List of wars involving Ecuador

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Ecuador from 1820 to the present day.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Ecuadorian War of Independence
(1820–1822)
Guayaquil
 Gran Colombia
 Chile
Peru
 Río de la Plata
 Spain Victory
Gran Colombia–Peru War
(1828–1829)
 Gran Colombia  Peru Stalemate
War of Cauca [es]
(1832)
Ecuador New Granada Defeat
War of the Supremes
(1839–1841)
 New Granada
Ecuador
Republic of New Granada Supremes Victory
Capture of Manuel Briones
(1851 or 1852)
 Sweden-Norway
Ecuador
Pirates Victory
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1857–1860
(1857–1860)
 Ecuador  Peru Defeat
  • Treaty of Mapasingue [es]
  • Diplomatic impasse arising from Ecuador's decision to grant its English creditors the vast Amazonian territories disputed with Peru. Ecuadorian failure.
Civil War of 1859
(1859–1860)
Ecuador Supreme Leadership Ecuador Provisional Government Provisional Government victory
Ecuadorian–Colombian War
(1863)
 Ecuador Colombia Colombia Defeat
  • Ecuadorian withdrawal/capitulation (disputed) after the Battle of Cuaspud [es].
  • The Treaty of Pinsaquí
Chincha Islands War
(1866)
 Chile
 Peru
 Ecuador
 Bolivia
 Spain Both sides claimed victory
  • Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands.
  • The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871.
  • Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).
Combat of Angoteros [es] (1903)  Ecuador  Peru Defeat[1]
  • Advance of an Ecuadorian detachment in Peruvian territory that was repelled on the banks of the Napo River
Combat of Torres Causana [es] (1904)  Ecuador  Peru Defeat[2]
  • Advance of Ecuadorian troops in Peruvian territory in the area of the Aguarico river and Napo river until their subsequent expulsion, taking of prisoners and captured war material.
War of the Generals
(1911–1912)
Ecuador Supporters of Eloy Alfaro Ecuador Opponents of Eloy Alfaro Anti-Alfaro victory
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1913–1916
(1913–1916)
Ecuador Leónidas Plaza loyalists Ecuador Rebels of Esmeraldas Province Government victory
  • Leónidas Plaza remains president
  • Government re-asserts control of Esmeraldas Province
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1932
(1932)
Ecuador Supporters of Bonifaz Ecuador Various opponents Opposition victory
  • Congress restored into power.
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941
(1941)
 Ecuador  Peru Defeat
World War II
(1945)
 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
 Chile
 Bolivia
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Venezuela
 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Slovakia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Victory
Border incident between Peru and Ecuador of 1978 [es] (1978)  Ecuador  Peru Defeat[3]
  • The base and the camp set up by the Ecuadorian troops are now controlled by the Peruvian Army
Paquisha War
(1981)
 Ecuador  Peru Defeat
  • Status quo of 1942 in favor of Peru
Cenepa War
(1995)
 Ecuador  Peru Both sides claimed victory
2024 Ecuadorian conflict  Ecuador Several organized crime groups, particularly Los Choneros Ongoing

References

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  1. ^ "Centro de Estudios Histórico Militares del Perú". 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Historia de la república del Perú [1822-1933]". Producciones Cantabria S.A.C. 2005. p. Tomo 12, Pág. 191.
  3. ^ Gutarra Maraví, Eleazar (1984). La Cordillera del Cóndor – Un desafío Geopolítico. Talleres Gráficos de la IMG.