List of wars involving Germany

This is a list of wars involving Germany from 1806. It includes the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").

Pre-unification

Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Protector
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807)	France Confederation of the Rhine Etruria Holland Napoleonic Italy Naples Saxony (from 11 Dec 1806) Polish Legions Swiss Confederation Spain	Prussia Russian Empire United Kingdom Saxony (until 11 Dec 1806) Sweden Sicily	French Victory Treaties of Tilsit Treaty of Posen Franco Russian alliance Creation of the Continental System Hostilities resume later in 1807 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expand and expand in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France	Napoleon I
Peninsular War (1808-1814)	France Napoleonic Spain Kingdom of Italy Confederation of the Rhine Duchy of Warsaw Denmark-Norway (Evacuation of La Romana's division)	Spain Portugal United Kingdom	Coalition Victory Treaty of Paris Revolts break out in Spanish America Collapse of the First French Empire	Napoleon I
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809)	France Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Duchy of Warsaw Italy Naples Holland	Austria United Kingdom Sardinia Sicily Rebel Groups Black Brunswickers Tyrol Gottscheers Italian rebels	French Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn Illyrian Provinces to France Salzburg to Bavaria Parts of Bohemia to Saxony West Galicia to Duchy of Warsaw East Galicia to Russia	Napoleon I
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814)	France Duchy of Warsaw Italy Naples 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 Treaty of Kiel Treaty of Fontainebleau Treaty of Paris 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)

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 Second Treaty of Paris End of the Napoleonic Wars Second exile of Napoleon (to the island of Saint Helena) and second Bourbon Restoration Beginning of the Concert of Europe	Francis I
German revolutions of 1848–1849	German Confederation Saxony Prussia Austrian Empire	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 (Part of the revolutions of 1848)	Denmark	German Confederation	Danish victory Denmark retains control of Schleswig-Holstein	Ferdinand I of Austria Franz Joseph I of Austria
Austro-Prussian War (1866)	Austrian-led German Confederation States Austria Bavaria Saxony Hanover Württemberg Hesse-Kassel Baden Hesse-Darmstadt Nassau Saxe-Meiningen Reuss-Greiz Schaumburg-Lippe Frankfurt Liechtenstein	Prussian-led German States Prussia Saxe-Lauenburg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Brunswick Saxe-Coburg & Gotha Saxe-Altenburg Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Anhalt Schwarzburg Waldeck Lippe Lübeck Bremen Hamburg Italy	Prussian-led German and Italian Victory Dissolution of the German Confederation Formation of the North German Confederation, later the German Empire Formation of Austria-Hungary	Francis Joseph I

North German Confederation (1867-1871)


Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)	North German Confederation Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony Grand Duchy of Baden Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Wuttemberg Grand Duchy of Hesse German Empire (after 18 January 1871)	French Third Republic (Government of National Defense) Foreign Volunteers	German Victory Treaty of Frankfurt Fall of the Second French Empire Formation of the French Third Republic Beginning of Franco-German enmity Paris Commune uprising Unification of Germany completed Proclamation of the German Empire German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine	Wilhelm I

Post-unification

German Empire (1871-1918)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Reichskanzler (Imperial chancellor)	German losses
First Samoan Civil War (1886–1894)	Supporters of Laupepa Germany	Supporters of Mata'afa	Compromise Malietoa Laupepa restored to power	Otto von Bismarck	16 dead[1]
Abushiri Revolt (1888–1889)	Germany United Kingdom	Arab Rebels led by al-Harthi	Victory Rebellion put down	Otto von Bismarck	?
Hehe Rebellion (1891–1898)	Germany	Hehe	Victory Rebellion put down	Leo von Caprivi	?
Bafut Wars (1891–1907)	Germany	Fondom of Bafut	Victory Exile of the Fon of Bafut	Leo von Caprivi	?
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899)	Supporters of Mata'afa Germany	Supporters of Tanumafili I United States United Kingdom	Compromise Tripartite Convention	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst	?
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)	Russia Japan United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy	Yihetuan Movement China	Victory Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst	?
Adamawa Wars (1899–1907)	Germany United Kingdom	Sokoto Caliphate Mahdist rebels	Victory German rule in Kamerun solidified	Bernhard von Bülow	?
Venezuelan Crisis (1902–1903)	United Kingdom Germany Italy	Venezuela	Compromise Venezuelan debt dispute resolved		?
Kavango Uprising[2] (1903)	German Empire	Kavango rebels	Victory Uprising suppressed		?
Herero Wars (1904–1908)	Germany	Herero Namaqua	Victory Herero and Namaqua genocide		1,541 dead[3]
Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1908)	Germany	Qadiriyya Brotherhood Matumbi Ngoni Yao	Victory Rebellion put down		397 dead[4]
Sokehs Rebellion (1910–1911)	Germany	Sokehs tribe	Victory Rebellion put down	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	5 dead[5]
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 Republic of China Siam Hejaz	Defeat Armistice of 11 November 1918 Paris Peace Conference Communist Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, with the subsequent formation of the Soviet Union after Establishment of the Weimar Republic The rise of the United States position Transfer of German colonies and territories to other countries, partition of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of Austria-Hungary Turkish War of Independence Creation of the League of Nations Victory of Germany and its allies over Russia	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	2,198,420 to 2,800,720 dead[6]

