List of wars involving Germany
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This is a list of wars involving Germany from 1806. It includes the
German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification
in 1990 known as "West Germany").
Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Protector |
---|---|---|---|---|
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) | France
(from 11 Dec 1806) |
|
French victory
|
Napoleon I |
Peninsular War
(1808-1814) |
France | Spain | Coalition victory
|
Napoleon I |
War of the Fifth Coalition
(1809) |
Fifth Coalition:
Rebel groups
|
France | French victory
|
Napoleon I |
War of the Sixth Coalition
(1813-1814) |
Original coalition
After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig After 20 November 1813 After January 1814 |
France
Until January 1814
Co-belligerent: United States (War of 1812 only) |
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)
North German Confederation (1867–1870/71)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
---|---|---|---|---|
Franco-Prussian War
(1870–1871) |
North German Confederation
(after 18 January 1871) |
French Third Republic (Government of National Defense) | German victory
|
Wilhelm I |
Post-unification (1871–present)
German Empire (1871–1918)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Reichskanzler (Imperial chancellor) | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nauruan Civil War (1878–1888) |
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][full citation needed]
| |
Abushiri Revolt (1888–1889) |
Germany United Kingdom |
Arab Rebels led by al-Harthi
|
Victory
|
?
| |
Hehe Rebellion (1891–1898) |
Germany | Hehe | Victory
|
?
| |
Bafut Wars (1891–1907) |
Germany | Fondom of Bafut | Victory
|
?
| |
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) |
Cretan revolutionaries Kingdom of Greece British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898) German Empire (until March 16, 1898) |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
?
| |
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) |
Supporters of Mata'afa Germany |
Supporters of Tanumafili I United States United Kingdom |
Compromise | ?
| |
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Russia Japan United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy |
Victory
|
?
| ||
Adamawa Wars (1899–1907) |
Germany United Kingdom |
Sokoto Caliphate Mahdist rebels |
Victory
|
?
| |
Venezuelan Crisis (1902–1903) |
United Kingdom Germany Italy |
Venezuela | Compromise
|
?
| |
Kavango Uprising[5] (1903) |
German Empire | Kavango rebels | Victory
|
?
| |
Herero Wars (1904–1908) |
Germany | Herero Namaqua |
Victory
|
1,541 dead[6]
| |
Maji Maji Rebellion (1905–1908) |
Germany | Qadiriyya Brotherhood Matumbi Ngoni Yao |
Victory
|
397 dead[7]
| |
Sokehs Rebellion (1910–1911) |
Germany | Sokehs tribe | Victory
|
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)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Reichskanzler | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
German Revolution (1918–1919) |
Germany | Revolutionaries
|
Government victory
|
?
| |
Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) |
Germany | POW | Defeat
|
?
| |
Lithuanian–Soviet War | Weimar Republic | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | Lithuanian victory | ||
First Silesian Uprising (1919) |
Germany | POW-GS | Victory
|
?
| |
Ruhr Uprising (1920) |
Germany | Ruhr Red Army | Government victory
|
1,600+
(Both combatants) | |
Second Silesian Uprising (1920) |
Germany | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire
|
?
| |
Third Silesian Uprising (1921) |
Germany | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire
|
?
|
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
|
~300 killed[10]
| |
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1939) |
Germany Hungary Poland |
Czechoslovakia | Victory
|
21 killed and wounded[11]
| |
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[12] |
East Germany (1949–1990)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Leadership of East Germany | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East German uprising of 1953 (1953) |
Demonstrators |
Victory | 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
|
Republika Srpska | Victory
|
None
| |
Operation Allied Force (1999) |
NATO | FR Yugoslavia
|
Victory
|
None
| |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
Afghanistan ISAF |
Taliban al-Qaeda |
Taliban victory
|
59 dead[13]
| |
War on ISIL (2015–present) |
Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan CJTF–OIR |
ISIL al-Qaeda |
Ongoing
|
See below[g]
| |
Mali War (2017–2023) |
Mali MINUSMA
|
al-Qaeda | Compromise
|
2 dead[14]
|
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Mikaberidze 2020, p. 309 states that the contributions of coalition members aside from Austria were "rather nominal". Englund 2004, p. 345 writes that "the only real coalition to be mounted in this nominal fifth war of that name was the coalition France created against unhappy Austria; it included the key German States and Italy."
- ^ in rebellion against the Confederation of the Rhine
- ^ in rebellion against Bavaria
- ^ in rebellion against France in Illyria
- ^ in rebellion against the Kingdom of Italy
- ^ Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, although most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon.
- ^ 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
References
- ^ a b c Chandler 1981, p. 181.
- ^ Hofschroer 2006, pp. 82, 83.
- ^ Hervé de Weck: Franche-Comté expedition in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 8 May 2007.
- ^ 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)
- 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
- OCLC 248799351.
- ^ Boje o československé hranice v roce 1939
- ^ See World War II casualties
- ^ "Germany honors soldiers who fought in Afghanistan mission". dw.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "German military helicopter crashes in Mali, two peacekeepers killed". Reuters. 26 July 2017 – via www.reuters.com.
Sources
- Chandler, David (1981) [1980]. Waterloo: The Hundred Days. Osprey Publishing.
- ISBN 978-1-137-33332-2.
- Englund, Steven (2004). Napoleon : a Political Life. New York: Scribner. OCLC 1085212315.
- Heitz, Gerhard; Rischer, Henning (1995). Geschichte in Daten. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; History in data; Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (in German). Koehler&Amelang. ISBN 3-7338-0195-4.
- Hofschroer, Peter (2006). 1815 The Waterloo Campaign: Wellington, his German allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras. Vol. 1. Greenhill Books.
- ISBN 978-0-19-995106-2.
- ISBN 0-345-28394-5.