Conflict
France & allies
France's opposition
Outcome
Paris Commune (1871)
Location: Paris
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File:Socialist red flag.svg Communards File:Socialist red flag.svg National Guards
Third Republic victory
Mokrani Revolt (1871-1872)
Location: Society Islands
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Algerian rebels: File:Drapeau Royaume Ait Abbas (Beni Abbès).svg Kingdom of Ait Abbas Sultanate of Tuggurt File:Maghribi Kufic.jpg Algerian Zawiyas Algerian peasantry
French victory
Annexation of the Leeward Islands (1880–1897)
Location: Society Islands
Template:Flagicon France File:Flag of the Tahiti Protectorate 1843-1880.svg Tahiti (French protectorate)
File:Flag of Raiatea.svg Raiatea -Tahaa File:Flag of Huahine.svg Huahine File:Flag of Bora Bora.svg Bora Bora
French victory
French conquest of Tunisia (1881)
Location: Tunisia
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File:Flag of Tunis Bey-fr.svg Beylik of Tunis
French victory
Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
Mandingo Wars (1883–1898)
Location: West Africa
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File:Flag of the Wassoulou Empire.svg Wassoulou Empire
French victory
First Madagascar expedition (1883–1885)
Location: Madagascar
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File:Merina Kingdom flag.svg Merina Kingdom
French victory
Sino-French War (1884–1885)
Location: Southeast mainland China , Taiwan , northern Vietnam
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Template:Flagdeco China Black Flag Army Nguyễn dynasty
Both sides declared victory
Limited "victory" for Qing forces on land (China won one battle at the end before suing for peace)
Defeat of Qing forces on Taiwan and surrounding islands
Collapse of Ferry's government in late March due to public opinion against the war
Treaty of Tientsin
China officially recognizes French domination over Vietnam
Tonkin Campaign (1883–1886)
Location: Northern Vietnam
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Template:Flagdeco Qing dynasty File:Black Flag Army Flag.jpg Black Flag Army File:Flag placeholder.svg Nguyễn dynasty
French victory
First Franco-Dahomean War (1890)
Location: Ouémé Department of modern Benin
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File:Flag of Ghezo of Dahomey.svg Dahomey
French victory
Dahomey recognizes Porto-Novo as a French protectorate and gives up customs rights to Cotonou in exchange for yearly payment
Second Franco-Dahomean War (1892–1894)
Location: Ouémé Department and Zou Department of modern Benin
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File:Flag of Ghezo of Dahomey.svg Dahomey
French victory
Dahomey conquered and incorporated as a French protectorate
Franco-Siamese conflict (1893)
Location: French Indochina , Siam
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French victory
First Italo-Ethiopian War (1894–1896)
Location: Eritrea and Ethiopia
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Ethiopian victory
Second Madagascar expedition (1894–1895)
Location: Madagascar
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File:Merina Kingdom flag.svg Merina Kingdom
French victory
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)
Location: Crete
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File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg Ottoman Empire
French victory
Establishment of the Cretan State .
Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)
Location: North China, Yellow Sea
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Eight-Nation Alliance victory
Rabih War (1899–1901)
Location: West Africa
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File:Kanem flag from dulcerta 1339-pt.svg Kanem–Bornu Empire
French victory
1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar (1904–1905)
Location: Madagascar
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Rebels
French victory
Ouaddai War (1909–1911)
Location: Ouaddai Empire
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Ouaddai Empire
French victory
French conquest of Morocco (1911–1934)
Location: North Africa
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Zaian Confederation Varying other Berber tribes
French victory
Zaian War (1914–1921)
Location: French protectorate of Morocco
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Zaian Confederation Varying other Berber tribes Supported during the First World War by the Central Powers
French victory
First World War (1914–1918)
Location: Europe , Africa , Asia , Middle East , the Pacific Islands , and coast of North and South America
Allied Powers
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File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
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File:Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan
Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–1949)
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File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
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File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Central Powers
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File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary
File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg Ottoman Empire
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Allied victory
Volta-Bani War (1915–1917)
Location: Burkino Faso, Mali
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Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuni, and Bobo people
French victory
Kaocen revolt (1916–1917)
Location: Northern Niger
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Tuareg guerrillas
French victory
Thái Nguyên uprising (1917–1918)
Location: Northern Vietnam
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File:First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg Vietnamese rebels
French victory
Occupation of Constantinople (1918–1923)
Location: Istanbul
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Temporary occupation
November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-Lorraine
Location: Alsace-Lorraine
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File:Flag of the Republic of Alsace-Lorraine.svg Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic
Third Republic victory
Hungarian-Romanian War (1918–1919)
Location: Hungary , and Transylvania
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Romanian victory
Franco-Turkish War (1918–1921)
Location: Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia
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File:Ottoman flag alternative 2.svg Grand National Assembly
French loss
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920)
Location: Russia , Mongolia , and Iran
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Template:Country data British Empire
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
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File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
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File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
File:State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbia
Template:Country data Kingdom of Italy
Template:Flagdeco Poland
Template:Country data Kingdom of Romania
Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–1949)
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Template:Country data Far Eastern Republic
File:Flag of Latvian SSR 1919.svg Latvian SSR
File:Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1923-1927).svg Ukrainian SSR
File:Flag of CWP of Estonia.svg Commune of Estonia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1921-1924).svg Mongolian Communists
Allied withdrawal
Allied withdrawal from Russia
Bolshevik victory over White Army
German Revolution of 1918–1919 (1918–1919)
Location: German Empire
1918–1919:File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic
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File:Socialist red flag.svg FSR Germany Supported by:Template:Country data Russian SFSR
Weimar victory
Hungarian–Czechoslovak War (1918–1919)
Location: Slovakia , Carpathian Ruthenia , Hungary
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Czechoslovakian victory
1919 Luxembourgish rebellion (January 1919)
Location: Luxembourg
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File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Template:Interlanguage link File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Republic of Luxembourg
French and Luxembourgish monarchist victory
Luxembourgish republican and pro-Belgian rebellion suppressed (10 January 1919)
Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921)
Location: Central and Eastern Europe
Template:Flagcountry File:Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995).svg Belarusian PR File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Template:Efn Template:Flagdeco Ukrainian People's Republic Template:Efn Supported by: Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagdeco Russian Whites Template:Flagcountry Template:Efn File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Template:Efn
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Polish victory
Bender Uprising (1919)
Location: Tighina , Kingdom of Romania (present day Bender, Moldova )
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File:Socialist red flag.svg Red Guards Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR
Franco-Romanian victory
Franco-Syrian War (1920)
Location: Syria
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File:Flag of Kingdom of Syria (1920-03-08 to 1920-07-24).svg Arab Kingdom of Syria
French victory
Rif War (1920–1927)
Location: Morocco
Template:Flagdeco Spain Template:Flagcountry (1925–1926) Jebala tribes
File:Flag of the Republic of the Rif.svg Republic of the Rif Jebala tribes
Franco-Spanish victory
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)
Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
File:Damas en flamme.jpg Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925.
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Syrian rebels
French victory
Kongo-Wara rebellion (1928–1931)
Location: French Equatorial Africa , French Cameroon
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Fula people
Co-belligerents:Gbaya chiefdoms
Gbaya people and clans
Co-belligerents: Mbum people Mbai people Pana people Yangere people Mbimou people Goundi people
French victory
Yên Bái mutiny (1930)
Location: Vietnam
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File:Flag of Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929 - 1945).svg Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng
French victory
Uprising crushed VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities[ 24]
Second World War (1939–1945)
Location: Europe , Pacific Ocean , Atlantic Ocean , Southeast Asia , East Asia , Middle East , Mediterranean , North Africa , Oceania , North and South America
Allied Powers
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
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File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
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File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
Axis Powers
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File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo
File:Flag of the Mengjiang.svg Mengjiang
Allied victory