User:Lord Gøn/List of wars involving Germany

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

Germanic peoples
Francia (481–843)
East Francia; called Kingdom of Germany, being the first separate German state (843–962)
German states within Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)
State of the Teutonic Order (1224–1525)
Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
German Confederation (1815–1866)
North German Confederation (1867–1871)
German Empire (1871–1918)
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

Germanic peoples

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)

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 Turnacum and Cameracum become Frankish capitals	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 Gallia Aquitania annexed by Franks
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
Fredegund–Brunhilda 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: Lothair Charles the Bald Pippin	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)

10th century

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	Otto II
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

Conflict	Allies	Enemmies	Result	Ruling King/Emperor
German-Polish War (1002-1018)	Holy Roman Empire	Duchy of Poland	Peace of Bautzen Poland is granted control over Lusatia and Upper Lusatia The Duchy of Bohemia becomes an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire	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	Henry II
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.	Conrad II
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 Duchy of Bavaria	Kingdom of Hungary	German Victory Death of Béla I Ascension of Solomon to the Hungarian throne
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

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) Decline of free communes;rise of signorie Diffusion of Black Death Extinction of Hohenstaufen dynasty Conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily by Charles of Anjou Interregnum after Frederick II's death Weakening of Imperial Authority over Italy	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 Bishopric of Havelberg March of Meissen March of Brandenburg Duchy of Saxony Archbishopric of Bremen Archbishopric of Mainz Bishopric of Halberstadt County of Holstein Bishopric of Münster Bishopric of Olmütz Bishopric of Brandenburg Bishopric of Merseburg Jutland-Kingdom of Denmark Zealand/Scania-Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Poland	Obotrite Confederacy Obotrites Wagrians 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

Conflict	Allies	Enemmies	Result	Ruling King/Emperor
Albigensian Crusade (July 1209 - April 12, 1229)	* Crusade Papal States Episcopal Inquisition Dominican Order Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit Knights of Saint George Kingdom of France Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Brittany County of Nevers County of Auxerre County of Saint-Pol Viscounty of Donges Viscounty of Torèna English volunteers Duchy of Berg Electorate of Cologne County of Aurenja County of Provence-Forcalquier	* Cathars County of Toulouse Viscounty of Béziers and Albi County of Valentinois Lordship of Séverac Marquisate of Provence Viscounty of Béarn County of Astarac Crown of Aragon County of Foix County of Comminges Viscounty of Carcassonne Lordship of Menèrba Lordship of Tèrmes Lordship of Cabaret Lordship of Montsegúr Exiled knights	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)	Teutonic Order Order of Dobrin Duchy of Masovia Kingdom of Poland Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Pomerania Duchy of Pomerelia Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo Duchy of Lubiszewo Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia Order of Calatrava	Prussians Yotvingians (Sudovians) Skalvians	Victory
Sixth Crusade (1227-1229)	Holy Roman Empire including in Personal Union: Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Jerusalem	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

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

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 Treaty of Arras (1482)
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 Duchy of Lorraine Duchy of Brittany Lordship of Albret Principality of Orange County of Angoulême Supported by: Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Kingdom of Castile-León	Kingdom of France	Defeat Treaty of Frankfurt (1489)
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 Peace of Pressburg (1491)
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

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 Treaty of Rome (1525) Treaty of Madrid(1526)	Charles V
Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)	Peasants' army	Swabian League Landgraviate of Hesse Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Electorate of Saxony	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 Saxony Brandenburg 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 Austria Duchy of Saxony Bohemian Crown 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

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)

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 Treaties of Roskilde (1658) and Copenhagen (1660) (Sweden and Denmark-Norway) Treaty of Oliva (1660) (Sweden and Habsburg, Brandenburg, Poland–Lithuania) Treaties of Valiesar (1658) and Cardis (1661) (Sweden and Russia)	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)	Treaty of Utrecht(1713) Treaty of Rastatt(1714) Treaty of Baden(1714) Philip is recognized as King of Spain, but once more renounces any claim to the throne of France,	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: Habsburg monarchy 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: Habsburg Monarchy Saxony Prussia Russia Poland Loyal to Augustus III	France Spain Savoy-Sardinia Duchy of Parma Sweden Poland Loyal to Stanislaus I	Treaty of Vienna Austria loses the crowns of Naples and Sicily to Charles of Parma Duchy of Lorraine to Stanislaus Duchy of Parma to Austria Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Francis Stephen Poland loses direct control over the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	Charles VI
Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)	Member States of the Holy Roman Empire: Habsburg Monarchy Hanover Saxony(1743–45) Great Britain Savoy-Sardinia(1742–48) Russia(1741–43,1745)	Member States of the Holy Roman Empire: Prussia (1740–42,1744-5) Bavaria (1741–45) Saxony (1741–42) France Spain Savoy-Sardinia Genoa(1745–48) Sweden(1741–43) Duchy of Modena Mughal Empire	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Prussian control of Silesia confirmed. Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Gustalla ceded to the Spanish Bourbons. All other territories restored to pre-war owners	Charles VII
Second Silesian War (1744–1745)
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)	Member States of the Holy Roman Empire: Habsburg Domain Electorate of Saxony 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 Prussia Electorate of Hannover Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel County of Schaumburg-Lippe 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 Habsburg monarchy 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)	French Victory, Peace of Basel, Treaty of Campo Formio French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine,and other smaller territories Several French client republics established	Francis II
Peasants' War (1798) (1798)
War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802)	Holy Roman Empire (until 1801) Austria (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) Batavian Republic Italy Kingdom of Spain Bavaria Wuttemberg Etruria	French Victory Dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine	Francis II

