List of wars involving Belgium

This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Belgium and its colonial empire since its secession and independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1830.

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Belgium)		Outcome
			Allies	Enemies
1830	1831	The Belgian Revolution Ten Days' Campaign	France	United Kingdom of the Netherlands	Treaty of London: Recognition by the European powers of the independence and neutrality of Belgium
1832	1834	Liberal Wars	Portugal United Kingdom France Spain	Miguelites	Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored
1861	1867	The French intervention in Mexico	Mexican Empire France and others	United Mexican States United States of America (entered in 1865)	French withdrawal, Republican victory
1881	1899	Mahdist War	British Empire Kingdom of Italy Congo Free State Ethiopian Empire	Mahdist Sudanese	Anglo-Egyptian victory
1892	1894	Belgo-Arab War	Congo Free State	Zanzibari slave traders	Congo Free State victory
1895	1908	Batetela Rebellions	Congo Free State	Batetela people	Congo Free State victory
1914	1918	World War I	Allies: France British Empire Russia (1914–17) United States (1917–18) and others	Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria (1915–18)	Allied victory
10 May 1940	28 May 1940	The Battle of Belgium part of World War II	France British Empire Netherlands Luxembourg	Nazi Germany	Belgian surrender and German occupation of Belgium
1940	1945	World War II	Allies	Axis powers	Allied victory
1950	1953	The Korean War	United Nations (UN Resolution 84)	North Korea China Soviet Union	Ceasefire
1959	1962	Rwandan Revolution			Independence of Rwanda
1960	1966	Congo Crisis	Katanga South Kasai	Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) United Nations (United Nations Operation in the Congo)	Withdrawal of Belgian Armed Forces Debellation of the State of South Kasai in 1961 Debellation of the State of Katanga in 1963 New Belgian intervention Operation Dragon Rouge and Operation Dragon Noire in 1964
May 1978	June 1978	Shaba II	Zaire France United States	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Franco-Belgian victory
1990	1991	The Gulf War	Coalition forces	Iraq	Coalition victory
1991	2003	Iraqi no-fly zones	United States United Kingdom France (1991–1998) Australia Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy	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	Somalia	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled. About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance. Civil war is ongoing.
1998	1999	The Kosovo War	Kosovo Liberation Army Albania NATO force	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	NATO victory United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
2001	ongoing	War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan United States ISAF	Taliban	Fall of Taliban régime Ongoing Taliban insurgency
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

• History of Belgium
• Belgian Army