperor Henry III's military campaigns against Hungary (1051-1052) Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Bohemia
Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
German-Hungarian border War (1056-1058) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Stalemate, treaty of Marchfeld Henry IV
Civil War between King Andrew I and his brother, Prince Bela (1060) King Andrew I's army

Holy Roman Empire

Prince Béla's army

Kingdom of Poland

Prince Béla's Victory
German invasion of Hungary (1063) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary German Victory
Saxon Rebellion Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Saxony Imperial Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Battle of Mailberg Duchy of Bohemia Margraviate of Austria Bohemian Victory

12th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
Polish-German War (1109) Holy Roman Empire

Duchy of Bohemia

Kingdom of Poland German defeat Henry V
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines
  • 1125-1186
  • 1216-1392
Ghibellines

Holy Roman Empire

Guelphs

Holy See (Papacy)

1st phase:Peace of Constance (1186)

2nd phase:Stalemate (1392)

Frederick I

Barbarossa

Frederick II

Henry VII

Louis IV

Battle of the Fischa Duchy of Bavaria Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
Polish-German War (1146) Holy Roman Empire

Duchy of Bohemia

Mieszko III the Old Mieszko III the Old's victory/German defeat Conrad III of Germany
Wendish Crusade (1147) Holy Roman Empire Obotrite Confederacy

Liutizian Confederacy

Wendish allies:

Duchy of Pomerania

March of Brandenburg reconquers Havelberg, County of Holstein expels its Wends Conrad III of Germany
Second Crusade

(1147-1150)

 Holy Roman Empire

Other Crusaders

Emirate of Damascus

other Muslim and Pagan entities in East Central Europe, Iberia and the Near East.

Victories in East Central Europe and Iberia. Defeat in the Holy Land. Conrad III of Germany
Polish-German War (1157) Holy Roman Empire Bolesław IV the Curly Peace of Krzyszkowo Frederick I Barbarossa
Third Crusade

(1189-1192)

 Holy Roman Empire

Other Crusaders

Ayyubids Small Gains for the Crusaders. Jerusalem stays under Ayyubid control. Frederick I Barbarossa
Crusade of 1197
(April 1197 - July 1198)
Holy Roman Empire Ayyubids Victory
Fourth Crusade
(1202-1204)
Holy Roman Empire

Republic of Venice

Byzantine Empire

Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Croatia

Ayyubids

Partition of the Byzantine Empire
  • The establishment of the Latin Empire and other crusader states by the Crusaders
  • Formation of Byzantine Greek rump states
Otto IV

13th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
Albigensian Crusade
(July 1209 - April 12, 1229)
* Crusade

County of Aurenja

* Cathars Victory
Fifth Crusade

(1217-1221)

Holy Roman Empire

other Crusaders

Ayyubids Eight-Year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders Frederick II
Prussian Crusade
(1217 - 1284)
Victory
Sixth Crusade

(1227-1229)

 Holy Roman Empire

including in Personal Union:

Ayyubids Kingdom of Jerusalem regains Jerusalem through peaceful negotiations. Frederick II
Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire (1241 - 1242) Holy Roman Empire Golden Horde Victory
Austrian-Hungarian War (1246–1254)
(15 June 1246 - 1 May 1254)
Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
War of Styria
(July 1260 - 31 March 1261)
Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Victory
  • Peace of Vienna
Habsburg–Přemyslid War
(1275 - 26 August 1278)
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary (including Cumans and Szeklers)
& mercenaries: Swabians, Styrians, Bavarians etc.
Kingdom of Bohemia
& mercenaries: Brandenburgians, Meissens, Silesians, Poles etc.
Victory
War of the Limburg Succession
(1283-1289)
Electorate of Cologne

