List of wars involving Bolivia

This is a list of wars involving the Plurinational State of Bolivia and its predecessor states from 1809 to the present.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Bolivian War of Independence (1809–1825)	Republiquetas Gran Colombia Peru Río de la Plata	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Real Audiencia of Charcas	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 Treaty of Piquiza
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 Foundation of the confederation
War of the Confederation (1836–1839)	Peru-Bolivian Confederation North Peru South Peru Bolivia	Chile Peruvian Dissidents Argentina	Defeat Dissolution of the confederation
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 Government victory
Constitutional Revolution of Sucre (1865–1866)	Bolivia	Constitutional Rebels	Victory Government 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 Government 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 Liberal Party victory Creation of the Federal Government Junta La Paz becomes de facto seat of government
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 Collapse of the German Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 (1952)	Bolivia	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Defeat Revolutionary victory
Guerrilla Warfare in Bolivia (1966–1970)	Bolivia United States	ELN Cuba	Government Victory Guerillas defeated Che Guevara executed Osvaldo Peredo Exiled

References

^ "Guerra entre la Confederación Perú - Boliviana y la Argentina". History Channel.
^ "La guerra de la Confederación boliviana contra la Confederación argentina". Historia Hoy de Argentina.
^ "GUERRA CONTRA LA CONFEDERACIÓN PERUANO-BOLIVIANA - (1837- 1839)". La Gazeta.
^ Porras Barrenechea, Raúl (1930). History of the Limits of Peru. Fundación M. J. Bustamante de la Fuente. ISBN 9786124587238.
^ "LA GUERRA ENTRE PERÚ Y BOLIVIA DE 1841 Y 1842". Chilean Society of History and Geography.
^ "A war for the Acre region pits Bolivia and Brazil". Efemerides.
^ "Bolivia has lost more than 1 million km2". Infogate.
^ "Bolivia lost more than half of its territory". Newspaper the Homeland.
^ "La victoria del Paraguay a Bolivia, en paz al fin". BBC Lóndres.

[1] "Guerra entre la Confederación Perú - Boliviana y la Argentina". History Channel.

[2] "La guerra de la Confederación boliviana contra la Confederación argentina". Historia Hoy de Argentina.

[3] "GUERRA CONTRA LA CONFEDERACIÓN PERUANO-BOLIVIANA - (1837- 1839)". La Gazeta.

[4] Porras Barrenechea, Raúl (1930). History of the Limits of Peru. Fundación M. J. Bustamante de la Fuente. ISBN 9786124587238.

[5] "LA GUERRA ENTRE PERÚ Y BOLIVIA DE 1841 Y 1842". Chilean Society of History and Geography.

[6] "A war for the Acre region pits Bolivia and Brazil". Efemerides.

[7] "Bolivia has lost more than 1 million km2". Infogate.

[8] "Bolivia lost more than half of its territory". Newspaper the Homeland.

[9] "La victoria del Paraguay a Bolivia, en paz al fin". BBC Lóndres.

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v t e Years in Bolivia
19th century	1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
20th century	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
21st century	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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