List of wars involving Brazil explained

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)

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 Banda Oriental Corrientes Santa Fe Córdoba	Victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental
Pernambuco Revolt (1817)	U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Pernambuco rebels	Victory Secessionist revolt put down

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1825)			Victory Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)
Confederation of the Equator (1824)		Confederates	Victory Secessionist revolt put down
Invasion of Chiquitos (1825)		Bolivia	Compromise Peaceful resolution Brazil withdraws troops from Chiquitos
Cisplatine War (1825 - 1828)		United Provinces Thirty-Three Orientals	Stalemate Preliminary Peace Convention (1828)
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)		Piratini Republic Supported by: Colorados Unitarians	Victory Treaty of Poncho Verde
Sabinada (1837–1838)		Bahia Republic	Victory Secessionist revolt put down
Platine War (1851–1852)	Uruguay Unitarians Supported by: Bolivia United Kingdom Paraguay	Federalists Blancos	Victory Argentine clout over the Platine region ends Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
Uruguayan War (1864–1865)	Colorados Unitarians Argentina	Uruguay Blancos Federalists	Victory Colorados takeover in Uruguay
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay	Victory Loizaga–Cotegipe Treaty

First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Trinidad Conflict (1893–1895)	Brazil	Principality of Trinidad	Victory Brazilian sovereignty over Trindade
French intrusion in Amapá (1895)	Brazil	France	Victory Brazilian sovereignty over Amapá
Acre War (1899–1903)	Acre Brazil	Supported by: United States	Victory Treaty of Petrópolis
World War I (1917–1918)	United Kingdom United States		Victory Treaty of Versailles

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	Brazil	Gaúcho United Front	Victory Brazilian Constitution of 1934
World War II (1942–1945)[1]	United States United Kingdom France Brazil		Victory Beginning of the Cold War

Peacekeeping operations

• International Force for East Timor
• 2004 Haitian coup d'état
• United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

See also

• Military history of Brazil

Bibliography

• Book: Halperín Donghi . Tulio . Tulio Halperín Donghi . 2007 . The Contemporary History of Latin America . registration . Duke University Press . Durham . 978-08-2231-374-8.

Notes and References

1. 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.