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:

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:

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

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:
Prussia
 Russia
 United Kingdom
Saxony[1]
Sweden
Sicily
Victory

Treaties of Tilsit

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

Treaty of Schönbrunn

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)

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)

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
Katamanso War
(1826)
Denmark
 United Kingdom
Dutch Empire
Ashanti Empire Victory
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
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

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

Indonesian political victory
Dutch military victory
[5]
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]
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
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
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
Somali Pirates Victory
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Anti-Gaddafi forces
United States
United Kingdom
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Italy
Canada
several Arab League states
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
  •   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

  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

  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.