List of wars involving Argentina

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This is a list of wars involving the Argentine Republic and its predecessor states from the colonial period to present day.

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Inca Empire

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Inca conquest of northern Argentina
(1479)
Suntur Paucar.svg Inca Empire
Suntur Paucar.svg Mitimaes
Flag of Cusco.svg Yanacona
Allied natives
Diaguitas
Huarpes
Omaguacas
Atacamas
Comechingones
Guaycuru peoples
Chichas
Victory of the Inca Empire
  • The territories are incorporated into the Collasuyo.
  • The towns are submitted to the Empire's state economic and labor administration system.
  • Beginning of the acculturation of the natives.
  • Continuation of hostilities against the Guarani tribes.
  • Fails expansion attempt towards the northern Chaco.

Colonial Argentina (1536–1810)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results Notable battles
First attempt of colonizing Buenos Aires
(1536–1541)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Querandí
Help from:
Charrúa
Bandera del pueblo guarani.svg Guaraní
Chana
Timbú
Defeat
  • The city is burned down by the natives in 1536, it was later reconstructed by the conquerors
  • The Spanish destroy the city and migrate to Asunción in 1541
First Calchaquí War
(1560–1563)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Diaguita - Condor.png Diaguita Confederation
Omaguacas
Defeat
  • Various Spanish cities destroyed
  • Weakening of the Diaguita leadership and later acceptance of the encomienda by the natives
Spanish conquest of Mesopotamia
(1573–1583)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Charrúan Complex
Querandí
Bandera del pueblo guarani.svg Guaraní
Victory
  • Rise of the tensions with the Portuguese conquerors
  • Death of Juan de Garay
Revolution of the Seven Chiefs
(1580)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Flag of Cross of Burgundy (type 3).svg Rebel Criollos Government victory
  • Revolution crushed
Viltipoco Rebellion
(1582)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Omaguacas Victory
  • Rebellion against the encomienda crushed
  • Omaguacas' land annexed to the Spanish territory
Conflicts against Pirates
(1582–1724)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Flag of Denmark.svg Kingdom of Denmark
Flag of Portugal (1578).svg Portuguese Empire
Victory
  • The island Martín García remains in Spanish control
  • Attacks on Buenos Aires repelled
  • Pirate incursions dramatically reduced
  • Foundation of Montevideo
Second Calchaquí War
(1630–1637)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Diaguita - Condor.png Diaguita Confederation Indecisive
  • The Spanish Empire defeat and annex the Diaguitas, but are unable to annex the rest of the confederation.
  • The natives get rid of the encomienda
  • The Quilmes become the leaders of the confederation
Battle of Mbororé

(1641)

Guaraníes of the Jesuit Missions
Ihs-logo.svg Jesuits

Bandeirantes from São Paulo
Tupíes

Jesuit-Guaraní Victory
Third Calchaquí War
(1658–1667)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Diaguita - Condor.png Diaguita Confederation Victory
  • End of the Diaguita rebellions
  • Full annexation of the Diaguita Confederation by Spain
First occupation of Sacramento Colony
(1680)
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Flag of Portugal (1667).svg Portuguese Empire Victory
  • Spanish occupy Sacramento
  • Sacramento is given back to Portugal in 1683
Battle of the Yi
(1702)
Flag of Spain (1701-1760).svg Spanish Empire

