List of wars involving Argentina

This is a list of armed conflicts involving the Argentine Republic from the colonial period to present day:

  •   Argentine victory: in case of an international victory or just a bellic victory/inconclusive conflict with favorable ending.
  •   Argentine defeat: in the case of an international bellic defeat.
  •   Indecisive or inconclusive: in the case of an international conflict, but with an unclear or left to interpretation result.
  •   Internal confrontation: in the case of an Argentine internal conflict, whatever the winning faction. This doesn't applies if the rebel faction is part of another country's troops.

Colonial Argentina (1549-1810)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
First Calchaquí War

(1560-1563)

Spanish Empire Diaguita Confederation Victory
  • Conquest of the Diaguita people.
Revolution of the Seven Chiefs

(1580)

Spanish Empire Rebel criollos Government victory
  • Revolution crushed.
Viltipoco Rebellion

(1582)

Spanish Empire Diaguita Confederation Victory
  • Rebellion crushed.
English invasion of Martín García

(1582)

Spanish Empire Kingdom of England Victory
  • The island Mantín García remains in Spanish control.
English invasion of Buenos Aires

(1587)

Spanish Empire Kingdom of England Victory
  • Invasion failed.
Second Calchaquí War

(1630-1637)

Spanish Empire Diaguita Confederation Victory
  • Revolution crushed.
French invasion of Buenos Aires

(1658)

Spanish Empire Kingdom of France Victory
  • Invasion failed.
Second French invasion of Buenos Aires

(1658)

Spanish Empire Kingdom of France Victory
  • Invasion failed.
Third Calchaquí War

(1658-1667)

Spanish Empire Diaguita Confederation Victory
  • End of the diaguita revolutions.
First occupation of Sacramento Colony

(1680)

Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Victory
  • Spanish bellical victory.
  • Sacramento is given back to Portugal.
Danish Pirate invasion of Buenos Aires

(1699)

Spanish Empire Danish Pirates Victory
  • Invasion failed.
Battle of the Yi

(1702)

Spanish Empire

Guaraní tribes

Charrúa tribes Victory
  • The charrúas surrender.
  • 300 charrúas killed during the negotiations.
French invasion of Castillos

(~1700)

Spanish Empire Kingdom of France Victory
  • Invasion failed.
Second occupation of Sacramento Colony

(1705)

Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Victory
  • Spanish bellical victory.
  • Sacramento is given back to Portugal.
Spanish–Portuguese War

(1735–1737)

Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Defeat
  • Failure at invading Sacramento Colony.
Guaraní War

(1756)

Spanish Empire

Portuguese Empire

Guaraní tribes Victory
First Ceballos expedition

(1762-1763)

Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire

Kingdom of Great Britain

Victory
  • Spanish bellical victory
  • Sacramento Colony temporaly occupied by Spain
  • Rio Grande temporarily occupied by Spain.
  • The occupied territories are given back to Portugal.
Capture of Port Egmont

(1770)

Spanish Empire Kingdom of Great Britain Victory
  • The Falklands are annexed to Spain as Malvinas.
Second Ceballos expedition

(1776-1777)

Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Victory
  • Sacramento Colony occupied and annexed to Spain.
  • Santa Catarina temporaly occupied by Spain.
  • Spain annexation of southern Brazilian territory.
  • Spanish annexation of Equatorial Guinea.
British invasions of the Río de la Plata

(1806-1807)

Spanish Empire  United Kingdom Victory
  • Failure of both invasions.

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (18101831)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Spanish American wars of independence
(1810–1833)

Argentine participation on:

  • Bolivian war of independence.
  • Argentine war of independence.
  • Chilean war of independence.
  • Peruvian war of independence.
  • Battle of Monterey (1818).
  • Ecuadorian war of independence.
Independentists:[Note 1]

Native Americans pro-independent

Royalist:

Spanish Monarchy

Native Americans pro-realistic

Independentist victory
  • Formation of the new Hispanic American states.
  • Subsequently, Spain recognizes each of the new Hispanic American states through the signing of international treaties.
Argentine War of Independence

(1810-1825)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Spain Victory
  • Argentine independence.
  • The intendencies of Cordoba, Salta and Buenos Aires, as well as the government of Montevideo and part of one of the Misiones government are annexed into the United Provinces.
Bolivian War of Independence

(1809-1825)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1810-1825)

