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{{Short description|Wars involving Paraguay from 1810-present}}
This is a '''list of [[war]]s involving the [[Republic of Paraguay]]''' from 1810 to the present day.<ref>It is considered that Paraguayan independence starts in the Congress of July 24, 1810, when the Paraguayan "intendencia" refused to pledge allegiance to the Junta de Buenos Aires.</ref>

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! style="background:#0000FF; width:200px;"|<span style="color: white">Conflict</span>
! style="background:#0000FF; width:160px;"|<span style="color: white">Combatant 1</span>
! style="background:#0000FF; width:160px;"|<span style="color: white">Combatant 2</span>
! style="background:#0000FF; width:300px;"|<span style="color: white">Result</span>
! style="background:#0000FF; width:300px;"|<span style="color: white">President</span>
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Paraguay campaign|Paraguayan Campaign]]<br />(1810–1811)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Spain|1785|size=23px}} [[Spanish Empire]]
* {{flagicon|Spain|1785|size=23px}} [[Intendancy of Paraguay]]<br />{{small|(Loyalists and Patriots)}}
|style="background:#efefef"|{{flag|United Provinces of the Río de la Plata|name=Río de la Plata|size=23px}}<br />{{small|(Revolutionaries)}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Paraguay retains independence from the Revolutionary [[Primera Junta]] of [[Buenos Aires]]
* Paraguay would obtain independence from Spain afterwards
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Bernardo de Velasco]]<br />{{small|(as Governor of the Intendencia of Paraguay and Misiones)}}}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| Battle of Candelaria<br />(1815)<ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--not stated-->|date=12 September 2024|title=Se cumplen 209 años de la Batalla de Candelaria|url=https://www.primeraedicion.com.ar/nota/100737293/aniversario-batalla-de-candelaria/|website=El Diario de Misiones}}</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"|[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg|border|24x24px]] [[Paraguay]]
|style="background:#efefef"|{{flag|Misiones|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United Provinces of the Río de la Plata|name=Río de la Plata|size=23px}}
|style="background:#FFD0D0"| '''Defeat'''
* Paraguayan invasion repelled
|style="background:#efefef" rowspan=3| {{center|[[Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]]<br />{{small|(as Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay)}}}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| Paraguayan Incursion in Corrientes<br />(1821–1823)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Braschi|first1=Dardo|last2=Deniri|first2=Jorge|date=17 September 2021|title=Fuego contra Fuego II. Francia invade Corrientes|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354666381_Fuego_contra_Fuego_II_Francia_invade_Corrientes|website=ResearchGate}}</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"|[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg|border|24x24px]] [[Paraguay]]
|style="background:#efefef"|{{flag|Corrientes|name=Corrientes|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Paraguay seizes territory from Corrientes
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|style="background:#efefef"| Correntine-Paraguayan War<br />(1833)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poenitz|first=Alfredo|date=6 December 2019|title=La guerra no declarada entre Corrientes y Paraguay en 1833|url=https://www.elterritorio.com.ar/noticias/2019/12/06/645833-la-guerra-no-declarada-entre-corrientes-y-paraguay-en-1833|website=El Territorio}}</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"|[[File:Flag of Paraguay (1826-1842).svg|border|24x24px]] [[Paraguay]]
|style="background:#efefef"|{{flag|Corrientes|name=Corrientes|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Paraguay slightly expands its territory in Corrientes and Misiones
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Platine War]]<br />(1845–1852)<ref>Paraguay held its own conflict against [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]] receiving very substantial support from the [[Empire of Brazil]]. President Carlos Antonio López declared war against Rosas and in the first phase of the "Paraguayan front" (1845–1846), Paraguay invaded the Province of Corrientes hoping to cause a rebellion alongside the Argentine dissidents led by Gen. [[José María Paz]], which fared poorly. In the second phase however (1847–1850), the Paraguayans under Gen. [[Francisco Solano López]] occupied the Province of Misiones which was under Rosas' rule, resisting in their positions while suffering heavy losses against the counterattacks of the forces of Buenos Aires. See: Urdapilleta, Emilio (10 April 2021): "Guerra del Paraguay contra Rosas (1845-1852)". ''El Parlante Digital''. Asunción, Paraguay. Retrieved: 16 April 2021. Link: https://elparlante.com.py/historia-del-paraguay/guerra-de-paraguay-contra-rosas-1845-1852/
The friendship and alliance between the Republic of Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil remained strong until 1852, when Rosas was finally overthrown. In fact, the Brazilian diplomacy played a key role for the recognition of the Independence of Paraguay. On the other hand, Paraguay gave its full support to Brazil, fighting its own campaign against Buenos Aires. However, in the final phase of the conflict (1851–1852), President Carlos López refused to join forces with the Allied army, keeping a defensive role (as established with Brazil). This was because López was very suspicious of [[Justo José de Urquiza]], former General of Rosas' army who became the leader of the Argentine insurrection. See: Ramos R., Antonio (2016): "La Independencia del Paraguay y el Imperio del Brasil", pp. 763-771. Brasilia: FUNAG. {{ISBN|978-85-7631-582-7}}</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Empire of Brazil|name=Brazil|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Uruguay|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}<br />{{flagicon|Argentina|size=23px}} [[Unitarian Party|Argentine Rebels]]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Argentine Confederation|name=Argentina|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Paraguay occupies the [[Misiones Province]]
* [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]] overthrown by the Allied Forces led by Brazil
* [[Argentine Confederation]] recognizes the Independence of Paraguay, with support of Brazil
* Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region starts
