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
  • 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 King Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
21 February 1907 - 5 April 1907 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt
  • Uprising peasants

Active neutrality
 Austria-Hungary

 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 1913 - 10 August 1913

Romania entered: 10 July 1913

 Second Balkan War  Serbia
 Greece
 Romania
 Montenegro

Co-belligerent
 Ottoman Empire

  Bulgaria Victory negligible combat casualties
6,000 dead of disease		 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

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)		 Central Powers
 Germany

 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria (1915-1918)

 Defeat 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)
Victory 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
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 1919 - 6 August 1919 Hungarian–Romanian War  Romania

Co-belligerents
Czechoslovakia
 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

  Hungarian Soviet Republic

Active neutrality
Soviet Russia

 Victory
3,610 dead
11,666 total		 Ion I. C. Brătianu Artur Văitoianu
27 May 1919 - 28 May 1919 Bender Uprising

Active neutrality
Soviet Russia

 Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
 unknown
20 October 1920 - 28 October 1920 1920 Romanian General Strike Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
 unknown Alexandru Averescu Ioan Rășcanu Constantin Cristescu
15 September 1924 - 18 September 1924 Tatarbunary Uprising

Active neutrality
 Soviet Union

 Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
 3,000 civilian casualties Ion I. C. Brătianu George Mărdărescu Alexandru Lupescu Alexandru Gorski
5 August 1929 - 6 August 1929 Lupeni Strike
  • 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 February 1933 - 16 February 1933 Grivița Strike Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
 2 soldiers dead

7 workers dead
20 workers wounded

 Carol II Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Nicolae Samsonovici Constantin Lăzărescu
21 January 1941 - 23 January 1941 Legionnaires' Rebellion and Bucharest Pogrom 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 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

 Germany
 Italy (1940-1943)

 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

Active neutrality
 Soviet Union (1939-1940)
 Spanish State
 Denmark (1940-1945)
 Monaco

French Morocco (1940-1942)
 Allies

 United States (1941-1945)

 Soviet Union (1941-1945)

 United Kingdom

 France (1939-1940, 1944-1945)
 China

Poland (1939)
 Denmark (1940)
 Norway (1940)
 Belgium (1940)

 Luxembourg (1940)
 Netherlands (1940)

 Greece (1940-1941)
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941)

 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 300,000 soldiers dead

64,000 civilians dead

469,000 Jews died in Holocaust

 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 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
  • Romanian anti-communists
 Defeat
  • Crushing of the rebellion
 unknown 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 President Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
15 November 1987 - 16 November 1987 Brașov Rebellion
  • Romanian anti-communists
 Defeat
  • Crushing of the rebellion
 no casualties Nicolae Ceaușescu Constantin Dăscălescu Vasile Milea Ștefan Gușă
16 December 1989 - 27 December 1989 Romanian Revolution Victory 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)

Post-communist Romania (since 1989)
Conflict Belligerents Result Romanian commanders
Date Name Allies Enemies Outcome Losses President Prime Minister Defense Minister General Chief of Staff
March 2003 - 23 July 2009 Iraq War

Iraqi National Congress
New Iraqi government

 Iraqi Kurdistan

Ba'athist Iraq
Ansar al-Islam

Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order

Sunni insurgents

Shia insurgents

For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07).

 Victory 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 - Present Day War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Ongoing
  • 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.
  • 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 2011 - 23 October 2011 2011 Military Intervention in Libya Victory
  • Overthrow of the Gaddafi government.
 no casualties.

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