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List of wars involving Brazil

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This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves to the present day.

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

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result King
Luso–Brazilian conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816–1820)
U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Federal League Victory
Pernambuco Revolt
(1817)
U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Pernambuco rebels Victory
  • Secessionist revolt put down

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

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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 Riograndense Republic Piratini Republic
 Juliana Republic
Supported by:
Colorados
Unitarians
Victory
  • Treaty of Poncho Verde
Sabinada
(1837–1838)
 Brazil Bahia Republic Victory
  • Secessionist revolt put down
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 in Uruguay
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Paraguay Victory

First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Trinidad Conflict
(1893–1895)
Brazil Brazil
 Portugal
Principality of Trinidad
 United Kingdom
Victory
French intrusion in Amapá
(1895)
Brazil Brazil France France Victory
  • Brazilian sovereignty over Amapá
Acre War
(1899–1903)
Acre
Brazil 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)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Constitutionalist Revolution
(1932)
 Brazil  São Paulo

 Maracaju

Gaúcho United Front

Victory
World War II
(1942–1945)[2]
 United States
 Soviet Union
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Brazil
 Germany
 Italy
Victory

Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)

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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
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Araguaia Guerrilla War
1966-1975
 Brazil Communist Party of Brazil Victory
  • Guerrilla forces exterminated

Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present)

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

Peacekeeping operations

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See also

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References

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  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

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