Corsican War of Independence

Corsican War of Independence
The convent of Saint-François d'Orezza, currently in ruins, which was the site of the declaration of the first Corsican independence in 1735.
Date December 1729 - May 9, 1769 Location Corsica Result Corsican victory against Genoa. French final victory after the French Conquest of Corsica.
Belligerents
Genoa (1729-1768)  Holy Roman Empire (1732)[1]  France (1735-1741, 1749)[1]  France (1768-1769)	Corsican nationalists Kingdom of Corsica (1736-1740) Corsican Republic (1755-1769) Supports  Great Britain[1]  Sardinia[1] Beylik of Tunis (1736)
Commanders and leaders
Gian Giacomo Veneroso Giovanni Giacomo Grimaldi Matteo Franzoni Agostino Lomellini Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale Francesco Maria Della Rovere Alérius Matra Major Marchelli Louis XV André Hercule de Fleury Jean-Baptiste Desmarets de Maillebois Colonel von Vinz (1732) Louis XV Noël Jourda de Vaux Charles Louis de Marbeuf Raphaël de Casabianca	Theodore I (1736-1740) Luiggi Giafferi † Carlu Francescu Raffalli Simone Fabiani  † Andrea Ceccaldi Ghjacintu Paoli † Ghjuvan-Petru Gaffory  † Gregorio Salvini Filippu Evaristu Ciattoni Domenico Rivarola Johann von Neuhoff Erasmo Orticoni Mariu-Emmanuele Matra  † Pasquale Paoli Ghjacumu Petru Abbatucci Clemente Paoli Carlo Buonaparte Circinellu

The Corsican War of Independence, also known as the Forty Years' War (Corsican: Guerra di 40 anni), was a conflict between Corsican nationalism and the Republic of Genoa, and later the Kingdom of France in its final phase. Initially a tax resistance movement, it quickly turned into a war of independence. Indirectly, this war accelerated the fall of the Republic of Genoa and also triggered an ethnic conflict between Corsicans and pro-Genoese Paomian Greeks.

The war ended with a Corsican victory and de facto independence of most of the island, except for the coastal towns. Corsica was thus separated into two states, with the Republic of Genoa controlling the port towns, while the Corsican Republic controlled the interior of the island, until the Kingdom of France replaced Genoa and attacked the Corsican Republic as soon as the Genoese presence on the island ended.