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
|
Revolution of the Seven Chiefs
(1580) |
Spanish Empire | Rebel criollos | Government victory
|
Viltipoco Rebellion
(1582) |
Spanish Empire | Diaguita Confederation | Victory
|
English invasion of Martín García
(1582) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of England | Victory
|
English invasion of Buenos Aires
(1587) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of England | Victory
|
Second Calchaquí War
(1630-1637) |
Spanish Empire | Diaguita Confederation | Victory
|
French invasion of Buenos Aires
(1658) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of France | Victory
|
Second French invasion of Buenos Aires
(1658) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of France | Victory
|
Third Calchaquí War
(1658-1667) |
Spanish Empire | Diaguita Confederation | Victory
|
First occupation of Sacramento Colony
(1680) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
|
Danish Pirate invasion of Buenos Aires
(1699) |
Spanish Empire | Danish Pirates | Victory
|
Battle of the Yi
(1702) |
Spanish Empire | Charrúa tribes | Victory
|
French invasion of Castillos
(~1700) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of France | Victory
|
Second occupation of Sacramento Colony
(1705) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
|
Spanish–Portuguese War | Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Defeat
|
Guaraní War
(1756) |
Spanish Empire | Guaraní tribes | Victory |
First Ceballos expedition
(1762-1763) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
|
Capture of Port Egmont
(1770) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of Great Britain | Victory
|
Second Ceballos expedition
(1776-1777) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
|
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
(1806-1807) |
Spanish Empire | United Kingdom | Victory
|
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1810–1831)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Spanish American wars of independence (1810–1833) Argentine participation on:
|
Independentists:[Note 1]
Native Americans pro-independent |
Royalist: Native Americans pro-realistic |
Independentist victory
|
Argentine War of Independence
(1810-1825) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Spain | Victory
|
Bolivian War of Independence
(1809-1825) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1810-1825) | Spain | Victory
|
Invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Portuguese Empire | Bellic victory
|
Peruvian War of Independence
(1811-1826) |
Peru
Liberating Expedition of Peru (1820-1824) Gran Colombia (1824-1826) |
Spain | Victory
|
Chilean War of Independence
(1812-1816) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Spain | Victory
|
First Argentine Civil War
(1814-1820) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | League of the Free Peoples | Directory (United Provinces) victory
|
Battle of Pitambalá
(1816) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Santiago del Estero | Victory
|
La Argentina Expedition
(1817-1819) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Slave ships from Madagascar
Mutineers |
Victory
|
Battle of Monterey
(1818) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Spain | Victory
|
Martin Rodriguez Campaign
(1820-1824) |
United Provinces | Wallmapu | Victory
|
Ecuadorian War of Independence
(1820-1822) |
Guayaquil
United Provinces |
Spain | Victory
|
Conflicts against Ramirez
(1820-1821) |
Buenos Aires | Entre Ríos Republic | Buenos Aires and Santa Fe's victory
|
Battle of Rincón de Marlopa
(1821) |
Tucuman Republic | Salta Province | Tucuman's victory
|
Brazil War (1825–1828) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Brazilian Empire
European mercenaries |
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) |
Montoneras of Pincheira Wallmapu pro-Pincheira |
Victory
|
Third Argentine Civil War
(1828-1831) |
Interior League | Litoral League | Concecuences:
|
Argentine Confederation (1831–1861)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Falklands Expedition (1831-1832) |
Argentine Confederation | United States | Victory
|
Desert Campaign
(1833-1834) |
Argentine Confederation
Tehuelche tribes |
Mapuche tribes | Victory
|
Battle of Castañares
(1834) |
Jujuy rebels | Salta Province | Jujuy's victory
|
Argañaraz y Maza Campaign
(1834-1835) |
Argentine Confederation | Wallmapu | Victory |
Masalle Massacre and Railef's Malón
(1836) |
Argentine Confederation | Wallmapu | Victory |
War of the Confederation (1836–1839) |
