List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of armed conflicts involving Brazil since its inception during the Brazilian War of Independence.

Empire of Brazil

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1824)	Brazil	Portugal	Victory Territorial unity of the Empire	Pedro I
Confederation of the Equator (1824)	Brazil	Confederates	Victory Secessionist revolt put down
Cisplatine War (1825–1828)	Brazil	United Provinces Thirty-Three Orientals	Stalemate Independence of Uruguay
Revolt of the Mercenaries (1828)	Brazil France United Kingdom	Mercenaries	Victory Revolt suppressed
War of Cabanos (1832–1835)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Rebellion crushed	Regency (on behalf of Pedro II)
Cabanagem Revolt (1835–1840)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Rebellion crushed
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)	Brazil	Riograndense Republic Juliana Republic	Victory Defeat of the republican uprising
Sabinada (1837–1838)	Brazil	Bahia Republic	Victory Rebellion crushed
Balaiada Revolt (1838–1841)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Rebellion crushed
Liberal Rebellions (1842)	Brazil	Liberal rebels	Victory Rebellion crushed	Pedro II
Praieira Revolt (1848–1849)	Brazil	Praieiros	Victory Defeat of the local rebellion in Pernambuco
Platine War (1851–1852)	Brazil Uruguay Entre Ríos Corrientes Unitarians	Argentina Federalists Blancos	Victory Argentine clout over the Platine region ends^[1] Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
Uruguayan War (1864–1865)	Brazil Colorados Unitarians	Uruguay Blancos Federalists	Victory Colorados takeover, regime change in Uruguay
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	Brazil Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay	Victory Allied occupation of Paraguay

First Brazilian Republic

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Federalist Revolution (1893–1895)	Brazil	Federalists National Party	Victory Revolution defeated	Floriano Peixoto
Revolta da Armada (1893-1894)	Brazil	Navy mutineers	Victory Navy mutinies put down	Floriano Peixoto
War of Canudos (1896–1897)	Brazil	Canudos	Victory Settlement destroyed and survivors resettled	Prudente de Morais
Acre War (1899–1903)	Brazil Acre	Bolivia United States	Victory Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre	Campos Sales
Contestado War (1912–1916)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Settler rebellion quelled	Hermes da Fonseca
World War I (1917–1918)	France British Empire South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand India Russia Italy United States Serbia Montenegro Japan Belgium Greece Romania Portugal Brazil	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations	Venceslau Brás
Tenente Revolts (1922–1927)	Brazil	Tenentismo	Victory Mutiny suppressed	Arthur Bernardes
Brazilian Revolution of 1930 (1930)	Brazil	New State	Regime change End of the Old Republic; start of the Vargas Era	Washington Luís

Vargas Era

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	Brazil	São Paulo Maracaju Frente Única Gaúcha	Victory Brazilian Constitution of 1934	Getúlio Vargas
World War II (1942–1945)^[2]	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa Finland Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Philippines Mongolia Nepal	Germany Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Thailand Iraq Finland	Victory Collapse of the Greater German Realm Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War	Getúlio Vargas

Second Brazilian Republic

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Lobster War (1961–1963)	Brazil	France	Political victory (bloodless conflict) French withdrawal, war avoided	João Goulart

Brazilian military government

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966)	Loyalists United States Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua	Constitutionalists	Victory Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer	Castelo Branco
Araguaia Guerrilla War (1967–1974)	Brazil	PCdoB	Victory Guerrillas defeated	Emílio Garrastazu Médici

Third Brazilian Republic

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Operation Traira (1991)	Brazil Colombia	FARC	Victory Successful operation against FARC	Fernando Collor de Mello

Other conflicts (slave revolts, mutinies)

Confederation of the Equator (1824)
Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828)
Malê Revolt (1835)
Brazilian Naval Revolt (1893-1894)

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.

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[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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