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

Batavian Republic (1795–1806)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
War of the Second Coalition
(1799-1802)
France French Republic
 Spain
Poland Polish Legions
Denmark Denmark–Norway

French client republics:

Holy Roman Empire Austria
 Russia
 Great Britain
 Ottoman Empire
Portugal Portugal
 Two Sicilies
Kingdom of France 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)
France French Empire
Netherlands Batavia
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Italy
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Etruria
 Spain
Bavaria Bavaria
Kingdom of Württemberg Württemberg
 Austrian Empire
 Russian Empire
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily
Portugal Portugal
 Great Britain
 Sweden
Victory

Treaty of Pressburg

Padri War
(1803-1838)
Adats
 Netherlands
Padris Victory

Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Franco-Swedish War
(1805–1810)
France France
Spain Spanish Empire
Netherlands Holland
Sweden 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)
France French Empire
French satellites:
 Prussia
 Russia
 United Kingdom
Saxony[1]
 Sweden
Sicily
Victory

Treaties of Tilsit

Second Tondano War
(1808–1809)
Netherlands Holland Minahasan militia Victory
War of the Fifth Coalition
(1809)
France French Empire
French satellites:
 Austria
Hungary
Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria)
 United Kingdom
 Spain
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia
Black Brunswickers
Victory

Treaty of Schönbrunn

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
War of the Sixth Coalition
(1813–1814)
Sixth Coalition:

After Pläswitz (June–August 1813)

After Leipzig (October 1813)

After January 1814

 France

Until January 1814

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)

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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 Portugal
 Sardinia
 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Tuscany
France 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
Ottoman Empire 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
Belgian Revolution
(1830-1831)
 Dutch Empire Belgian rebels
Supported by:
France 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)

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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
Qing dynasty 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
France 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
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
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
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
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
Indonesian National Revolution
(1940–1949)
 Dutch Empire  Indonesia

Japan Japanese volunteers (from 1946)
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[3][4]

Indonesian political victory
Dutch military victory
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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
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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 Serb Volunteer Guard
Scorpions Scorpions paramilitary unit

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia
Greece Greek volunteers
Russia Russian volunteers

Defeat
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
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2021)[9]
 Afghanistan
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 Denmark
 Poland
 Romania
 Turkey
 Australia
 Spain
ISAF
Afghanistan 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


Shia insurgents

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
Somalia Somali Pirates Victory
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Denmark
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Canada
Arab League several Arab League states
Sweden Sweden
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Victory
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
First Bone WarSecond expedition to PalembangFirst expedition to PalembangInvasion of Java (1811)Invasion of the Spice IslandsJava campaign of 1806–07Battle of BlaauwbergBattle of PenfuiSiamese revolution of 1688Siamese revolution of 1688Esopus WarsKieft's WarJava WarBombardment of Algiers (1816)Ashanti–Fante WarBattle of SurinameAmerican Revolutionary WarTravancore–Dutch WarPeach Tree WarDutch pacification campaign on FormosaExpedition to the West Coast of BorneoXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsJava War (1741–1743)Khoikhoi–Dutch WarsKhoikhoi–Dutch WarsGuo Huaiyi rebellionShimabara RebellionSiege of BataviaPadri War1740 Batavia massacreSinhalese–Portuguese WarDutch conquest of the Banda IslandsDutch conquest of the Banda IslandsHundred DaysFrench invasion of RussiaKettle WarJavanese Wars of SuccessionTrunajaya rebellionDutch–Portuguese WarWar of the Sixth CoalitionWar of the Fifth CoalitionFlanders campaignWar of the First CoalitionWar of the Austrian SuccessionNine Years' WarSecond Anglo-Dutch WarSecond Anglo-Dutch WarFranco-Spanish War (1635–1659)Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)War of the Fourth CoalitionWar of the Third CoalitionPatriottentijdWar of the Quadruple AllianceThird Anglo-Dutch WarFranco-Dutch WarThirty Years' WarSecond Northern WarSecond Northern WarLuxemburg campaignsWar of the Second CoalitionSecond Anglo-Mysore WarFourth Anglo-Dutch WarWar of the Spanish SuccessionWar of DevolutionFirst Anglo-Dutch WarFirst Anglo-Dutch WarEighty Years' War

Sovereign Principality of the United NetherlandsFirst French EmpireKingdom of Holland

Dutch RepublicHabsburg Netherlands
Mali WarObano rebellionSouth Sulawesi expeditions of 1905Mandor rebellionDutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70Second Bone WarDutch–Ahanta WarJava WarLibyan Civil War (2011)Operation TrikoraDutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908Boxer RebellionXhosa WarsBanjarmasin WarXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsOperation AtalantaMakassar UprisingDutch intervention in Bali (1906)Shimonoseki campaignDutch intervention in northern Bali (1848)Padri WarOperation Ocean ShieldInvasion of AmbonDutch intervention in Bali (1908)Dutch intervention in Lombok and KarangasemDutch intervention in Bali (1849)Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)Kosovo WarAPRA coup d'étatCommunist Party of Indonesia#1926 revolt

Edi ExpeditionNias ExpeditionSecond Sumatran expeditionFirst Sumatran expeditionDutch military intervention against ISILIraq War Gulf WarIndonesian National RevolutionPedir ExpeditionJambi uprisingPalembang Highlands ExpeditionsDutch expedition on the west coast of SumatraWar in Afghanistan (2001–present)Bosnian WarKorean WarWorld War IIAceh WarPasoemah ExpeditionExpedition against the Chinese in MontradoBelgian RevolutionKingdom of the Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands

  •   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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Many member states of the Confederation of the Rhine defected after Battle of Leipzig.

References

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  1. ^ a b Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Wies Platje, 297–299
  4. ^ J.D. Legge, 403
  5. ^ Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
  8. ^ "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Resolute Support Mission (RSM): Key Facts and Figures" (PDF). nato.int. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  10. ^ "President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News". 16 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  11. ^ "Home". nato.int.