Chile | Peru-Bolivian Confederation | Victory
|
Argentine-Bolivian war (1837-1839) |
Argentine Confederation | Bolivia | Victory
|
French blockade of the Río de la Plata (1838-1840) |
Argentine Confederation | France Exiled Argentines |
Victory
|
Fourth Argentine Civil War
(1840-1841) |
Argentine Confederation | Unitarians | Government victory
|
Uruguayan Civil War (guerra grande) (1839-1852) Includes:
|
Argentine Confederation Blancos Party |
Colorado Party France Entre Rios Province Santa Fe Province |
Coalition Victory
|
Argentine intervention on Uruguay
(1839-1843) |
Argentine Confederation Blancos Party |
Uruguay | Victory
|
Costa Brava Combat
(1842) |
Argentine Confederation | Redshirts (Italy) | Victory
|
Fourth Correntine Revolution
(1843-1847) |
Argentine Confederation | Corrientes Province | Government victory
|
USS Congress Incident
(1844) |
Argentine Confederation | United States | Concecuences:
|
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata (1845-1850) |
Argentine Confederation | France United Kingdom |
Victory
|
Platine War (Fifth Argentine Civil War)
(1851–1852) |
Buenos Aires Province Blanco Party |
Entre Rios Province Corrientes Province Support: |
Coalition Victory
|
Sixth Argentine Civil War
(1852-1862) |
Argentine Confederation | State of Buenos Aires | Concecuences:
|
Campaigns against Calfucurá
(1855-1872) |
State of Buenos Aires
(both until 1861) Argentina (1861-1872) |
Wallmapu | Victory
|
Argentine Republic (1861–present)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Uruguayan war
(1864-1865) |
Empire of Brazil | Uruguay | Victory
|
Paraguayan War (1865–1870) |
Empire of Brazil Argentina Uruguay |
Paraguay | Victory
|
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
|
Conquest of the Desert (1878–1884) |
Argentina
Allied tribes |
Mapuche and Pampas tribes | Victory
|
Revolution of 1880
(Tenth Argentine Civil War) (1880) |
Argentina | Buenos Aires province | Government victory
|
Argentine invasion of the Puna de Atacama
(1885-1886) |
Argentina | Bolivia | Victory
|
Selk'nam Genocide
(1880-1910) |
Argentina | Selk'nam tribes | Victory
|
Revolution of the Park (1890) |
Argentina | Civic Union | Government victory
|
Revolution of 1893 (1893) |
Argentina | Radical Civic Union | Government victory
|
Russian-Japanese War
(1901) |
Japan
Support: |
Russia | Japanese victory
|
Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 | Venezuela Support: |
United Kingdom Germany Italy |
Compromise
|
Revolution of 1905 (1905) |
Argentina | Radical Civic Union | Government victory |
War of Chile Chico (1918) |
Argentina | Chilean settlers | Victory
|
Tragic Week
(1919) |
Argentina | Anarchists and communists | Government victory
|
Patagonia Rebelde
(1920-1922) |
Argentina | Anarchists and communists | Government victory
|
Chaco War
(1932-1935) |
Paraguay Support: |
Bolivia
Support: |
Paraguay victory
|
Revolution of 1932
(1932) |
Argentina | Radical Civic Union | Government victory
|
Paraguayan Civil War
(1947) |
Paraguay
Colorado party |
Liberal Party | Paraguayan government victory
|
Revolución Libertadora (1955-1958) |
Government of Argentina | Rebel Armed Forces | Rebel victory
|
Cuban Missile Crisis
(quarantine operation) (1962) |
United States | Soviet Union | Concecuences:
|
1963 Argentine Navy revolt (1962–1963) |
Azules: Argentine Army Argentine Air Force |
Colorados: Argentine Navy |
Azules victory
|
Laguna del Desierto Incident
(1965) |
Argentina | Chile | Victory
|
[Far-leftist insurgency in Argentina] (1970-1979)
|
Argentina | ERP Montoneros |
Government victory
|
Falklands War (1982) |
Argentina | United Kingdom | Defeat
|
Carapintadas Uprisings
(1987-1990) |
Argentina | Carapintadas | Government victory
|
Attack on La Tablada barracks (1989) |
Argentina | Movimiento Todos por la Patria | Government victory
|
Gulf War
(Operativo Alfil) |
United States Kuwait United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Italy Canada Egypt Syria Morocco United Arab Emirates Pakistan Oman Qatar Argentina And Coalition |
Iraq |
Victory
|
Croatian War of Independence
(Operation Bljesak) |
Croatia | Republika Srpska Yugoslavia |
Victory
|
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994–1995) |
United States Poland Argentina |
Haiti |
Victory
|
Notes
- 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
- Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
- 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.
- 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.
Bibliography
- Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-1374-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)