List of wars involving Mexico

This is a list of wars involving the United Mexican States and it's predecessors.

Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars.

  Mexican victory
  Mexican defeat
  Ceasefire or other result
  Ongoing conflict

List

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Mexican War of Independence
(18101821)
 Mexico
Mexican Insurgents
European Volunteers
Mexican Ex-Royalists
Army of the Three Guarantees
 Spain
Spanish Royalists
Mexican Royalists
Victory
Long Expedition
(1819)
First Mexican Empire
Army of the Three Guarantees
Texan Filibusters Victory
  • Rebels defeated and captured
  • James Long shot and killed in custody
Texas–Indian Wars
(18201875)
First Mexican Empire
 Spain
 United States
 Texas
Choctaw Republic
Comanche Victory
  • Extinction of many tribes in Texas, including the Karankawan, Akokisa and Bidui
Spanish Attempts to Reconquer Mexico
(1821–1829)
First Mexican Empire (1821–1822)
 Mexico
 Spain Victory
Comanche–Mexico Wars
(18211870)
First Mexican Empire (1821–1822)
 Mexico
Comanche
Kiowa
Victory
  • Many successful raids by Comanche
  • Comanche gradually defeated in Mexico
Apache–Mexico Wars
(18211915)
Part of the Mexican Indian Wars and the American Indian Wars
 Crown of Castile (1600s–1716)

 Spain (1600s–1821)


First Mexican Empire (1821–1822)
 Mexico (after 1822)


 United States


 Confederate States (1861–1865)

Apache Victory
  • Apache gradually defeated in Mexico and the United States
Yaqui Wars
(18211929)
Part of the Mexican Indian Wars
 Spain (1533–1821)

First Mexican Empire (1821–1822)
 Mexico (after 1822)


 United States (1896–1918)

Yaqui Victory
  • Yaqui revolts put down
Mexican Indian Wars
(18211933)
 Crown of Castile
(1519–1716)
Tlaxcalans and other Native Indian allies of Spain (1519–1821)
 Spain (1716–1823)
 Mexico
(1821–1933)
 Guatemala (1823–1933)
 Honduras (1823–1933)
 El Salvador (1823–1933)

 England (1638–1707)
 United Kingdom (1707–1862)
 British Honduras (1862–1933)


 Republic of Texas (1836–1846)
California Republic (1846)
 United States (1850–1933)
 Confederate States (1861–1865)

Various Native Mexicans

Victory
Casa Mata Plan Revolution
(18221823)
Republicans
 United Kingdom
 Gran Colombia
Imperialists
 Spain
Republican Victory
Rebellion of Oaxaca
(1823)
Mexican Provisional Government Oaxaca Provisional Government Victory
Rebellion of Guadalajara
(1823)
Mexican Provisional Government Jalisco Provisional Government Victory
  • Constitution of Colima as Territory of the Nation
Rebellion of Puebla
(1823)
Mexican Provisional Government Independents Provisional Government Victory
Revolt of Querétaro
(1823)
Mexican Provisional Government Independents Provisional Government Victory
Fredonian Rebellion
(18261827)
 Mexico
Comanche tribes (peace treaty)
Texan Rebels
Comanche tribes (initial plotting support)
Victory
  • Edwards Rebels defeated
  • Comanches convinced to back down and peace treaty established
  • Mexican amnesty for rebels except the Edwards brothers, Martin Parmer, and Adolphus Sterne
  • A larger Mexican garrison established in Nacogdoches
  • Law restricting immigration into Texas
  • The Edwards flee to the United States (returning later for the Texas Revolution)
Conservative Coup
(18291831)
Conservatives Liberals Conservative Victory
Zacatecas Rebellion
(1835)
Centralists Zacatecan Rebels Centralist Victory
Texas Revolution
(18351836)
 Mexico  Texas Defeat
First Franco–Mexican War
(18381839)
also known as the Pastry War
 Mexico  France Defeat
  • Mexican government accepts to pay the 600,000 pesos
Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande
(1840)
 Mexico Republic of the Rio Grande Victory
  • Dissolution of the Republic of Rio Grande
Mier Expedition
(18421843)
 Mexico  Texas Victory

• Texan soldiers were forced to surrender

Mexican–American War
(18461848)
 Mexico  United States
California
 Texas
Defeat
Caste War of Yucatán
(18471901)
 Mexico
Yucatán
 Guatemala
 United Kingdom
 British Honduras
Maya Victory
  • Republic of Yucatán rejoins the United Mexican States in 1848
  • Mayas achieve an independent state from 1847–1883
  • Mexico recaptures Yucatán
  • Conflict between the Mexicans and the Mayans continued until 1933
Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora
(1853)
 Mexico Republic of Sonora
Republic of Baja California
Victory
  • Wiliam Walker trial in San Diego
Revolution of Ayutla
(18541855)
Liberals Conservatives Liberal Victory
Reform War
(18571861)
Liberals
 United States
Conservatives Liberal Victory
Cortina Troubles
(18591861)
 Mexico
 United States
 Confederate States
Cortinista Militia Victory
  • Raids ended
Second Franco–Mexican War
(18611867)
 Mexico
 United States
French Empire
Mexican Empire
 Austrian Empire
 Belgium
 Spain
 United Kingdom
Egypt Eyalet
Polish Revolutionaries
Victory
Victorio's War
(18791881)
 United States
 Mexico
Apache Victory
  • Apache defeated
Garza Revolution
(18911893)
 Mexico
 United States
Garzistas Victory
  • Garza Revolution defeated
Mexican annexation of Clipperton Island
(1897)
 Mexico  France Victory
  • Mexican annexation, colony established
Mexican Revolution
(19101920)
Counter-Revolutionaries

 Mexico


 United States (1910–1913)


 Germany (1913–1917)


Revolutionaries

 United States (1913–1918)


 United Kingdom (1916–1918)


 Germany (1917)


Revolutionary Victory
Border War
(19101919)
 Mexico
 Germany
 United States Defeat
  • Seditionist insurgency suppressed
  • Permanent border wall established
Magonista Rebellion
(1911)
 Mexico Liberal Party of Mexico Victory
  • Failure of the libertarian insurrection
Cristero War
(19261929)
Mexican Government Cristeros
National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty
Knights of Columbus
Government Ceasefire
Escobar Rebellion
(1929)
Mexican Government Escobar Rebels Government Victory
  • Ecobar rebels defeated
World War II
(19421945)
 United States
 Soviet Union
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Slovakia
 Croatia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Victory
Mexico–Guatemala Conflict
(19581959)
 Mexico  Guatemala Ceasefire
  • Mexican retaliation halted by newly elected president Adolfo López Mateos
  • Diplomatic relations between the two nations are frozen for several months
  • South American meditation helps to prevent escalation
Dirty War
(19681982)
 Mexico Left-wing groups: Victory
Zapatista Uprising
(1994)
 Mexico EZLN Victory
Mexican Drug War
(2006present)
 Mexico Mexican Drug Cartels
Other Latin American DTOs
Ongoing

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.