List of wars involving Algeria
This is a list of wars involving the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and its predecessor states.
- Algerian defeat
- Algerian victory
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
Zayyanid Kingdom
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
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Zayyanid–Almohad wars (1236–1248) Location: Algeria and eastern Morocco |
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Zayyanid victory
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Battle of Oujda (1248) Location:Oujda |
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Zayyanid victory
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Siege of Tlemcen (1299–1307) (1299-1307) Location: Tlemcen, Algeria |
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Zayyanid victory
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Siege of Tlemcen (1335-1337) Location: Tlemcen, Algeria |
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Marinid victory
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Battle of Kairouan (1348) Location: Kairouan, Tunisia |
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Victory of the Zayyanids and Hafsids
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Barbary Crusade (July 1 – October 1, 1390) Part of the Later Crusades (1291-1578) Location: Mahdia, Hafsid Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) ![]() The French army disembarking in Africa, led by the duke of Bourbon, holding a shield bearing the royal arms of France (15th century miniature) |
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Crusader withdrawal
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Zayyanid conquest of Fez Location: Fez, Morocco |
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Zayyanid victory
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Battle of Mers-el-Kébir Location:Mers-el-Kébir |
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Zayyanid victory |
Spanish invasions of the Zayyanids Location: Coast of Algeria ![]() Cardinal Cisneros dismbarking at Oran after the successful capture of the city. |
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Spanish victory
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Spanish Expedition to Tlemcen Location:Tlemcen |
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Zayyanid victory |
Beylerbeylik, Pashalik, and Aghaliks of Algiers (1515-1671)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
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Algiers Expedition (1516) (1516) Location:Algiers |
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Algerian victory
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Algiers Expedition (1519) (1516) Location:Algiers |
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Algerian victory
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Fall of Tlemcen (1519) Location:Tlemcen, Algeria |
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Spanish victory |
Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529) (1529) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars, and the establishment of the Regency of Algiers Location:Algiers ![]() |
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Beylerbeylikal victory
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Campaign of Cherchell (1531) (1531) Location:Cherchell |
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Algerian victory |
Ottoman–Venetian War (1537-1540) Part of the Ottoman–Venetian wars Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea ![]() |
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Ottoman victory
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Algiers expedition (1541) Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Algiers ![]() Siege of Algiers in 1541. Engraving of 1555. |
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Algerine victory
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Italian War of 1542–1546 (1542-1546) Part of the Anglo-French Wars & Italian Wars Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Western Europe ![]() The siege of Nice by a Franco-Ottoman fleet in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico) |
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Inconclusive |
Expedition to Mostaganem (1543) (1543) Location:Mostaganem |
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Algerian victory
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Expedition to Mostaganem (1547) (1547) Location:Mostaganem |
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Algerian victory
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Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) (1551) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Tlemcen ![]() The troops of the regency of Algiers allied to the kingdom of Beni Abbes marching towards Oranie (19th century engraving) |
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Algerian victory
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Campaign of Tlemcen (1552) (1552) Location: Tlemcen |
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Algerian victory The Moulouya river imposed as the border[3] |
Capture of Fez (1554) (1554) Location: Fez, Morocco |
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Algerian victory |
Campaign of Tlemcen (1557) (1557) Location: Tlemcen |
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Algerian victory |
Expedition to Mostaganem (1558) (1558) Location:Mostaganem |
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Algerian victory |
Campaign of Tlemcen (1560) (1560) Location: Tlemcen |
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Algerian victory[4][5] |
Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568-1571) Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Spain ![]() Principal centres of the Morisco Revolt |
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Spanish victory
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Algerian victory |
Tunisian–Algerian War of 1627 (1627) Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Algeria, Tunisia |
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Algerian victory
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Djidjelli expedition (1664) Location: Jijel ![]() Combat between French and Algerian ships |
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Algerian victory
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Deylikal period (1671-1830)
French conquest of Algeria and French Algeria
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
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French conquest of Algeria (1830-1903) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Algeria ![]() La prise de Constantine by Horace Vernet |
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French victory
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Modern Algeria
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
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Algerian War (1954-1962) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Algeria ![]() Collage of the French war in Algeria |
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Algerian independence
~1,500,000 total deaths (FLN estimate) |
Sand War (1963-1964) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Algeria ![]() Border Algeria and Morocco |
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Inconclusive
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Yom Kippour War
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EgyptSyriaExpeditionary forces:
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Israel
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Israeli military victory
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Western Sahara War (1975-1976) Location: Western Sahara ![]() Map of the Western Sahara; the red line is the military berm built by Morocco |
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Inconclusive
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Algerian Civil War (1991-2002) Location: Algeria ![]() Military deployed in the streets of Algiers, after the military coup against the Islamists, who took up arms later |
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Government victory
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Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) (2002–present) Location: Maghreb, Sahara, Sahel ![]() Map showing GSPC area of operations (pink), member states of the Pan Sahel Initiative (dark blue), and members of the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative (dark and light blue) |
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Ongoing
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ISIL insurgency in Tunisia (2015–present) Location: Tunisia |
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See also
Notes
- 1821
- From 1826
- First nation to recognize the independence of Greece.
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