This is a list of wars involving the United Mexican States .
Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars.
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish conquest of the Maya (1511–1697) | Late Postclassic Maya states |  Spanish Empire | Defeat |
| Spanish conquest of Tabasco (1518–1564) | Chontal Maya |  Spanish empire | Defeat |
| Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521) |  Aztec Empire | Spanish empire conquistadores | Defeat
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| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Casualties | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) |  Mexico Mexican InsurgentsEuropean Volunteers  Mexican Ex-Royalists Army of the Three Guarantees |  Spain Spanish Royalists Mexican Royalists | Victory
| +500,000 | |
| Long Expedition (1819) | Mexico Army of the Three Guarantees |  Texan Filibusters | Victory
| ~5 (1821 expedition) | |
| Texas–Indian Wars (1820–1875) | Mexico Spain  United States  Texas  Choctaw Republic [9] |  Comanche and various Native American tribes | Victory | 1,394 | |
| Spanish Attempts to Reconquer Mexico (1821–1829) | Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico | Spain | Victory
| 135 | |
| Comanche–Mexico Wars (1821–1870) | Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico | Comanche Kiowa | Defeat
| ~6,000 | |
| Apache–Mexico Wars (1821–1915) Part of the Mexican Indian Wars and the American Indian Wars |  Crown of Castile (1600s–1716)
| Apache | Victory
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| Yaqui Wars (1821–1929) Part of the Mexican Indian Wars | Spain (1533–1821)
|  Yaqui | Victory
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| Mexican Indian Wars (1821–1933) | Crown of Castile (1519–1716) Tlaxcalans and other Native Indian allies of Spain (1519–1821) Spain (1716–1823) Mexico (1821–1933)  Guatemala (1823–1933) Honduras (1823–1933) El Salvador (1823–1933)
| Various Native Mexicans | Victory | ||
| Central American Uprising of 1821 | Mexico |  El Salvador | Victory
| ~9000 (figures not exact) (1823) | |
| Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823) | Republicans United Kingdom  Gran Colombia | Imperialists Spain | Republican Victory | ||
| Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government |  Oaxaca | Provisional Government Victory | ||
| Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government |  Jalisco | Provisional Government Victory
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| Rebellion of Puebla (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government |  Puebla | Provisional Government Victory | ||
| Revolt of Querétaro (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government |  Querétaro | Provisional Government Victory | ||
| Fredonian Rebellion (1826–1827) | Mexico Comanche tribes (peace treaty) |  Texan Rebels Comanche tribes (initial plotting support) | Victory
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| Conservative Coup (1829–1831) | Conservatives | Liberals | Conservative Victory
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| Zacatecas Rebellion (1835) | Centralists |  Zacatecan Rebels | Centralist Victory
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| Texas Revolution (1835–1836) | Mexico | Texas | Defeat
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| First Franco–Mexican War (1838–1839) also known as the Pastry War |  Mexico |  France United Kingdom | Defeat
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| Federalist Revolution (Tabasco) (1839–1840) | Mexico  Tabasco centralists | Tabasco federalists Texas  Republic of Yucatán | Defeat | ||
| Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande (1840) | Mexico |  Republic of the Rio Grande | Victory
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| Mier Expedition (1842–1843) | Mexico | Texas | Victory
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| Texan raids on New Mexico (1843) | Mexico | Texas | Victory | ||
| Mexican–American War (1846–1848) | Mexico |  United States  California Texas | Defeat
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| Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901) | Mexico Yucatán  Guatemala United Kingdom  British Honduras | Maya | Victory
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| Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora (1853-1854) | Mexico |  Republic of Sonora  Republic of Baja California | Victory
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| Revolution of Ayutla (1854–1855) | Liberals | Conservatives | Liberal Victory
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| Reform War (1857–1861) | Liberals | Conservatives | Liberal Victory
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| Cortina Troubles (1859–1861) | Mexico  United States  Confederate States | Cortinista Militia | Victory
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| Second Franco–Mexican War (1861–1867) | Mexico | French Empire  Mexican Empire  Austrian Empire  Belgium Spain United Kingdom  Egypt Eyalet  Polish Revolutionaries | Victory
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| Victorio's War (1879–1881) |  United States Mexico | Apache | Victory
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| Barrios' War of Reunification (1885) |  El Salvador Mexico  Costa Rica  Nicaragua |  Guatemala  Honduras | Victory
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| Garza Revolution (1891–1893) |  Mexico  United States | Garzistas | Victory
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| Mexican annexation of Clipperton Island (1897) | Mexico | France | Victory
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| Second Totoposte War (1903) | El Salvador Mexico Guatemalan Exiles | Guatemala | Stalemate | ||
| Third Totoposte War (1906) | El Salvador Mexico Guatemalan Exiles | Guatemala | Stalemate | ||
| Acayucan Rebellion (1906) | Mexican Government |  Liberal Party of Mexico | Government Victory | ||
| Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) | Counter-Revolutionaries
| Revolutionaries
| Revolutionary Victory
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| Border War (1910–1919) | Mexico  Germany |  United States | Defeat
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| Magonista Rebellion (1911) | Mexico | Liberal Party of Mexico | Victory
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| Antichina Campaign (1911–1934) | Mexican Government |   Asiatic migrants | Stalemate
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| Delahuertista Rebellion (1923–1924) | Mexican Government | Delahuertistas | Government Victory | ||
| Cristero War (1926–1929) | Mexican Government |  Cristeros National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty Knights of Columbus | Government Ceasefire
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| Escobar Rebellion (1929) | Mexican Government | Escobar Rebels | Government Victory
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| Saturnino Cedillo Rebellion (1938) | Mexican Government Supported by: | Cedillistas
| Government Victory
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| World War II (1942–1945) | 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  Panama  Costa Rica  El Salvador Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua  Dominican Republic  Cuba  Chile  Bolivia  Colombia  Ecuador  Paraguay  Peru  Venezuela  Uruguay  Argentina |  Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Croatia  Slovakia  Finland  Thailand  Manchukuo  Mengjiang | Victory
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| Mexico–Guatemala Conflict (1958–1959) | Mexico | Guatemala | Ceasefire
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| Dirty War (1968–1982) |  Mexico | Left-wing groups:
| Victory
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| Zapatista Uprising (1994) | Mexico |  EZLN | Ceasefire
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| Mexican Drug War (2006–present) | Mexico | Mexican Drug Cartels | Ongoing
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