List of wars involving Bolivia

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This is a list of wars involving the Plurinational State of Bolivia and its predecessor states from 1809 to the present.

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ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Spanish American wars of independence
(1808–1833)
Patriot victory
Bolivian War of Independence
(1809–1825)

Patriots:

Royalists:Patriot victory
  • Independence of Bolivia
Invasion of Chiquitos
(1825)
State flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg Bolivia
Flag of Gran Colombia.svg Gran Colombia
Supported by:
Flag of Argentina.svg United Provinces
  • Provincia do mato grosso.png Mato Grosso
Defeat
Bolivian–Peruvian territorial dispute
(1825–1909)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peru Inconclusive
Peruvian intervention of Bolivia
(1828)
Bandera de Bolivia (1826).png Bolivia
Flag of Gran Colombia.svg Gran Colombia
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peru
Peruvian victory [4] [5]
Salaverry-Santa Cruz War
(1835–1836)
Pro-Confederation:
(Liberals)

Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Orbegosistas
Flag of Bolivia (state, 1826-1851).svg Crucistas

Supported by:
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Republic of Iquicha
Flag of Chile.svg Pipiolos

Anti-Confederation:
(Conservatives)

Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Salaverristas
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Gamarristas

Supported by:
Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg Argentina
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Limeños and Arequipeños

Pro-Confederate victory
War of the Confederation
(1836–1839)
Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg Peru–Bolivian Confederation

Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Orbegoso government
(only in 1838)

United Restoration:

Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg Argentine Confederation
(since 1837)

Chilean–Peruvian restorationist victory
War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation
(1837–1839)
Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg Peru–Bolivian Confederation Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg Argentine Confederation Inconclusive
  • Subsequent peace between the Argentine Confederation and Bolivia after the dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
  • Through negotiations with Bolivia, Argentina recovers the territories of the provinces of Jujuy and Salta that were occupied during the war [7]
Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842
(1841–1842)
Flag of Bolivia (state, 1826-1851).svg Bolivia Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peru Treaty of Puno [8] [9] [10]
  • Peruvian invasion repelled by Bolivian troops
  • Bolivian invasion repelled by Peruvian troops
  • Status quo ante bellum
Pérez Rebellion
(1862)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Flag of Bolivia.svg General Gregorio Pérez's RebelsVictory
  • Government victory
Constitutional Revolution of Sucre
(1865–1866)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Flag of Bolivia.svg Constitutional RebelsVictory
  • Government victory
Chincha Islands War
(1865–1871)
Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg Chile
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peru (since 1866)Nominal participation:
Civil flag and ensign of Ecuador.svg Ecuador (since 1866)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia (since 1866)
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
  • Indefinite armistice of 1871
  • Peace treaties between Spain and Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).
Bolivian Civil War of 1870
(1870–1871)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Flag of Bolivia.svg RebelsVictory
  • Government victory
War of the Pacific
(1879–1883)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Chilean Forces victory
Chiriguano War
(1892)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia BlackFlag.svg Chiriguano Victory
  • Subjugation of the Chiriguano people
Bolivian Civil War
(1898–1899)
Flag of Bolivia (state).svg Conservatives Flag of Bolivia.svg Liberals Liberal victory
Acre War
(1899–1903)
{ Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia
Supported by:
Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States
Bandeira da Terceira Republica do Acre.svg Republic of Acre
Supported by:
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Brazil
Brazilian victory
Campaign of the Manuripi Region
(1910)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia Flag of Peru (1884-1950).svg Peru Peruvian Forces victory
Chaco War
(1932–1935)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg  Paraguay Paraguayan victory [11]

Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay [12]

World War II
(1943–1945)
Allies
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
Axis
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
Allied victory
Bolivian National Revolution of 1952
(1952)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivian Government
Socialist red flag.svg Republican Socialist Unity Party
Pink flag.png Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Defeat

political order

  • The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement's recognition during elections.
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla
(1966–1967)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Flag of the United States.svg United States
FlagofELNBoliviaduringNancahuazuGuerrilla.webpELN
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Bolivian government victory
  • Che Guevara executed
Teoponte Guerrilla

(1970)

Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia FlagofELNBoliviaReformedbyInti.png ELN (Teoponte) Bolivian government victory

See also

Notes

    1. ^
      First invasion of the Banda Oriental by the Portuguese army led by Diogo de Sousa in 1811 to annex the territory, which during the colonial period was disputed between Spain and Portugal. Not to destroy the independent government of Buenos Aires. In 1816 he invaded the Banda Oriental again and conquered it after a military campaign that lasted until 1820.
    2. ^
      Consolidation stage is a broad, diffuse, confusing and different period for each independent country. Various states were formed at the beginning of the war, went through different processes that changed them politically. This was due to reasons such as the overthrow of the government by the royalists and their subsequent restoration (for example, Chile and Venezuela), and also by the union of independent states that came to form a new political entity (Gran Colombia and the Mexican Empire).
    3. ^
      Seven resulted non-recognized states emerged at the moment of the war of independence: Chile, Gran Colombia (Venezuela and New Granada), México, Paraguay, and Bolivia, with self-determination from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and Peru.
    4. ^
      Mexico in its consolidation stage was organized as an empire from 1821 to 1823. When the empire was dissolved, Mexico was reorganized as a republic and the Central American territories that were part of the empire were reorganized into a new political entity called the United Provinces of Central America.
    5. ^
      Spain's Royal Army also was in the Mexican side, because the royalist criollo Colonel Agustín de Iturbide that joined the pro-independence side.
    6. ^
      During the course of the war, the United Provinces organized three land forces that fought on different fronts and periods: the army that confronted the royalists of Montevideo, the Army of the North and the Army of the Andes. In the maritime area, the government organized a naval force in 1811, which was destroyed in battle in that same year, so in 1813 it organized a second naval force that was operative until the decisive victory obtained in 1814. It then used corsairs in the sea until the end of the war.
    7. ^
      In 1817, after the triumph of the independents in Chacabuco and the subsequent restoration of the Chilean government, the Chilean Army was again organized, which fought along with the Army of the Andes in the center-south zone of Chile. Later, both armies would form the Liberating Expedition of Peru, although a part of the Chilean force remained fighting in the country until its territorial consolidation. As for the maritime area, between 1817 and 1818 the Chilean Navy (First Chilean Navy Squadron) was founded and would operate until the end of the war. Between 1817 and 1820, Chile also used corsairs in the sea.
    8. ^
      In its consolidation phase, the Mexican government had as a land force the so-called Army of the Three Guarantees, while to fight in the sea it founded the Mexican Navy.
    9. ^
      Sailors and combatants recruited in United Kingdom. Sales of warships, weapons and ammunition. [13] [14]
    10. ^
      guerrillas or violent rebellions in many countries
    11. ^
      under flags of many belligerents
    12. ^
      The First Texas Independence, 1813. The green flag is the first flag of Texas independence. [15] [ page needed ]
    13. ^
      Republic of West Florida annexation (1810) and Rebellion of Republic of East Florida (1812). [16] [ page needed ]
    14. ^
      Insurgent privateers using many flags.
    15. ^
      diplomatic declaration exclusively.

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