Ihs-logo.svg Guaraní Tribes

Charrúa Tribes Stalemate
  • 300 Charrúas were killed during the negotiations
  • Decisive weakening of the Charrúa forces
Second occupation of Sacramento Colony
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
(1705)
Flag of Spain (1701-1760).svg Spanish Empire Flag of Portugal (1667).svg Portuguese Empire Victory
  • Spanish occupy Sacramento
  • Sacramento is given back to Portugal in 1715
Commoner Revolution
(1721–1735)
Flag of Spain (1701-1760).svg Spanish Empire Pabellon sencillo de la Armada de Espana 1701 1785.svg Paraguayan Civilians Government victory
  • Rebellion crushed
  • Paraguayan people lose their right to vote
Spanish–Portuguese War
(1735–1737)
Bandera de Espana 1701-1748.svg Spain Flag Portugal (1707).svg Portugal Portuguese victory [1] [2] [3]
Guaraní War
(1754–1756)
Guaraní tribes Portuguese and Spanish victory
First Ceballos Expedition
Part of the Fantastic War and the Anglo-Spanish War
(1762–1763)
Bandera de Espana 1760-1785.svg Spain Spanish victory
Capture of Port Egmont
(1770)
Flag of Spain (1760-1785).svg Spanish Empire Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg Great Britain Victory
  • The Falklands are annexed to Spain as Malvinas
  • Withdrawal of both forces from the islands
Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)
Part of the Spanish–Portuguese wars
(1776–1777)
Bandera de Espana 1748-1785.svg Spanish Empire Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portuguese Empire Spanish victory
War of the Oranges
Part of the War of the Second Coalition
(1801)
Franco-Spanish victory in Europe
Portuguese victory in South America
  • Treaty of Badajoz
  • Question of Olivença
  • Territory of Brazil expanded
  • Portuguese territory returned, except Olivenza, and border territories, which remained in Spanish possession; France territorial guarantees in Trinidad, Port Mahon (Menorca) and Malta, as well as lands north of Brazil; Southern Spanish America loses territory to Portuguese Brazil
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
Part of the Napoleonic Wars
(1806–1807)
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Spanish victory [7] [8]
  • Both invasions repelled

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1810–1831)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results Notable battles
Spanish American wars of independence
(1810–1833)

Argentine participation in:

Patriots: [Note 3]

Amerindian allies of the Patriots

Royalist:

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish Monarchy

Amerindian allies of the Royalists

Victory
  • Formation of the new Hispanic American states
  • Subsequently, Spain recognizes each of the new Hispanic American states through the signing of international treaties
Portuguese Invasion of the Banda Oriental
(1811–1812)
Flag of Belgrano (1812).svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain

Inconclusive
First Argentine Civil War
(1814–1820)
Flag of Argentina (1818).svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Flag of Artigas 1815.svg Federal League

Flag of Cordoba 1815.svg Córdoba
Charrúa Tribes
Bandera del pueblo Qom.svg Guaycuru Tribes
Bandera de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero.svg Santiago del Estero

Consequences:
  • End of the Federal League and the directory
  • Anarchy of the 20's
  • La Rioja separates from Cordoba
  • Creation of the Entre Rios Republic and Tucuman Republic
  • Separation of Cuyo into Mendoza, San Luis and San Juan
  • Reintegration of Santiago del Estero into Tucuman
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820) Flag of Artigas.svg Federal League Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portuguese Empire Luso-Brazilian victory
Battle of Makassar
(1817)
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Black flag.svg Malay Pirates Victory
Incident on Jolo [Note 4]
(1818)
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Late 19th Century Flag of Sulu.svg Sultanate of Sulu Victory
  • Reconciliation after the arrival of the Sulu leader
  • Bouchard continues his expedition to reach the Philippines
Argentine Invasion of Monterey
(1818)
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Viceroyalty of New Spain Victory
Martín Rodríguez Campaign
(1820–1824)
Flag of Argentina (1818).svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Lautaro flag.svg Ranquel Ulmanate Victory
  • Territorial expansion to the west
Conflicts against Ramírez
(1820–1821)
Flag of Argentina (1818).svg Buenos Aires
Flag of Santa Fe (1825).svg Santa Fe
Flag of Artigas.svg Entre Ríos Republic Buenos Aires and Santa Fe's victory
  • The Entre Ríos Republic separates into the provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes
Battle of La Rioja
(1820)
Bandera de la Provincia de La Rioja.svg La Rioja Flag of Mendoza Province, Argentina.svg Army of the Andes
  • Andes Auxiliary Division
Riojan victory
  • More autonomy of La Rioja
  • Francisco Aldao had to withdraw from the province of La Rioja
  • Nicolás Dávila takes over as governor of the province
  • Facundo Quiroga's first important victory
Battle of Rincón de Marlopa
(1821)
Flag of the Republic of Tucuman.svg Tucuman Republic Bandera de la Provincia de Salta.svg Salta Province
Bandera de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero.svg Santiago del Estero Rebels
Tucuman's victory
  • Santiago del Estero separates from Tucuman as a new province
  • Catamarca's secession from Tucuman
  • End of the Tucuman Republic (which despite the name wasn't a country)
Cisplatine War
(1825–1828)
Flag of Argentina.svg United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Flag of the Treinta y Tres.svg Thirty-Three Orientals
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Empire of Brazil Stalemate
Brigandage of the Pincheira Brothers
(1825–1832)
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Republic (until 1831)
Flag of Liga Federal.svg Argentine Confederation (from 1831 to 1832)
Lautaro flag.svg Wallmapu Allies
Flag of Cross of Burgundy (type 3).svg Montoneras of Pincheira
Pehuenche flag.svg Pehuenches

