List of wars involving Luxembourg

This article is a list of wars and conflicts involving Luxembourg since its full independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1890.

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Luxembourg) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1914 1918 World War I Allies:

 French Third Republic
 British Empire
 Kingdom of Belgium
 Russian Empire (1914–17)
 United States (1917–18)
and others

 Central Powers

 German Empire
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Kingdom of Bulgaria (1915–18)

 German occupation of Luxembourg between 1914–1918
Allied victory
  • Grand duchess Marie Adelheid forced to abdicate due to her pro-German attitude (9 January 1919)
  • Monarchy survives, despite strong republican and pro-Belgian opposition
  • Treaty of Versailles (art. 40–41): German privileges in Luxembourg repealed
1919 1919 1919 rebellion  French Third Republic
 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg		 Comité de Salut Public (Luxembourg)
Republic of Luxembourg		 French and monarchist victory
  • Republican and pro-Belgian rebellion suppressed (10 January 1919)
1940 1945 World War II Allies Axis powers German occupation of Luxembourg (1940–1945)
Allied victory
  • Benelux founded (1944)
  • Benelux countries retrieve pre-war territories
1950 1953 Korean War  South Korea
 United Nations (UN Resolution 84)		  North Korea

 China
 Soviet Union

 Ceasefire
1998 1999 Kosovo War Kosovo Liberation Army

 Albania
NATO force

  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia NATO victory
2001 2021 War in Afghanistan Northern Alliance (2001)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
NATO ( ISAF, RS)		 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2001)
Taliban		 Fall of Taliban régime

Taliban insurgency

See also
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