County of Guelders

County of Luxembourg

Lordship of Ligny

County of Nassau

Duchy of Brabant

County of Berg

County of Mark

County of Loon

County of Jülich

County of Tecklenburg

County of Waldeck

Victory for the Duke of Brabant and his allies Interregnum
Lithuanian Crusade
(1283–1422)
Battle of Göllheim
(2 July 1298)
Kingdom of Bohemia County of Nassau
Electoral Palatinate
Victory

14th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
Battle of Lucka
(31 May 1307)
Holy Roman Empire Margraviate of Meissen Defeat
Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk)
(13 November 1308)
Battle of Gammelsdorf
(9 November 1313)
Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria Defeat
Battle of Morgarten
(15 November 1315)
 Old Swiss Confederacy Defeat
Battle of Mühldorf
(28 September 1322)
Bishop of Passau
Archbishopric of Salzburg
Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria
Kingdom of Bohemia
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
Defeat
Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332)
(1326–1332)
First Hanse War
(1361 – 1367)
Bavarian invasion of Tyrol (1363-1369) [de]
(9 July 1363 - 9 July 1369)
Archbishopric of Salzburg Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria

Commune of Milan

Victory
Second Hanse War
(1368 – 1370)
First War of the Guelderian Succession
(1371-1379)
Duchy of Jülich

Brockhorst faction

Blois

Heeckeren faction

Victory of William of Jülich Charles IV
Battle of Sempach
(9 July 1386)
 Old Swiss Confederacy Defeat
War of the Cities (1387–1389)
(1387–1389)
Battle of Näfels
(9 April 1388)
 Old Swiss Confederacy Defeat

15th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
(6 August 1409 – 1 February 1411)
Hussite Wars
(1419-1434)
Catholic Church, Crusades and Loyalists:

Holy Roman Empire

Bohemian Wars:

Hussite Movement

Eventual defeat for Radical Hussites, Victory for Moderate Hussites Sigismund
Bavarian War (1420–1422)
(1420 – 1422)
Ochsenkrieg 1421–1422
(1421–1422)
Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435)
(1426 – 1435)
Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435)
(1431–1435)
Old Zürich War
(2 November 1440 - 12 June 1446)
Imperial City of Zurich
France
 Old Swiss Confederacy
Vogteien of Appenzell
Victory
  • Peace of Einsiedeln
First Margrave War
(1449–1450)
Brandenburg-Ansbach Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Restoration of the status quo ante Frederick III
Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)
(4 February 1454 – 19 October 1466)
Inner Austrian War
(1458 - 1465)
Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
Kingdom of Bohemia
Victory
Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62)
(4 March 1459 - April 1462)
Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
Baumkircher feud [de]
(1 February 1469 - October 1469)
Supporters of Andreas Baumkircher [de] Victory
Bavarian War (1459–1463)
(1459–1463)
War of the Priests (Poland)
(1467–1479)
Böcklerkrieg
(1468 - 1469)
Burgundian Wars
(1474 - 5 January 1477)
Duchy of Lorraine
 Swiss Confederates
Duchy of Burgundy
 Duchy of Savoy
Victory
Hans Böhm peasant revolt
(1476)
War of the Burgundian Succession
(19 August 1477 - 23 December 1482)
Burgundian Netherlands Kingdom of France Austrian military victory
French diplomatic victory
Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88)
(1477 - 1488)
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
Carinthian Peasant Revolt
(2 February 1478 - 1478)
Carinthian Peasants' League Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Flemish revolt of 1483–1485
(5 June 1483 - June 1485)
Flemish rebels Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Mad War
(June 1486 - 22 July 1489)
Rebellious Nobles

Supported by:

Kingdom of France Defeat
Battle of Calliano (1487)
(1487 - 1487)
 Republic of Venice Victory
Flemish revolt of 1487–1492
(November 1487 - 1492)
Victory
Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91)
(1490 - 7 November 1491)
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Victory
Bread and Cheese Revolt
(1491 - 1492)
Bread and Cheese Folk Victory
Löwlerbund
(9 December 1491 - 7 August 1493)
Bundschuh movement revolt
(1493 - 1517)
Italian War of 1494-1498 League of Venice:

 Holy Roman Empire

 Papal States

Republic of Venice

Kingdoms of Spain

Duchy of Milan

Republic of Florence

England (1496–98)

Margraviate of Mantua

Republic of Genoa

 Kingdom of France

Swiss Mercenaries

Duchy of Milan

(before 1495)

Victory for the League of Venice Maximilian I
Swabian War
(1499)
 Holy Roman Empire

Swabian League

 Old Swiss Confederacy

Three Leagues of the Grisons

Swiss Victory

Peace of Basel Swiss Confederacy exempt from the resolutions of the Imperial Diet of Worms

(1495)

Maximilian I

16th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
Guelders Wars
(1502-1543)
Habsburg Netherlands Duchy of Guelders Burgundian Victory Maximilian I

Charles V

Landshuter Erbfolgekrieg
(1504 - 1505)
Dano-Hanseatic War (1509–1512)
(1509 – 1512)
Poor Conrad revolt
(1514)
Slovene peasant revolt of 1515
(1515)
Frisian peasant rebellion
(1515–1523)
Polish–Teutonic War (1519–1521)
(1519–1521)
Italian War of 1521-1526 Holy Roman Empire
Spain
England

Papal States(1521-1523 and 1525-1526)

France

Swiss mercenaries Republic of Venice Papal States (1524-1525) Marquisate of Saluzzo

Habsburg Victory

Capture of Francis I of France at the Battle of Pavia

Charles V
Swedish War of Liberation
(1521–1523)
German Peasants' War
(1524-1525)
Peasants' army Swabian League Suppression of revolt and execution of its participants, as well as major implications for the Anabaptists Charles V
War of the League of Cognac
(1526-1530)
Holy Roman Empire

Spain Duchy of Ferrara Republic of Genoa(1528-1530) Duchy of Mantua(1528-1530)

Kingdom of France

Swiss mercenaries Papal States Swiss Guards Republic of Venice Republic of Florence Kingdom of England Republic of Genoa (1526-1528) Kingdom of Navarre Duchy of Milan

Treaty of Cambrai

Habsburg Victory

Charles V
Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526–1568)
Conquest of Tunis (1535)
Italian War of 1536-1538 Holy Roman Empire

Spain

Kingdom of France

Ottoman Empire

Truce of Nice Charles V
Count's Feud
(May 1534 – 29 July 1536)
Algiers expedition (1541)
Italian War of 1542-1546 Holy Roman Empire

Spain

England

France

Ottoman Empire

Regency of Algiers

Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Inconclusive

Treaty of Crépy

Treaty of Ardres

Charles V
Schmalkaldic War
(1546-1547)
Empire of Charles V:

Holy Roman Empire

Habsburg Spain

Habsburg Hungary

Supported by:Papal States

Schmalkadic League:

Electorate of Saxony

Hesse

Electorate Palatinate

Bremen

Lübeck

Brunswick-Lüneburg

Württemberg

Pomerania-Wolgast

Anhalt-Köthen

Bradenburg-Küstrin

Imperial-Spanish Victory

Capitulation of Wittenberg

Schmalkadic League dissolved,

Saxon electoral dignity passed to the Albertine House of Wettin

Charles V
Second Margrave War
(1552–1555)
Margraviate of Bradenburg-Kulmbach Free Imperial City of Nuremburg

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

Free Imperial City of Schweinfurt

Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg

Electorate of Mainz

Archbishopric of Trier

Prince-Bishopric of Speyer

Electorate of Saxony

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Kingdom of Bohemia

Margraviate of Meissen

Restoration of the status quo ante Charles V
Württemberg peasant revolt
(1547)
Expedition to Mostaganem (1558)
Cologne War
(1583 - 1588)
Gebhard, Truchsess von Waldburg