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Carlos Antonio López]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Paraguayan War]]<br />(1864–1870)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Empire of Brazil|name=Brazil|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Argentina|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Uruguay|size=23px}}
|style="background:#FFD0D0"| '''Defeat'''
* Allied occupation of Paraguay
* Paraguay lost approx. 33% of territory to the Allied Powers; around 50% of the Paraguayan population died during the war
* Postwar decade of severe social crisis, political inestability and constant rebellions in 1870 - 1879
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Francisco Solano López]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| Caballero's revolts<br />(1873-1874)<ref name="biblioteca paraguaya">{{cite journal|last=Prado|first=Mario|year=2022|title=Conflitos internos no Paraguai pós-guerra (1870-1904): Enumeração, contexto e impacto|volume=11|issue=22|journal=Trilhas da História|publisher=Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul|url=https://trilhasdahistoria.ufms.br/index.php/RevTH/article/view/15232|language=pt}}</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}
'''Support:'''
* {{flag|Argentina|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| [[Bernardino Caballero|Bernardino Caballero and other Lopiztas]]
'''Support:'''
* {{flag|Empire of Brazil|size=23px}}
|style="background:#FFD0D0"| '''Government Defeat'''
* Rebels topple the Jovellanos cabinet, forcing [[Benigno Ferreira]] and others into exile
* Brazil imposes [[Juan Bautista Gill]] as next president
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Salvador Jovellanos]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| Commander Molas' revolt<br />(1874)<ref name="biblioteca paraguaya"/>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Empire of Brazil|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| José Dolores Molas<br />Armed peasants
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* Brazilian troops force rebels to disperse
* Gill's government loses legitimacy due to its failure against the rebels
|style="background:#efefef" rowspan=2| {{center|[[Juan Bautista Gill]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| General Serrano's revolt<br />(1874)<ref name="biblioteca paraguaya"/>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| German Serrano<br />Armed peasants
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* Rebels defeated
* General Serrano executed after battle
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|style="background:#efefef"| 1877 uprising<br />(1877)<ref name="biblioteca paraguaya"/>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| [[Cirilo Antonio Rivarola]] loyalists
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* Rebels defeated
* President Gill assassinated
* Start of General Caballero's hegemony over Paraguayan politics
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Juan Bautista Gill]],<br>[[Higinio Uriarte]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| Juan Silvano Godoi's revolt<br />(1879)<ref name="biblioteca paraguaya"/>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| [[Juan Silvano Godoi]] and allies
'''Support:'''
* {{flag|Argentina|name=Argentine officers|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* [[Argentine Navy]] forces rebels to sail back to [[Buenos Aires]]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Candido Bareiro]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| Liberal uprising<br />(1891)<ref name="biblioteca paraguaya"/>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg|size=23px}} [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]]<br />{{small|(Government)}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]]<br />{{small|(Rebels)}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* Rebels defeated
* Start of [[Juan Bautista Egusquiza]]'s political rise
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Juan Gualberto González]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[History of Paraguay#Revolution of 1904|Liberal Revolution]]<br />(1904)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg|size=23px}} [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Caballerist Colorados]]<br />{{small|(Government)}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]]<br />{{flagicon image|Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg|size=23px}} [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Egusquicista Colorados]]<br />{{small|(Rebels)}}
|style="background:#FFD0D0"| '''Government Defeat'''
* Rebels overthrow the Escurra government
* Liberal Regime established until 1936
* [[Paraguayan Army]] disbanded and then rebuilt based on rebel forces
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Juan Antonio Escurra]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Paraguayan Civil War (1911–1912)|First Paraguayan Civil War]]<br />(1911–1912)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Radical Liberals]]<br />{{small|(Government)}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Civic Liberals]]<br />{{flagicon image|Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg|size=23px}} [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]]<br />{{small|(Rebels)}}
|style="background:#FFD0D0"|'''Government Defeat'''
* [[Eduardo Schaerer]] becomes the 25th president of Paraguay
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Manuel Gondra]],<br>[[Albino Jara]],<br>[[Liberato Marcial Rojas]],<br>[[Pedro Pablo Peña]],<br>[[Emiliano González Navero]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Paraguayan Civil War (1922)|Second Paraguayan Civil War]]<br />(1922-1923)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}}  [[Manuel Gondra|Saco Puku Liberals]]<br />{{small|(Government)}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}} [[Eduardo Schaerer|Saco Mbyky Liberals]]<br />{{small|(Rebels)}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* Defeat of the supporters of Eduardo Schaerer, known as the "Saco Mbyky" side
* Consolidation of the faction of Manuel Gondra and Eusebio Ayala, known as the "Saco Puku" side
|style="background:#efefef" rowspan=2| {{center|[[Eusebio Ayala]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Chaco War]]<br />(1932–1935)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Bolivia|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=La victoria del Paraguay con Bolivia, en paz al fin|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/america_latina/2009/04/090428_2135_paz_bolivia_paraguay|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=BBC}}</ref>
