This is a list of wars involving Germany through a succession of ages:
- Germanic peoples
- Francia (481–843)
- East Francia; called Kingdom of Germany, being the first separate German state (843–962)
- German states within Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)
- State of the Teutonic Order (1224–1525)
- Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
- German Confederation (1815–1866)
- North German Confederation (1867–1871)
- German Empire (1871–1918)
- Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
- Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
- German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
- Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
Germanic peoples
editConflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Germanic–Roman wars | Germanic peoples | Rome | Germanic victory
|
Francia and East Francia (481-962)
editConflict | Allies | Enemies | Result | Ruling King/Mayor of the Palace |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum (c. 445 – c. 450[1]) |
Salian Franks | Roman Empire | Salian Frankish victory | Clovis I |
Battle of Vicus Helena (c.448) |
Salian Franks | Roman Empire | Roman victory | |
Campaigns of Clovis I (486–508) |
Francia | |||
Kingdom of Soissons | Frankish victory | |||
Alamannia (Tolbiac) | ||||
Kingdom of the Burgundians | ||||
Visigothic Kingdom | ||||
Ostrogothic Kingdom | Frankish defeat | |||
Thuringians (?) | Frankish victory? | |||
Franco-Visigothic Wars (492–508) |
Francia | Visigothic Kingdom | Frankish victory
|
|
Frankish-Burgundian War (523–533) |
Francia | Kingdom of the Burgundians | Frankish victory | |
Battle of the Unstrut River (531) (531) |
Francia | Thuringii | Frankish victory | |
Gothic War (535–554) |
Ostrogoths, Franks, Alamanni, Burgundians |
East Roman Empire, Huns, Heruli, Sclaveni, Lombards |
Short-term East Roman conquest of Italy, long-term devastation of Italy | |
Conquest of the Alemanni (536) |
Francia | Alemanni | Frankish victory | |
Conquest of Bavaria (555) |
Francia | Baiuvarii | Frankish victory | |
Fredegund–Brunhilda wars, or Merovingian throne struggle (568–613) |
Neustria (Fredegund) | Austrasia (Brunhilda) | Victory for Fredegund's son, Chlothar II of Neustria | |
Frisian–Frankish wars (7th century–793) |
Francia | Frisian Kingdom | Frankish victory | |
Neustrian war of succession (673) |
Neustria (Ebroin) | Neustrian rebel noblemen Austrasia (Childeric II) |
Victory for Childeric II of Austrasia | |
Frankish war of succession (675–679) |
Neustria (Ebroin) | Austrasia (Pepin II & Martin) | Victory for Ebroin of Neustria | |
Neustrian invasion of Austrasia (686–687) |
Neustria (Berchar) | Austrasia (Pepin II) | Victory for Pepin II of Austrasia | |
Frankish Civil War (fr, nl) (715–719) |
Carolingian faction (Austrasian) Charles Martel Chlothar IV (717–718) Pippinid faction (Austrasian) |
Neustrian faction Ragenfrid Dagobert III (†715) Chilperic II Redbad of Frisia (716–718) Odo of Aquitaine (independent until 718) |
Carolingian victory (Charles Martel)
|
|
Umayyad invasion of Gaul (719–759) |
Francia | Umayyad Caliphate
Andalusi commanders (as of 750) |
Frankish victory | |
Siege of Laon
(741) |
Carloman Pepin the Short |
Grifo | Carloman/Pepin victory
|
|
War against the Lombards (755–758) |
Francia | Lombards | Donation of Pepin | |
War of Aquitaine (761–768) |
Francia | Aquitani | Frankish victory | Charlemagne |
Saxon Wars (772–804) |
Francia | Saxons | Frankish victory | Charlemagne |
War against the Lombards (773–774) |
Francia | Lombards | Frankish victory
|
Charlemagne |
War against the Avars and Slavs (791–805) |
Francia under Carolingian rule (800) |
Avars & Slavs | Frankish victory | Charlemagne |
Carolingian Civil Wars in Francia
(830–843) |
Louis the German
in varying alliances with his brothers: |