House of Neuenahr-Alpen

House of Waldburg

House of Palatinate-Zweibrucken

House of Nassau

House of Solms-Braunfels

Ernst of Bavaria

House of Wittelsbach

Free Imperial of City of Cologne

Philip of Spain

House of Farnese

House of Isenburg-Grenzau

House of Mansfield

House of Berlaymont-Flyon

Roman Catholic Victory Rudolf II
Long Turkish War
(1593-1606)
Second Upper Austrian peasant revolt
(1594–1597)
Lower Austrian peasant revolt
(1596–1597)

17th century

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Conflict Allies Enemmies Result Ruling King/Emperor
War of the Jülich Succession
(1609-1614)
1609-1610:

Holy Roman Empire

Principality of Strasbourg

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Catholic League

1614:

Spanish Empire

Palatinate-Neuburg

1609-1610:

Margraviate of Brandenburg

Palatinate-Neuburg

United Provinces

Kingdom of France

Protestant Union

1614:

Margraviate of Brandenburg

Free Imperial City of Aachen

United Provinces

Treaty of Xanten Rudolph II

Matthias

Ochsenkrieg 1611
(1611)
Thirty Years War
(1618-1648)
Anti-Imperial alliance prior to 1635

Kingdom of Bohemia

Sweden

Palatine

Savoy

Transylvania

Dutch Republic

Denmark-Norway

England

Hesse-Kassel

Brandenburg-Prussia

Saxony

Imperial alliance prior to 1635

Habsburg Monarchy

Spanish Empire

Bavaria

Catholic League

Peace of WestphaliaThe Holy Roman Empire is more of a loose confederation than a empire.

France receives the cities of the Decapole in Alsace(except Strasbourg, the Diocese of Strasbourg, and Mulhouse)and the city of Pignerol from the Spanish Duchy of Milan

The Duchy of Pomerania is divided between Sweden(Swedish Pomerania)and Brandenburg-Prussia(Farther Pomerania),

although the precise borders would not be determined until 1653

The Netherlands, Switzerland, and many Italian city-states are made independent of the Holy Roman Empire

Ferdinand II

Ferdinand III

Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626
(1626)
Lower Austrian peasant revolt of 1632
(1632)
Second Slovene peasants' revolt
(1635)
Siege of Hamburg (1641–1643)
(1641–1643)

Holy Roman Empire (1648–1806)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Ruling King/Emperor
Second Northern War (1655–1660) Poland
Denmark–Norway (from 1657)
Habsburg Monarchy
Tsardom of Russia (1656–1658)
Crimean Khanate
Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–1656, 1657–1660)
Duchy of Courland (1656–1658)
Swedish Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–1657)
Principality of Transylvania
Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)[2]
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Moldavia
Susquehannock (1655)
Swedish victory Ferdinand III
Leopold I
Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
(1663–1664)
Franco-Dutch War
(1672-1678)
 Holy Roman Empire (1673)

 Dutch Republic

Spain (from 1673)

Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673)

Lorraine (from 1673)

Denmark-Norway (from 1674)

England (1678)

 Kingdom of France

England (1672-1674)

Sweden (from 1674)

Munster (1672-1673)

Cologne (1672-1673)

Treaty of Nijmegen Leopold I
Scanian War
(1675-1679)
Bohemian peasant revolt (1680)
Spanish-Brandenburg War (1680-1682)
(1680-1682)
Great Turkish War
(1683-1699)
Holy League Ottoman Empire Holy League victory Leopold I
Nine Years War
(1688-1697)
Holy Roman Empire

Dutch Republic

England

Scotland

Spanish Empire

Duchy of Savoy

Portuguese Empire

Swedish Empire

(until 1691)

France Treaty of Ryswick Leopold I
Siege of Hamburg (1679)
(1679)
Siege of Hamburg (1686)
(1686)
Great Northern War
(1700–1721)
War of the Spanish Succession
(1701-1714)
Holy Roman Empire