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^{[clarification needed]} 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
Tyrolean Rebellion (1809)
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
French invasion of Russia (24 June 1812 - 30 January 1813)	France Poland Italy Naples Rhine Confederation Saxony Bavaria Westphalia Württemberg Hesse Berg Baden Switzerland Spain^[3] French allies: Austria Prussia Denmark	Russia United Kingdom Sweden	Austria joins the Coalition Truce of Pläswitz	? casualties
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
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839-1841) includes the Oriental Crisis of 1840	Ottoman Empire United Kingdom Russian Empire Prussia Austrian Empire	Egypt France Spain	Victory Convention of London (1840)	Ferdinand I of Austria	? casualties
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 (1848-1851)	German Confederation Schleswig Holstein Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony Kingdom of Hanover Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Denmark Swedish-Norwegian volunteers	Danish victory Armistice of Malmö London Protocol	Ferdinand I Archduke John of Austria Frederick William IV Francis Joseph I
Second Schleswig War (1864)	German Confederation Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire	Denmark	German victory Treaty of Vienna	Francis Joseph I
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 Exclusion of Austria from Germany Formation of Austria-Hungary	Francis Joseph I

North German Confederation (1867-1871)


Conflict	Allies	Enemies	Result	President
Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870 - 28 January 1871)	North German Confederation Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony Grand Duchy of Baden Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Württemberg Grand Duchy of Hesse after 18 January 1871: German Empire	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

German Empire (1871–1918)

Conflict	Allies	Enemies	Result	Reichskanzler	German losses
Nauruan Civil War (1878 – 3 Oct. 1888)	Supporters of King Aweida Germany	Anti-Aweida Rebels	Victory Nauru is annexed as part of German New Guinea	Otto von Bismarck	?
First Samoan Civil War (1886 – 1894)	Supporters of Laupepa Germany	Supporters of Mata'afa	Compromise Malietoa Laupepa restored to power		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	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 (18 Oct. 1899 – 7 Sep. 1901)	Germany Russia Japan United Kingdom France United States 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)	Germany United Kingdom Italy	Venezuela	Compromise Venezuelan debt dispute resolved		?
Kavango Uprising^[5] (1903)	Germany	Kavango rebels	Victory Uprising suppressed		?
Herero Wars (1904 – 1908)	Germany	Herero Namaqua	Victory Herero and Namaqua genocide		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	Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg	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 Armistice of 11 November 1918 End of the German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian empires Severe weakening of Ottoman Empire Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Strengthening the position of the United States Transfer of German colonies and territories and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations Rise of Marxist movements in China and Germany Russia became the first communist country in 1917 Establishment of first communist state Victory of Germany and its allies over Russia	Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg	2,198,420 to 2,800,720 dead^[9]

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

Conflict	Allies	Enemies	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	?
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	Constantin Fehrenbach	?
March Action (1921)	Germany		Government Victory	Constantin Fehrenbach
Third Silesian Uprising (1921)	Germany	POW-GS	League of Nations ceasefire Parts of Upper Silesia ceded to Poland	Joseph Wirth	?
Küstrin Putsch (1923)	Germany		Government Victory	Gustav Stresemann
Hamburg Uprising (1923)	Germany		Government Victory
Beer Hall Putsch (1923)	Germany	Nazi Party	Government Victory Putsch failure Arrest of Adolf Hitler and other NSDAP leadership

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^[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)	Germany Italy (from 10 June)	France Belgium United Kingdom Canada Netherlands Poland Czechoslovakia Luxembourg	Victory		~49,000 killed
North African campaign (10 June 1940 – 13 May 1943)	Germany Italy	United Kingdom Senussi India Egypt Canada Newfoundland Australia New Zealand South Africa United States^{[nb 1]} Free France French Algeria^{[nb 1]} French Tunisia^{[nb 1]} French Morocco ^{[nb 1]} 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 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 Western overseas territories, especially after France's military defeat in French Indochina		6,900,000 to 7,400,000 dead^[11]

German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Leadership of East Germany	German losses
East German uprising (1953)	East Germany Soviet Union	Demonstrators	Victory	Walter Ulbricht	5 police killed
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)	Soviet Union Bulgaria Hungary Poland East Germany	Czechoslovakia	Victory Moscow Protocol Soviet military presence until 1991 Withdrawal of Albania from the Warsaw Pact in September	Walter Ulbricht

Federal Republic of Germany (1949-present)

Conflict	Allies	Enemies	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)	Northern Alliance 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	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 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^[12]
2003 invasion of Iraq (20 March 2003 – 1 May 2003)	Multi-National Force United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Kurdistan Region KDP PUK Intelligence support: Germany	Iraq
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^[13]
Mali War (2017-2023)	Mali MINUSMA France ECOWAS Chad Germany Netherlands Sweden	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	Angela Merkel (2015–2021) Olaf Scholz (2021–)	2 dead^[14]
Ukraine war	Ukraine Supported by

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