List of wars involving Colombia

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Colombia and its predecessor states from Pre-Hispanic times to the present day.

Picture	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
	Battle of Pasca (~1470)	Zipazgo	Sutagao Panche	Victory The Sutagao people are submitted to the rule of the leader of Bacatá within the Muisca Confederation
	Battle of Chocontá (~1490)	Zipazgo	Zacazgo	Victory The Muisca people of Bacatá defeat the army from the Muisca people of Hunza. The rulers of both sides die in the battle
	Spanish conquest of the Muisca (1537-1540)	Muisca Confederation	Crown of Castile Province of Santa Marta	Defeat The Muisca Confederation becomes part of the Spanish Empire and the New Kingdom of Granada is created
	War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748)	Kingdom of Spain Viceroyalty of New Granada Viceroyalty of New Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Spanish Florida Captaincy General of Cuba	British Empire Province of Georgia Province of North Carolina	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
	Seven Years' War (1756-1763)	France Spanish Empire Austria   Saxony Hesse-Darmstadt   Russia (until 1762) Sweden Kalmykia	British Empire Hanover   Prussia Portugal Hesse-Kassel Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Schaumburg-Lippe   Russia	Defeat Status quo ante bellum
	Colombian War of Independence (1810–1823)	New Granada   Cundinamarca   Gran Colombia	Spain	Victory
	Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–1823)	Venezuela   New Granada   Gran Colombia	Spain	Victory
	Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820–1822)	Guayaquil   Gran Colombia   Chile Peru   Río de la Plata	Spain	Victory Incorporation of the Real Audiencia of Quito into Gran Colombia
	Dissolution of Gran Colombia (1826-1831)	Gran Colombia	Venezuelan Seperatists Ecuadorian Seperatists	Defeat Disintegration of Gran Colombia
	Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828–1829)	Gran Colombia	Peru	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
	War of the Cauca (1832)	New Granada	Ecuador	Victory Neogranadine victory
	Occupation of Bocas del Toro of 1836 (1836)	New Granada	Federal Republic of Central America	Victory The Republic of New Granada takes possession of the Miskito Coast without Central American resistance
	War of the Supremes (1839–1841)	New Granada Ecuador	Supremes	Victory
	Colombian Civil War of 1851 (1851)	New Granada	Conservatives	Victory Liberation of the slaves
	Colombian Civil War of 1854 (1854)	Constitutionalists Golgotha Liberals Conservatives	Melist Government Draconian Liberals	Victory José María Melo exiled
	Colombian Civil War of 1860–1862 (1860–1862)	Granadine Confederation	Federal State of Cauca	Defeat Victory for the Federal State of Cauca and Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera Formation of the United States of Colombia
	Ecuadorian–Colombian War (1862–1863)	Colombia	Ecuador	Victory
	Colombian Civil War of 1876 (1876–1877)	Colombia Colombian Liberal Party	Colombian Conservative Party	Victory
	Colombian Civil War (1884–1885) (1884-1885)	Colombia	Radical liberals	Victory New constitution in 1886, Colombia becomes an unitary republic
	Panama Crisis (1885)	Colombia   Chile	Panamanian Rebels	Victory Rebellion suppressed Colón burned
	Italian blockade of Colombia (1885-1899)	Colombia	Kingdom of Italy	Stalemate Payment of part of the debt
	Colombian Civil War of 1895 (1895)	Colombia Colombian Conservative Party	Liberal Rebels	Victory
	Curuchupadas (1895-1899)	Ecuadorian Conservatives Colombia	Ecuador Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party	Defeat
	Thousand Days War (1899–1902)	Colombia Colombian Conservative Party	Colombian Liberal Party Ecuador Venezuela Nicaragua Guatemala	Victory Continuation of the present day Republic of Colombia
	Separation of Panama from Colombia (1903)	Colombia	United States Panama	Defeat Independence of the then department of Panama from Colombia
	Battle of La Pedrera (1911)	Colombia	Peru	Defeat the Peruvians take the position after several days of combat
	Separation of Arauca from Colombia (1916)	Colombia	Republic of Arauca	Victory The Colombian government once again takes control of Arauca
	Colombia–Peru War (1932–1933)	Colombia	Peru	Ceasefire [1] Status quo ante bellum mediated by the League of Nations
	World War II (1943–1945)	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	Germany   Japan   Italy   Hungary   Romania   Bulgaria   Croatia   Slovakia   Finland   Thailand   Manchukuo   Mengjiang	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
	La Violencia (1948–1958)	Colombia Armed Forces Colombian Conservative Party Guerrillas of Peace (conservative paramilitaries)	Colombian Liberal Party and allied militias Liberal Guerrillas Bandits Colombian Communist Party Peasant Self-Defense Groups	Stalemate Creation of the National Front Colombian conflict
	Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea   United States   United Kingdom   Canada   Turkey   Australia   Philippines   New Zealand   Thailand   Ethiopia   Greece   France   Colombia   Belgium   South Africa   Netherlands   Luxembourg	North Korea   China   Soviet Union	Ceasefire North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled. UN invasion of North Korea repelled. Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled. Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis .
	Colombian Conflict (1964–present)	Colombia	FARC FARC Dissidents ELN EPL IRAFP	Ongoing
	Operation Traíra (1991)	Brazil   Colombia	FARC	Victory Successful operation against FARC
	Operation Atalanta (2015)	European Union   Colombia	Pirates	Victory Prevent acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia Instruct allied nations on naval and structural operations
	Operation Ocean Shield (2015)	NATO   Colombia   Japan	Pirates	Victory Prevent acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia Escort ships from the United Nations World Food Programme

References

1. "Territorial history of the country". The Espectador.