List of wars involving Romania
This is a list of wars fought by Romania since 1859:
The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859-1862)
The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia did not participate in any war.
Romanian United Principalities (1862-1866)
Romanian United Principalities did not participate in any war.
Principality of Romania (1866-1881)
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | |||||||
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Start | End | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | Prince | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
24 April 1877 | 3 March 1878 | Romanian War of Independence or Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | Russian Empire Principality of Romania Principality of Serbia Principality of Montenegro Co-belligerents |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
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3,316 wounded 19,904 sick |
Constantin Barozzi (Aug.-Oct. 1877) Ştefan Fălcoianu (from Oct. 1877) |
Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947)
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | |||||||
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Start | End | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | King | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
21 February 1907 | 5 April 1907 | 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt |
Active neutrality |
Victory
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3,000 civilian casualties |
Dimitrie Sturdza (from 24 March 1907) |
Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (from 1 April 1907) | |||
29 June 1913
Romania entered: 10 July 1913 |
10 August 1913 | Second Balkan War | Serbia Greece Romania Montenegro Co-belligerent |
Bulgaria | Draw
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6,000 dead of disease |
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28 July 1914
Romania entered: 27 August 1916 |
Romania temporary exited: 9 December 1917 | World War I | Triple Entente France Russia (1914-1917) Italy (1915-1918) Co-belligerents Supply only Diplomatic only |
Central Powers Germany
Austria-Hungary Co-belligerents Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917-1918) Active neutrality |
Defeat
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(until Oct. 1916) (Oct.-Dec. 1916) (from Dec. 1916) | ||||
Romania re-entered: 10 November 1918 | 11 November 1918 | Victory | ||||||||
1 November 1918
Romania entered: 11 November 1918 |
17 July 1919
Romania exited: 11 June 1919 |
Polish–Ukrainian War | Poland Only police troops |
West Ukrainian People's Republic Co-belligerents Active neutrality |
Victory
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(until Nov. 1918) Ion I. C. Brătianu (from Nov. 1918) |
(until Nov. 1918) Artur Văitoianu (from Nov. 1918) | |||
15 April 1919 | 6 August 1919 | Hungarian–Romanian War | Romania
Co-belligerents |
Hungarian Soviet Republic
Active neutrality |
Victory
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11,666 total |
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27 May 1919 | 28 May 1919 | Bender Uprising |
Active neutrality |
Victory
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20 October 1920 | 28 October 1920 | 1920 Romanian general strike | Victory
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15 September 1924 | 18 September 1924 | Tatarbunary Uprising |
Active neutrality |
Victory
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5 August 1929 | 6 August 1929 | Lupeni Strike |
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Victory
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15 gendarmes wounded 22 miners dead 23 miners gravely wounded 30 miners lightly wounded |
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12 February 1933 | 16 February 1933 | Grivița Strike | Victory
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7 workers dead 20 workers wounded |
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21 January 1941 | 23 January 1941 | Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom | Victory
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200-800 legionnaires dead or wounded 125 Jews dead in pogrom |
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1 September 1939
Romania entered: 22 June 1941 |
Romania switched sides: 23 August 1944 | World War II | Axis
Affiliate states Co-belligerents Client states
Active neutrality |
Allies United States (1941-1945) Soviet Union (1941-1945)
Poland (1939)
Luxembourg (1940)
Greece (1940-1941)
Egypt (1940-1945) Nepal Co-belligerents Client state Supply only Diplomatic only Governments in exile Active neutrality |
Defeat
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64,000 civilians dead 469,000 Jews died in Holocaust |
Ion Antonescu (Sep. 1941-Jan. 1942) Constantin Pantazi (Jan. 1942-Aug. 1944) |
Iosif Iacobici (Sep. 1941-Jan. 1942) Ilie Șteflea (Jan. 1942-Aug. 1944) | ||
Romania switched sides: 22 August 1944 | 2 September 1945
Romania exited: 9 May 1945 |
Allies United States (1941-1945)
Soviet Union (1941-1945)
Norway (1945) Nepal Co-belligerents Client state Supply only Diplomatic only Governments in exile Active neutrality |
Axis Affiliate states Client states
Active neutrality |
Nicolae Rădescu (Dec. 1944-Feb. 1945) Petru Groza (from Mar. 1945) |
Constantin Sănătescu (Nov.-Dec. 1944) Ion Negulescu (Dec. 1944-Mar. 1945) Vasile-Constantin Vasiliu-Rascanu (from Mar. 1945) |
Nicolae Rădescu (Oct.-Dec. 1944) Constantin Sănătescu (from Dec. 1944) |
Romanian People's Republic (1947-1965)
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | |||||||
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Start | End | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
Summer 1948 | 1962 | Romanian anti-communist resistance movement |
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Victory
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Petru Groza (Jun. 1952-Jan. 1958) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (Jan. 1958-Mar. 1961) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (from Mar. 1961) |
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Jun. 1952-Oct. 1955) Chivu Stoica (Oct. 1955-Mar. 1961) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (from Mar. 1961) |
Leontin Sălăjan (from Oct. 1955) |
Leontin Sălăjan (Mar. 1950-Apr. 1954) Ion Tutoveanu (from Apr. 1954) |
Socialist Republic of Romania (1965-1989)
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | |||||||
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Start | End | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
15 November 1987 | 16 November 1987 | Brașov Rebellion |
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Victory
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16 December 1989 | 27 December 1989 | Romanian Revolution |
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Defeat
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3,352 wounded |
Council of the National Salvation Front (22-26 Dec. 1989) Ion Iliescu (from 26 Dec. 1989) |
Petre Roman (from 26 Dec. 1989) |
Nicolae Militaru (from 22 Dec. 1989) |
post-communist Romania (since 1989)
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | |||||||
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Start | End | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
March 2003 | 23 July 2009 | Iraq War |
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Ba'athist Iraq Ansar al-Islam Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07). |
Victory
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Traian Băsescu (from Dec. 2004) |
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Dec. 2004-Dec. 2008) Emil Boc (from Dec. 2008) |
Teodor Atanasiu (Dec. 2004-Oct. 2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (Oct. 2006-Apr. 2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (Apr. 2007-Dec. 2008) Mihai Stănișoară (from Dec. 2008) |
Eugen Bădălan (Oct. 2004-Sep. 2006) Gheorghe Marin (from. Sep. 2006) | |
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | |||||||
Start | End | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses | President | Prime Minister | Defense Minister | General Chief of Staff |
07. October 2001. | present day | War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Ongoing
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19. March 2011. | 23. October 2011. | 2011 military intervention in Libya | Victory
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