Poland and Germany have been in many armed conflicts against each other. These include conflicts such as Polish–Teutonic Wars, Silesian Uprisings and World War II. This does include Polish and German intervention in wars such as the Lithuanian Civil War or the Polish–Ukrainian conflict.
Polish or Polish–Lithuanian victory
German, Brandenburger, Teutonic or Prussian victory
Another result (Result unknown or indecisive, Status quo ante bellum, treaty or peace without a clear result or an internal conflict inside Poland or Germany in which the other intervened)
Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1028–1031 | German–Polish War[9]
Part of the German-Polish Wars Location: Lusatia, Moravia, Saxony, Poland, Red Ruthenia |
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary (1029–1031) |
Holy Roman Empire
Kievan Rus' (from 1030) Kingdom of Hungary (1031) |
German–Rus' victory[9] |
1109 | Henry V's expedition to Poland[10]
Part of the German-Polish Wars Location: Oder River, Silesia |
Kingdom of Poland | Holy Roman Empire | Polish victory[11] |
1157 | Frederick I's expedition to Głogów[12]
Part of the German-Polish Wars Location: Głogów, Poznań, Greater Poland |
Kingdom of Poland | Holy Roman Empire | German victory[13]
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Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1794 | Kościuszko Uprising[56]
Part of the Partitions of Poland and Polish-Russian Wars Location: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Prussian Partition (Greater Poland and Kuyavia), Russian Partition |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Russian Empire | Prussian–Russian victory[57]
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Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1806 | Greater Poland Uprising[58]
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition Location: Greater Poland |
First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | Franco–Polish victory[59]
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1812–1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition[60]
Part of the Napoleonic Wars and Coalition Wars Location: Central and Eastern Europe, the Low Countries, France |
Original coalition
After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig After 20 November 1813 After January 1814 |
France
Until January 1814
Co-belligerent: United States (War of 1812 only) |
Coalition victory[61]
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Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1848 | Greater Poland Uprising[62]
Part of the Revolutions of 1848 Location: Prussian Partition (Grand Duchy of Posen and former West Prussia), Silesia |
Polish independence movement | Prussia
|
Prussian victory[63]
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Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1918–1919 | Greater Poland Uprising[64]
Part of the Aftermath of World War I Location: Greater Poland |
Polish insurgents | Weimar Republic | Polish victory[65]
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1919 | First Silesian Uprising[66]
Part of the Aftermath of World War I and Silesian Uprisings Location: Parts of Upper Silesia |
Polish insurgents | Weimar Republic | German victory[67]
|
1920 | Second Silesian Uprising[66]
Part of the Aftermath of World War I and Silesian Uprisings Location: Upper Silesia |
Polish insurgents | Weimar Republic | Polish victory[68] |
1921 | Third Silesian Uprising[66]
Part of the Aftermath of World War I and Silesian Uprisings Location: Upper Silesia |
Polish insurgents | Weimar Republic | League of Nations forces a ceasefire[69] |
Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1939 | Invasion of Poland[70]
Part of the European theatre of World War II Location: Second Polish Republic, eastern Germany, Free City of Danzig (modern-day Gdańsk) |
Second Polish Republic | Nazi Germany | German–Soviet–Slovak victory[71]
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1939–1945 | World War II[72]Location: | Allies of World War II
Including: |
Axis powers
Including: |
Allied victory[73]
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Year | Conflict | Polish side | German side | Result |
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1939–1947 | Polish–Ukrainian conflict[74]
Part of World War II and the Cold War Location: Lublin Voivodeship, Lwów Voivodeship, Rzeszów Voivodeship |
Polish Underground State
After 1944: |
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Nazi Germany (1943–1945) |
Polish victory[75][76][77]
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