Austrian Monarchy

Dutch Republic

Prussia

England(until 1707)

Great Britain(from 1707)

Piedmont-Savoy

Habsburg Spain

Portugal

France

Spanish monarchy

Bavaria(~1704)

Cologne

Mantua(~1708)

Leopold I

Joseph I Charles VI

Bavarian uprising of 1705–1706
(1705–1706)
Siege of Hamburg (1712)
(1712)
Tolmein peasant revolt
(1713)
Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
War of the Quadruple Alliance
(1718-1720)
Member State of the Holy Roman Empire:

Great Britain

France

Savoy

Dutch Republic

Spain Allied Victory

Treaty of the Hague

Savoy and Austria exchange Sardinia and Sicily

Charles VI
War of the Polish Succession
(1733-1735)
Member States of the Holy Roman Empire:

Russia

Poland Loyal to Augustus III

France

Spain

Savoy-Sardinia

Duchy of Parma

Sweden

Poland Loyal to Stanislaus I

Treaty of Vienna Charles VI
Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
War of the Austrian Succession
(1740-1748)
Member States of the Holy Roman Empire:

Great Britain

Savoy-Sardinia(1742–48)

Russia(1741–43,1745)

Member States of the Holy Roman Empire:

France

Spain

Savoy-Sardinia

Genoa(1745–48)

Sweden(1741–43)

Duchy of Modena

Mughal Empire

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Charles VII
Second Silesian War
(1744–1745)
Seven Years' War
(1756–1763)
 Member States of the Holy Roman Empire:

Kingdom of France

Russian Empire

(until 1762)

Kingdom of Spain

Kingdom of Sweden

Non-European Allies

 Member States of the Holy Roman Empire:

Kingdom of Great Britain

Kingdom of Portugal

Russian Empire

(from 1762)

Victory of the Anglo-Prussian Coalition Francis I
Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)
Liège Revolution

(1789-1791)

Holy Roman Empire

Prince-Bishops of Liège

Liège Rebels

Brabant Rebels

Republic of Liège

Supported by:Prussia

Foundation of Liège Republic(1789);

reversion to Prince-Bishopric(1791); annexation by France(1795)

Leopold II
First Partition of Poland
(1772)
War of the Bavarian Succession
(3 July 1778 – 13 May 1779)
 Habsburg Monarchy  Prussia
 Saxony
 Bavaria
Treaty of Teschen
Saxon Peasants' Revolt
(1790)
Lausitz Peasants' Revolt
(1790-1794)
War of the First Coalition
(1792-1797)
Army of Conde

Dutch Republic

Kingdom of Great Britain

Holy Roman Empire(until 1797)

Habsburg Monarchy(unill 1797)

Naples (until 1796)

Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Prussia (until 1795)

Kingdom of Sardinia (until 1796)

Spain (until 1795)

Kingdom of France (until 1792)

French Republic(from 1792)

French Satellites

Batavian Republic (from 1795)

Polish Legions (from 1797)

Spain (from 1796)

Francis II
Peasants' War (1798)
(1798)
War of the Second Coalition
(1798-1802)
Holy Roman Empire (until 1801)

Kingdom of Great Britain (pre-1801)

United Kingdom (post-1801)

Russian Empire (until 1799)

Ottoman Empire

French Republic

Spain

Polish Legions

French client Republics

French Victory, Treaty of Luneville Francis II
War of the Third Coalition

(1803-1806)

Holy Roman Empire

United Kingdom

Russian Empire

Naples

Sicily

Sweden

First French Republic (until 1804)

First French Empire (after 1804)

Kingdom of Spain

Bavaria

Wuttemberg

Etruria

French Victory Francis II

Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Protector
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) France

(from 11 Dec 1806)

Spain

French Victory Napoleon I
Peninsular War
(1808-1814)
France Spain

Portugal United Kingdom

Coalition Victory Napoleon I
Tyrolean Rebellion
(1809)
War of the Fifth Coalition

(1809)

France

Rebel Groups

French Victory

Treaty of Schönbrunn

Napoleon I
French invasion of Russia
(24 June 1812 - 30 January 1813)
 France

French allies:
 Austria
 Prussia
 Denmark

 Russia
 United Kingdom
 Sweden
Austria joins the Coalition ? casualties
War of the Sixth Coalition

(1813-1814)

France

Until January 1814

Confederation of the Rhine

(Many member states defected after the Battle of Leipzig.)

