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 (1822–1824)	Brazil	Portugal	Victory Territorial unity of the Empire
Cisplatine War (1825–1828)	Brazil	United Provinces	Stalemate Independence of Uruguay.
Revolt of the Mercenaries (1828)	Brazil France United Kingdom	Irish mercenaries German mercenaries	Victory Revolt suppressed
Cabanagem Revolt (1835–1840)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Rebellion crushed.
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)	Brazil	Riograndense Republic Juliana Republic	Victory Defeat of the republican uprising.
Balaiada Revolt (1838–1841)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Rebellion crushed.
Praieira Revolt (1848–1849)	Brazil	Praieiros	Victory Defeat of the local rebellion in Pernambuco.
Platine War (1851–1852)	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 (1864–1865)	Brazil Colorados Unitarians	Uruguay Blancos Federalists	Victory Colorados takeover, regime change in Uruguay.
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	Brazil Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay	Victory Allied occupation of Paraguay.

First Brazilian Republic

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Federalist Revolution (1893–1895)	Brazil	Federalist Rebel National Party	Victory Revolution defeated.
Revolta da Armada (1893-1894)	Brazil	Navy mutineers	Victory Navy mutinies put down.
War of Canudos (1896–1897)	Brazil	Canudos	Victory Settlement destroyed and survivors resettled.
Acre War (1899–1903)	Brazil Acre	Bolivia	Victory Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre.
Revolt of the Lash (1910)	Brazil	Navy mutineers	Mutineer victory Government concession to mutineer demands.
Contestado War (1912–1916)	Brazil	Rebels	Victory Settler rebellion quelled.
World War I (1917–1918)	France British Empire South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand India Russian Empire Italy United States Serbia Montenegro Japan Belgium Greece Romania Portugal Brazil	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires. Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East. Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers. Establishment of the League of Nations.
Tenente Revolts (1922–1927)	Brazil	Tenentismo	Victory Mutiny suppressed
Brazilian Revolution of 1930 (1930)	Brazil	New State	Regime change End of the Old Republic; start of the Vargas Era.

Vargas Era

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	Brazil	São Paulo Maracaju Frente Única Gaúcha	Victory Brazilian Constitution of 1934.
World War II (1943–1945)^[2]	Soviet Union United States British Empire South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand India France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil	Germany Italy Japan Hungary Romania	Victory Collapse of the German Reich Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War

Second Brazilian Republic

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Lobster War (1961–1963)	Brazil	France	Political victory French withdrawal, war avoided.

Brazilian military government

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Operation Power Pack (1965–1966)	United States Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua	Dominican Republic	Victory Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer.
Araguaia Guerrilla War (1967–1974)	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)

Confederation of the Equator (1824)
Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828)
Malê Revolt (1835)
Brazilian Naval Revolt (1893-1894)

Peacekeeping operations

References

↑ Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
↑ 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

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

Lists of wars involving South American countries

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Years in Brazil (1822-present)

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