Louis the Pious and his sons in varying alliances | The Francia under Carolingian rule was divided in three parts in the Treaty of Verdun. | |
Stellinga uprising (841-843) | ||||
Hungarian invasions of East Francia (862-955) | ||||
Conrad I War over Lotharingia (912-913) | ||||
Conrad I War with Swabia (914-917) | ||||
Conrad I War with Saxonia (915) | ||||
Conrad I War with Bavaria (916-918) | ||||
First Italian Expedition of Otto I
(951–952) |
East Francia | Kingdom of Italy | East Frankish victory
Berengar II recognized the suzerainty of Otto I. |
Otto I |
Second Italian Expedition of Otto I
(961–962) |
East Francia | Kingdom of Italy | East Frankish victory
Berengar II is deposed. Otto I is crowned King of Italy and later Roman Emperor, in retrospect forming the Holy Roman Empire. |
Otto I |
Holy Roman Empire (962–1648)
edit10th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Otto I's raid on Poland (963) | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Poland | German Victory | Otto I |
War of the Three Henries (976–978) | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Bavaria | Bavarian defeat
|
Otto II |
Franco-German War of 978-980 | Holy Roman Empire | West Francia | Status quo ante bellum | |
Polish-Saxon Invasion of Veleti (985) | Duchy of Poland Holy Roman Empire |
Veleti | Polish and Saxon Victory | Otto III |
Polish-Bohemian War (990) | Duchy of Bohemia | German and Polish Victory | ||
Polish-German invasion of Veleti (992) | Veleti | German and Polish Victory | ||
Polish-German invasion of Obotrites (995) | Obotrites | German and Polish Victory |
11th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemmies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
German-Polish War (1002-1018) | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Poland | Peace of Bautzen
|
Henry II |
The Intervention of Boleslaw the Brave, Duke of Poland in the Kievan succession crisis (1015-1019) | Duchy of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Temporary victory for Sviatopolk and Boleslaw, Polish sack of Kiev | |
Polish-German War (1028-1031) | Holy Roman Empire Bezprym Duchy of Bohemia Kievan Rus' |
Mieszko II Lambert Kingdom of Hungary |
Victory for Bezprym | Conrad II |
Emperor Conrad II's military campaign against Hungary (1030-1031) |
Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | German defeat
| |
Henry III's invasion of Bohemia | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Bohemia | Victory | |
German-Hungarian Wars (1042-1043) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | German Victory | Henry III |
Henry III's military campaign against Hungary (1044) | Holy Roman Empire Peter Orseolo and his allies |
The army of King Samuel Aba | German Victory
| |
War between King Peter and Prince Andrew (1046) |
King Peter's army Holy Roman Empire |
Prince Andrew's army Kievan Rus' |
Hungarian Victory | |
Emperor Henry III's military campaigns against Hungary (1051-1052) | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | |
German-Hungarian border War (1056-1058) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Stalemate, treaty of Marchfeld | Henry IV |
Civil War between King Andrew I and his brother, Prince Bela (1060) | King Andrew I's army | Prince Béla's army | Prince Béla's Victory | |
German invasion of Hungary (1063) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | German Victory | |
Saxon Rebellion | Holy Roman Empire | Duchy of Saxony | Imperial Victory
| |
Battle of Mailberg | Duchy of Bohemia | Margraviate of Austria | Bohemian Victory |
12th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemmies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Polish-German War (1109) | Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Poland | German defeat | Henry V |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines
|
Ghibellines | Guelphs | 1st phase:Peace of Constance (1186)
2nd phase:Stalemate (1392)
|
Frederick I |
Battle of the Fischa | Duchy of Bavaria | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | |
Polish-German War (1146) | Holy Roman Empire | Mieszko III the Old | Mieszko III the Old's victory/German defeat | Conrad III of Germany |
Wendish Crusade (1147) | Holy Roman Empire
|
Obotrite Confederacy
Wendish allies: |
March of Brandenburg reconquers Havelberg, County of Holstein expels its Wends | Conrad III of Germany |
Second Crusade
(1147-1150) |
Holy Roman Empire
Other Crusaders |
Emirate of Damascus
other Muslim and Pagan entities in East Central Europe, Iberia and the Near East. |
Victories in East Central Europe and Iberia. Defeat in the Holy Land. | Conrad III of Germany |
Polish-German War (1157) | Holy Roman Empire | Bolesław IV the Curly | Peace of Krzyszkowo | Frederick I Barbarossa |
Third Crusade
(1189-1192) |
Holy Roman Empire
Other Crusaders |
Ayyubids | Small Gains for the Crusaders. Jerusalem stays under Ayyubid control. | Frederick I Barbarossa |
Crusade of 1197 (April 1197 - July 1198) |
Holy Roman Empire | Ayyubids | Victory | |
Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) |
Holy Roman Empire | Byzantine Empire | Partition of the Byzantine Empire
|
Otto IV |
13th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemmies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albigensian Crusade (July 1209 - April 12, 1229) |
* Crusade | * Cathars | Victory | |
Fifth Crusade
(1217-1221) |
Holy Roman Empire
other Crusaders |
Ayyubids | Eight-Year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders | Frederick II |
Prussian Crusade (1217 - 1284) |
Victory | |||
Sixth Crusade
(1227-1229) |
Holy Roman Empire
including in Personal Union: |
Ayyubids | Kingdom of Jerusalem regains Jerusalem through peaceful negotiations. | Frederick II |
Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire (1241 - 1242) | Holy Roman Empire | Golden Horde | Victory | |
Austrian-Hungarian War (1246–1254) (15 June 1246 - 1 May 1254) |
Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | ||
War of Styria (July 1260 - 31 March 1261) |
Kingdom of Bohemia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory
| |
Habsburg–Přemyslid War (1275 - 26 August 1278) |
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary (including Cumans and Szeklers) & mercenaries: Swabians, Styrians, Bavarians etc. |
Kingdom of Bohemia & mercenaries: Brandenburgians, Meissens, Silesians, Poles etc. |
Victory | |
War of the Limburg Succession (1283-1289) |
Electorate of Cologne | Duchy of Brabant | Victory for the Duke of Brabant and his allies | Interregnum |
Lithuanian Crusade (1283–1422) | ||||
Battle of Göllheim (2 July 1298) |
Kingdom of Bohemia | County of Nassau Electoral Palatinate |
Victory |
14th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemmies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battle of Lucka (31 May 1307) |
Holy Roman Empire | Margraviate of Meissen | Defeat | |
Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk) (13 November 1308) | ||||
Battle of Gammelsdorf (9 November 1313) |
Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria | Defeat | ||
Battle of Morgarten (15 November 1315) |
Old Swiss Confederacy | Defeat | ||
Battle of Mühldorf (28 September 1322) |
Bishop of Passau Archbishopric of Salzburg |
Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria Kingdom of Bohemia Burgraviate of Nuremberg |
Defeat | |
Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332) (1326–1332) | ||||
First Hanse War (1361 – 1367) | ||||
Bavarian invasion of Tyrol (1363-1369) (9 July 1363 - 9 July 1369) |
Archbishopric of Salzburg | Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria | Victory | |