Denmark-Norway

Russia
Prussia
United Kingdom
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Portugal
Sardinia
Sicily
Spain
Sweden

After the Armistice of Pläswitz

Austria
Bavaria

After the Battle of Leipzig

Baden
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Württemberg

After November 20, 1813

Netherlands

After January 1814

Denmark

Coalition Victory

Confederation of the Rhine dissolved

German states and Austria unite to form the German Confederation

Netherlands gains independence

Norway ceded to The King of Sweden

Napoleon I

German Confederation (1815-1866)

[edit]
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Head of the Presiding Power
War of the Seventh Coalition
(1815)
United Kingdom
Prussia
Austria
Kingdom of France
Netherlands
Brunswick
Hanover
Nassau
Württemberg
Tuscany
Russia
Baden
Bavaria
Denmark
Liechtenstein
Portugal
Sardinia
Saxony
Sicily
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
France

Naples

Coalition Victory Francis I
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
(1839-1841)
 Ottoman Empire Egypt
Victory Ferdinand I of Austria ? casualties
German Revolutions of 1848-1849 German Confederation German Empire
German Revolutionaries
Rebellion riot struck down
  • Establishment of German state and introduction of liberal constitution
  • Dissolution of German Confederation
Ferdinand I

Archduke John of Austria

Frederick William IV

First Schleswig War
(1848-1851)
German Confederation  Denmark Danish victory Ferdinand I

Archduke John of Austria

Frederick William IV

Francis Joseph I

Second Schleswig War
(1864)
German Confederation  Denmark German victory Francis Joseph I
Austro-Prussian War

(1866)

Austrian-led German Confederation States Prussian-led German States

Italy

Prussian-led German and Italian Victory Francis Joseph I

North German Confederation (1867-1871)

[edit]
Conflict Allies Enemies Result President
Franco-Prussian War
(19 July 1870 - 28 January 1871)
 North German Confederation


after 18 January 1871:
 German Empire

 French Third Republic (Government of National Defense) German Victory Wilhelm I

German Empire (1871–1918)

[edit]
Conflict Allies Enemies Result Reichskanzler German losses
Nauruan Civil War
(1878 – 3 Oct. 1888)
Supporters of King Aweida
 Germany
Anti-Aweida Rebels Victory
?
First Samoan Civil War
(1886 – 1894)
Supporters of Laupepa
 Germany
Supporters of Mata'afa Compromise
16 dead[4]
Abushiri Revolt
(1888 – 1889)
 Germany
 United Kingdom
Arab Rebels led by al-Harthi Victory
  • Rebellion put down
?
Hehe Rebellion
(1891 – 1898)
 Germany Hehe Victory
  • Rebellion put down
?
Bafut Wars
(1891–1907)
 Germany Fondom of Bafut Victory
?
Second Samoan Civil War
(1898 – 1899)
Supporters of Mata'afa
 Germany
Supporters of Tanumafili I
 United States
 United Kingdom
Compromise
?
Boxer Rebellion
(18 Oct. 1899 – 7 Sep. 1901)
 Germany
 Russia
 Japan
 United Kingdom
 France
 United States
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
Yihetuan Movement
 China
Victory
?
Adamawa Wars
(1899 – 1907)
 Germany
 United Kingdom
Sokoto Caliphate
Mahdist rebels
Victory
?
Venezuelan Crisis
(1902–1903)
 Germany
 United Kingdom
 Italy
Venezuela Venezuela Compromise
  • Venezuelan debt dispute resolved
?
Kavango Uprising[5]
(1903)
 Germany Kavango rebels Victory
  • Uprising suppressed
?
Herero Wars
(1904 – 1908)
 Germany Herero
Namaqua
Victory
1,541 dead[6]
Maji Maji Rebellion
(1905 – 1908)
 Germany Qadiriyya Brotherhood
Matumbi
Ngoni
Yao
Victory
  • Rebellion put down
397 dead[7]
Sokehs Rebellion
(1910 – 1911)
 Germany Sokehs tribe Victory
  • Rebellion put down
5 dead[8]
World War I
(1914 – 1918)
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
 France
 United Kingdom
Russia (withdrew)
 United States
 Italy
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Belgium
 Romania
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil
Nepal
 Japan
 China
 Siam
Hejaz
Defeat
2,198,420 to
2,800,720 dead[9]

