List of wars involving Belgium
This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Belgium and its colonial empire.
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Belgium) | Outcome | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allies | Enemies | ||||
1789 | 1790 | Brabant Revolution | United Belgian States | Habsburg Austria | Austrian victory
|
1830 | 1839 | Belgian Revolution
|
Belgian rebels | United Kingdom of the Netherlands | Treaty of London:
|
1832 | 1834 | Liberal Wars | Portugal |
Miguelites |
Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored |
1861 | 1867 | French intervention in Mexico | Mexican Empire |
United Mexican States
|
French withdrawal, Republican victory |
1881 | 1899 | Mahdist War | British Empire Kingdom of Italy Congo Free State Ethiopian Empire |
Mahdist Sudanese | Anglo-Egyptian victory |
1891 | 1892 | Stairs Expedition to Katanga | Congo Free State supported by: Belgium |
Yeke state of Msiri | Congo Free State victory
|
1892 | 1894 | Belgo-Arab War
|
Congo Free State | Zanzibari slave traders | Congo Free State victory |
1895 | 1895 | Luba rebellion | Congo Free State supported by: Belgium |
Luba rebels | Congo Free State victory
|
1895 | 1908 | Batetela Rebellions
|
Congo Free State |
Batetela people |
Congo Free State victory |
1905 | 1917 | Kasongo Nyembo rebellion[1] | Congo Free State (until 1908) Belgium
|
Luba rebels led by Kasongo Nyembo | Belgian victory
|
1914 | 1918 | World War I | Allies: France |
Central Powers
German Empire |
Allied victory
|
1914 | 1918 | East African campaign (part of World War I) |
Allies: |
Central Powers | Allied victory
|
10 May 1940 |
28 May 1940 |
Battle of Belgium (part of World War II) |
Belgium France |
Nazi Germany | Belgian surrender and German occupation of Belgium |
1940 | 1945 | World War II | Allies | Axis powers | Allied victory |
1950 | 1953 | Korean War | United Nations (UN Resolution 84) | North Korea |
Ceasefire |
1959 | 1962 | Rwandan Revolution | Independence of the Republic of Rwanda Independence of the Kingdom of Burundi | ||
1960 | 1966 | Congo Crisis | Katanga | Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) | Withdrawal of Belgian Armed Forces
|
1978 | 1978 | Shaba II | Zaire |
Front for the National Liberation of the Congo
|
Franco-Belgian victory |
1990 | 1991 | Gulf War | Coalition forces
|
Ba'athist Iraq | Coalition victory |
1991 | 2003 | Iraqi no-fly zones
|
United States United Kingdom France (1991–1998) Australia Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy |
Ba'athist Iraq | Coalition victory |
1992 | 1995 | Somali Civil War | United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Australia |
United Somali Congress | Victory
|
1998 | 1999 | Kosovo War | Kosovo Liberation Army |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
|
NATO victory |
2001 | 2021 | War in Afghanistan
|
Afghanistan |
Taliban | Taliban victory |
2011 | 2011 military intervention in Libya | National Transitional Council NATO forces |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
Fall of Gaddafi régime | |
2014 | ongoing | 2014 military intervention against ISIS
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Ongoing |
See also
- List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.
- Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy,, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillonand smaller states.
- List of wars involving the Netherlands (1815–1839) – includes colonial wars in which the south participated as part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
- History of Belgium
- Belgian Army
References
- ^ ISBN 9780195170559. Retrieved 5 August 2020.