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List of wars involving Brazil

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This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, from 1815 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
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816–1820)
U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Federal League Victory

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
Confederation of the Equator
(1824)
 Brazil Confederates Loyalist victory
Cisplatine War
(1825–1828)
 Brazil  United Provinces
Thirty-Three Orientals
Stalemate
Cabanagem
(1835–1840)
 Brazil Rebels Loyalist victory
  • Devastation of the economy of Grão-Pará Province;
  • Death of roughly 20% of the population in the province.
Ragamuffin War
(1835–1845)
 Brazil  Riograndense Republic
 Juliana Republic
Loyalist victory
Sabinada
(1837–1838)
 Brazil Bahia Republic Loyalist victory
  • Reincorporation of Bahia into Brazil.
Platine War
(1851–1852)
 Brazil
Defense Government
 Entre Ríos
 Corrientes
 Santa Fe
 Argentina
Cerrito Government
Federalists
Victory
Uruguayan War
(1864–1865)
 Brazil
Colorados
Unitarians
 Argentina
 Uruguay
Blancos
Federalists
 Paraguay (support)
Victory
  • Takeover of the Uruguayan government by the Colorado Party;
  • Invasion of Brazilian and Argentine provinces by Paraguay, prompting the start of the Paraguayan War.
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Paraguay Victory

Brazilian Republic (1889–)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Federalist Revolution
(1893–1895)
Brazil Brazilian government Federalists
Navy mutineers
Government victory
War of Canudos
(1896–1897)
Brazil Brazilian government Canudos inhabitants Government victory
  • Total destruction of Canudos;
  • Death of most of the population in the settlement.
Acre War
(1899–1903)
 Republic of Acre
Brazil Brazil
 Bolivia Victory
Contestado War
(1912–1916)
Brazil Brazilian government Rebels Government victory
  • Revolt suppressed.
First World War
(1914–1918)
(Limited involvement, 1917–1918)
 France
 United Kingdom
 Russia
 United States
 Italy
 Japan
Brazil Brazil
and others
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
and others
Victory
Constitutionalist Revolution
(1932)
Brazil Brazilian government Brazil Constitutionalists Government military victory
  • Surrender of the revolutionary forces;
  • Promulgation of a new constitution, the main goal of the uprising, in 1934.
Second World War
(1939–1945)
(Limited involvement, 1942–1945)
 United States
 Soviet Union
 United Kingdom
 China
Brazil Brazil
and others
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
and others
Victory
  • Collapse of Nazi Germany and fall of the Italian and Japanese empires;
  • Creation of the United Nations;
  • Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers;
  • Beginning of the Cold War.
Dominican Civil War
(1965)
Dominican Republic Loyalists
 United States
IAPF
Dominican Republic Constitutionalists Victory

Peacekeeping missions

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See also

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Bibliography

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  • Fausto, Boris; Fausto, Sérgio (2022). História Concisa do Brasil. EDUSP. ISBN 978-85-3141-582-1.
  • Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.