Weimar Republic (1918-1933)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Reichskanzler	German losses
German Revolution (1918–1919)	Germany	Revolutionaries	Government victory Establishment of the Weimar Republic	Friedrich Ebert	?
Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919)	Germany	POW	Defeat Poland gains Greater Poland	Friedrich Ebert	?
First Silesian Uprising (1919)	Germany	POW-GS	Victory German forces crush uprising	Gustav Bauer	?
Ruhr Uprising (1920)	Germany	Ruhr Red Army	Government victory Uprising crushed	Gustav Bauer	1,600+ (Both combatants)
Second Silesian Uprising (1920)	Germany	POW-GS	League of Nations ceasefire Order restored by Allied intervention	Constantin Fehrenbach	?
Third Silesian Uprising (1921)	Germany	POW-GS	League of Nations ceasefire Parts of Upper Silesia ceded to Poland	Joseph Wirth	?

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Führer	German losses
German involvement in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)	Spanish Nationalists Italy Germany Portugal	Spanish Republicans International Brigades	Victory End of the Second Spanish Republic	Adolf Hitler	~300 killed[7]
World War II (1939–1945)	Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Thailand	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom Republic of 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 Collapse of Nazi Germany and its allies; Allied occupation of Germany and Japan as well as Austria and Korea, Germany lost its eastern territories and areas Germany annexed were also abolished; in 1949 Germany was divided into West and East until the 1990 reunification Economy and facility of Europe suffered heavy loss Creation of the United Nations and rise of internationalism Rise of the pan-Europeanism Beginning of the Cold War Decline of both British-French powers Emergence of United States and Soviet Union as two superpowers Wave of Decolonization in most of colonies, especially after France's military defeat in French Indochina		6,900,000 to 7,400,000 dead[8]

German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Leadership of East Germany	German losses
East German uprising of 1953 (1953)	East Germany Soviet Union	Demonstrators	Victory	Walter Ulbricht	5 police killed

Federal Republic of Germany (1949-present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor)	German losses
Operation Deliberate Force (1995)	NATO Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States United Nations Protection Force	Republika Srpska	Victory Dayton Accords	Helmut Kohl	None
Operation Allied Force (1999)	NATO Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244	Gerhard Schröder	None
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	Afghanistan ISAF United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Germany France Italy Czech Republic Netherlands Turkey Romania Georgia South Korea Poland Denmark Sweden Norway Others	Taliban al-Qaeda	Taliban Victory Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 2001 Establishment of new Afghan government Fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 16 August 2021 War in North-West Pakistan	Gerhard Schröder (2001–2005) Angela Merkel (2005–2021)	59 dead[9]
War on ISIL (2015–present)	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan CJTF–OIR United States United Kingdom Canada France Germany Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar Jordan Bahrain United Arab Emirates Morocco Australia Netherlands Belgium Denmark Norway	ISIL al-Qaeda	Ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Islamic terrorism in Europe	Angela Merkel (2015–2021) Olaf Scholz (2021–)	See below[10]
Mali War (2017–present)	Mali MINUSMA France ECOWAS Chad Germany Netherlands Sweden	al-Qaeda	Ongoing German deployment to defend peacekeepers	Angela Merkel (2015–2021) Olaf Scholz (2021–)	2 dead[11]

References

Hempestall & Mochida, p. 54
"Uprisings against the German/South African Colonial Power". klausdierks.com.
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)
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.
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
See World War I casualties
Thomas, Hugh (2003) [1961, 1987, 2001]. The Spanish Civil War. London: Penguin. p. 634. ISBN 0-14-101161-0. OCLC 248799351.
See World War II casualties
"Germany honors soldiers who fought in Afghanistan mission". dw.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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.
"German military helicopter crashes in Mali, two peacekeepers killed". Reuters. 26 July 2017 – via www.reuters.com.

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[1] Hempestall & Mochida, p. 54

[:17-2] "Uprisings against the German/South African Colonial Power". klausdierks.com.

[3] 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)

[4] 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.

[5] 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

[6] See World War I casualties

[7] Thomas, Hugh (2003) [1961, 1987, 2001]. The Spanish Civil War. London: Penguin. p. 634. ISBN 0-14-101161-0. OCLC 248799351.

[8] See World War II casualties

[icasualties-9] "Germany honors soldiers who fought in Afghanistan mission". dw.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[10] 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.

[11] "German military helicopter crashes in Mali, two peacekeepers killed". Reuters. 26 July 2017 – via www.reuters.com.

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