List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves to the present day.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result King
Luso–Brazilian conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816–1820)
  U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves   Federal League Victory
Pernambuco Revolt
(1817)
  U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves   Pernambuco rebels Victory
  • Secessionist revolt put down

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence
(1822–1825)
  Brazil   Portugal Victory
Confederation of the Equator
(1824)
  Brazil   Confederates Victory
  • Secessionist revolt put down
Invasion of Chiquitos
(1825)
  Brazil   Bolivia Compromise
  • Peaceful resolution
  • Brazil withdraws troops from Chiquitos
Cisplatine War
(1825–1828)
  Brazil   United Provinces
  Thirty-Three Orientals
Stalemate
Ragamuffin War
(1835–1845)
  Brazil   Piratini Republic
  Juliana Republic
Supported by:
  Colorados
  Unitarians
Victory
  • Treaty of Poncho Verde
Sabinada
(1837–1838)
  Brazil   Bahia Republic Victory
  • Secessionist revolt put down
Platine War
(1851–1852)
  Brazil
  Uruguay
  Entre Ríos
  Corrientes
  Unitarians
Supported by:
  France
  Bolivia
  United Kingdom
  Paraguay
  Argentina
  Federalists
  Blancos
Victory
  • Argentine clout over the Platine region ends[1]
  • Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
Uruguayan War
(1864–1865)
  Brazil
  Colorados
  Unitarians
  Argentina
  Uruguay
  Blancos
  Federalists
Victory
  • Colorados takeover in Uruguay
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)
  Brazil
  Argentina
  Uruguay
  Paraguay Victory

First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Trinidad Conflict
(1893–1895)
  Brazil
  Portugal
  Principality of Trinidad
  United Kingdom
Victory
French intrusion in Amapá
(1895)
  Brazil   France Victory
  • Brazilian sovereignty over Amapá
Acre War
(1899–1903)
  Acre
  Brazil
  Bolivia
Supported by:
  United States
Victory
World War I
(1917–1918)
  France
  United Kingdom
  Russia
  United States
  Italy
  Brazil
  Germany
  Austria-Hungary
  Ottoman Empire
  Bulgaria
Victory

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Constitutionalist Revolution
(1932)
  Brazil   São Paulo

  Maracaju

  Gaúcho United Front

Victory
World War II
(1942–1945)[2]
  United States
  Soviet Union
  United Kingdom
  China
  France
  Brazil
  Germany
  Italy
Victory

Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Dominican Civil War
(1965–1966)
  Dominican Loyalists
  United States
  Brazil
  Paraguay
  Honduras
  Nicaragua
  Costa Rica
  El Salvador
  Dominican Constitutionalists Victory
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Araguaia Guerrilla War
1966-1975
  Brazil   Communist Party of Brazil Victory
  • Guerrilla forces exterminated

Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Operation Traira
(1991)
  Brazil
  Colombia
  FARC Victory
  • Successful operation against FARC

Peacekeeping operations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
  2. ^ Brazilian participation in World War II was limited to the Italian Campaign, lasting from 1943 to 1945; Hence Brazil was not involved in the Asian and Pacific theatre.

Bibliography

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  • Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.