Ancient mapuche flag.svg Boroan Confederation

Victory
Second Argentine Civil War
(1826–1827)
Flag of Argentina.svg Unitarian Government Flag of Federal Army.svg Federal Provinces Federal victory
Third Argentine Civil War
(1828–1831)
Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Interior League Flag of Liga Federal.svg Litoral League Consequences:

Argentine Confederation (1831–1861)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsNotable battles
Fourth Argentine Civil War
(1832–1838)
Flag of Liga Federal.svg Argentine Confederation
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (1836–1838)
Bandera de la Provincia de Salta.svg Salta Province
Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Unitarians
Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Colorados (1836–1838)
Flag of the Civil Freedom of Argentina (unofficial improved version).svg Jujuy Rebels
Federal / Colorado / Jujuy's victory
  • Causus belli for the War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation
  • Unitarian uprising crushed
  • The Colorados take over Uruguay
  • Argentine invasion of Uruguay
  • Jujuy separates from Salta as a new province
  • Death of Facundo Quiroga
  • Start of the second term of Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1835
Falklands Expedition
(1831)
Flag of Liga Federal.svg Argentine Confederation Flag of United States.svg United States
Desert Campaign
(1833–1834)
Flag of Liga Federal.svg Argentine Confederation
Lautaro flag.svg Mapuche Allies
Flag of the Tehuelche People.svg Tehuelche Tribes
Lautaro flag.svg Mapuche TribesVictory
  • Argentine territorial expansion
  • Rise of the popularity of Juan Manuel de Rosas
Boroan Conflict
(1836)
Flag of Liga Federal.svg Argentine Confederation
Lautaro flag.svg Ranquel Ulmanate
Ancient mapuche flag.svg Boroan Confederation Victory
  • End of Boroan influence on the Pampas
  • Calfucurá becomes the leader of the entirety of Puelmapu, forming the Confederation of Salinas Grandes
War of the Confederation
(1836–1839)
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peruvian Dissidents
  • Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peruvian Exiles (1836–1837)
  • Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Government of La Fuente (1837)
  • Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peruvian Exiles (1837–1838)
  • Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Government of Gamarra (1838–1839)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation
Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg Peru-Bolivian Confederation Victory
  • Chile, Argentina and the Peruvian dissidents defeat the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
  • Argentine territorial integrity secured
Tarija War
Part of the War of the Confederation
(1837–1839)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg Peru-Bolivian Confederation Final Victory
  • Argentine territorial integrity secured
  • Abandonment of the Bolivian pretentions of annexing the Argentine northern provinces
French blockade of the Río de la Plata
(1838–1840)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Victory
  • France leaves the island Martín García
Argentine invasion of Uruguay
(Second phase of Guerra Grande)
(1839–1843)
Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Victory
  • The Blancos party creates the Government of Cerrito, which controlled most of Uruguay.
  • The Colorados remain in control of Montevideo, creating the Government of La Defensa.
  • Great Siege of Montevideo.
Uruguayan Civil War
(1839-1851)
Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos

Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation

Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Colorados
Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Unitarians
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Empire of Brazil
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of Piratini Republic.svg Riograndense Republic
Colorado victory
Fifth Argentine Civil War
(1840–1841)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation

Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos

Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Unitarians

Support:
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France

Government victory
Combat of Costa Brava
(1842)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Redshirts
(Kingdom of Italy)
Victory
Great Siege of Montevideo
(1843–1851)
Flag of Uruguay (Oribe).svg Government of Cerrito
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish Mercenaries
Flag of Uruguay (Rivera).svg Government of La Defensa Ceasefire
Fourth Correntine Revolution
(1843–1847)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation Flag of Corrientes (1823-1825).svg Corrientes State
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
(since 1845)
Victory
  • Revolution crushed
  • Corrientes reintegrated into Argentina
  • Growth of Paraguayan influence on the disputed province of Misiones
Paraná War
(1845–1850)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Victory
  • France and Britain recognize the sovereignty of Argentina on River Plate and its tributaries
  • France pulls its forces out of Montevideo
Correntine–Paraguayan War
(1847–1850) [9]
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation

