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
Battle of Chocontá
(~1490)
Zipazgo Zacazgo Victory
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
(1537-1540)
Muisca Confederation Crown of Castile Defeat
War of Jenkins' Ear
(1739-1748)
Kingdom of Spain British Empire Stalemate
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
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
Dissolution of Gran Colombia
(1826-1831)
Gran Colombia Venezuelan Separatists
Ecuadorian Separatists
Defeat
  • Disintegration of Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia–Peru War
(1828–1829)
Gran Colombia Peru Stalemate
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 Melist Government Victory
  • José María Melo exiled
Colombian Civil War of 1860–1862
(1860–1862)
Granadine Confederation Federal State of Cauca Defeat
Ecuadorian–Colombian War
(1862–1863)
Colombia Ecuador Victory
Colombian Civil War of 1876
(1876–1877)
Colombia Colombian Conservative Party Victory
Colombian Civil War (1884–1885)
(1884-1885)
Colombia Radical liberals Victory
  • New constitution in 1886, Colombia becomes a unitary republic
Panama Crisis
(1885)
Colombia
Chile
Panamanian Rebels Victory
Italian blockade of Colombia
(1885-1899)
Colombia Kingdom of Italy Stalemate
  • Payment of part of the debt
Colombian Civil War of 1895
(1895)
Colombia Liberal Rebels Victory
Curuchupadas
(1895-1899)
Ecuadorian Conservatives

Colombia

Ecuador Defeat
Thousand Days War
(1899–1902)
Colombia Colombian Liberal Party
Ecuador
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Victory
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]
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
La Violencia
(1948–1958)
Colombia Colombian Liberal Party and allied militias Stalemate
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
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
Operation Ocean Shield
(2015)
NATO
Colombia
Japan
Pirates Victory
Catatumbo campaign Colombia EPL
ELN
FARC
Ongoing

References

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