Bolivian republiquetas

Spain Victory
  • Bolivian independence.
  • Due to the death of Martín Miguel de Güemes the bolivian and argentine independentists followed different paths.
Invasion of the Banda Oriental
(18111812)
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Portuguese Empire Bellic victory
  • Argentine bellic victory
  • Withdrawal of Portuguese troops from Banda Oriental.
  • The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata continue their invasion of the Banda Oriental.
Peruvian War of Independence

(1811-1826)

Peru

Liberating Expedition of Peru (1820-1824)

Gran Colombia (1824-1826)

Spain Victory
  • Peruvian independence.
Chilean War of Independence

(1812-1816)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

Patria Vieja

Spain Victory
  • Chilean independence.
First Argentine Civil War

(1814-1820)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata League of the Free Peoples

Córdoba

Directory (United Provinces) victory
  • End of the Federal League.
  • Anarchy of the 20's.
  • La Rioja separates from Cordoba.
  • Creation of the Entre Rios Republic and Tucuman Republic.
  • Separation of Cuyo into Mendoza, San Luis and San Juan.
  • The League of the Free Peoples was a country on its own, so their conflicts with Portugal will not be counted on this page.
Battle of Pitambalá

(1816)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Santiago del Estero Victory
  • Revolution crushed.
La Argentina Expedition

(1817-1819)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Slave ships from Madagascar

Malayan pirates

Joló natives

Philippines Captaincy

Mutineers

New Spain

Chilean corsairs

Victory
  • Central american independentists created their flags based on the argentine flag.
  • The United Provinces gained international recognition outside of South America.
  • Spanish trade damaged.
  • Bouchard was judged on Chile because of "piracy", but won said judgement.
Battle of Monterey

(1818)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Spain Victory
  • Monterey is occupied by Bouchard.
Martin Rodriguez Campaign

(1820-1824)

United Provinces Wallmapu Victory
  • Territorial expansion
Ecuadorian War of Independence

(1820-1822)

Guayaquil

 Gran Colombia

United Provinces

 Chile

Peru

Spain Victory
  • Incorporation of Guayaquil into Gran Colombia.
Conflicts against Ramirez

(1820-1821)

Buenos Aires

Santa Fe

Entre Ríos Republic Buenos Aires and Santa Fe's victory
  • The Entre Rios Republic separates into the provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes.
Battle of Rincón de Marlopa

(1821)

Tucuman Republic Salta Province

Santiago del Estero rebels

Tucuman's victory
  • Tucuman's bellic victory.
  • Santiago del Estero separates from Tucuman as a new province.
  • Reason of the separation of Catamarca from Tucuman and end of the Tucuman Republic (which despite the name wasn't a country).
Brazil War
(1825–1828)
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

Thirty-Three Orientals

Brazilian Empire

European mercenaries

Argentine bellic victory
  • Peace Agreement, terms favorable to Brazil in relation to the territory of the eastern missions.
  • Independence of Uruguay.
  • Argentine bellic victory.
Second Argentine Civil War

(1826-1827)

Unitarian government Federal provinces Federal victory
Federico Rauch Campaign

(1826-1827)

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Wallmapu Victory
Brigandage of the Pincheira brothers
(1827–1832)
Chile
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (until 1831)

Argentine Confederation (from 1831 to 1832)
Wallmapu allies

Montoneras of Pincheira
Wallmapu pro-Pincheira
Victory
Third Argentine Civil War

(1828-1831)

Interior League Litoral League Concecuences:

Argentine Confederation (18311861)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Falklands Expedition
(1831-1832)
Argentine Confederation  United States Victory
  • Argentina and the United States break diplomatic relations
  • a possible expansion of the United States into South America was avoided
  • Weakening of the Argentine settlement on the islands
  • British occupation in 1833
Desert Campaign

(1833-1834)

Argentine Confederation

Tehuelche tribes

Mapuche tribes Victory
  • Argentine territorial expansion.
Battle of Castañares

(1834)

Jujuy rebels Salta Province Jujuy's victory
  • Jujuy separates from Salta as a new province.
Argañaraz y Maza Campaign

(1834-1835)

Argentine Confederation Wallmapu Victory
Masalle Massacre and Railef's Malón

(1836)

Argentine Confederation

Wallmapu allies

Wallmapu Victory
War of the Confederation
(1836–1839)