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

[edit]
Conflict Allies Enemies Result Reichskanzler German losses
German Revolution
(1918–1919)
German Empire Germany Revolutionaries Government victory
?
Greater Poland Uprising
(1918–1919)
German Empire Germany POW Defeat
?
First Silesian Uprising
(1919)
 Germany POW-GS Victory
  • German forces crush uprising
?
Kapp Putsch
(1920)
 Germany Government victory
Ruhr Uprising
(1920)
 Germany Ruhr Red Army Government victory
  • Uprising crushed
1,600+
(Both combatants)
Second Silesian Uprising
(1920)
 Germany POW-GS League of Nations ceasefire
  • Order restored by Allied intervention
?
March Action
(1921)
 Germany Government Victory
Third Silesian Uprising
(1921)
 Germany POW-GS League of Nations ceasefire
?
Küstrin Putsch
(1923)
 Germany Government Victory
Hamburg Uprising
(1923)
 Germany Government Victory
Beer Hall Putsch
(1923)
 Germany Nazi Party Government Victory

Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

[edit]
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Führer German losses
German involvement in the Spanish Civil War
(1936–1939)
Spain Spanish Nationalists
 Italy
 Germany
Portugal Portugal
Second Spanish Republic Spanish Republicans
International Brigades
Victory
~300 killed[10]
Invasion of Poland
(1 Sep. – 6 Oct. 1939)
 Germany
 Soviet Union
 Slovakia
 Second Polish Republic Victory
17,269 killed
Norwegian campaign
(8 April – 10 June 1940)
 Germany  Norway
 United Kingdom
 France
 Poland
Victory
3692 killed
Invasion of Denmark
(9 April 1940)
 Germany  Denmark Victory
2-3 killed
Invasion of Luxembourg
(10 May 1940)
 Germany  Luxembourg
 France

Air Supported by:
 United Kingdom
Victory
36 killed
Invasion of the Netherlands
(10 May – 17 May 1940)
 Germany  Netherlands
 French Third Republic
 United Kingdom
Victory
2,032 killed
Invasion of Belgium
(10 May – 28 May 1940)
 Germany  Belgium
 France
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
 Luxembourg
Victory
10,232 killed
Battle of France
(10 May – 25 June 1940)
Nazi Germany Germany
 Italy (from 10 June)
 France
 Belgium
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Netherlands
Polish government-in-exile Poland
 Czechoslovakia
 Luxembourg
Victory
~49,000 killed
North African campaign
(10 June 1940 – 13 May 1943)
 Germany
 Italy
 United Kingdom

 United States[nb 1]
 Free France

 Poland
 Greece
 Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia

Defeat
18,594 killed
Battle of Britain
(1940)
Defeat
Invasion of Yugoslavia
(1941)
Victory
Invasion of Greece
(1941)
Victory
Invasion of the Soviet Union
(1941-1945)
Defeat
World War II
(1939–1945)
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Slovakia
 Croatia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Ethiopia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Colombia
 Cuba
Nepal
Philippines
 Mongolia
Defeat
6,900,000 to
7,400,000 dead[11]

