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 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  • Treaty of Versailles (art. 40–41): German privileges in Luxembourg repealed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)[1]
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

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References

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  1. ^ "2) Fall Gelb l'invasion du Luxembourg le jeudi 9 mai 1940 à 04h35" (in French). 28 December 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2024.