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This is a list of wars involving the Argentine Republic and its predecessor states from the colonial period to present day.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Inca conquest of northern Argentina (1479) |
Inca Empire Mitimaes Yanacona Allied natives |
Diaguitas Huarpes Omaguacas Atacamas Comechingones Guaycuru peoples Chichas |
Victory of the Inca Empire
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Notable battles |
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First attempt of colonizing Buenos Aires (1536–1541) |
Spanish Empire | Querandí Help from: Charrúa Guaraní Chana Timbú |
Defeat
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First Calchaquí War (1560–1563) |
Spanish Empire | Diaguita Confederation Omaguacas |
Defeat
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Spanish conquest of Mesopotamia (1573–1583) |
Spanish Empire | Charrúan Complex Querandí Guaraní |
Victory
|
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Revolution of the Seven Chiefs (1580) |
Spanish Empire | Rebel Criollos | Government victory
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Viltipoco Rebellion (1582) |
Spanish Empire | Omaguacas | Victory
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Conflicts against Pirates (1582–1724) |
Spanish Empire | Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Kingdom of Denmark Portuguese Empire |
Victory
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Second Calchaquí War (1630–1637) |
Spanish Empire | Diaguita Confederation | Indecisive
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Battle of Mbororé
(1641) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
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Third Calchaquí War (1658–1667) |
Spanish Empire | Diaguita Confederation | Victory
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First occupation of Sacramento Colony (1680) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
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Battle of the Yi (1702) |
Spanish Empire | Charrúa Tribes | Stalemate
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Second occupation of Sacramento Colony Part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1705) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
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Commoner Revolution (1721–1735) |
Spanish Empire | Paraguayan Civilians | Government victory
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Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Defeat
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Guaraní War (1756) |
Spanish Empire | Guaraní Tribes | Victory
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First Ceballos Expedition Part of the Seven Years' War (1762–1763) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
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Capture of Port Egmont (1770) |
Spanish Empire | Great Britain | Victory
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Second Ceballos Expedition (1776–1777) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Victory
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War of the Oranges
(1801) |
Spanish Empire | Portuguese Empire | Defeat
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British invasions of the Río de la Plata Part of the Napoleonic Wars (1806–1807) |
Spanish Empire | United Kingdom | Victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Notable battles |
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Spanish American wars of independence (1810–1833) Argentine participation in: |
Patriots:[Note 3]
Amerindian allies of the Patriots |
Royalist: Amerindian allies of the Royalists |
Victory
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Portuguese Invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Inconclusive
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First Argentine Civil War (1814–1820) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | League of the Free Peoples | Consequences:
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Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820) | Misiones Province | United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Luso-Brazilian victory |
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Battle of Makassar (1817) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Malay Pirates | Victory
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Incident on Jolo[Note 4] (1818) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Sultanate of Sulu | Victory
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Martín Rodríguez Campaign (1820–1824) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Ranquel Ulmanate | Victory
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Conflicts against Ramírez (1820–1821) |
Buenos Aires Santa Fe |
Entre Ríos Republic | Buenos Aires and Santa Fe's victory
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Battle of La Rioja (1820) |
La Rioja | Army of the Andes
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Riojan victory
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Battle of Rincón de Marlopa (1821) |
Tucuman Republic | Salta Province Santiago del Estero Rebels |
Tucuman's victory
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Cisplatine War (1825–1828) |
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Thirty-Three Orientals |
