List of wars involving Paraguay

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Paraguay from 1810 to the present day. [a]

Contents

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultPresident
Paraguayan Campaign
(1810–1811)
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish Empire Flag of Argentina (1818).svg Río de la Plata
(Revolutionaries)
Victory
  • Paraguay retains independence from the Revolutionary Primera Junta of Buenos Aires
  • Paraguay would obtain independence from Spain afterwards
Bernardo de Velasco
(as Governor of the Intendencia of Paraguay and Misiones)
Battle of Candelaria
(1815) [1]
Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg Paraguay Bandera de la Provincia de Misiones.svg Misiones
Flag of Argentina (1818).svg Río de la Plata
Defeat
  • Paraguayan invasion repelled
Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
(as Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay)
Paraguayan Incursion in Corrientes
(1821–1823) [2]
Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg Paraguay Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg Corrientes Victory
  • Paraguay seizes territory from Corrientes
Correntine-Paraguayan War
(1833) [3]
Flag of Paraguay (1826-1842).svg Paraguay Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg Corrientes Victory
  • Paraguay slightly expands its territory in Corrientes and Misiones
Platine War
(1845–1852) [b]
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Rebels
Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg Argentina Victory
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Defeat
  • Allied occupation of Paraguay
  • Paraguay lost approx. 33% of territory to the Allied Powers; around 50% of the Paraguayan population died during the war
  • Postwar decade of severe social crisis, political inestability and constant rebellions in 1870 - 1879
Caballero's revolts
(1873-1874) [4]
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay

Support:

Bernardino Caballero and other Lopiztas

Support:

Government Defeat
Commander Molas' revolt
(1874) [4]
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Empire of Brazil
José Dolores Molas
Armed peasants
Government Victory
  • Brazilian troops force rebels to disperse
  • Gill's government loses legitimacy due to its failure against the rebels
General Serrano's revolt
(1874) [4]
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay German Serrano
Armed peasants
Government Victory
  • Rebels defeated
  • General Serrano executed after battle
1877 uprising
(1877) [4]
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay Cirilo Antonio Rivarola loyalistsGovernment Victory
  • Rebels defeated
  • President Gill assassinated
  • Start of General Caballero's hegemony over Paraguayan politics
Juan Silvano Godoi's revolt
(1879) [4]
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay Juan Silvano Godoi and allies

Support:

Government Victory
Liberal uprising
(1891) [4]
Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg Colorado Party
(Government)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Liberal Party
(Rebels)
Government Victory
Liberal Revolution
(1904)
Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg Caballerist Colorados
(Government)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Liberal Party
Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg Egusquicista Colorados
(Rebels)
Government Defeat
  • Rebels overthrow the Escurra government
  • Liberal Regime established until 1936
  • Paraguayan Army disbanded and then rebuilt based on rebel forces
First Paraguayan Civil War
(1911–1912)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Radical Liberals
(Government)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Civic Liberals
Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg Colorado Party
(Rebels)
Government Defeat
Manuel Gondra,
Albino Jara,
Liberato Marcial Rojas,
Mario Uscher - Alfredo Aponte - Marcos Caballero Codas (triumvirate),
Pedro Pablo Peña,
Emiliano González Navero
Second Paraguayan Civil War
(1922-1923)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Saco Puku Liberals
(Government)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Saco Mbyky Liberals
(Rebels)
Government Victory
  • Defeat of the supporters of Eduardo Schaerer, known as the "Saco Mbyky" side
  • Consolidation of the faction of Manuel Gondra and Eusebio Ayala, known as the "Saco Puku" side
Chaco War
(1932–1935)
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Victory
  • Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. [5]
World War II
(1945) [c] [6]
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 Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay
and others
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
and others
Victory
Third Paraguayan Civil War
(1947)
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Moríñigo Government
Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg Colorado Party
(Government)
Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg Liberal Party
Bandera del Partido Revolucionario Febrerista.svg Revolutionary Febrerista Party
PCP paraguay.jpg Paraguayan Communist Party
(Rebels)
Government Victory
  • Liberal Party definitely overthrown from power
  • Colorado Party returns to political power since 1947 - 1948
  • Colorado Hegemony established until 2008
Guerrillas against Stroessner
(1958–1980)
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay
With Support of:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
(1958-1980)
Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional, Flag.svg Paraguayan Revolutionary Guerrillas:
* FULNA (Frente Unido de Liberación Nacional)
* 14 de Mayo
* Columna Mariscal López
* Movimiento Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
* OPM (Organización Político Militar)
* Ligas Agrarias (disputed)
Government Victory
Dominican Civil War
(1965–1966)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Loyalists
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Brazil
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Constitutionalists Victory
Insurgency In Paraguay
(2005–present)
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay

Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States [7]
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia [7]


Justicieros de la Frontera [8]

Insignia del EPP.svg Paraguayan People's Army (EPP)
Bandera de la ACA.svg Armed Peasant Association (ACA) [d]
Bandera de Paraguay Ejercito del Mcal Lopez (EML).jpg Army of Marshal López (EML)
(from 2016) [9]
Supported by:
Flag of the FARC-EP.svg FARC (until 2016)
FPMR Chile.SVG Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (alleged)
Yin and Yang symbol.svg Primeiro Comando da Capital [12]
Comando Vermelho [13]
Ongoing low-level conflict

See also

Footnotes

  1. It is considered that Paraguayan independence starts in the Congress of July 24, 1810, when the Paraguayan "intendencia" refused to pledge allegiance to the Junta de Buenos Aires.
  2. Paraguay held its own conflict against Juan Manuel de Rosas receiving very substantial support from the Empire of Brazil. President Carlos Antonio López declared war against Rosas and in the first phase of the "Paraguayan front" (1845–1846), Paraguay invaded the Province of Corrientes hoping to cause a rebellion alongside the Argentine dissidents led by Gen. José María Paz, which fared poorly. In the second phase however (1847–1850), the Paraguayans under Gen. Francisco Solano López occupied the Province of Misiones which was under Rosas' rule, resisting in their positions while suffering heavy losses against the counterattacks of the forces of Buenos Aires. See: Urdapilleta, Emilio (10 April 2021): "Guerra del Paraguay contra Rosas (1845-1852)". El Parlante Digital. Asunción, Paraguay. Retrieved: 16 April 2021. Link: https://elparlante.com.py/historia-del-paraguay/guerra-de-paraguay-contra-rosas-1845-1852/ The friendship and alliance between the Republic of Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil remained strong until 1852, when Rosas was finally overthrown. In fact, the Brazilian diplomacy played a key role for the recognition of the Independence of Paraguay. On the other hand, Paraguay gave its full support to Brazil, fighting its own campaign against Buenos Aires. However, in the final phase of the conflict (1851–1852), President Carlos López refused to join forces with the Allied army, keeping a defensive role (as established with Brazil). This was because López was very suspicious of Justo José de Urquiza, former General of Rosas' army who became the leader of the Argentine insurrection. See: Ramos R., Antonio (2016): "La Independencia del Paraguay y el Imperio del Brasil", pp. 763-771. Brasilia: FUNAG. ISBN   978-85-7631-582-7
  3. Paraguay declared war to the Axis Powers on February 7, 1945. Before this, some Paraguayan pilots joined the Brazilian Air Force in 1944 and served in missions for protection of Allied convoys.
  4. ACA was active from 2014 until 2016, when most of its members and leaders were killed. The group was effectively defunct after this point, [9] but was revived sometime in 2017 by members of the EML. [10] [11]

References

  1. "Se cumplen 209 años de la Batalla de Candelaria". El Diario de Misiones. 12 September 2024.
  2. Braschi, Dardo; Deniri, Jorge (17 September 2021). "Fuego contra Fuego II. Francia invade Corrientes". ResearchGate.
  3. Poenitz, Alfredo (6 December 2019). "La guerra no declarada entre Corrientes y Paraguay en 1833". El Territorio.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Prado, Mario (2022). "Conflitos internos no Paraguai pós-guerra (1870-1904): Enumeração, contexto e impacto". Trilhas da História (in Portuguese). 11 (22). Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul.
  5. "La victoria del Paraguay con Bolivia, en paz al fin". BBC.
  6. Los pilotos paraguayos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, article from "Diario Última Hora" (in Spanish), November 29th, 2009 - http://www.ultimahora.com/los-pilotos-paraguayos-la-segunda-guerra-mundial-n278340.html
  7. 1 2 "Estados Unidos y Colombia ofrecen ayuda al Gobierno contra el EPP". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  8. "Hermanos Argüello Larrea desaparecen en Arroyito". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Por inacción del Gobierno, surge un nuevo grupo armado llamado EML". abc (in Spanish). 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  10. "Libro de novedades del EML revela que la gavilla ACA fue refundada". abc (in Spanish). 31 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  11. "Grupo criminal se jacta de tener el apoyo de la población de Arroyito". abc (in Spanish). 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  12. "SE CONFIRMAN VÍNCULOS ENTRE EL EPP Y EL PCC". www.policianacional.gov.py. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  13. "Comando Vermelho iba a ejecutar el plan de rescate disenado por el EPP". www.abc.com.py. Retrieved 2022-08-15.