Second Hanse War (1368 – 1370) | ||||
First War of the Guelderian Succession (1371-1379) |
Duchy of Jülich | Blois | Victory of William of Jülich | Charles IV |
Battle of Sempach (9 July 1386) |
Old Swiss Confederacy | Defeat | ||
War of the Cities (1387–1389) (1387–1389) | ||||
Battle of Näfels (9 April 1388) |
Old Swiss Confederacy | Defeat |
15th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemmies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War (6 August 1409 – 1 February 1411) | ||||
Hussite Wars (1419-1434) |
Catholic Church, Crusades and Loyalists: | Bohemian Wars: | Eventual defeat for Radical Hussites, Victory for Moderate Hussites | Sigismund |
Bavarian War (1420–1422) (1420 – 1422) | ||||
Ochsenkrieg 1421–1422 (1421–1422) | ||||
Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) (1426 – 1435) | ||||
Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435) (1431–1435) | ||||
Old Zürich War (2 November 1440 - 12 June 1446) |
Imperial City of Zurich France |
Old Swiss Confederacy Vogteien of Appenzell |
Victory
| |
First Margrave War (1449–1450) |
Brandenburg-Ansbach | Free Imperial City of Nuremberg | Restoration of the status quo ante | Frederick III |
Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) (4 February 1454 – 19 October 1466) | ||||
Inner Austrian War (1458 - 1465) |
Albert VI, Archduke of Austria Kingdom of Bohemia |
Victory | ||
Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62) (4 March 1459 - April 1462) |
Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | ||
Baumkircher feud (1 February 1469 - October 1469) |
Supporters of Andreas Baumkircher | Victory | ||
Bavarian War (1459–1463) (1459–1463) | ||||
War of the Priests (Poland) (1467–1479) | ||||
Böcklerkrieg (1468 - 1469) | ||||
Burgundian Wars (1474 - 5 January 1477) |
Duchy of Lorraine Swiss Confederates |
Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Savoy |
Victory | |
Hans Böhm peasant revolt (1476) | ||||
War of the Burgundian Succession (19 August 1477 - 23 December 1482) |
Burgundian Netherlands | Kingdom of France | Austrian military victory French diplomatic victory | |
Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88) (1477 - 1488) |
Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | |
Carinthian Peasant Revolt (2 February 1478 - 1478) |
Carinthian Peasants' League | Victory
| ||
Flemish revolt of 1483–1485 (5 June 1483 - June 1485) |
Flemish rebels | Victory
| ||
Mad War (June 1486 - 22 July 1489) |
Rebellious Nobles
Supported by: |
Kingdom of France | Defeat | |
Battle of Calliano (1487) (1487 - 1487) |
Republic of Venice | Victory | ||
Flemish revolt of 1487–1492 (November 1487 - 1492) |
Victory | |||
Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91) (1490 - 7 November 1491) |
Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory | |
Bread and Cheese Revolt (1491 - 1492) |
Bread and Cheese Folk | Victory | ||
Löwlerbund (9 December 1491 - 7 August 1493) | ||||
Bundschuh movement revolt (1493 - 1517) | ||||
Italian War of 1494-1498 | League of Venice:
England (1496–98) |
Kingdom of France
(before 1495) |
Victory for the League of Venice | Maximilian I |
Swabian War (1499) |
Holy Roman Empire | Old Swiss Confederacy | Swiss Victory
Peace of Basel Swiss Confederacy exempt from the resolutions of the Imperial Diet of Worms |
Maximilian I |
16th century
edit17th century
editConflict | Allies | Enemmies | Result | Ruling King/Emperor |
---|---|---|---|---|
War of the Jülich Succession (1609-1614) |
1609-1610:
1614: |
1609-1610:
1614: |
Treaty of Xanten | Rudolph II |
Ochsenkrieg 1611 (1611) | ||||
Thirty Years War (1618-1648) |
Anti-Imperial alliance prior to 1635 | Imperial alliance prior to 1635 | Peace of WestphaliaThe Holy Roman Empire is more of a loose confederation than a empire.
