List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves to the present day.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	King
Luso–Brazilian conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820)	File:Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	File:Flag of Artigas.svg Federal League File:Flag of Entre Ríos.svg Entre Ríos File:Bandera de la Provincia de Misiones.svg Misiones File:Flag of Artigas.svg Banda Oriental File:Flag of Corrientes 1815.svg Corrientes File:Flag of Santa Fe (1815-1821).svg Santa Fe File:Bandera de la Provincia de Córdoba.svg Córdoba	Victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental	John VI
Pernambuco Revolt (1817)	File:Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	File:Flag Pernambucan Revolt of 1817.svg Pernambuco rebels	Victory Secessionist revolt put down	John VI

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1825)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil	File:Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg Portugal	Victory Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)	Pedro I
Confederation of the Equator (1824)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil	File:Bandeira da Confedereção do Equador.svg Confederates	Victory Secessionist revolt put down
Invasion of Chiquitos (1825)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil	File:Flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg Bolivia	Compromise Peaceful resolution Brazil withdraws troops from Chiquitos
Cisplatine War (1825–1828)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil	File:Flag of Argentina.svg United Provinces File:Flag of the Treinta y Tres.svg Thirty-Three Orientals	Stalemate Preliminary Peace Convention (1828)
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil	Riograndense Republic Piratini Republic File:República Juliana (1839).svg Juliana Republic Supported by: File:Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Colorados File:Bandera argentina unitaria marina mercante.png Unitarians	Victory Treaty of Poncho Verde	Pedro II
Sabinada (1837–1838)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil	File:Flag of Sabinada.svg Bahia Republic	Victory Secessionist revolt put down
Platine War (1851–1852)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay File:Flag of Entre Ríos.svg Entre Ríos File:Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg Corrientes File:Bandera argentina unitaria marina mercante.png Unitarians Supported by: File:Flag of France official.svg France File:Flag of Bolivia (state, 1826-1851).svg Bolivia File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay	File:Flag of the Argentine Confederation.svg Argentina File:Flag of Artigas.svg Federalists File:Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos	Victory Argentine clout over the Platine region ends^[1] Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
Uruguayan War (1864–1865)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg Brazil File:Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg Colorados File:Bandera argentina unitaria marina mercante.png Unitarians File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay File:Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos File:Flag of Artigas.svg Federalists	Victory Colorados takeover in Uruguay
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg Brazil File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	File:Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguay	Victory Loizaga–Cotegipe Treaty

First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Trinidad Conflict (1893–1895)	Brazil Brazil File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg Portugal	File:Flag of the Principality of Trinidad.svg Principality of Trinidad File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	Victory Brazilian sovereignty over Trindade	Floriano Peixoto
French intrusion in Amapá (1895)	Brazil Brazil	France France	Victory Brazilian sovereignty over Amapá	Prudente de Morais
Acre War (1899–1903)	File:Bandeira da Terceira República do Acre.svg Acre Brazil Brazil	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Supported by: File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States	Victory Treaty of Petrópolis	Campos Sales
World War I (1917–1918)	File:Flag of France (1794–1958).svg France File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil	File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg Ottoman Empire File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	Victory Treaty of Versailles	Venceslau Brás

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil	File:Bandeira do estado de São Paulo.svg São Paulo File:Bandeira de Mato Grosso do Sul.svg Maracaju File:Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg Gaúcho United Front	Victory Brazilian Constitution of 1934	Getúlio Vargas
World War II (1942–1945)^[2]	File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of France.svg France File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil	File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy	Victory Beginning of the Cold War	Getúlio Vargas

Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966)	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Loyalists File:Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg United States File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg Brazil File:Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Constitutionalists	Victory Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer	Castelo Branco

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Araguaia Guerrilla War 1966-1975	File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg Brazil	File:PCdoB flag.svg Communist Party of Brazil	Victory Guerrilla forces exterminated	Emílio Garrastazu Médici

Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Operation Traira (1991)	File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	File:Flag of the FARC-EP.svg FARC	Victory Successful operation against FARC	Fernando Collor de Mello

Peacekeeping operations

References

↑ Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
↑ Brazilian participation in World War II was limited to the Italian Campaign, lasting from 1943 to 1945; Hence Brazil was not involved in the Asian and Pacific theatre.

Bibliography

Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.

[FOOTNOTEHalperín_Donghi200791-1] Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.

[2] Brazilian participation in World War II was limited to the Italian Campaign, lasting from 1943 to 1945; Hence Brazil was not involved in the Asian and Pacific theatre.

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List of wars involving Brazil

Contents

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)

Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present)

Peacekeeping operations

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