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 wars.

Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866)

The Romanian United Principalities did not participate in any wars.

Principality of Romania (1866–1881)

Conflict		Belligerents		Result		Romanian commanders
Date	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 Bulgarian volunteers Serb rebels of Bosnia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin Independence of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro from Ottoman Empire Northern Dobruja passed from Ottoman Empire to Romania Southern Bessarabia passed from Romania to Russian Empire due to the reestablishment of the Bulgarian state, Ottoman Empire lost its common border with Romania	4,302 dead and missing 3,316 wounded 19,904 sick	Carol I	Ion C. Brătianu	Alexandru Cernat	Gheorghe Slăniceanu (until Aug. 1877) Constantin Barozzi (Aug. – Oct. 1877) Ştefan Fălcoianu (from Oct. 1877)

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

Conflict		Belligerents		Result		Romanian commanders
Date	Name	Allies	Enemies	Outcome	Losses	Prince	Prime Minister	Defense Minister	General Chief of Staff
21 February – 5 April 1907	1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie	Uprising peasants	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	10 dead and 5 wounded (military) 3,000 civilian casualties	Carol I	Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (until 24 March 1907) Dimitrie Sturdza (from 24 March 1907)	Alexandru Averescu	Nicolae Tătărăscu (until 1 April 1907) Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (from 1 April 1907)
29 June – 10 August 1913 Romania entered: 10 July 1913	Second Balkan War	Serbia Greece Romania Montenegro Co-belligerent Ottoman Empire	Bulgaria	Victory Treaty of Bucharest Romania gained Southern Dobruja	negligible combat casualties 6,000 dead of disease	Carol I	Titu Maiorescu	Constantin Harjeu	Alexandru Averescu
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 Romania entered: 27 August 1916 Romania temporary exited: 9 December 1917 Romania re-entered: 10 November 1918	World War I	Triple Entente France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa Russia (1914–1917) Italy (1915–1918) Japan Romania (1916–1918) Serbia Belgium Greece (1917–1918) Portugal (1916–1918) Montenegro (1914–1916) China (1917–1918) Siam (1917–1918) Co-belligerents United States (1917–1918) Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1918) Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1915–1918) Nepal Brazil (1917–1918) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic Democratic Republic of Armenia Monaco Cuba Panama Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica Haiti Honduras Supply only Liberia (1917–1918) Diplomatic only Peru Bolivia Uruguay Ecuador San Marino Active neutrality Norway Venezuela	Central Powers Germany Togoland (1914) German Samoa (1914) German New Guinea (1914) Tsingtao (1914) German South-West Africa (1914–1915) Kamerun (1914–1916) German East Africa Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria (1915–1918) Co-belligerents Emirate of Jabal Shammar Dervish state Sultanate of Darfur Senussi (1915–1917) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1918) Kuban People's Republic (1918) Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918) Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918)	Defeat Armistice of Focșani Treaty of Buftea Bulgaria recovered Southern Dobruja and gained the southern part of Northern Dobruja The northern part of Northern Dobruja was placed under the joint control of the Central Powers Austria-Hungary gained the passes of the Carpathian Mountains Romania leased its oil wells to Germany for 90 years. The Central Powers recognized the Union of Bessarabia with Romania	535,706	Ferdinand I	Ion I. C. Brătianu	Constantin Iancovescu	Vasile Zottu (until Oct. 1916) Dumitru Iliescu (Oct. – Dec. 1916) Constantin Prezan (from Dec. 1916)
	World War I			Victory Armistice of 11 November 1918 Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Treaty of Trianon anullement of the Treaty of Buftea Creation of Greater Romania	535,706		Constantin Coandă	Eremia Grigorescu	Constantin Prezan
1 November 1918 – 17 July 1919 Romania entered: 11 November 1918 Romania exited: 11 June 1919	Polish–Ukrainian War	Poland Romania Only police troops Czechoslovakia (1918–1919) Hungarian Democratic Republic (1919)	West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic Co-belligerents Hutsul Republic (1919) Komancza Republic Active neutrality Czechoslovakia (1919)	Victory Romania secured Northern Bukovina Temporary Romanian occupation of Pokuttya Ukrainian state failed to stabilize, therefore USSR gained access to common border with Romania Poland became ally of Romania	negligible		Constantin Coandă (until Nov. 1918) Ion I. C. Brătianu (from Nov. 1918)	Eremia Grigorescu (until Nov. 1918) Artur Văitoianu (from Nov. 1918)
15 April – 6 August 1919	Hungarian–Romanian War	Romania Co-belligerents Czechoslovakia Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Hungarian Soviet Republic Active neutrality Soviet Russia	Victory Romania secured Transylvania Collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungary became enemy of Romania Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia became allies of Romania	3,610 dead 11,666 total		Ion I. C. Brătianu	Artur Văitoianu
