List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of armed conflicts involving Brazil since its inception during the Brazilian War of Independence.

Empire of Brazil

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Brazilian War of Independence
(18221824)
Brazil Portugal Victory
  • Territorial unity of the Empire
Cisplatine War
(18251828)
Brazil United Provinces Stalemate
Revolt of the Mercenaries
(1828)
Empire of Brazil Brazil
France
United Kingdom
Irish mercenaries
German mercenaries
Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
Cabanagem Revolt
(18351840)
Empire of Brazil Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Rebellion crushed.
Ragamuffin War
(18351845)
Brazil Riograndense Republic Riograndense Republic
 Juliana Republic
Victory
  • Defeat of the republican uprising.
Balaiada Revolt
(18381841)
Empire of Brazil Brazil Empire of Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Rebellion crushed.
Praieira Revolt
(18481849)
Brazil Praieiros Victory
  • Defeat of the local rebellion in Pernambuco.
Platine War
(18511852)
Brazil
 Uruguay
 Entre Ríos
 Corrientes
Unitarians
 Argentina
Federalists
Blancos
Victory
  • Argentine clout over the Platine region ends[1]
  • Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
Uruguayan War
(18641865)
Brazil
Colorados
Unitarians
 Uruguay
Blancos
Federalists
Victory
  • Colorados takeover, regime change in Uruguay.
Paraguayan War
(18641870)
Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Paraguay Victory
  • Allied occupation of Paraguay.

First Brazilian Republic

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Federalist Revolution
(18931895)
Brazil Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Federalist Rebel
National Party
Victory
  • Revolution defeated.
Revolta da Armada
(1893-1894)
Brazil Brazil Empire of Brazil Navy mutineers Victory
  • Navy mutinies put down.
War of Canudos
(18961897)
Brazil Brazil Canudos Victory
  • Settlement destroyed and survivors resettled.
Acre War
(18991903)
Brazil Brazil
Acre
 Bolivia Victory
  • Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre.
Revolt of the Lash
(1910)
Brazil Brazil Brazil Navy mutineers Mutineer victory
  • Government concession to mutineer demands.
Contestado War
(19121916)
Brazil Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Settler rebellion quelled.
World War I
(19171918)
 France
 British Empire

 Russian Empire
 Italy
 United States
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Japan
 Belgium
 Greece
 Romania
 Portugal
 Brazil

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
Tenente Revolts
(19221927)
Brazil Tenentismo Victory
  • Mutiny suppressed
Brazilian Revolution of 1930
(1930)
Brazil New State Regime change

Vargas Era

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Constitutionalist Revolution
(1932)
Brazil Brazil  São Paulo
 Maracaju
 Frente Única Gaúcha
Victory
World War II
(19431945)[2]
 Soviet Union
 United States
 British Empire

 France
 Poland
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Brazil

 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 Hungary
 Romania
Victory

Second Brazilian Republic

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Lobster War
(19611963)
Brazil France Political victory
  • French withdrawal, war avoided.

Brazilian military government

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Operation Power Pack
(19651966)
United States
Brazil Brazil
 Honduras
 Paraguay
 Nicaragua
 Dominican Republic Victory
Araguaia Guerrilla War
(19671974)
Brazil Brazil PCdoB
Victory
  • Guerrillas defeated.

Third Brazilian Republic

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

Other conflicts (slave revolts, mutinies)

Peacekeeping operations

See also

References

  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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