List of wars involving the Netherlands

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1795. These predecessors include:

United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795): see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic
Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present)
For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
For simultaneous wars in the south, see
- List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium and Luxembourg, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon and smaller states.
- List of wars involving Belgium (1830–present)
- List of wars involving Luxembourg (1890–present)

Batavian Republic (1795–1806)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802)	French Republic Spain Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics: Batavian Republic Helvetic Republic Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic Parthenopaean Republic	Austria Russia Great Britain Ottoman Empire Portugal Two Sicilies French Royalists	Victory Treaty of Amiens: General French victory Britain recognises the French Republic Cape Colony returned to the Batavian Republic British withdrawal from Egypt French withdrawal from the Papal States Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic
Third Xhosa-Dutch War (1799–1803)	Dutch Republic	Xhosa militia Khoikhoi militia	Stalemate The Xhosa were allowed to stay in Zuurveld.
War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806)	French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Spain Bavaria Württemberg	Austrian Empire Russian Empire Naples and Sicily Portugal Great Britain Sweden	Victory Treaty of Pressburg Consolidation of the French Empire Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine Hostilities resume few months later with the formation of a Fourth Coalition against France
Padri War (1803-1838)	Adats Netherlands	Padris	Victory

Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810)	France Spanish Empire Holland	Sweden United Kingdom Prussia	Victory
Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807)	Ashanti Empire Batavian Republic	Fante Confederacy United Kingdom	Victory
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807)	French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Württemberg Saxony^[1] Polish Legions Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples Etruria Holland Spain Swiss Confederation	Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony^[1] Sweden Sicily	Victory Treaties of Tilsit Prussia lost one half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw Franco-Russian alliance Promulgation of the Continental System Hostilities resume in 1808 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expanded in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France
Second Tondano War (1808–1809)	Holland Dutch East Indies	Minahasan militia	Victory
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809)	French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Saxony Württemberg Westphalia Napoleonic Italy Naples Switzerland Holland	Austria Hungary Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) United Kingdom Spain Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers	Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn Franco-Austrian Alliance Napoléon marries Marie Louise of Austria Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained General hostilities across Europe resume in 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia and expand in 1813 with the formation of a Sixth Coalition against France

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814)	Sixth Coalition: Russia (already at war) United Kingdom (already at war) Spain (already at war) Portugal (already at war) Sweden (3 March) Mecklenburg-Schwerin (14 March) Prussia (17 March) Sardinia Sicily After Pläswitz (June–August 1813) Austria (12 August) Bavaria (8 Oct.) After Leipzig (October 1813) Saxony (18 Oct.) Württemberg (18 Oct.) Baden (mid-November) Principality of the Netherlands (21 Nov.) Liechtenstein After January 1814 Denmark	France Duchy of Warsaw^[a] Italy Naples Until January 1814 Confederation of the Rhine^[b] Denmark–Norway	Victory Napoleon abdicates and is captured Future of the Low Countries determined at Congress of Vienna (1814–15)

United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Hundred Days (1815) War of the Seventh Coalition	United Kingdom Prussia Hanover German Confederation Austria Russia Sweden Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Tuscany	French Empire Kingdom of Naples	Victory Treaty of Paris: General French defeat Restoration of the House of Bourbon Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) ₣100,000,000 compensation from France
Bombardment of Algiers (1816)	United Kingdom United Netherlands	Regency of Algiers	Victory 3000 slaves freed.
First expedition to Palembang (1819)	Dutch Empire	Palembang Sultanate	Defeat
Second expedition to Palembang (1821)	Dutch Empire	Palembang Sultanate	Victory
Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo (1823)	Dutch Empire	Chinese Indonesian rebels	Victory
First Bone War (1824–1825)	Dutch Empire	Sulawesian militia	Victory
Java War (1825-1830)	Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Javanese	Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro Chinese mercenaries	Victory Diponegoro deported to Makassar
Belgian Revolution (1830-1831)	Dutch Empire	Belgian rebels Supported by: France	Defeat The main European powers recognized Belgium's de facto independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Dutch expedition on the west coast of Sumatra (1831)	Dutch Empire	Aceh Sultanate	Victory
First Sumatran expedition (1832)	United States Dutch Empire	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory
Dutch–Ahanta War (1837-1839)	Dutch Empire	Ahanta Kingdom	Victory Ahanta becomes a Dutch protectorate
Second Sumatran expedition (1838)	United States Dutch Empire	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory

Netherlands (1839–present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)	Dutch Empire	Buleleng	Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1849-1850)	Dutch Empire Lombok	Buleleng Jembrana Klungkung	Victory Dutch control of Northern Bali.
Palembang Highlands Expeditions (1851–1859)	Dutch Empire	Forces of the Sultan of Palembang	Victory
Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado (1854-1855)	Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Indonesians	Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels China	Victory
Nias Expedition (1855-1864)	Dutch Empire	Nias	Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1858)	Dutch Empire	Buleleng rebels	Victory
Second Bone War (1859–1860)	Dutch Empire	Sulawesian militia	Victory
Banjarmasin War (1859–1863)	Dutch Empire	Sultanate of Banjarmasin	Victory
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864)	Dutch Empire British Empire French Empire United States	Chōshū Domain	Victory
Pasoemah Expedition (1864–1868)	Dutch Empire	South Sumatra	Victory
Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70 (1869-1870)	Dutch Empire	Local rulers	Victory Dutch Gold Coast sold to Britain in 1872
Aceh War (1873-1904)	Dutch Empire	Aceh Sultanate Acehnese religious ulama Thai and Chinese mercenaries	Victory Imposition of Dutch rule on Aceh. Aceh is annexed into the Dutch East Indies.
Batak War (1878-1907)	Dutch Empire	Batak Kingdom	Victory
Mandor rebellion (1884-1885)	Dutch Empire	Lanfang Republic Qing dynasty Dayak and Chinese Indonesian militia	Victory Disestablishment of the Lanfang Republic.
Jambi uprising (1885)	Dutch Empire	Jambi	Victory
Edi Expedition (1890)	Dutch Empire	Aceh militia	Victory
Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem (1894)	Dutch Empire Eastern Sasak	Lombok Mataram Western Sasak	Victory Dutch control of Lombok and Karangasem.
Pedir Expedition (1897-1898)	Dutch Empire	Aceh militia	Victory
Siege of the International Legations part of the Boxer Rebellion (1900)	British Empire United States France Russia Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Japan Belgium Dutch Empire Spain	Qing Dynasty Yìhéquán	Victory
Unrest in Java^[2] (1900-1907)	Dutch Empire	Peasant rebels Lone-wolf robbers arsonists	Victory
Merauke uprising^[2] (1902)	Dutch Empire	Marind rebels	Victory
Campaigns against Dayak^[2] (Location: Kalimantan) (1902-1907)	Dutch Empire	Dayak rebels	Victory
Kerinci Expedition (1903)	Dutch Empire	Kerinci	Victory
Actions on Yapen^[2] (1903)	Dutch Empire	Tribes of Yapen	Victory
Resistance on Tidore^[2] (1904)	Dutch Empire	Tidore	Victory
South Sulawesi expedition (1904-1905)	Dutch Empire	Bone Luwu Wajo	Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1906)	Dutch Empire	Badung Tabanan Klungkung	Victory Dutch control of southern Bali.
Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908 (1908)	Dutch Empire	Venezuela	Victory Overthrow of Cipriano Castro
Dutch intervention in Bali (1908)	Dutch Empire	Balinese rebels	Victory
World War II (1940–1945)	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Italy (from 1943) Romania (from 1944) Bulgaria (from 1944) Finland (from 1944)	Germany Japan Italy (until 1943) Italian Social Republic (from 23 Sep. 1943) Hungary Romania (until 1944) Bulgaria (until 1944) Finland (1941-1944) Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Croatia Slovakia	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Indonesian National Revolution (1940–1949)	Dutch Empire	Indonesia PDRI TNI Japanese volunteers (from 1946) Supported by: Soviet Union^[3]^[4]	Indonesian political victory Dutch military victory^[5] Indonesia secured its independence Dutch recognised United States of Indonesia in Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference
APRA coup d'état (1950)	Indonesia Netherlands	Legion of the Just Ruler (APRA)	Victory
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea United States United Kingdom Netherlands United Nations	North Korea China Soviet Union	Ceasefire Communist invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent UN invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent communist invasion of South Korea repelled
Operation Trikora (1961–1962)	Dutch Empire	Indonesia Air and naval support by: Soviet Union	Indonesian political victory^[6]^[7] Military stalemate^[8]^[6] New York Agreement Western New Guinea ceded to the United Nations.
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria Netherlands Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Kuwait regains its independence
Operation Krivaja '95 (6–11 July 1995)	Netherlands Ukraine	Republika Srpska Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions paramilitary unit Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia Greek volunteers Russian volunteers	Defeat Decisive Bosnian Serb victory Beginning of the Srebrenica massacre
Operation Deliberate Force (30 August – 20 September 1995)	NATO United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Germany Italy France Turkey	Republika Srpska	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
Kosovo War (1998–1999)	Kosovo Liberation Army United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Canada Denmark Germany Italy	Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 NATO intervention KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Bulldozer Revolution in 2000
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)^[9]	Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Canada Netherlands Germany Italy France Denmark Poland Romania Turkey Australia Spain ISAF	Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition IMU Other groups	Defeat Fall of Taliban régime in 2001 Osama bin Laden killed Taliban retakes Kabul Return of Taliban régime in 2021
Iraq War (2003–2011)	United States United Kingdom Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Australia Poland Netherlands Denmark Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq under Saddam Hussein Sunni insurgents al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004–2006) Islamic State of Iraq (2006–2011)^[10] Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others	Victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Occupation of southern Iraq Dutch withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–15 December 2016) ^[11] Operation Atalanta (2009–present)	EU NATO Netherlands	Somali Pirates	Victory NATO and EU operations being conducted. Action of 5 April 2010 Task Force Barracuda: sabotage of 5 Somali piracy mother ships
Libyan Civil War (2011)	Anti-Gaddafi forces United States United Kingdom France Denmark Netherlands Italy Canada several Arab League states Sweden	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Armed forces Pro-Gaddafi Militia Foreign mercenaries	Victory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control
Dutch military intervention against ISIL Dutch involvement in the Syrian Civil War (2014–2019)	Netherlands	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham	Victory Operation Inherent Resolve is in play. 2014 Iraqi intervention against ISIL Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War