Support:
Flag of the Jordanist rebellion (1870s).svg Entre Ríos

Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay

Support:

Victory
Platine War
(Sixth Argentine Civil War)
(1851–1852)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Buenos Aires Province
Flag of Uruguay (Oribe).svg Government of Cerrito
Ejercito Grande Coalition:

Co-belligerent:
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay (1845–1850)
Support:
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay (1851–1852)

Defeat of Buenos Aires
  • Victory of the coalition army of General Justo José de Urquiza in Argentina
  • Colorado victory in Uruguay
  • Argentine clout over the Platine region ends [10]
  • Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region starts [11] [12]
  • War between the State of Buenos Aires and the Confederation
Seventh Argentine Civil War
(1852–1862)
Flag of Argentina (1840).svg Argentine Confederation Flag of the State of Buenos Aires.svg State of Buenos Aires Consequences
  • Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation, leading to unification and the creation of the Argentine Republic
    • Buenos Aires does this with the condition of being able to secede from Argentina again if needed
Campaigns against Calfucurá
(1855–1872)
Flag of the State of Buenos Aires.svg State of Buenos Aires (until 1861)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (1861–1872)
Lautaro flag.svg Salinas Grandes Confederation Victory
  • Calfulcurá is defeated and dies one year after that

Argentine Republic (1861–present)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsNotable battles
Uruguayan War
(1864–1865)
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil
Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Colorados
Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Unitarians
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos
Flag of Artigas.svg Federalists
Victory
  • The Colorados take over the Uruguayan government
  • Start of the Paraguayan War
War of the Triple Alliance
(1865–1870)
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay

Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay Victory
Eighth Argentine Civil War
(1866–1867)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Federal Army.svg Federals Government Victory
Ninth Argentine Civil War
(1870–1876)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Federal Army.svg Federals Government Victory
Conquest of the Chaco
(1870–1917)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Abipones Tribes
Bandera del pueblo Qom.svg Guaycuru Tribes Victory
Tenth Argentine Civil War
(1873-1874)
Emblema del Partido Autonomista Nacional.svg National Autonomist Party Flag of Unitarian Party (Navy).svg Liberal Party Autonomist Victory
  • Autonomist party's rule of the country through 40 years
Kolla Rebellion
(1874–1875)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Colla people in Chile.svg Colla Tribes Victory
  • Reestablishment of the government of Jujuy
  • Rebel survivors flee to Bolivia
Revolution of La Boca
(Unclear, either 1876 or 1882)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Republica de La Boca.svg La Boca Republic Government Victory
  • The genoese revolutionaries are defeated and La Boca is reintegrated into Argentina
  • The republic would later reappear as a recreative micronation with no independentist intentions
Conquest of the Desert
(1878–1884)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Allied Tribes
Lautaro flag.svg Mapuche and Pampas Tribes
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
(Battle of Aluminé)
Victory
  • Annexation of the eastern Patagonia
  • Chile would stop claiming the eastern part of Patagonia
  • Emergence of the military and political influence of Argentina in South America
Revolution of 1880
(1880)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of the State of Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires Province Government Victory
  • Federalization of Buenos Aires
  • End of the Argentine Civil Wars
  • Buenos Aires loses its right to secede
Selkʼnam Genocide
(1880–1910)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Bounty Hunters
Selkʼnam Tribes Victory
  • 3,900 Selkʼnams killed
    • Only around 900 of the deaths were directly inflicted due to most victims dying due to diseases unknown to them
  • Death of the last native speaker of the Selkʼnam language in the 1980s [13]
  • Extinction of the Yagán domestic fox used by the Selkʼnam
Argentine occupation of the Puna de Atacama
(1885–1886)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Victory
  • Annexation of most of the Puna de Atacama in 1888
Revolution of the Park
(1890)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Bandera de la Union Civica.svg Civic Union Government military victory, political defeat
Argentine Revolution of 1893
(1893)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Escudo de la UCR.svg Radical Civic Union Government military victory, political defeat
  • Revolution crushed by the government
Russo-Japanese War
(1901)
War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1868-1945).svg Japan