Argentine Confederation

Chile
Peru-Bolivian Confederation Victory
  • Chile and the Peruvian dissidents defeat the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.
  • Argentine territorial integrity secured.
Argentine-Bolivian war
(1837-1839)
Argentine Confederation Bolivia Victory
  • Bellic victory.
  • Argentine territorial integrity secured.
  • Abandonment of the bolivian pretentions of annexing the argentine nortern provinces.
French blockade of the Río de la Plata
(1838-1840)
Argentine Confederation France
Exiled Argentines
Victory
  • France leaves the island Martín García.
Fourth Argentine Civil War

(1840-1841)

Argentine Confederation

Blancos Party

Unitarians Government victory
Uruguayan Civil War (guerra grande)
(1839-1852)

Includes:

  • French blockade of the Río de la Plata.
  • Fourth Correntine revolution.
  • Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata.
  • Argentine intervention on Uruguay.
  • Costa Brava combat.
  • USS Congress incident.
  • Platine War.
Argentine Confederation
Blancos Party
Colorado Party
France

Entre Rios Province
Corrientes Province

Santa Fe Province
Exiled Argentines
Spanish Mercenaries
Riograndense Republic
Redshirts (Italy)
 British Empire
Empire of Brazil

Coalition Victory
  • Overthrow of Juan Manuel de Rosas.
  • Unitarian Party victory in Argentina.
  • Colorado Party victory in Uruguay.
Argentine intervention on Uruguay

(1839-1843)

Argentine Confederation
Blancos Party
Uruguay

Colorado Party

Victory
  • Siege and naval blockade of Montevideo.
Costa Brava Combat

(1842)

Argentine Confederation Redshirts (Italy) Victory
Fourth Correntine Revolution

(1843-1847)

Argentine Confederation Corrientes Province Government victory
  • Revolution crushed.
USS Congress Incident

(1844)

Argentine Confederation  United States Concecuences:
  • American withdrawal from the Río de la Plata.
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
(1845-1850)
Argentine Confederation  France
 United Kingdom
Victory
  • France and Britain recognize the sovereignty of Argentina on River Plate and its tributaries
Platine War (Fifth Argentine Civil War)

(18511852)

Buenos Aires Province
Blanco Party
Entre Rios Province
Corrientes Province

Santa Fe Province

Support:
Unitarian troops

Brazilian troops
Uruguayan troops

Coalition Victory
Sixth Argentine Civil War

(1852-1862)

Argentine Confederation State of Buenos Aires Concecuences:
  • Argentine unification.
Campaigns against Calfucurá

(1855-1872)

State of Buenos Aires

Argentine Confederation

(both until 1861)

Argentina (1861-1872)

Wallmapu Victory
  • Calfulcurá is defeated and dies one year after that.

Argentine Republic (1861present)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Uruguayan war

(1864-1865)

Empire of Brazil

Argentina

Uruguayan colorados

 Uruguay Victory
  • The colorados take over the Uruguayan government.
  • Start of the Paraguayan War.
Paraguayan War
(1865–1870)
Empire of Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
Paraguay Victory
  • Allied occupation of Paraguay.
  • Argentina gains the Misiones province and Paraguay stops claiming the Argentine chaco.
Revolution of the Colorados

(Seventh Argentine Civil War)

(1866-1867)

 Argentina Federals Government Victory
Jordanist Rebellion

(Eighth Argentine Civil War)

(1870)

 Argentina Federals Government victory
Conquest of the Chaco
(1870–1917)
 Argentina
Abipones tribes
Guaycuru tribes Victory
Conflicts between liberals and autonomists

(Ninth Argentine Civil War)

(1874-1880)

Liberal party National Autonomist party Autonomist victory
  • Autonomist party's rule of the country through 40 years.
Conquest of the Desert
(1878–1884)
Argentina

Allied tribes

Mapuche and Pampas tribes

 Chile (battle of alumine)

Victory
  • Annexation of the eastern Patagonia.
  • Chile would stop claiming the eastern part of Patagonia.
  • Emergence of the military and political influence of Argentina in South America.
Revolution of 1880

(Tenth Argentine Civil War)

(1880)

 Argentina Buenos Aires province Government victory
  • Federalization of Buenos Aires.
  • End of the argentine civil wars.
Argentine invasion of the Puna de Atacama

(1885-1886)

Argentina  Bolivia Victory
  • Annexation of most of the Puna de Atacama in 1888
Selk'nam Genocide

(1880-1910)

