Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Belgium) | Outcome |
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Allies | Enemies |
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1830 | 1831 | The Belgian Revolution | France}} France | United Kingdom of the Netherlands}} | Treaty of London:- Recognition by the European powers of the independence and neutrality of Belgium
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1832 | 1834 | Liberal Wars | Portugal|1830}} Portugal {{Country|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|France}} France {{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Spain
| Portugal|1707}} Miguelites
| Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored |
1861 | 1867 | The French intervention in Mexico | Mexico|1864}} Mexican Empire {{flagicon|France}} France and others | Mexico|1823}} United Mexican States
United States of America (entered in 1865) | French withdrawal, Republican victory |
1881 | 1899 | Mahdist War | British Empire}} {{Country|Kingdom of Italy}} {{flagicon|Congo Free State}} Congo Free State Ethiopian Empire | Sudan}} Mahdist Sudanese | Anglo-Egyptian victory |
1892 | 1894 | Belgo-Arab War | Congo Free State}} Congo Free State | Flag of Muscat.svg}} Zanzibari slave traders | Congo Free State victory |
1895 | 1908 | Batetela Rebellions | Congo Free State}} Congo Free State
| Batetela people
| Congo Free State victory |
1914 | 1918 | World War I | Allies: {{flagicon|France}} France {{Country|British Empire}} {{Country|Russian Empire}} (1914–17) {{Country|United States|1912}} (1917–18) and others | Central Powers{{Country|German Empire}} {{Country|Austria-Hungary}} {{Country|Ottoman Empire}} {{Country|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} (1915–18) | Allied victory |
10 May 1940 | 28 May 1940 | The Battle of Belgium part of | France}} France {{Country|British Empire}} {{Country|Netherlands}} {{Country|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}} {{Country|China}} {{Country|Soviet Union}} | Ceasefire |
1959 | 1962 | Rwandan Revolution | Independence of Rwanda |
1960 | 1966 | Congo Crisis | Katanga}}{{Country|South Kasai}} | Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960-1963).svg}} Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville){{Country|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
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May 1978 | June 1978 | Shaba II | Zaire}} {{Country|France}} {{Country|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}} {{Country|United Kingdom}} {{Country|France}} (1991–1998) {{Country|Australia}} {{Country|Kingdom of the Netherlands|name=Netherlands}} {{Country|Saudi Arabia}} {{Country|Turkey}} {{Country|Italy}} | Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg}} Iraq | Coalition victory |
1992 | 1995 | Somali Civil War | United States|size=25px}} {{Country|United Kingdom|size=25px}} {{Country|Spain|size=25px}} {{Country|Saudi Arabia|size=25px}} {{Country|Malaysia|size=25px}} {{Country|Pakistan|size=25px}} {{Country|Italy|size=25px}} {{Country|India|size=25px}} {{Country|Greece|size=25px}} {{Country|Germany|size=25px}} {{Country|France|size=25px}} {{Country|Canada|size=25px}} {{Country|Botswana|size=25px}} {{Country|Australia|size=25px}} | Somalia|size=25px}} United Somali Congress | Victory- UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
- About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
- Civil war is ongoing.
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1998 | 1999 | The Kosovo War | Kosovo Liberation Army {{Country|Albania}} {{flagicon|NATO}} NATO force | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}} | NATO victory- United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
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2001 | ongoing | War in Afghanistan | Afghanistan|2001}} {{Country|United States}} ISAF
| Afghanistan|Taliban}} Taliban | Fall of Taliban régime
Ongoing Taliban insurgency |
2011 | 2011 military intervention in Libya | Libya}} National Transitional Council {{Country|NATO}} forces
| Libya|1977}} Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Fall of Gaddafi régime |
2014 | ongoing | 2014 military intervention against ISIS | Ireland, Jake v Dara b}} | Ongoing |
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