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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Colombia and its predecessor states from Pre-Hispanic times to the present day.

Picture Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Battle of Pasca
(~1470)
Zipazgo Sutagao

Panche

Victory
Battle of Chocontá
(~1490)
Zipazgo Zacazgo Victory
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
(1537-1540)
Muisca Confederation Crown of Castile Crown of Castile Defeat
War of Jenkins' Ear
(1739-1748)
Spain Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire Stalemate
Seven Years' War
(1756-1763)
  France
Spain Spanish Empire
Austria
  Saxony
Hesse-Darmstadt
  Russia (until 1762)
Sweden
Kalmykia
Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire
Hanover
  Prussia
Portugal
Hesse-Kassel
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Schaumburg-Lippe
  Russia
Defeat
Colombian War of Independence
(1810–1823)
  New Granada
  Cundinamarca
  Gran Colombia
Spain Spain Victory
Venezuelan War of Independence
(1811–1823)
Venezuela
  New Granada
  Gran Colombia
Spain Spain Victory
Ecuadorian War of Independence
(1820–1822)
Guayaquil
  Gran Colombia
  Chile
Peru
  Río de la Plata
  Spain Victory
Dissolution of Gran Colombia
(1826-1831)
  Gran Colombia Venezuelan Seperatists
Ecuadorian Seperatists
Defeat
  • Disintegration of Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia–Peru War
(1828–1829)
  Gran Colombia   Peru Stalemate
War of the Cauca
(1832)
  New Granada Ecuador Victory
  • Neogranadine victory
Occupation of Bocas del Toro of 1836
(1836)
  New Granada   Federal Republic of Central America Victory
  • The Republic of New Granada takes possession of the Miskito Coast without Central American resistance
War of the Supremes
(1839–1841)
  New Granada
Ecuador
Republic of New Granada Supremes Victory
Colombian Civil War of 1851
(1851)
  New Granada Conservatives Victory
  • Liberation of the slaves
Colombian Civil War of 1854
(1854)
  Constitutionalists Melist Government Victory
  • José María Melo exiled
Colombian Civil War of 1860–1862
(1860–1862)
  Granadine Confederation Federal State of Cauca Defeat
Ecuadorian–Colombian War
(1862–1863)
Colombia Colombia Ecuador Victory
Colombian Civil War of 1876
(1876–1877)
Colombia Colombia Colombian Conservative Party Victory
Colombian Civil War (1884–1885)
(1884-1885)
Colombia Colombia Radical liberals Victory
  • New constitution in 1886, Colombia becomes an unitary republic
Panama Crisis
(1885)
Colombia Colombia
  Chile
Panamanian Rebels Victory
Italian blockade of Colombia
(1885-1899)
Colombia Colombia Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy Stalemate
  • Payment of part of the debt
Colombian Civil War of 1895
(1895)
  Colombia Liberal Rebels Victory
Curuchupadas
(1895-1899)
Ecuadorian Conservatives

Colombia Colombia

Ecuador Defeat
Thousand Days War
(1899–1902)
Colombia Colombia Colombian Liberal Party
Ecuador
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Guatemala Guatemala
Victory
Separation of Panama from Colombia
(1903)
Colombia Colombia United States
Panama Panama
Defeat
  • Independence of the then department of Panama from Colombia
Battle of La Pedrera
(1911)
  Colombia   Peru Defeat
  • the Peruvians take the position after several days of combat
Separation of Arauca from Colombia
(1916)
Colombia Colombia Republic of Arauca Victory
  • The Colombian government once again takes control of Arauca
Colombia–Peru War
(1932–1933)
  Colombia   Peru Ceasefire [1]
World War II
(1943–1945)
  United States
  Soviet Union
  United Kingdom
  China
  France
  Poland
  Canada
  Australia
  New Zealand
  India
  South Africa
  Yugoslavia
  Greece
  Denmark
  Norway
  Netherlands
  Belgium
  Luxembourg
  Czechoslovakia
  Brazil
  Mexico
  Chile
  Bolivia
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Paraguay
  Peru
  Venezuela
  Uruguay
  Argentina
  Germany
  Japan
  Italy
  Hungary
  Romania
  Bulgaria
  Croatia
  Slovakia
  Finland
  Thailand
  Manchukuo
  Mengjiang
Victory
La Violencia
(1948–1958)
  Colombia Colombian Liberal Party and allied militias Stalemate
Korean War
(1950–1953)
  South Korea
  United States
  United Kingdom
  Canada
  Turkey
  Australia
  Philippines
  New Zealand
  Thailand
  Ethiopia
  Greece
  France
  Colombia
  Belgium
  South Africa
  Netherlands
  Luxembourg
  North Korea
  China
  Soviet Union
Ceasefire
Colombian Conflict
(1964–present)
  Colombia FARC
FARC Dissidents
ELN
EPL
IRAFP
Ongoing
Operation Traíra
(1991)
  Brazil
  Colombia
FARC Victory
  • Successful operation against FARC
Operation Atalanta
(2015)
  European Union
  Colombia
Pirates Victory
Operation Ocean Shield
(2015)
  NATO
  Colombia
  Japan
Pirates Victory

References

  1. ^ "Territorial history of the country". The Espectador.