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 Crown of Castile Defeat
War of Jenkins' Ear
(1739-1748)
Spain Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire Stalemate
Seven Years' War
(1756-1763)
 France
Spain Spanish Empire
Austria
 Saxony
Hesse-Darmstadt
 Russia (until 1762)
Sweden
Kalmykia
Kingdom of Great Britain 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 Spain Victory
Venezuelan War of Independence
(1811–1823)
Venezuela
 New Granada
 Gran Colombia
Spain 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
Republic of New Granada 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 Colombia Ecuador Victory
Colombian Civil War of 1876
(1876–1877)
Colombia Colombia Colombian Conservative Party Victory
Colombian Civil War (1884–1885)
(1884-1885)
Colombia Colombia Radical liberals Victory
  • New constitution in 1886, Colombia becomes a unitary republic
Panama Crisis
(1885)
Colombia Colombia
 Chile
Panamanian Rebels Victory
Italian blockade of Colombia
(1885-1899)
Colombia Colombia Kingdom of Italy 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 Colombia

Ecuador Defeat
Thousand Days War
(1899–1902)
Colombia Colombia Colombian Liberal Party
Ecuador
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Guatemala Guatemala
Victory
Separation of Panama from Colombia
(1903)
Colombia Colombia United States
Panama 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 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

References

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