List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states from the colonial period to the present day.

Colonial Brazil (1500–1815) edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Iguape War
(1534–1536)
  Portuguese Empire   Spanish Invaders
Carijó people
Guainás people
Victory
Tamoyo Confederation
(1554–1567)
  Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
  • Native resistance annihilated
Aimoré War
(1555–1673)
  Portuguese Empire Aimoré people Victory
  • Native resistance annihilated
French Invasions of Brazil
(1555–1736)
  Portuguese Empire   Kingdom of France Victory
  • Expulsion of French troops
Palmares War
(early 17th century–1695)
  Portuguese Empire Quilombo dos Palmares Victory
  • Destruction of Palmares
Cumã Revolt
(1617–1621)
  Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
  • Controlled rebellion
Tupinambás Uprising
(1618)
  Portugal Tupinambá people Victory
  • Massacre of indigenous
Dutch invasions of Brazil
(1624–1654)
  Portuguese Empire   Dutch Republic Victory
Barbarians' War
(1683–1713)
  Portuguese Empire Confederation of the Cariris Victory
  • Resistance defeated
Mura War
(18th century)
  Portuguese Empire Mura people Victory
  • Indigenous resistance defeated
War of the Emboabas
(1707–1709)
  Portuguese settlers Bandeirantes Victory
  • Expulsion of bandeirantes from Minas Gerais.
Mascate War
(1710–1711)
  Portuguese Empire Vila de Olinda Victory
Mandu Ladino Revolt
(1712–1719)
  Portuguese Empire Tupi people Victory
  • Defeat of the rebellious natives
Manaó War
(1723–1728)
  Portuguese Empire Manaó people Victory
  • Manaós defeated
Spanish–Portuguese War
(1735–1737)
  Portuguese Empire   Spanish Empire Victory
  • Spanish withdraw
Guaraní War
(1750–1756)
  Portuguese Empire

  Spanish Empire

Guarani people Victory
Fantastic War
(1762–1763)
  Portuguese Empire

  Great Britain

  Spanish Empire
  Kingdom of France
Inconclusive
Spanish–Portuguese War of 1776
(1776–1777)
  Portuguese Empire   Spanish Empire Inconclusive
War of the Oranges
(1801)
  Portuguese Empire   Spanish Empire
  France
Victory
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana
(1809)
  Portuguese Empire

  United Kingdom

  French Empire Victory
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
(1811–1812)
  Portuguese Empire

  Spanish Empire
  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

  United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Inconclusive

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

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result King
Luso–Brazilian conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816–1820)
  U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

Supported by:
  United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

  Federal League Victory
Pernambuco Revolt
(1817)
  U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves   Pernambuco rebels Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
  • Failure in the independence of Pernambuco

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) edit

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
  • Rebellion crushed
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, regime change in Uruguay
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)
  Brazil
  Argentina
  Uruguay
  Paraguay Victory

First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930) edit

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
  • Expulsion of French troops
  • End of Amapá expedition
  • Brazilian sovereignty over the territory of 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) edit

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
World War II
(1942–1945)[2]
  United States
  Soviet Union
  United Kingdom
  China
  France
  Brazil
  Germany
  Japan
  Italy
Victory

Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985) edit

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

Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present) edit

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

Other conflicts (slave revolts, mutinies) edit

Peacekeeping operations edit

See also edit

References edit

  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 edit

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