Yeah, I think this is an interesting point. I think it's more relevant, honestly, in domestic German politics than foreign policy, because a militaristic society isn't necessarily the same thing as one which engages in aggressive foreign wars. In some ways, civilian leadership has been *more* blase about soldiers dying in battle to achieve whatever political objective they're after.
Britain: Third Anglo-Ashanti War, Perak War, Ninth Xhosa War, Second Anglo-Afghan War, Anglo-Zulu War, First Boer War, Mahdist War , Third Anglo-Burmese War, Sikkim Expedition, Anglo-Manipur War, First Matabele War, Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, Anglo-Zanzibar War, Second Matabele War, Benin Expedition of 1897, Tirah Campaign, 1898 Baloch uprising, Boxer Rebellion, Second Boer War, War of the Golden Stool, Mat Salleh Rebellion, Zande resistance, Sudan revolts, Somaliland Campaign, Mahsud Waziri blockade, Agar Dinka uprising, Anglo-Aro War, 1901 Mapondera Rebellion, Kabul Khel expedition, Conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate, Conquest of the Kano Emirate, Sokoto Uprising of 1906
France: Kanak Revolt, French occupation of Tunisia, Mandingo Wars, First Madagascar expedition, Tonkin Campaign, Sino-French War, First Franco-Dahomean War, Second Franco-Dahomean War, Franco-Siamese War, First Sino-Japanese War, Menalamba rebellion, Voulet-Chanoine Mission, Rabih War, Boxer Rebellion, French conquest of Borno, Madagascar uprisings, Conquest of the Dendi, Holy Man's Rebellion
Russia: Khivan war of 1873, Russo-Turkish War, Vose Uprising, Andijan uprising, Boxer Rebellion , Invasion of Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War
Japan: Invasion of Taiwan (1874), Satsuma Rebellion, First Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japanese War
USA: Red River War, Black Hills War, San Elizario Salt War, Cheyenne War , Hawaiian rebellions, Ghost Dance War, Cuban War of Independence, Philippine Revolution, Spanish–American War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine–American War
Spain: Third Carlist War, Cantonal Revolution, Little War , First Melillan campaign, Cuban War of Independence, Philippine Revolution, Intentona de Yauco, Spanish–American War
Netherlands: Aceh war, Mandor Rebellion, Edi Expedition, Javanese Uprising, Subjugation of Jambi, Merauke uprising, Bantin Expeditions, Korintji Expeditions, Kerinci Expedition, Intervention in Bali
Ottomans: Yemeni Expedition of 1872, Razlovtsi insurrection, Russo-Turkish War, Kumanovo Uprising, Epirus Revolt, Brsjak Revolt, Hamawand revolts, Yemeni Rebellion of 1891, Macedonian Struggle, First Matabele War, Greek Macedonian rebellion, Hamawand revolt, Shoubak revolt, Rijal al-Ma rebellion, Shoubak Revolt of 1905, 1906 Mesopotamia uprising
Germany: Nauruan Civil War, Abushiri Revolt, Bafut Wars, Khaua-Mbandjeru Rebellion, Abushiri revolt , Fulbe war, Boxer Rebellion, Bastaard uprisings, Kavango uprising, Bondelswarts uprising, Herero Wars, Maji Maji Rebellion