27–28 May 1919	Bender Uprising	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie	Bolsheviks Active neutrality Soviet Russia	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	unknown		Ion I. C. Brătianu	Artur Văitoianu
20–28 October 1920	1920 Romanian General Strike	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie	Bolsheviks	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	unknown		Alexandru Averescu	Ioan Rășcanu	Constantin Cristescu
15–18 September 1924	Tatarbunary Uprising	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie Romanian Naval Forces	Bolsheviks Active neutrality Soviet Union	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	3,000 civilian casualties	Ion I. C. Brătianu	George Mărdărescu	Alexandru Lupescu	Alexandru Gorski
5–6 August 1929	Lupeni Strike	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie	Coal miners	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	10 soldiers wounded 15 gendarmes wounded 22 miners dead 23 miners gravely wounded 30 miners lightly wounded	Michael I	Iuliu Maniu	Henry Cihoschi	Nicolae Samsonovici
12–16 February 1933	Grivița Strike	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie	Communists	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	2 soldiers dead 7 workers dead 20 workers wounded	Carol II	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod	Nicolae Samsonovici	Constantin Lăzărescu
21–23 January 1941	Legionnaires' Rebellion and Bucharest Pogrom	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Police	Iron Guard Romanian Police	Victory Crushing of the rebellion	30 soldiers dead 200–800 legionnaires dead or wounded 125 Jews dead in pogrom	Michael I	Ion Antonescu		Alexandru Ioaniţiu
1–2 September 1945 Romania entered: 22 June 1941 Romania switched sides: 23 August 1944 Romania exited: 9 May 1945	World War II	Axis Germany Italy (1940–1943) Italian North Africa (1943) Italian East Africa (until 1941) Japan Affiliate states Romania (1941–1944) Hungary (1941–1945) Bulgaria (1941–1944) Thailand (1942–1945) Co-belligerents Finland (1941–1944) Vichy France (1940–1944) Iran (1941) Iraq (1941) Client states Italian Social Republic (1943–1945) Slovak Republic Serbia (1941–1944) Croatia (1941–1945) Greece (1941–1944) Albania (1939–1944) Syria (1941) French Lebanon (1941) Manchukuo Reorganized National Government of China (1940–1945) Mengjiang Second Philippine Republic (1943–1945) State of Burma (1943–1945) Free India (1943–1945) Active neutrality Soviet Union (1939–1940) Spanish State Denmark (1940–1945) Monaco French Morocco (1940–1942)	Allies United States (1941–1945) Commonwealth of the Philippines (1941) Soviet Union (1941–1945) Ukrainian SSR (1941, 1943–1945) Byelorussian SSR (1941, 1943–1945) United Kingdom Australia Canada India New Zealand South Africa British Somaliland (1939–1940, 1941–1945) Southern Rhodesia Western Samoa Straits Settlements (1939–1942) Federated Malay States (1939–1942) Northern Rhodesia Nyasaland France (1939–1940, 1944–1945) China Poland (1939) Denmark (1940) Norway (1940) Belgium (1940) Belgian Congo (1940–1941) Luxembourg (1940) Netherlands (1940) Dutch East Indies (1940–1942) Greece (1940–1941) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941) Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1943–1945) Egypt (1940–1945) Nepal Cuba (1941–1945) Brazil (1942–1945) Mexico (1942–1945) Ethiopia (1942–1945) Portuguese Timor (1942–1945) Colombia (1943–1945) Co-belligerents Italy (1943–1945) Romania (1944–1945) Finland (1944–1945) Bulgaria (1944–1945) Mongolia (1939) Finland (1939–1940) Estonia (1940) Latvia (1940) Lithuania (1940) Romania (1940) Client state Tuvan People's Republic (1941–1944) Supply only Bahrain Haiti (1941–1945) Honduras (1941–1945) Dominican Republic (1941–1945) Nicaragua (1941–1945) Iraq (1942–1945) Bolivia (1943–1945) Liberia (1944–1945) Diplomatic only Oman Panama (1941–1945) Costa Rica (1941–1945) El Salvador (1941–1945) Guatemala (1941–1945) Iran (1943–1945) Governments in exile Poland (1939–1945) Norway (1940–1945) Belgium (1940–1944) Free France (1940–1944) Luxembourg (1940–1944) Netherlands (1940–1945) Greece (1941–1944) Yugoslavia (1941–1945) Czechoslovakia Korea Active neutrality Iceland French Morocco (1939–1940, 1942–1945) Tonga	Defeat King Michael's Coup Soviet occupation of Romania Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 Romania lost again Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, to USSR, back to the border of 1940 Second Vienna Award was annulled (Romania re-gained control of Northern Transylvania, lost to Hungary in 1940) Bulgaria kept control of Southern Dobruja, as of 1940 Communist regime installed in Romania	300,000 soldiers dead 64,000 civilians dead 469,000 Jews died in Holocaust	Michael I	Ion Antonescu (until Aug. 1944)	Iosif Iacobici (until Sep. 1942) Ion Antonescu (Sep. 1941 – Jan. 1942) Constantin Pantazi (Jan. 1942 – Aug. 1944)	Alexandru Ioaniţiu (until Sep. 1941) Iosif Iacobici (Sep. 1941 – Jan. 1942) Ilie Șteflea (Jan. 1942 – Aug. 1944)

Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)

Conflict		Belligerents		Result		Romanian commanders
Date	Name	Allies	Enemies	Outcome	Losses	Prince	Prime Minister	Defense Minister	General Chief of Staff
Summer 1948–1962	Romanian anti-communist resistance movement	Romanian Land Forces Romanian Gendarmerie (until Jan. 1949) Directorate for Security Troops (since Jan. 1949) Romanian Police	Romanian anti-communists	Defeat Crushing of the rebellion	official number estimates 2000	Constantin Ion Parhon (until Jun. 1952) Petru Groza (Jun. 1952 – Jan. 1958) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (Jan. 1958 – Mar. 1961) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (from Mar. 1961)	Petru Groza (until Jun. 1952) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Jun. 1952 – Oct. 1955) Chivu Stoica (Oct. 1955 – Mar. 1961) Ion Gheorghe Maurer (from Mar. 1961)	Emil Bodnăraș (until Oct. 1955) Leontin Sălăjan (from Oct. 1955)	Constantin Gh. Popescu (until Mar. 1950) Leontin Sălăjan (Mar. 1950 – Apr. 1954) Ion Tutoveanu (from Apr. 1954)

Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)

Conflict		Belligerents		Result		Romanian commanders
Date	Name	Allies	Enemies	Outcome	Losses	Prince	Prime Minister	Defense Minister	General Chief of Staff
15–16 November 1987	Brașov Rebellion	Directorate for Security Troops Romanian Land Forces Romanian Police	Romanian anti-communists	Defeat Crushing of the rebellion	no casualties	Nicolae Ceaușescu	Constantin Dăscălescu	Vasile Milea	Ștefan Gușă
16–27 December 1989	Romanian Revolution	Directorate for Security Troops Romanian Land Forces (until 22 December 1989) Romanian Police (until 22 December 1989) unknown shooters	Romanian anti-communists Romanian Land Forces (from 22 December 1989)	Victory End of Communist regime in Romania Execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu	1,104 dead 3,352 wounded	Nicolae Ceaușescu (until 22 Dec. 1989) Council of the National Salvation Front (22–26 Dec. 1989) Ion Iliescu (from 26 Dec. 1989)	Constantin Dăscălescu (until 22 Dec. 1989) Petre Roman (from 26 Dec. 1989)	Vasile Milea (until 22 Dec. 1989) Nicolae Militaru (from 22 Dec. 1989)	Ștefan Gușă

