List of wars involving Venezuela

This is a list of wars involving the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its predecessor states from 1810 to the present.

War of Jenkins' Ear (War of the Austrian Succession):

• Battle of La Guaira – 1743
• Battle of Puerto Cabello – 1743

Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808): Cutting out of the Hermione – 1799 invasion of venezuela 1806

• battle of la vela de Coro-1806

War of 1812 (Sixty Years' War): Battle of La Guaira (1812)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Notable battles
Venezuelan War of Independence (1810–1823) Detail of The Battle of Carabobo (1887) by Martín Tovar y Tovar	Patriots 1810: Caracas Junta 1811–1816: Venezuela Colombia 1816–1819: Venezuela Haiti [1] 1819–1823: Gran Colombia	Royalists Spain Supreme Junta Governorate of Venezuela Governorate of Colombia	Patriot victory Independence of Gran Colombia Dismemberment of the Spanish Empire	Battle of La Victoria (1812) Battle of Alto de los Godos – 1813 Battle of Niquitao – 1813 – Admirable Campaign Battle of Los Horcones – 1813 – Admirable Campaign Battle of Taguanes – 1813 – Admirable Campaign Battle of Araure – 1813 Battle of La Victoria – 1814 Battle of San Mateo – 1814 Battle of Carabobo (1814) Battle of Urica – 1814 Battle of San Félix – 1817 Battle of Matasiete – 1817 Battle of Las Queseras del Medio – 1819 Battle of Carabobo – 1821 Battle of Lake Maracaibo – 1823
Spanish Reconquest of New Granada (1815–1816)	United Provinces of New Granada	Kingdom of Spain	Spanish victory Reestablishment of the Viceroyalty of New Granada
Liberation Campaign of New Granada (1819–1820)	Venezuela New Granada British Legions	Spain	Victory Liberation of New Granada by Independentists
Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820–1822)	Patriots: Guayaquil Gran Colombia Chile Peru United Provinces	Royalists: Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Real Audiencia of Quito	Patriot victory Annexation of the territory to Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828–1829)	Gran Colombia	Peru	Stalemate Larrea-Gual Treaty * Peruvian invasion lost momentum after the Battle of Tarqui; Peru maintained supremacy at sea after the fall of Guayaquil. Coup d'état against President La Mar Colombian troops driven out of Bolivia Peruvian recognition of the Colombian annexation of Guayaquil Implicit Colombian recognition of Peruvian sovereignty over Tumbes, Jaen, and Maynas Status quo ante bellum
Federal War (1859–1863) Combat of Maiquetía, during the beginning of the Federal War, 2 September 1859	Conservative Government	Federalists	Federalist victory Treaty of Coche Establishment of a Federalist government	Battle of Santa Inés – 1859 Battle of Coplé – 1860 Battle of Buchivacoa – 1862
Venezuelan Crisis of 1902–1903 (1902–1903) A cover of the "Le Petit Parisien" depicting the bombardment of Castle San Carlos	Venezuela Supported by: United States Argentina	United Kingdom   France   Germany   Italy Supported by: Spain Mexico Belgium Netherlands Denmark	Compromise Venezuelan debt dispute resolved European fleet withdraws
Dutch–Venezuelan Crisis of 1908 (1908) HNLMS Gelderland, the Dutch cruiser that successfully captured two Venezuelan gunboats in Venezuelan territorial waters	Venezuela	Netherlands	Dutch victory HNLMS Gelderland captures Venezuelan gunboats Alexis and 23 de Mayo Dutch blockade of Venezuela's coast
World War II (Unofficial: 1942–1945; officially in 1945) [2] Venezuelan gunboat General Urdaneta, which assisted in rescuing the crews of several torpedoed vessels during Operation Neuland	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 Chile Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Venezuela Uruguay Argentina	Axis   Germany   Japan   Italy   Hungary   Romania   Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia   Finland   Thailand   Manchukuo   Mengjiang	Allied victory Collapse of the German Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Machurucuto Incident (1967)	Venezuelan National Guard Venezuelan Army	Revolutionary Left Movement Cuban guerrillas Supported by: Cuba	Venezuelan government victory Cuban expedition fails.

See also

• Venezuela during World War I
• Venezuela during World War II

References

1. Arana, M., 2013, Bolivar, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN   9781439110195, pp. 186
2. Venezuelan waters were one of the scenarios of the Battle of the Caribbean. Formally declared war on the Axis powers in February 1945.