France receives the cities of the Decapole in Alsace(except Strasbourg, the Diocese of Strasbourg, and Mulhouse)and the city of Pignerol from the Spanish Duchy of Milan The Duchy of Pomerania is divided between Sweden(Swedish Pomerania)and Brandenburg-Prussia(Farther Pomerania), although the precise borders would not be determined until 1653 The Netherlands, Switzerland, and many Italian city-states are made independent of the Holy Roman Empire |
Ferdinand II |
Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626 (1626) | ||||
Lower Austrian peasant revolt of 1632 (1632) | ||||
Second Slovene peasants' revolt (1635) | ||||
Siege of Hamburg (1641–1643) (1641–1643) |
Holy Roman Empire (1648–1806)
editConfederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)
editConflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Protector |
---|---|---|---|---|
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) | France
(from 11 Dec 1806) |
|
French Victory
|
Napoleon I |
Peninsular War (1808-1814) |
France | Spain | Coalition Victory
|
Napoleon I |
Tyrolean Rebellion (1809) | ||||
War of the Fifth Coalition
(1809) |
France |
Rebel Groups
|
French Victory
|
Napoleon I |
French invasion of Russia (24 June 1812 - 30 January 1813) |
France | Russia United Kingdom Sweden |
Austria joins the Coalition | ? casualties |
War of the Sixth Coalition
(1813-1814) |
France
Until January 1814 (Many member states defected after the Battle of Leipzig.) |
Russia Prussia United Kingdom Mecklenburg-Schwerin Portugal Sardinia Sicily Spain Sweden After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig Baden After November 20, 1813 After January 1814 |
Coalition Victory
Confederation of the Rhine dissolved German states and Austria unite to form the German Confederation Netherlands gains independence Norway ceded to The King of Sweden |
Napoleon I |
German Confederation (1815-1866)
editNorth German Confederation (1867-1871)
editConflict | Allies | Enemies | Result | President |
---|---|---|---|---|
Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870 - 28 January 1871) |
North German Confederation
|
French Third Republic (Government of National Defense) | German Victory
|
Wilhelm I |
German Empire (1871–1918)
editConflict | Allies | Enemies | Result | Reichskanzler | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nauruan Civil War (1878 – 3 Oct. 1888) |
Supporters of King Aweida Germany |
Anti-Aweida Rebels | Victory
|
?
| |
First Samoan Civil War (1886 – 1894) |
Supporters of Laupepa Germany |
Supporters of Mata'afa | Compromise
|
16 dead[4]
| |
Abushiri Revolt (1888 – 1889) |
Germany United Kingdom |
Arab Rebels led by al-Harthi | Victory
|
?
| |
Hehe Rebellion (1891 – 1898) |
Germany | Hehe | Victory
|
?
| |
Bafut Wars (1891–1907) |
Germany | Fondom of Bafut | Victory
|
?
| |
Second Samoan Civil War (1898 – 1899) |
Supporters of Mata'afa Germany |
Supporters of Tanumafili I United States United Kingdom |
Compromise | ?
| |
Boxer Rebellion (18 Oct. 1899 – 7 Sep. 1901) |
Germany Russia Japan United Kingdom France United States Austria-Hungary Italy |
Yihetuan Movement China |
Victory
|
?
| |
Adamawa Wars (1899 – 1907) |
Germany United Kingdom |
Sokoto Caliphate Mahdist rebels |
Victory
|
?
| |
Venezuelan Crisis (1902–1903) |
Germany United Kingdom Italy |
Venezuela | Compromise
|
?
| |
Kavango Uprising[5] (1903) |
Germany | Kavango rebels | Victory
|
?
| |
Herero Wars (1904 – 1908) |
Germany | Herero Namaqua |
Victory | 1,541 dead[6]
| |
Maji Maji Rebellion (1905 – 1908) |
Germany | Qadiriyya Brotherhood Matumbi Ngoni Yao |
Victory
|
397 dead[7]
| |
Sokehs Rebellion (1910 – 1911) |
Germany | Sokehs tribe | Victory
|
5 dead[8]
| |
World War I (1914 – 1918) |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
France United Kingdom Russia (withdrew) United States Italy Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Belgium Romania Greece Portugal Brazil Nepal Japan China Siam Hejaz |
Defeat
|
2,198,420 to
2,800,720 dead[9] |
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
editConflict | Allies | Enemies | Result | Reichskanzler | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
German Revolution (1918–1919) |
Germany | Revolutionaries | Government victory
|
?
