List of wars involving Bolivia

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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.

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Bolivian War of Independence
(1809–1825)

State flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg Republiquetas Flag of Gran Colombia.svg  Gran Colombia
Flag of Peru (1822-1825).svg Peru
Flag of Argentina (1818).svg  Río de la Plata

Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain Patriot Victory
  • Independence of Bolivia from Spanish rule
Invasion of Chiquitos
(1825)
State flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg Bolivia
Flag of Gran Colombia.svg  Gran Colombia
Flag of Argentina (1818).svg  Río de la Plata
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg  Brazil Defeat
  • Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos
  • Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina.
Peruvian intervention of Bolivia
(1828)
Flag of Bolivia (1826-1851).svg Bolivia
Flag of Gran Colombia.svg  Gran Colombia
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru Defeat
  • Treaty of Piquiza
Salaverry-Santa Cruz War
(1835–1836)
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Luis José de Orbegoso's Opposition
Flag of Bolivia (1826-1851).svg Andrés de Santa Cruz's Army
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Felipe Santiago Salaverry's Government
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Agustín Gamarra's Rebels
Pro-confederation Victory
War of the Confederation
(1836–1839)
Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg  Peru-Bolivian Confederation Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg Peruvian Dissidents
Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg  Argentina
Defeat
War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation
(1837–1839)
Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg  Peru-Bolivian Confederation Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg  Argentina Stalemate
  • Argentine territorial integrity secured
  • Abandonment of the Bolivian pretentions of annexing the Argentine northern provinces [1]
  • Tarija is mostly distributed to Bolivia [2] [3]
Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842
(1841–1842)
Flag of Bolivia (1826-1851).svg Bolivia Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru Indecisive, both sides claimed victory [4]
  • Signature of the Treaty of Puno
  • Withdrawal of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory.
  • Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru. [5]
Pérez Rebellion
(1862)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg General Gregorio Pérez's RebelsVictory
  • Government victory
Constitutional Revolution of Sucre
(1865–1866)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Constitutional RebelsVictory
  • Government victory
Chincha Islands War
(1865–1866)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
  • Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands
  • The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871
  • Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883), and Ecuador (1885)
Bolivian Civil War of 1870
(1870–1871)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg RebelsVictory
  • Government victory
War of the Pacific
(1879–1883)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Defeat
  • Litoral Department ceded by Bolivia to Chile
  • Argentine annexation of most of the Puna de Atacama in 1888
Chiriguano War
(1892)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia BlackFlag.svg Chiriguano Victory
  • Subjugation of the Chiriguano people
Bolivian Civil War
(1898–1899)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Conservatives Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Liberals Defeat
Acre War
(1899–1903)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil
Bandeira do Acre.svg  Acre
Defeat
  • Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre [6]
Campaign of the Manuripi Region
(1910)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru Defeat [7]
  • Recognition of most of the territory in dispute as belonging to Peru. [8] Compliance with previous diplomatic agreements and final establishment of limits. Death of the Bolivian captain Lino Echevarria.
Chaco War
(1932–1935)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg  Paraguay Defeat
  • Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. Paraguay was awarded the sovereignty of 75% of the disputed area and Bolivia was given the rest. [9]
World War II
(1943–1945)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the USSR (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 Poland.svg  Poland
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg  Paraguay
Flag of Peru (1825-1884).svg  Peru
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Manchukuo.svg  Manchukuo
Flag of the Mengjiang.svg  Mengjiang
Victory
Bolivian National Revolution of 1952
(1952)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Defeat
  • Revolutionary victory
Guerrila Warfare in Bolivia
(1966–1970)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Red flag.svg ELN
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Government Victory

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