List of wars involving the Netherlands

Summary

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) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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
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) edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Dutch intervention in northern Bali
(1846)
  Dutch Empire Buleleng Defeat
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 (until 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   Republika Srpska
  Serb Volunteer Guard
  Scorpions paramilitary unit

  UNA-UNSO
  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
  • Osama bin Laden killed
  • Taliban retakes Kabul
  • Ongoing Taliban insurgency
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–December 15, 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
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 edit

  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 edit

  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". Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  11. ^ "Home". nato.int.