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War of succession
War of conquest (territorial control)
Religious war (including the European wars of religion)
Economic war (including colonial wars)
Revolt or rebellion (political)

Notes

^ 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.
^ Many member states of the Confederation of the Rhine defected after Battle of Leipzig.

References

^ ^a ^b Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hagen, Piet (10 May 2018). "Opstanden, expedities en oorlogen". Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië: Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing (in Dutch). Singel Uitgeverijen. ISBN 9789029524209.
^ Wies Platje, 297–299
^ J.D. Legge, 403
^ Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
^ ^a ^b Platje, Wies (2001). "Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62". Intelligence and National Security. 16 (1): 285–312. doi:10.1080/714002840. S2CID 153528325.
^ Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
^ "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^ "Resolute Support Mission (RSM): Key Facts and Figures" (PDF). nato.int. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News". 16 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
^ "Home". nato.int.

[2] 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.

[3] Many member states of the Confederation of the Rhine defected after Battle of Leipzig.

[ReferenceA-1] Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.

[:10-4] Hagen, Piet (10 May 2018). "Opstanden, expedities en oorlogen". Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië: Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing (in Dutch). Singel Uitgeverijen. ISBN 9789029524209.

[5] Wies Platje, 297–299

[J.D._Legge,_403-6] J.D. Legge, 403

[7] Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.

[WiesPlatje-8] Platje, Wies (2001). "Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62". Intelligence and National Security. 16 (1): 285–312. doi:10.1080/714002840. S2CID 153528325.

[9] Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.

[Pathfinder2011-10] "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

[11] "Resolute Support Mission (RSM): Key Facts and Figures" (PDF). nato.int. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[12] "President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News". 16 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via www.youtube.com.

[13] "Home". nato.int.

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