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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 and 1918
Allied victory
  • Grand duchess Marie Adelheid is 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  • Treaty of Versailles (art. 40–41): German privileges in Luxembourg repealed
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)

  USA
  UK
  Australia
  Belgium
  Canada
  France
  Philippines
  Colombia
  Kingdom of Greece
  Luxembourg
  Netherlands
  New Zealand
  South Africa
  Thailand
  Turkey

  North Korea

  China
  Soviet Union

Ceasefire
1998 1999 Kosovo War Kosovo Liberation Army

  Albania
NATO 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
Defeat
  • Fall of Taliban régime
  • Taliban insurgency
  • Taliban regains power in 2021

See also

References

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 and 1918
Allied victory
  • Grand duchess Marie Adelheid is 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
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)

  USA
  UK
  Australia
  Belgium
  Canada
  France
  Philippines
  Colombia
  Kingdom of Greece
  Luxembourg
  Netherlands
  New Zealand
  South Africa
  Thailand
  Turkey

  North Korea

  China
  Soviet Union

Ceasefire
1998 1999 Kosovo War Kosovo Liberation Army

  Albania
NATO 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
Defeat
  • Fall of Taliban régime
  • Taliban insurgency
  • Taliban regains power in 2021

See also

References


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