Support:
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Flag of Russia.svg Russia Japanese victory
  • Russia withdraws from Manchuria
  • Improvement of relations between Argentina and Japan
Venezuelan Crisis of 1902–1903 Flag of Venezuela (1863-1905).svg Venezuela
Support:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy
Support:
Compromise
  • Venezuelan debt dispute resolved
  • European fleet withdraws
  • Argentina's Drago Doctrine becomes famous internationally
Argentine Revolution of 1905
(1905)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Escudo de la UCR.svg Radical Civic Union Government military victory, political defeat
War of Chile Chico
(1918)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Roundel of Carabineros de Chile.svg Carabineros de Chile
Flag of Chile.svg Chilean Settlers Victory
  • Incarceration of Chileans settlers
  • The settlers were released a month later they returned to Chile
Tragic Week
(1919)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Sello original de la Federacion Obrera Regional Argentina.png FORA Government victory
  • Rebellion crushed
  • Multiple human rights violations towards immigrants and Jews
  • First pogrom on the history of the Americas
  • Roots of fascism in Argentina
Patagonia Rebelde
(1920–1922)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina FORA V Congreso LOGO.png FORA

Support:

Government victory
1930 Argentine coup d'état Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Government Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Nacionalistas Rebel victory
Chaco War
(1932–1935)
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
Support:
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Support:
Paraguayan victory
  • Paraguay gets most of the disputed zone with Bolivia
Radical Revolution of 1932 Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Escudo de la UCR.svg Radical Civic Union Government victory
  • Revolution crushed by the government
1943 Argentine coup d'état Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Government   NacionalistasRebel victory
World War II
(1945)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Brazil
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peru
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Venezuela
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg Croatia
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovakia
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Manchukuo.svg  Manchukuo
Flag of the Mengjiang.svg  Mengjiang
Victory
Regarding Argentina:
Third Paraguayan Civil War
(1947)
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg Colorado Party
Support:
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Liberal Party
Bandera del Partido Revolucionario Febrerista.svg Febrerista Revolutionary Party
PCP paraguay.jpg Paraguayan Communist Party
Paraguayan government victory
Revolución Libertadora
(1955–1958)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Government

Bandera de la alianza libertadora nacionalista.jpg Nationalist Liberation Alliance
Logo cgtra.png CGT

Rebel Armed Forces
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Civil Commands
Rebel victory
  • Argentine military seizes power
  • Overthrow of Juan Domingo Perón
  • Political persecution of Peronism
Peronist Resistance
(1959–1963)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Peronismo de Base.jpg Peronist Youth
Bandera de Uturuncos.svg Uturuncos
Bandera de la alianza libertadora nacionalista.jpg Nationalist Liberation Alliance
Government victory
  • Rebel guerrillas dissolved some years after the conflict
  • Former members would join later join Montoneros or FAR
1963 Argentine Navy revolt
(1962–1963)
600px solid HEX-4B61D1.svgAzules:
Seal of the Argentine Army.svg Argentine Army
Argentine airforce wings emblem.svg Argentine Air Force
Bahnmarke bleibt an Backbord liegen.svgColorados:
Escudo Armada Argentina.svg Argentine Navy
Azules victory
Cuban Missile Crisis
(Quarantine operation)
(1962)
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the Organization of American States.svg OAS
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Consequences:
  • Expulsion of Cuba from the OAS
  • Naval blockade of Cuba towards the USSR
Guevarist incursion in Argentina
(1963–1964)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Bandera del Ejercito Guerrillero del Pueblo.svg EGP

Support:
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba

Government victory
  • Disarticulation of the guerrilla
  • The failure of the guerrilla movement led Che Guevara to consider the possibility of participating in other places outside the country or on other continents.
  • The attempt of revolution, along with the later fall of Tacuara and the bad decisions taken by the government of Ongania would later provoke the Cycle of Azos and creation of far-leftist guerrillas
Nazi insurgency in Argentina

(1963-1966)

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Tacuara Nationalist Movement.svg Tacuara Nationalist Movement

