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 | ||||||
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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) | Co-belligerents |
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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Date | 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 - 10 August 1913
Romania entered: 10 July 1913 |
Second Balkan War | Co-belligerent |
Victory
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6,000 dead of disease |
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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
Co-belligerents Supply only Diplomatic only |
Central Powers
Co-belligerents
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Defeat
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(until Oct. 1916) (Oct.-Dec. 1916) (from Dec. 1916) | ||||
Victory | |||||||||
1 November 1918 - 17 July 1919
Romania entered: 11 November 1918 Romania exited: 11 June 1919 |
Polish–Ukrainian War | Only police troops |
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 | Co-belligerents |
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 - 2 September 1945
Romania entered: 22 June 1941 Romania switched sides: 23 August 1944 Romania exited: 9 May 1945 |
World War II | Axis
Affiliate states Co-belligerents Client states
Active neutrality |
Allies
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) |
Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)
Conflict | Belligerents | Result | Romanian commanders | ||||||
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Date | 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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Date | 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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Date | 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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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) Ştefan Dănilă (from Jan. 2011) Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă (from Jan. 2015) | |
7 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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