Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Nicaraguan Independence Movements (1811– 1812) Nicaraguan revolutionaries Spanish Empire Defeat José de Salvador y Antoli Civil war of 1824 (1824) Fiebres Timbucos Fiebres victory José Anacleto Ordóñez Cerda-Argüello War (1827– 1828) Liberal Federalists Conservative Federalists Liberal victory Juan Argüello del Castillo Flores' Rebellion (1834) Nicaraguan Government Anti-Constitutionalist Rebels Government victory Cándido Flores is defeated in Managua and later flees Granada José Núñez Invasion of Guanacaste (1836)
Nicaragua Costa Ricans exiled
Costa Rica
Defeat
Withdrawal of Nicaraguan forces Manuel Quijano Malespín's War (1844– 1845) Allied victory [ 1] [ 2] Emiliano Madriz Blas Antonio Sáenz Silvestre Selva Recapture of San Juan del Norte (1848) Nicaragua United Kingdom Kingdom of Mosquitia Defeat José María Guerrero Granada-León Civil War (1853– 1855) Legitimists Democrats Stalemate Fruto Chamorro Francisco Castellón Filibuster War (1855– 1857) Central American alliance victory Fruto Chamorro William Walker Barrios' War of Reunification (1885) Anti-Barrios victory Adán Cárdenas Nicaragua Crisis of 1895 (1894– 1895) Nicaragua United Kingdom Victory José Santos Zelaya Honduran Civil War (1906– 1907) Liberal Rebels Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Victory Dávila becomes President of Honduras Estrada's Rebellion (1909– 1910) Liberal Government Conservative Rebels United States Regime change Estrada recognized as President of Nicaragua Mena's Rebellion (1912) Conservative Government United States Liberal Rebels Government victory Liberal rebels exiled to Panama Adolfo Díaz World War I (1918) Allied Powers : and others ...
Central Powers : and others ...
Allied Powers victory (see Aftermath of World War I ) Emiliano Chamorro Vargas Constitutionalist War (1926– 1927) Nicaraguan Government (Conservatives )Supported by: United States Nicaraguan rebels (Liberals )Supported by: Mexico (provided weapons and supplies) Peace of Tipitapa Sandinistas War (1927– 1933) Conservative Government United States Sandinistas Government victory Sandinistas surrender their weapons Adolfo Díaz World War II (1941– 1945) Allies United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Panama Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Dominican Republic Cuba
Axis Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang
Allied victory Anastasio Somoza García Costa Rican Civil War (1948) Government of Costa Rica Calderon forces People's Vanguard Party Nicaraguan National Guard National Liberation Army Ulatista Forces Caribbean Legion Supported by: Guatemala United States
Rebel victory Víctor Manuel Román Invasion of Costa Rica (1955) Calderón forces Supported by: Nicaragua Venezuela Dominican Republic
Guatemala (Diplomatic Support)
Costa Rica Supported by: United States Organization of American States
Costa Rican government victory Anastasio Somoza García Dominican Civil War (1965) Loyalist faction United States Constitutionalist faction Loyalist victory Ceasefire declared Formation of the provisional government for new elections Deposition of Juan Bosch of the presidency ratified Organization of presidential elections in 1966 under international supervision Election of Joaquín Balaguer as the new president Establishment of the Fourth Dominican Republic on July 1, 1966 René Schick Nicaraguan Revolution (1961– 1990) Somoza regime (1961–1979) Contras (1981–1990)
Supported by: United States
Honduras (from 1981) [ 6] [ 7]
Supported by: Cuba
Soviet Union [ 25]
Sandinista victory Anastasio Somoza Debayle Daniel Ortega Miskito Conflict (1982–1987) Nicaragua Miskito GuerrillasVictory Daniel Ortega Operation Golden Pheasant (1988) Nicaragua United States Honduras Defeat Withdrawal of Nicaraguan forces from Honduran territory Iraq War (2003– 2004) Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan MNF–I SCJL Naqshbandi Army ISI al-Qaeda FIA Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah Victory Enrique Bolaños Isla Calero Conflict (2010)
Nicaragua Costa Rica Defeat Daniel Ortega