Post-communist Romania (since 1989)

Conflict		Belligerents		Result		Romanian commanders
Date	Name	Allies	Enemies	Outcome	Losses	Prince	Prime Minister	Defense Minister	General Chief of Staff
March 2003 – 23 July 2009	Iraq War	MNF–I United States United Kingdom Australia (2003–2009) Poland (2003–2008) Albania (2004–2008) Armenia (2005–2008) Azerbaijan (2004–2008) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005–2008) Bulgaria (2004–2008) Croatia (2004–2008) Czech Republic (2004–2008) Denmark (2004–2007) Dominican Republic (2004–2004) El Salvador(2004–2009) Estonia (2005–2009) Georgia (2004–2008) Honduras (2004–2004) Hungary (2004–2005) Iceland (2004–unknown) Italy (2004–2006) Japan (2004–2008) Kazakhstan (2004–2008) Latvia (2004–2008) Lithuania (2004–2007) Macedonia (2004–2008) Moldova (2004–2008) Mongolia (2004–2008) Netherlands (2004–2005) New Zealand (2004–2004) Nicaragua (2004–2004) Norway (2004–2006) Philippines (2004–2004) Portugal (2004–2005) Romania(2004–2009) Singapore (2004–2008) Slovakia (2004–2007) South Korea (2004–2008) Spain (2004–2004) Thailand (2004–2004) Tonga (2004–2008) Ukraine (2004–2008) Iraqi National Congress New Iraqi government Iraqi Armed Forces Awakening Council Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga	Ba'athist Iraq Ansar al-Islam Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Sunni insurgents Islamic State of Iraq Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07).	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq, improvements in public security, Iraqi insurgency persists Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with the Syrian Civil War Resurgence of Islamic State of Iraq, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq	3 soldiers killed.	Ion Iliescu (until Dec. 2004) Traian Băsescu (from Dec. 2004)	Adrian Năstase (until Dec. 2004) Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Dec. 2004 – Dec. 2008) Emil Boc (from Dec. 2008)	Ioan Mircea Pașcu (until Dec. 2004) Teodor Atanasiu (Dec. 2004 – Oct. 2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (Oct. 2006 – Apr. 2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (Apr. 2007 – Dec. 2008) Mihai Stănișoară (from Dec. 2008)	Mihail Eugen Popescu (until Oct. 2004) Eugen Bădălan (Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2006) Gheorghe Marin (from. Sep. 2006) Ștefan Dănilă (from Jan. 2011) Nicolae Ciucă (from Jan. 2015) Daniel Petrescu (from Nov. 2019)
7 October 2001 – 16 August 2021	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	ISAF RS	Taliban Al-Qaeda	Defeat Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Destruction of al-Qaeda camps. Establishment of new Afghan government and creation of the new Afghan National Army. Fall of Kabul. Ongoing Taliban insurgency.	23 soldiers killed.	Ion Iliescu (2001–2004) Traian Băsescu (2004–2014) Klaus Iohannis (2014–)	Adrian Năstase (2001–2004) Călin Popescu Tăriceanu (2004–2008) Emil Boc (2008–2012) Victor Ponta (2012–)	Ioan Mircea Pașcu (2001–2004) Teodor Atanasiu (2004–2006) Sorin Frunzăverde (2006–2007) Teodor Meleșcanu (2007–2008) Mihai Stănișoară (2008–2009) Gabriel Oprea (2009–2012) Corneliu Dobrițoiu (2012) Mircea Dușa (2015–)
19 March – 23 October 2011	2011 military intervention in Libya	NATO Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates Libyan National Council	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Victory Overthrow of the Gaddafi government.	no casualties.

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List of wars involving Romania

The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1862)

Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866)

Principality of Romania (1866–1881)

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)

Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)

Post-communist Romania (since 1989)

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