| |
Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) |
Germany | POW | Defeat
|
?
| |
First Silesian Uprising (1919) |
Germany | POW-GS | Victory
|
?
| |
Kapp Putsch (1920) |
Germany | Government victory | |||
Ruhr Uprising (1920) |
Germany | Ruhr Red Army | Government victory
|
1,600
(Both combatants) | |
Second Silesian Uprising (1920) |
Germany | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire
|
?
| |
March Action (1921) |
Germany | Government Victory | |||
Third Silesian Uprising (1921) |
Germany | POW-GS | League of Nations ceasefire
|
?
| |
Küstrin Putsch (1923) |
Germany | Government Victory | |||
Hamburg Uprising (1923) |
Germany | Government Victory | |||
Beer Hall Putsch (1923) |
Germany | Nazi Party | Government Victory
|
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
editGerman Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
editConflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Leadership of East Germany | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East German uprising (1953) |
East Germany Soviet Union |
Demonstrators | Victory | 5 police killed
| |
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |
Soviet Union Bulgaria Hungary Poland East Germany |
Czechoslovakia | Victory
|
Federal Republic of Germany (1949-present)
editConflict | Allies | Enemies | Result | Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor) | German losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operation Deliberate Force (1995) |
NATO
|
Republika Srpska | Victory | None
| |
Operation Allied Force (1999) |
NATO | FR Yugoslavia | Victory
|
None
| |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
Northern Alliance ISAF |
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan al-Qaeda |
Taliban Victory
|
59 dead[12]
| |
2003 invasion of Iraq (20 March 2003 – 1 May 2003) |
Multi-National Force
Kurdistan Region Intelligence support: Germany |
Iraq | |||
War on ISIL (2015–present) |
Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan CJTF–OIR |
ISIL al-Qaeda |
Ongoing
|
See below[13]
| |
Mali War (2017-2023) |
Mali MINUSMA |
al-Qaeda | Compromise
|
2 dead[14]
| |
Ukraine war | Ukraine Supported by |
Legend
edit- Rebellions, uprisings and civil wars
- Colonial wars
- Internal wars
- International wars
References
edit- ^ According to Lanting & van der Plicht (2010), the conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum probably happened in the period 445–450. Lanting, J. N.; van der Plicht, J. (2010). "De 14C-chronologie van de Nederlandse Pre- en Protohistorie VI: Romeinse tijd en Merovische periode, deel A: historische bronnen en chronologische thema's". Palaeohistoria 51/52 (2009/2010) (in Dutch). Groningen: Groningen Institute of Archaeology. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9789077922736. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
- ^ Zamoyski 2004, p. 87.
- ^ Hempestall & Mochida, p. 54
- ^ "Uprisings against the German/South African Colonial Power". klausdierks.com.
- ^ Bridgman, Jon M. (1966) Revolt of the Hereros University of California Press. p. 164 (KIA: 676, MIA:76, WIA: 907, died from disease: 689, civilians: 100)
- ^ Gellately, Robert; Ben Kiernan (2003). The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective. Published by Cambridge University Press. p. 161. ISBN 0-521-52750-3.
- ^ Van der Vat, Dan. Gentlemen of War, The Amazing Story of Captain Karl von Müller and the SMS Emden. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1984, p. 19
- ^ See World War I casualties
- ^ Thomas, Hugh (2003) [1961, 1987, 2001]. The Spanish Civil War. London: Penguin. p. 634. ISBN 0-14-101161-0. OCLC 248799351.
- ^ See World War II casualties
- ^ "Germany honors soldiers who fought in Afghanistan mission". dw.com. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ No German soldiers have been killed by ISIS, however, many German civilians have been killed in terror attacks claimed by ISIS. For details, see Islamic terrorism in Europe.
- ^ "German military helicopter crashes in Mali, two peacekeepers killed". Reuters. 26 July 2017 – via www.reuters.com.
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