Argentina

 Chile

Bounty hunters

Selk'nam tribes Victory
  • 3900 selk'nams killed.
    • Only around 900 of the deaths were direct.
  • Extinction in 1974 due to the death of the last pure selk'nam.
Revolution of the Park
(1890)
Argentina Civic Union Government victory
  • President Miguel Juárez Celman resigns, vice-president Carlos Pellegrini assumes the presidency.
  • Revolution crushed by the government.
Revolution of 1893
(1893)
Argentina Radical Civic Union Government victory
  • Revolution crushed by the government.
Russian-Japanese War

(1901)

Japan

Support:

Russia Japanese victory
  • Russia withdraws from Manchuria
  • Improvement of relations between Argentina and Japan
Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 Venezuela
Support:
United Kingdom
Germany

Italy
Support:

Compromise
  • Venezuelan debt dispute resolved
  • European fleet withdraws
  • Argentina's Drago Doctrine becomes famous internationally.
Revolution of 1905
(1905)
Argentina Radical Civic Union Government victory
  • Sáenz Peña law sanctioned in 1912, which allowed secret, universal and mandatory suffrage.
  • Revolution crushed by the government.
War of Chile Chico
(1918)
Argentina

Carabineros de Chile

Chilean settlers Victory
  • incarceration of Chileans settlers
  • they released the settlers a month later they returned to Chile
Tragic Week

(1919)

Argentina

Argentine Patriotic League

Anarchists and communists Government victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Patagonia Rebelde

(1920-1922)

Argentina

Argentine Patriotic League

Anarchists and communists Government victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Chaco War

(1932-1935)

Paraguay
Support:
Bolivia

Support:

Paraguay victory
  • Paraguay gets most of the disputed zone with Bolivia.
Revolution of 1932

(1932)

Argentina Radical Civic Union Government victory
  • Revolution crushed by the government.
Paraguayan Civil War

(1947)

Paraguay

Colorado party
Support:

Liberal Party

Febrerista Revolutionary Party

Paraguayan Communist Party

Paraguayan government victory
  • Guerrillas defeated.
Revolución Libertadora
(1955-1958)
Government of Argentina

Nationalist Liberation Alliance

Loyal Armed Forces

Rebel Armed Forces

Civil Commands

Rebel victory
Cuban Missile Crisis

(quarantine operation)

(1962)

United States

OAS

 Soviet Union

 Cuba

Concecuences:
  • Expulsion of Cuba from the OAS.
  • Naval blockade of Cuba towards the USSR.
1963 Argentine Navy revolt
(1962–1963)
Azules:
Argentine Army
Argentine Air Force
Colorados:
Argentine Navy
Azules victory
  • Colorados revolt suppressed
Laguna del Desierto Incident

(1965)

 Argentina  Chile Victory
  • Argentina gets the disputed zone.
[Far-leftist insurgency in Argentina]
(1970-1979)
Argentina

Triple A (AAA)

ERP
Montoneros

FAR

FAP

FAL

Uturuncos

Government victory
  • Leftist guerrillas defeated mostly eradicated by 1977.
  • 9,500+ guerrillas (4,500+ Montoneros and 5,000 ERP), hundreds of soldiers/police, and 3,252 civilians killed in political violence from 1969 to 1980; 30.000 people disappeared by the government.[2][3]
Falklands War
(1982)
Argentina  United Kingdom Defeat
Carapintadas Uprisings

(1987-1990)

Argentina Carapintadas Government victory
  • Uprisings stopped.
Attack on La Tablada barracks
(1989)
Argentina Movimiento Todos por la Patria Government victory
  • Argentine army and police victory.
Gulf War

(Operativo Alfil)
(1990–1991)

 United States
 Kuwait
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Italy
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Morocco
 United Arab Emirates
 Pakistan
 Oman
 Qatar
 Argentina
And Coalition
 Iraq
Victory
  • Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait.
Croatian War of Independence

(Operation Bljesak)
(1991–1995)

 Croatia

United Nations

 Republika Srpska
 Yugoslavia
Victory
Operation Uphold Democracy
(1994–1995)
 United States
 Poland
 Argentina
 Haiti
Victory

See also

Notes

  1. In this section of "combatant 1" appear the independent governments that managed to consolidate at the end of the war. Later, some of these governments disintegrated, as happened with Gran Colombia (Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador) or the First Mexican Empire (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica). Uruguay and Panama would be formed because of other conflicts.

References

  1. Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
  2. Clodfelter, M. (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015 (4th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786474707.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link). Pages 649-650.
  3. A 32 años de la caída en combate de Mario Roberto Santucho y la Dirección Histórica del PRT-ERP. Cedema.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

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