List of wars involving Bolivia

This is a list of wars fought by independent Bolivia from 1809 to 1967.

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Bolivian War of Independence
(1809-1825)		 Republiquetas
United Provinces		  Spain Victory
  • Independence of Bolivia from Spanish rule.
Salaverry-Santa Cruz War
(1835-1836)		  Peru-Bolivia Confederacy  Peru Victory
  • Victory of Santa Cruz and Foundation of the confederation.
War of the Confederation
(1836-1839)		  Peru-Bolivia Confederacy  Chile
 Peru
 Argentina		 Defeat
  • Dissolution of the confederation.
Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842
(1841-1842)		  Bolivia  Peru Cease-fire
  • Signature of the Treaty of Puno
  • Expulsion of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory. Death of Agustín Gamarra. Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru.
Chincha Islands War
(1865-1866)		  Chile
 Peru

Nominal participation:
 Ecuador
 Bolivia

 Spain Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
  • Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands.
  • The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871.
  • Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).
War of the Pacific
(1879-1883)		  Peru
 Bolivia		  Chile Defeat
Chiriguano War
(1892)		  Bolivia Chiriguano Victory
  • Subjugation of the chiriguano people.
Acre War
(1899–1903)		  Bolivia Brazil
 Acre		 Defeat
  • Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre.
Chaco War
(1932-1935)		  Bolivia


Supported by:

England [1]

  Paraguay

Supported by:
 United States[2]

 Defeat
  • Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay.
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla
(1966–1967)		  Bolivia
United States		 ELN
 Cuba		 Victory

References
  1. Press, Europa (2017-05-10). "La Guerra del Chaco, el conflicto armado más importante del siglo XX en Iberoamérica". www.notimerica.com. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  2. Mora, Frank o. and Cooney, Jerry Wilson (2007) Paraguay and the United States: Distant Allies. University of Georgia Press, p. 84. ISBN 0820324671


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