Empire of Brazil | Stalemate |
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Brigandage of the Pincheira Brothers (1825–1832) |
Chile United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (until 1831) Argentine Confederation (from 1831 to 1832) Wallmapu Allies |
Montoneras of Pincheira Pehuenches |
Victory
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Second Argentine Civil War (1826–1827) |
Unitarian Government | Federal Provinces | Federal victory
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Third Argentine Civil War (1828–1831) |
Interior League | Litoral League | Consequences:
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Notable battles |
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Fourth Argentine Civil War (1832–1838) |
Argentine Confederation Uruguay (1836–1838) Salta Province |
Unitarians Colorados (1836–1838) Jujuy Rebels |
Federal / Colorado / Jujuy's victory
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Falklands Expedition (1832) | Argentine Confederation | United States | Consequences
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Desert Campaign (1833–1835) |
Argentine Confederation Mapuche Allies Tehuelche Tribes |
Mapuche Tribes | Victory
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Boroan Conflict (1836) |
Argentine Confederation Ranquel Ulmanate |
Boroan Confederation | Victory | |
War of the Confederation (1836–1839) |
Chile |
Peru-Bolivian Confederation | Victory
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Tarija War Part of the War of the Confederation (1837–1839) |
Argentine Confederation | Peru-Bolivian Confederation | Final Victory
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French blockade of the Río de la Plata (1838–1840) |
Argentine Confederation | France | Victory
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Argentine invasion of Uruguay
(Second phase of Guerra Grande) |
Blancos Argentine Confederation |
Uruguay | Victory
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Uruguayan Civil War (1839 - 1851) | Blancos | Colorado victory |
| |
Fifth Argentine Civil War (1840–1841) |
Argentine Confederation | Unitarians
Support: |
Government victory
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Combat of Costa Brava (1842) |
Argentine Confederation | Redshirts (Kingdom of Italy) |
Victory
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Great Siege of Montevideo (1843–1851) |
Government of Cerrito Argentine Confederation Spanish Mercenaries |
Government of La Defensa
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Ceasefire
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Fourth Correntine Revolution (1843–1847) |
Argentine Confederation | Corrientes State Paraguay (since 1845) |
Victory
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Paraná War (1845–1850) |
Argentine Confederation | United Kingdom France |
Victory
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Battle of Laguna Limpia (4 February 1846) | Federalist Party (Argentina) | Corrientes Province | Federalist victory | |
Correntine–Paraguayan War (1847–1850)[1] |
Argentine Confederation
Support: |
Paraguay
Support: |
Victory
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Platine War
(1851–1852) |
Buenos Aires Province Government of Cerrito |
Ejercito Grande Coalition: | Defeat of Buenos Aires
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Seventh Argentine Civil War (1852–1862) |
Argentine Confederation Salinas Grandes Confederation |
State of Buenos Aires | Consecuences
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Campaigns against Calfucurá (1855–1872) |
State of Buenos Aires (until 1861) Argentina (1861–1872) |
Salinas Grandes Confederation | Victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Notable battles |
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Uruguayan War (1864–1865) |
Brazil Colorados Unitarians Argentina |
Uruguay Blancos Federalists |
Victory
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War of the Triple Alliance (1865–1870) |
Brazil Argentina |
Paraguay | Victory
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Eighth Argentine Civil War (1866–1867) |
Argentina | Federals | Government Victory
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Ninth Argentine Civil War (1870–1876) |
Argentina | Federals | Government Victory
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Conquest of the Chaco (1870–1917) |
Argentina Abipones Tribes |
Guaycuru Tribes | Victory
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Tenth Argentine Civil War (1873-1874) |
National Autonomist Party | Liberal Party | Autonomist Victory
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Kolla Rebellion (1874–1875) |
Argentina | Colla Tribes | Victory
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Revolution of La Boca (Unclear, either 1876 or 1882) |
Argentina | La Boca Republic | Government Victory
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Conquest of the Desert (1878–1884) |
Argentina Allied Tribes |
Mapuche and Pampas Tribes Chile (Battle of Aluminé) |
Victory
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Revolution of 1880 (1880) |
Argentina | Buenos Aires Province | Government Victory
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Selk'nam Genocide (1880–1910) |
Argentina Bounty Hunters |
Selk'nam Tribes | Victory | |
Argentine occupation of the Puna de Atacama (1885–1886) |
