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 Patriot victory Spanish Reconquest of New Granada (1815– 1816) United Provinces of New Granada Kingdom of Spain Spanish victory Liberation Campaign of New Granada (1819– 1820) New Granada
Spain Victory Liberation of New Granada by Independentists Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820– 1822) Spanish Empire
Patriot victory Annexation of the territory to Gran Colombia Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828– 1829) Gran Colombia Peru Stalemate Federal War (1859– 1863) Combat of Maiquetía, during the beginning of the Federal War, 2 September 1859 Conservative Government Federalists Federalist victory Venezuelan Crisis of 1902–1903 (1902– 1903) A cover of the "Le Petit Parisien " depicting the bombardment of Castle San Carlos 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 Machurucuto Incident (1967) Venezuelan National Guard Venezuelan Army Revolutionary Left Movement Cuban guerrillas Supported by: Cuba Venezuelan government victory