List of wars involving Paraguay

This is a list of wars involving independent Paraguay from 1810 to the present day.[1]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President
Paraguayan Campaign
(1810-1811)		 Paraguay United Provinces Victory
  • Paraguay obtains independence.
None
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)		  Paraguay  Empire of Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay		 Defeat
  • Allied occupation of Paraguay.
Francisco Solano López
Liberal Revolution
(1904)		 Liberal Party Colorado Party Liberal victory
  • Colorado Party does not return to power until 1948.
  • Liberal Party is in power until 1940.
Juan Antonio Escurra
1911 Paraguayan Civil War
(1911–1912)		  Paraguay
Radical Liberals		 Civic Liberals
Colorado Party		 Radical Liberals victory
Manuel Gondra,
Albino Jara,
Liberato Marcial Rojas,
Pedro Pablo Peña,
Emiliano González Navero
1922 Paraguayan Civil War
(1922)		 Gondrists Schaererists Gondrist victory
  • Defeat of the Schaererist army.
Eusebio Ayala
Chaco War
(1932–1935)		  Paraguay

Supported by:
 United States[2]

  Bolivia Victory
  • Most disputed area awarded to Paraguay.
1947 Paraguayan Civil War
(1947)		 Moríñigo Government
Colorado Party		 Liberal Party
Revolutionary Febrerista Party
Paraguayan Communist Party		 Government victory
Higinio Moríñigo
Dominican Civil War
(1965–1966)		 Loyalists
 United States
Brazil
 Honduras
 Paraguay
 Nicaragua		 Constitutionalists Victory
Alfredo Stroessner
EPP Rebellion
(2005–)		  Paraguay Paraguayan People's Army
Armed Peasant Association
Army of Marshal López		 Ongoing
  • Ongoing insurgency
Nicanor Duarte,
Fernando Lugo,
Federico Franco,
Horacio Cartes

See also
  • Paraguay Expedition (United States Navy expedition to Asunción)
  • World War II (Paraguay declared war to the Axis Powers in February, 1945. Before this, some Paraguayan pilots joined the Brazilian Air Force in 1944 and served in missions for protection of allied convoys. However, the Paraguayan military did not take part in the war.)[3]

Footnotes
  1. It is considered that Paraguayan independence starts in the Congress of July 24th, 1810, when the paraguayan "intendencia" refused to pledge allegiance to the Junta de Buenos Aires.
  2. Mora, Frank o. and Cooney, Jerry Wilson (2007) Paraguay and the United States: Distant Allies. University of Georgia Press, p. 84. ISBN 0820324671
  3. Los pilotos paraguayos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, article from "Diario Última Hora" (in Spanish), November 29th, 2009 - http://www.ultimahora.com/los-pilotos-paraguayos-la-segunda-guerra-mundial-n278340.html


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