Support:

Government victory
  • The Tacuara Nationalist Movement is dissolved
  • Founder of the guerrillas, José Joe Baxter, becomes communist and creates the ERP
  • Without Tacuara, far-left guerrillas begin to appear.
    • Former members would later become part of the Triple A to fight communism
Laguna del Desierto Incident
(1965)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Chile.svg Chile Victory
  • Argentina gets the disputed zone
The Cycle of Azos

(1969-1972)

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina UBA.svg AUF

Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg MPTW
Logo cgtra.png CGT
Badge of Workers' Revolutionary Party (Argentina).svg PRT
Bandera de la Provincia de Cordoba 2014.svg Córdoba

Government military victory
Rebel political victory
Dirty War
(1967–1980)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Bandera del ERP.svg ERP
Flag of Montoneros.svg Montoneros
Escudo de las FAR.png FAR
Logo de las FAP.jpg FAP
FAL argentina logo.svg FAL
Flag of CPL.svg CPL
BanderaGEL.png GEL
Flag of OCPO.svg OCPO
Government victory
  • Leftist guerrillas defeated mostly eradicated by 1979
  • 9,500+ guerrillas (4,500+ Montoneros and 5,000 ERP), hundreds of soldiers/police, and 3,252 civilians killed in political violence from 1969 to 1980 [16] [17]
Guatemalan Civil War
(1960–1996)
(Argentina helped since 1976)
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Support:
Flag of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity.svg URNG Peace accord signed in 1996
Beagle Crisis
(1978–1984)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of Chile.svg Chile Consequences(bloodless conflict):
  • Signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1984
  • Bioceanity of Argentina and Chile. Not mutually recognized.
  • Chile's support to the United Kingdom during the Falklands War
Salvadoran Civil War
(1979–1992)
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Support:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (until 1983)
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
Flag of Chile.svg Chile (until 1990)
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front former flag.svg FMLN
Support:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
Ceasefire
  • Chapultepec Peace Accords of 1992
  • Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces
  • National and Treasury Police are dissolved (new civilian-overseen police created)
  • FMLN becomes a political party, its combatants are exonerated
Falklands War
(1982)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Defeat
Carapintadas Uprisings
(1987–1990)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina TC-EA.png Carapintadas Government victory
  • Uprisings stopped
1989 Attack on La Tablada Barracks
(1989)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Soviet flag red star.svg Movimiento Todos por la Patria Government victory
  • Argentine army and police victory
Gulf War
(Operativo Alfil)
(1990–1991)
Flag of the United Nations.svg Coalition:
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg Syria
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Old Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq Victory
Croatian War of Independence
(Operation Bljesak)
(1991–1995)
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations
Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia
Victory
Operation Uphold Democracy
(Operative Talos)
(1994–1995)
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Victory
Siege of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela
(Operation Guacamaya)
(2024-2025)

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Support:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
State flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuelan opposition

Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Victory
  • Release and exile of the venezuelan opposition staff members on 6 may, 2025.
  • The siege on the Argentine Embassy ends
Russian invasion of Ukraine
(2022-present)

Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Support:
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of NATO.svg NATO
Flag of Europe.svg European Union
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Support:
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea

Ongoing

See also

Notes

  1. The Argentine participation in the independence of Paraguay occurred in the failed campaign of Belgrano on Paraguay between 1810 and 1811.
  2. The Argentine participation in the independence of Mexico occurred on one occasion, during the privateer cruise La Argentina, when this ship attacked the coast of California in 1818.
  3. In this section of "combatant 1" appear the independent governments that managed to consolidate at the end of the war. Later, some of these governments disintegrated, as happened with Gran Colombia (Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela) or the First Mexican Empire (Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). Panama and Uruguay would be formed because of other conflicts.
  4. This incident occurred during the privateer cruise La Argentina, when this ship arrive to the island of Jolo in 1818.
  5. Venezuelan llanero mercenaries participed in the Battle of Rincón de Valladares

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  14. Buckley, Martha (9 April 2005). "How Argentines helped British win war". BBC News . Archived from the original on 8 March 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  15. Argentine pilots break silence over World War Two – Reuters
  16. Clodfelter, M. (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015 (4th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN   978-0786474707.. Pages 649-650.
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