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[World War II]]<br />(1945)<ref>Paraguay declared war to the Axis Powers on February 7, 1945. Before this, some Paraguayan pilots joined the Brazilian Air Force in 1944 and served in missions for protection of Allied convoys.</ref><ref>Los pilotos paraguayos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, article from "Diario Última Hora" (in Spanish), November 29th, 2009 - http://www.ultimahora.com/los-pilotos-paraguayos-la-segunda-guerra-mundial-n278340.html</ref>
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=China|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|France|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Poland|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Canada|1921|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|British Raj|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Denmark|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Norway|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Luxembourg|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Czechoslovakia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Brazil|1889|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Mexico|1934|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Chile|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Bolivia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Colombia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Ecuador|1900|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Peru|1825|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Venezuela|1930|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Uruguay|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Argentina|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Independent State of Croatia|name=Croatia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|name=Slovakia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Finland|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Thailand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Manchukuo|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Mengjiang|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Collapse of the [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]
* Fall of [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] and [[Italian Empire]]s
* Creation of the [[United Nations]]
* Emergence of the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as [[superpower]]s
* Beginning of the [[Cold War]]
|style="background:#efefef" rowspan=2| {{center|[[Higinio Morínigo]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Paraguayan Civil War (1947)|Third Paraguayan Civil War]]<br />(1947)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon|Paraguay|1842|size=23px}} [[Higinio Morínigo|Moríñigo Government]]<br />{{flagicon image|Bandera Partido Colorado de Paraguay.svg|size=23px}} [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]]<br />{{small|(Government)}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Partido Liberal Radical Autentico.svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Paraguay)|Liberal Party]]<br />{{flagicon image|Bandera del Partido Revolucionario Febrerista.svg|size=23px}} [[Revolutionary Febrerista Party]]<br />{{flagicon image|PCP paraguay.jpg|size=23px}} [[Paraguayan Communist Party]]<br />{{small|(Rebels)}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* Liberal Party definitely overthrown from power
* Colorado Party returns to political power since 1947 - 1948
* Colorado Hegemony established until 2008
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner#Guerillas|Guerrillas against Stroessner]]<br />(1958–1980)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|1954|size=23px}}<br />{{small|With Support of:}}<br />{{flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{small|(1958-1980)}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{Flagicon image|Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, Flag.svg}} Paraguayan Revolutionary Guerrillas:<br />{{small|* FULNA (Frente Unido de Liberación Nacional)<br />* 14 de Mayo<br />* Columna Mariscal López<br />* Movimiento Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia<br />* OPM (Organización Político Militar)<br />* Ligas Agrarias (disputed)}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Government Victory'''
* President [[Alfredo Stroessner]] remains in power and suppresses all insurrections
* Severe [[human rights]] violations caused by Stroessner's regime
|style="background:#efefef" rowspan=2| {{center|[[Alfredo Stroessner]]}}
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Dominican Civil War]]<br />(1965–1966)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Dominican Republic|name=Dominican Loyalists|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|United States|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|Brazil|1960|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|Paraguay|1954|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|Honduras|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|Nicaragua|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|Costa Rica|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|El Salvador|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Dominican Republic|name=Dominican Constitutionalists|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]] excluded from Presidency, election of [[Joaquín Balaguer]]
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|style="background:#efefef"| [[Insurgency in Paraguay|Insurgency In Paraguay]]<br />(2005–present)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flag|Paraguay|size=23px}}
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Insignia del EPP.svg|size=23px}} [[Paraguayan People's Army]]<br/>{{Flagicon image|Bandera de la ACA.svg|link=Bandera de la ACA.svg}} [[Armed Peasant Association]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Bandera de Paraguay Ejército del Mcal López (EML).jpg|size=23px}} [[Army of Marshal López]]
|style="background:#E0D0FF"| '''Ongoing'''
* Ongoing insurgency
|style="background:#efefef"| {{center|[[Nicanor Duarte]],<br>[[Fernando Lugo]],<br>[[Federico Franco]],<br>[[Horacio Cartes]],<br>[[Mario Abdo Benítez]],<br>[[Santiago Peña]]}}
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==See also==
* [[Paraguay expedition|Paraguay Expedition]] ([[United States Navy]] expedition to [[Asunción]])

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

{{South America topic|List of wars involving|title=Lists of wars involving South American countries}}
{{Years in Paraguay}}

[[Category:Wars involving Paraguay| ]]
[[Category:Lists of wars by country involved|Paraguay]]
[[Category:Military history of Paraguay]]
[[Category:Paraguay history-related lists|Wars]]