Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President | Prime Minister |
López's Expeditions (1850-1851) | Filibusters | Spain | Defeat - Defeat of Filibusters, López is executed
| None | None |
Ten Years' War (1868–1878) | Cuban Liberation Army | Spain | Defeat |
Little War (1879–1880) | Cuban Liberation Army | Spain | Defeat |
Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) | Cuban Liberation Army United States | Spain | Victory - Cuban independence from Spain
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Cuban Pacification (1906) | Conservatives | Liberals | Liberal victory - Subsequent US occupation of Cuba
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Negro Rebellion (1912) | Cuba United States | PIC | Government victory | |
World War I (1917–1918) | France United Kingdom Russia United States Italy Japan China Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil Cuba Panama Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica Honduras | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | Victory | |
Sugar Intervention (1917–1922) | Conservatives United States | Liberals | Conservative victory - Uprising quelled, US occupation of Cuba
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World War II (1941–1945)[1] | 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 | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang | Victory | | |
Cuban Revolution (1953–1959) | Batista Regime | M-26-7 Student Revolutionary Directorate Second National Front of Escambray Popular Socialist Party | Regime change | |
Escambray Rebellion (1959–1965) | Castro Regime | Various Insurgents | Government victory - Elimination of all insurgents
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Invasion of Panama[2] (1959) | Cuba | Panama | Defeat |
Invasion of the Dominican Republic[3] (1959) | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Defeat |
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) | Cuba | Brigade 2506 United States Cuban DRF | Victory - The invasion was defeated
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Invasion of Venezuela[4] (1963) | Cuba | Venezuela | Defeat |
Sand War (1963–1964) | Algeria Cuba | Morocco | Stalemate - No territorial changes were made
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Congo Crisis (1964) | Simbas PSA Cuba | Congo-Léopoldville Belgium | Defeat - Cuban withdrawal from the Congo
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Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1964–1974) | PAIGC Cuba | Portugal | Stalemate (political victory)[6] |
Bolivian Campaign (1966–1967) | ELN Cuba | Bolivia United States | Defeat |
Machurucuto Incident (1967) | Cuba | Venezuela | Defeat |
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972) | South Yemen Cuba | North Yemen | Indecisive |
Yom Kippur War (1973) | Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba | Israel | Defeat |
Operation Independence (1975-1977) | ERP Montoneros Cuba[8][9][10] | Argentina | Defeat |
Angolan Civil War (1975–1991) | MPLA SWAPO SWANU Cuba MK | UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa Zaire | Stalemate | |
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978) | Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union | Somalia WSLF | Victory - Somali withdrawal from the Ethio-Somali War
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Ethiopian Civil War (1977–1991) | Ethiopia Cuba | EPRP TPLF MEISON ANDM EDUP | Defeat - Fall of the Communist Mengistu government, installation of TPLF-led transitional government
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Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1991) | Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union | ELF EPLF | Defeat - Eritrean independence from Ethiopia
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Invasion of Grenada (1983) | Grenada Cuba | United States Grenadian Opposition Barbados Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Defeat - American occupation of Grenada
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