Argentina | Bolivia | Victory
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Revolution of the Park (1890) |
Argentina | Civic Union | Government military victory, political defeat
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Argentine Revolution of 1893 (1893) |
Argentina | Radical Civic Union | Government military victory, political defeat
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Russo-Japanese War (1901) |
Japan
Support: |
Russia | Japanese victory
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Venezuelan Crisis of 1902–1903 (1902–1903) |
Venezuela Support: |
United Kingdom Germany Italy Support: |
Compromise
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Argentine Revolution of 1905 (1905) |
Argentina | Radical Civic Union | Government military victory, political defeat
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War of Chile Chico (1918) |
Argentina Carabineros de Chile |
Chilean Settlers | Victory
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Tragic Week (1919) |
Argentina | FORA
|
Government victory
|
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Patagonia Rebelde (1920–1922) |
Argentina | FORA
Support: |
Government victory
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1930 Argentine coup d'état (1930) |
Argentine Government | Nacionalistas | Rebel victory
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Chaco War (1932–1935) |
Paraguay Support: |
Bolivia Support: |
Paraguayan victory
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Radical Revolution of 1932 (1932) |
Argentina | Radical Civic Union | Government victory
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1943 Argentine coup d'état (1943) |
Argentine Government | United Officers' Group | Rebel victory
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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
Regarding Argentina:
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Third Paraguayan Civil War (1947) |
Paraguay Colorado Party Support: |
Liberal Party Febrerista Revolutionary Party Paraguayan Communist Party |
Paraguayan government victory
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Liberating Revolution (1955–1958) |
Argentine Government Nationalist Liberation Alliance Loyal Armed Forces CGT |
Rebel Armed Forces Civil Commands |
Rebel victory
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Peronist Resistance (1959–1963) |
Argentina | Peronist Youth Uturuncos Nationalist Liberation Alliance |
Government victory
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1963 Argentine Navy revolt (1962–1963) |
Azules: Argentine Army Argentine Air Force |
Colorados: Argentine Navy |
Azules victory
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Cuban Missile Crisis (quarantine operation) (1962) |
United States OAS |
Soviet Union Cuba |
Consequences:
|
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Guevarist incursion in Argentina (1963–1964) |
Argentina | EGP
Support: |
Government victory
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Nazi insurgency in Argentina
(1963-1966) |
Argentina | Tacuara Nationalist Movement
Support: |
Government victory
|
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Laguna del Desierto Incident (1965) |
Argentina | Chile | Victory
|
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The Cycle of Azos
(1969-1972) |
Argentina | AUF | Rebel Victory
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Far-leftist insurgency in Argentina (1967–1980)
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Argentina Triple A |
ERP Montoneros FAR FAP FAL CPL GEL OCPO |
Government victory
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Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) (Argentina helped since 1976) |
Guatemala Support:
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URNG | Peace accord signed in 1996 | |
Beagle Crisis (1978–1984) |
Argentina | Chile | Consequences (bloodless conflict):
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Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992) |
El Salvador Support: United States Argentina (until 1983) Israel Taiwan Chile (until 1990) |
FMLN Support: Soviet Union Cuba Nicaragua |
Ceasefire
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Falklands War (1982) |
Argentina | United Kingdom | Defeat
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Carapintadas Uprisings (1987–1990) |
Argentina | Carapintadas | Government victory
|
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1989 Attack on La Tablada Barracks (1989) |
Argentina | Movimiento Todos por la Patria | Government victory
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Gulf War (Operativo Alfil) (1990–1991) |
United States Kuwait United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Italy Canada Egypt Syria Morocco United Arab Emirates Pakistan Oman Qatar Argentina Coalition |
Iraq | Victory
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Croatian War of Independence (Operation Bljesak) (1991–1995) |
Croatia
United Nations |
Republika Srpska Yugoslavia |
Victory
|
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Operation Uphold Democracy (Operative Talos) (1994–1995) |
United States Poland Argentina |
Haiti | Victory
|
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Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Ukraine |
Ongoing: |
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