Conflict |
Combatant 1 |
Combatant 2 |
Results |
Bolivian War of Independence (1809–1825) |
Republiquetas
Gran Colombia
Peru
Río de la Plata
|
Spain
|
Patriot Victory
- Independence of Bolivia from Spanish rule
|
Invasion of Chiquitos (1825) |
Bolivia
Gran Colombia
Río de la Plata |
Brazil |
Defeat
- Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos
- Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina.
|
Peruvian intervention of Bolivia (1828) |
Bolivia
Gran Colombia |
Peru |
Defeat
|
Salaverry-Santa Cruz War (1835–1836) |
Luis José de Orbegoso's Opposition
Andrés de Santa Cruz's Army |
Felipe Santiago Salaverry's Government
Agustín Gamarra's Rebels |
Pro-confederation Victory
|
War of the Confederation (1836–1839) |
Peru-Bolivian Confederation
|
Chile
Peruvian Dissidents
Argentina |
Defeat
|
War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation (1837–1839) |
Peru-Bolivian Confederation |
Argentina |
Stalemate
- Argentine territorial integrity secured
- Abandonment of the Bolivian pretentions of annexing the Argentine northern provinces[1]
- Tarija is mostly distributed to Bolivia[2][3]
|
Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842 (1841–1842) |
Bolivia |
Peru |
Indecisive, both sides claimed victory[4]
- Signature of the Treaty of Puno
- Withdrawal of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory.
- Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru.[5]
|
Pérez Rebellion (1862) |
Bolivia |
General Gregorio Pérez's Rebels |
Victory
|
Constitutional Revolution of Sucre (1865–1866) |
Bolivia |
Constitutional Rebels |
Victory
|
Chincha Islands War (1865–1866) |
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia |
Spain |
Indecisive, 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)
|
Bolivian Civil War of 1870 (1870–1871) |
Bolivia |
Rebels |
Victory
|
War of the Pacific (1879–1883) |
Bolivia
Peru |
Chile |
Defeat
- Litoral Department ceded by Bolivia to Chile
- Argentine annexation of most of the Puna de Atacama in 1888
|
Chiriguano War (1892) |
Bolivia |
Chiriguano |
Victory
- Subjugation of the Chiriguano people
|
Bolivian Civil War (1898–1899) |
Conservatives |
Liberals |
Defeat
|
Acre War (1899–1903) |
Bolivia |
Brazil
Acre |
Defeat
- Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre[6]
|
Campaign of the Manuripi Region (1910) |
Bolivia |
Peru |
Defeat[7]
- Recognition of most of the territory in dispute as belonging to Peru.[8] Compliance with previous diplomatic agreements and final establishment of limits. Death of the Bolivian captain Lino Echevarria.
|
Chaco War (1932–1935) |
Bolivia |
Paraguay |
Defeat
- Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. Paraguay was awarded the sovereignty of 75% of the disputed area and Bolivia was given the rest.[9]
|
World War II (1943–1945) |
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
|
Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 (1952) |
Bolivia |
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement |
Defeat
|
Guerrila Warfare in Bolivia (1966–1970) |
Bolivia
United States |
ELN
Cuba |
Government Victory
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