List of wars involving Argentina

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Argentina from 1810 to present day:

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1810–1831)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Argentine War of Independence (1810–1825)	United Provinces	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru	Victory Argentine independence from Spain.
Chilean War of Independence (1810-1826)	Chile United Provinces	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru	Victory Independence of Chile from Spanish rule.
Bolivian War of Independence (1811-1825)	Republiquetas United Provinces	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru	Victory (to the Republiquetas) Independence of Bolivia from Spanish rule.
Invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812)	United Provinces	Portugal	Stalemate temporary withdrawal of Portuguese troops Banda Oriental.
Argentine Civil Wars (1814–1880)	Federales Blancos	Unitarios Colorados	Unification of Argentina 1853 Constitution, Federalization of Buenos Aires
Freedom Expedition of Perú (1820–1824)	United Army Peru	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru	Victory Liberation of parts of Peru.
War of Brazil (1825–1828)	United Provinces	Brazil	Stalemate Independence of Uruguay.

Argentine Confederation (1831–1861)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Rosas' Desert Campaign (1833–1834)	Argentina	Mapuches	Victory End of Mapuche malónes.
War of the Confederation (1837)	Argentina	Peru-Bolivia Confederacy	Stalemate Peru-Bolivian Confederation fails to conquer Jujuy and Salta. Argentina fails to conquer Tarija.
French blockade of the Río de la Plata (1838-1839)	Argentina	France	Victory French Navy withdraws.
Paraná War (1845-1850)	Argentina	United Kingdom  France	Victory Argentine sovereignty over its rivers recognized.
Platine War (1851–1852)	Argentina Federalists Blancos	Brazil  Uruguay  Entre Ríos  Corrientes Unitarians	Civil War: Unitarian victory Argentine clout over the Platine region ends[1] Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region

Republic of Argentina (1861–present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Paraguayan War (1865–1870)	Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay	Paraguay	Victory Allied occupation of Paraguay.
Conquest of the Chaco (1870–1917)	Argentina	Wichí Toba Pilagá Mocoví Other natives	Victory Annexation of the Gran Chaco.
Conquest of the Desert (1878–1884)	Argentina	Mapuches	Victory Annexation of the eastern Patagonia.
Revolution of the Park (1890)	Government of Argentina	Civic Union	Government victory President Miguel Juárez Celman resigns, vice-president Carlos Pellegrini assumes the presidency. Revolution crushed by the government.
Revolution of 1893 (1893)	Government of Argentina	Radical Civic Union	Government victory Revolution crushed by the government.
Revolution of 1905 (1905)	Government of Argentina	Radical Civic Union	Government victory Sáenz Peña law sanctioned in 1912, which allowed secret, universal and mandatory suffrage. Revolution crushed by the government.
Revolución Libertadora (1955)	Government of Argentina	Argentine Armed Forces	Armed Forces victory Argentine military seizes power. Overthrow of Juan Domingo Perón.
Laguna del Desierto incident (1965)	Argentine Gendarmerie	Carabineros de Chile	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum In 1994 an international tribunal awarded almost the whole disputed area to Argentina.
Operativo Independencia (1975-1977)	Argentina	ERP Montoneros	Victory Argentine Army victory. Communist guerrillas defeated.
Falklands War (1982)	Argentina	United Kingdom	Defeat Invasion of the Falkland Islands repelled. Collapse of the military junta.
Attack on La Tablada barracks (1989)	Argentine Army Buenos Aires Province Police	Movimiento Todos por la Patria	Victory Argentine army and police victory.
Gulf War (1990-1991)	United States  Kuwait  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia  France  Italy  Canada  Egypt  Syria  Morocco  United Arab Emirates  Pakistan  Oman  Qatar  Argentina And Coalition	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait.
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994-1995)	United States  Poland  Argentina	Haiti	Victory Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti.

Peacekeeping operations

Completed missions

• United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (1958)
• United Nations Operation in the Congo (1960-1963)
• United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (1988-1990)
• United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (1989-1991)
• United Nations Observer Group in Central America (1990-1992)
• United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (1991-1992)
• United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (1991-1995)
• United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (1991-2003)
• United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (1992-1994)
• United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992-1993)
• United Nations Operation in Mozambique (1993-1994)
• United Nations Mission in Haiti (1993-1996)
• United Nations Protection Force (1992-1995)
• United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (1994-1995)
• United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (1995)
• United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (1995-1997)
• Military Observer Mission for Ecuador and Peru (1995-1999)
• United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (1995-1999)
• United Nations Transitional Authority in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (1996-1998)
• United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (1996-2002)
• United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996-2002)
• United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (1997)
• United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (1997-2000)
• United Nations Civilian Police Support Group (1998)
• United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (1998-1999)
• United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (1999-2008)
• United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001-2007)

Current deployment

• United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (since 1967)
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (since 1991)
• United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (since 1993)
• United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (since 2004)
• United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (since 2005)
• United Nations Mission in Liberia (since 2006)
• United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (since 2006)

References

1. Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.

Bibliography

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