List of wars involving El Salvador

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of El Salvador.

1800s

Conflict	Allies	Opponents	Results
Salvadoran-Mexican War	File:Civil Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador	File:Bandera del Primer Imperio Mexicano.svg Mexico File:Bandera del Primer Imperio Mexicano.svg Guatemala	Defeat^[1] El Salvador is annexed to Mexico
First Central American Civil War (1827–1829)	File:Civil Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Honduras File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of Nicaragua (1839-1858).svg Nicaragua	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	Victory
War of 1832 (1832)	File:Civil Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador	File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Honduras File:Flag of Nicaragua (1839-1858).svg Nicaragua	Defeat
Malespín's War (1844)	File:Civil Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Honduras	File:Flag of Nicaragua (1839-1858).svg Nicaragua	Victory
Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1845	File:Civil Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador	File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Honduras	Status Quo Ante Bellum
Filibuster War (1856–1857)	File:Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg Costa Rica File:Flag of Nicaragua (1839-1858).svg Nicaragua File:Flag of Moskitia.webp Mosquitia File:Flag of Guatemala (1851-1858).svg Guatemala File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Honduras File:Flag of El Salvador (1839-1865).svg El Salvador File:Flag of the United States (1851-1858).svg United States File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (naval support)	File:Flag of Nicaragua under William Walker (1856-1857).svg Filibusters	Victory William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the American Navy
War of 1863 (1863)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1839-1865).svg El Salvador File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Honduras	File:Flag of Guatemala (1858–1871).svg Guatemala El Salvador Salvadoran Deserters	Defeat Overthrow of Gerardo Barrios Francisco Dueñas becomes President
Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1871 (1871)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador	File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg Honduras	Defeat •Francisco Dueñas is overthrown •Santiago González becomes president
First Guatemalan–Salvadoran intervention in Honduras (1872)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg Honduras	Victory
Second Guatemalan–Salvadoran intervention in Honduras (1873)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg Honduras	Victory
Barrios' War of Reunification (1885)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador File:Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg Mexico File:Flag of Costa Rica (1848-1906).svg Costa Rica File:Flag of Nicaragua (1839-1858).svg Nicaragua	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg Honduras	Victory Death of Justo Rufino Barrios
First Totoposte War (1890)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala El Salvador Salvadoran Exiles	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
Revolution of the 44 (1894)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg Salvadoran government	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg Anti-government rebels Supported by: File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg Honduras	Rebel victory Carlos Ezeta deposed Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez becomes president

1900s

Conflict	Allies	Opponents	Results
Second Totoposte War (1903)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador File:Flag of Mexico (1893-1916).svg Mexico Guatemala Guatemalan Exiles	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
Third Totoposte War (1906)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador File:Flag of Mexico (1893-1916).svg Mexico Guatemala Guatemalan Exiles	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	Stalemate
War of 1907 (1907)	File:Flag of El Salvador (1875-1877).svg El Salvador	File:Flag of Nicaragua (1896-1908).svg Nicaragua El Salvador Salvadoran Exiles United States American Filibusters File:Flag of Honduras (1898-1949).svg Honduras	Victory Status quo ante bellum
World War II (1941–1945)	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 (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg India File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa File:Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala File:Flag of Honduras (1898-1949).svg Honduras File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).svg Nicaragua File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic File:Flag of Cuba (sky blue).svg Cuba	File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany File:Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg Japan File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italy File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Hungary File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg Croatia File:Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovakia File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo File:Flag of the Mengjiang.svg Mengjiang	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966)	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Loyalists File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg Brazil File:Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras File:Flag of Nicaragua (1908–1971).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
Football War (1969)	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras	Ceasefire Status quo ante bellum Ceasefire by OAS intervention
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador	File:Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front former flag.svg FMLN	Ceasefire Chapultepec Peace Accords of 1992 Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces National and Treasury Police are dissolved (new civilian-overseen police created) FMLN becomes a political party, its combatants are exonerated

2000s-present

Conflict	Allies	Opponents	Results
Iraq War (2003–2009)	File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic File:Flag of Multi-National Force – Iraq.png MNF–I File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	File:Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg Baath Loyalists File:Flag of the Islamic State in Iraq.svg ISI File:Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg al-Qaeda in Iraq File:Flag of Jihad.svg Mahdi Army File:Flag of Jihad.svg Special Groups File:Flag of Jihad.svg IAI File:Flag of Jihad.svg Ansar al-Sunnah File:Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Ba'athist Iraq	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq
Afghanistan War (2011–2014)	File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador File:Flag of the International Security Assistance Force.svg ISAF File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates File:Flag of Afghanistan (1992–2001).svg Northern Alliance	Afghanistan Taliban File:Flag of al-Qaeda.svg al-Qaeda File:Flag of Jihad.svg Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan File:Flag of Jihad.svg HI-Gulbuddin File:Flag of Jihad.svg Hezb-e Islami Khalis File:Flag of Jihad.svg Haqqani network File:Flag of Jihad.svg Lashkar-e-Taiba File:Jaishi-e-Mohammed.svg Jaish-e-Mohammed File:Flag of Jihad.svg East Turkestan Islamic Movement Afghanistan Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan File:Flag of Waziristan resistance (1930s).svg Islamic Emirate of Waziristan Afghanistan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi File:Flag of Jihad.svg Islamic Jihad Union	Defeat American victory in the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan leading to the destruction of al-Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps and fall of the Taliban government (2001) Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Start of Taliban insurgency Osama bin Laden killed by DEVGRU operators in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011 "Afghanization" of Afghan conflict. Withdrawal of most US troops after 2014 End of Operation Enduring Freedom; start of 2015 phase of war, and Operation Freedom's Sentinel. End of US and ISAF led combat mission; beginning of NATO-led training and assistance mission. Doha Agreement and progressive withdrawal of remaining US troops after 2020^[2] Renewed Taliban offensive in 2021 Taliban forces capture Kabul on August 15, 2021, and overthrow the U.S.-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Re-establishment of the Taliban-run Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Panjshir Province held out against the Taliban for 3 weeks after Kabul was conquered but ended up also being conquered by the Taliban On 30 August 2021 the last American military plane departed Afghanistan.^[3]^[4] Billions of dollars of foreign-origin military hardware that was formerly in custody of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan seized by Taliban^[5]

References

↑ Montúfar, Manuel (1832). Memorias para la historia de la revolución de Centro-América (in español). Impreso por Aburto y Blanco, en la oficina del gobierno.
↑ "U.S. Troops in Afghanistan now down to 2,500, lowest since 2001: Pentagon". Reuters. January 15, 2021.
↑ "Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan". The White House. 16 August 2021.
↑ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Katzenberg, Lauren (2021-08-30). "The U.S. military finishes its evacuation, and an era ends in Afghanistan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
↑ Lou, Mary (2022-01-01). "Taliban a 'major U.S. arms dealer' after weaponry left behind in Afghanistan, watchdog warns". Just The News.

[1] Montúfar, Manuel (1832). Memorias para la historia de la revolución de Centro-América (in español). Impreso por Aburto y Blanco, en la oficina del gobierno.

[2] "U.S. Troops in Afghanistan now down to 2,500, lowest since 2001: Pentagon". Reuters. January 15, 2021.

[:4-3] "Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan". The White House. 16 August 2021.

[NYT300821-4] Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Katzenberg, Lauren (2021-08-30). "The U.S. military finishes its evacuation, and an era ends in Afghanistan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

[Equipment-5] Lou, Mary (2022-01-01). "Taliban a 'major U.S. arms dealer' after weaponry left behind in Afghanistan, watchdog warns". Just The News.

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