German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)

[edit]
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Leadership of East Germany German losses
East German uprising
(1953)
 East Germany
Soviet Union
Demonstrators Victory
5 police killed
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
(1968)
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Hungary Hungary
Poland Poland
East Germany East Germany
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Victory

Federal Republic of Germany (1949-present)

[edit]
Conflict Allies Enemies Result Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor) German losses
Operation Deliberate Force
(1995)
 NATO
 Republika Srpska Victory
None
Operation Allied Force
(1999)
 NATO  FR Yugoslavia Victory
None
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2021)
Northern Alliance
ISAF
Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
al-Qaeda
Taliban Victory
Gerhard Schröder
(2001–2005)
Angela Merkel
(2005–2021)
59 dead[12]
2003 invasion of Iraq
(20 March 2003 – 1 May 2003)
Multi-National Force Kurdistan Region
Intelligence support:
 Germany
 Iraq
War on ISIL
(2015–present)
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
 Syrian Kurdistan
CJTF–OIR
 ISIL
al-Qaeda
Ongoing
Angela Merkel
(2015–2021)
Olaf Scholz
(2021–)
See below[13]
Mali War
(2017-2023)
 Mali
United Nations MINUSMA
al-Qaeda Compromise
  • The Foreign Minister of Mali requested that the United Nations terminate MINUSMA due to what he called its "failure" to stabilize the situation there on 16 June 2023
  • MINUSMA was officially terminated on 30 June 2023.
  • Dissolution of United Nations peacekeeping mission on 31 December 2023
  • Withdrewal of all contributing MINUSMA nations and retreat of their troops within 6 months
2 dead[14]
Ukraine war Ukraine Supported by

Legend

[edit]
  •    Rebellions, uprisings and civil wars
  •    Colonial wars
  •    Internal wars
  •    International wars

References

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  1. ^ According to Lanting & van der Plicht (2010), the conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum probably happened in the period 445–450. Lanting, J. N.; van der Plicht, J. (2010). "De 14C-chronologie van de Nederlandse Pre- en Protohistorie VI: Romeinse tijd en Merovische periode, deel A: historische bronnen en chronologische thema's". Palaeohistoria 51/52 (2009/2010) (in Dutch). Groningen: Groningen Institute of Archaeology. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9789077922736. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
  3. ^ Zamoyski 2004, p. 87.
  4. ^ Hempestall & Mochida, p. 54
  5. ^ "Uprisings against the German/South African Colonial Power". klausdierks.com.
  6. ^ Bridgman, Jon M. (1966) Revolt of the Hereros University of California Press. p. 164 (KIA: 676, MIA:76, WIA: 907, died from disease: 689, civilians: 100)
  7. ^ Gellately, Robert; Ben Kiernan (2003). The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective. Published by Cambridge University Press. p. 161. ISBN 0-521-52750-3.
  8. ^ Van der Vat, Dan. Gentlemen of War, The Amazing Story of Captain Karl von Müller and the SMS Emden. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1984, p. 19
  9. ^ See World War I casualties
  10. ^ Thomas, Hugh (2003) [1961, 1987, 2001]. The Spanish Civil War. London: Penguin. p. 634. ISBN 0-14-101161-0. OCLC 248799351.
  11. ^ See World War II casualties
  12. ^ "Germany honors soldiers who fought in Afghanistan mission". dw.com. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  13. ^ No German soldiers have been killed by ISIS, however, many German civilians have been killed in terror attacks claimed by ISIS. For details, see Islamic terrorism in Europe.
  14. ^ "German military helicopter crashes in Mali, two peacekeepers killed". Reuters. 26 July 2017 – via www.reuters.com.


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