List of wars involving Ecuador

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Ecuador from 1820 to the present day.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Ecuadorian War of Independence
(1820–1822)
Guayaquil
Gran Colombia
Chile
Peru
Río de la Plata
Spain Victory
Gran Colombia–Peru War
(1828–1829)
Gran Colombia Peru Stalemate
War of Cauca
(1832)
Ecuador New Granada Defeat
  • Treaty of Pasto
War of the Supremes
(1839–1841)
New Granada
Ecuador
Supremes Victory
Capture of Manuel Briones
(1851 or 1852)
Sweden-Norway
Ecuador
Pirates Victory
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1857–1860
(1857–1860)
Ecuador Peru Defeat
  • Treaty of Mapasingue
  • Diplomatic impasse arising from Ecuador's decision to grant its English creditors the vast Amazonian territories disputed with Peru. Ecuadorian failure.
Civil War of 1859
(1859–1860)
Supreme Leadership Provisional Government Provisional Government victory
Ecuadorian–Colombian War
(1863)
Ecuador Colombia Defeat
  • Ecuadorian withdrawal/capitulation (disputed) after the Battle of Cuaspud.
  • The Treaty of Pinsaquí
Chincha Islands War
(1866)
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Spain 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).
Combat of Angoteros (1903) Ecuador Peru Defeat[1]
  • Advance of an Ecuadorian detachment in Peruvian territory that was repelled on the banks of the Napo River
Combat of Torres Causana (1904) Ecuador Peru Defeat[2]
  • Advance of Ecuadorian troops in Peruvian territory in the area of the Aguarico river and Napo river until their subsequent expulsion, taking of prisoners and captured war material.
War of the Generals
(1911–1912)
Supporters of Eloy Alfaro Opponents of Eloy Alfaro Anti-Alfaro victory
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1913–1916
(1913–1916)
Leónidas Plaza loyalists Rebels of Esmeraldas Province Government victory
  • Leónidas Plaza remains president
  • Government re-asserts control of Esmeraldas Province
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1932
(1932)
Supporters of Bonifaz Various opponents Opposition victory
  • Congress restored into power.
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941
(1941)
Ecuador Peru Defeat
World War II
(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
Border incident between Peru and Ecuador of 1978 (1978) Ecuador Peru Defeat[3]
  • The base and the camp set up by the Ecuadorian troops are now controlled by the Peruvian Army
Paquisha War
(1981)
Ecuador Peru Defeat
  • Status quo of 1942 in favor of Peru
Cenepa War
(1995)
Ecuador Peru Both sides claimed victory
Ecuadorian conflict (2024–present)

Government of Ecuador

Organized crime groups, notably Los Choneros

Ongoing as a low-intensity conflict

References

  1. ^ "Centro de Estudios Histórico Militares del Perú". 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Historia de la república del Perú [1822-1933]". Producciones Cantabria S.A.C. 2005. p. Tomo 12, Pág. 191.
  3. ^ Gutarra Maraví, Eleazar (1984). La Cordillera del Cóndor – Un desafío Geopolítico. Talleres Gráficos de la IMG.