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List of wars involving Brazil

For a list of rebellions and revolutions, see List of rebellions and revolutions in Brazil.

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
John VI
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
Pedro I
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
Pedro II
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
  Portugal 		  Principality of Trinidad
  United Kingdom 		Victory
Floriano Peixoto
French intrusion in Amapá
(1895) 		  Brazil   France Victory
  • Brazilian sovereignty over Amapá
Prudente de Morais
Acre War
(1899–1903) 		  Acre
  Brazil 		  Bolivia
Supported by:
  United States 		Victory
Campos Sales
World War I
(1917–1918) 		  France
  United Kingdom
  Russia
  United States
  Italy
  Brazil 		  Germany
  Austria-Hungary
  Ottoman Empire
  Bulgaria 		Victory
Venceslau Brás

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

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
Castelo Branco

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
Fernando Collor de Mello

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.
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