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French Revolutionary Wars

1792–1802 Europe Status: ended Casualties: ~1 million

France's Revolutionary government fought the European monarchies. Mass conscription (levée en masse) created modern citizen armies. France conquered the Austrian Netherlands, the Italian states, and the Swiss Confederation.

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Belligerents

  • French Republic
  • Austria
  • Prussia
  • Britain
  • Spain

Casualties

~1 million

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.