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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.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833) |
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| Patriot victory
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Bolivian War of Independence (1809–1825) | Royalists: | Patriot victory
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Invasion of Chiquitos (1825) | ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() |
| Defeat
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Bolivian–Peruvian territorial dispute (1825–1909) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Peruvian intervention of Bolivia (1828) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Peruvian victory [4] [5]
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Salaverry-Santa Cruz War (1835–1836) | Pro-Confederation: (Liberals) ![]() ![]() Supported by: | Anti-Confederation: (Conservatives) ![]() ![]() Supported by: | Pro-Confederate victory
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War of the Confederation (1836–1839) | ![]()
| United Restoration:
| Chilean–Peruvian restorationist victory
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War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation (1837–1839) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842 (1841–1842) | ![]() | ![]() | Treaty of Puno [8] [9] [10]
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Pérez Rebellion (1862) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Constitutional Revolution of Sucre (1865–1866) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Chincha Islands War (1865–1871) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
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Bolivian Civil War of 1870 (1870–1871) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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War of the Pacific (1879–1883) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Chilean Forces victory
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Chiriguano War (1892) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Bolivian Civil War (1898–1899) | ![]() | ![]() | Liberal victory
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Acre War (1899–1903) | { ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | Brazilian victory
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Campaign of the Manuripi Region (1910) | ![]() | ![]() | Peruvian Forces victory
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Chaco War (1932–1935) | ![]() | ![]() | Paraguayan victory [11] Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay [12] |
World War II (1943–1945) | Allies ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Axis ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Allied victory
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Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 (1952) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
political order
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Ñancahuazú Guerrilla (1966–1967) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Bolivian government victory
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Teoponte Guerrilla (1970) | ![]() | ![]() | Bolivian government victory |
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