List of wars involving Bolivia

This is a list of wars involving the Plurinational State of Bolivia and its predecessor states from 1809 to the present.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Bolivian War of Independence (1809–1825)	Republiquetas Gran Colombia Peru Río de la Plata	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Real Audiencia of Charcas	Patriot Victory Independence of Bolivia from Spanish rule
Invasion of Chiquitos (1825)	Bolivia Gran Colombia Río de la Plata	Brazil	Defeat Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina.
Peruvian intervention of Bolivia (1828)	Bolivia Gran Colombia	Peru	Defeat Treaty of Piquiza
Salaverry-Santa Cruz War (1835–1836)	Luis José de Orbegoso's Opposition Andrés de Santa Cruz's Army	Felipe Santiago Salaverry's Government Agustín Gamarra's Rebels	Pro-confederation Victory Foundation of the confederation
War of the Confederation (1836–1839)	Peru-Bolivian Confederation North Peru South Peru Bolivia	Chile Peruvian Dissidents Argentina	Defeat Dissolution of the confederation
War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation (1837–1839)	Peru-Bolivian Confederation	Argentina	Stalemate Argentine territorial integrity secured Abandonment of the Bolivian pretentions of annexing the Argentine northern provinces^[1] Tarija is mostly distributed to Bolivia^[2]^[3]
Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842 (1841–1842)	Bolivia	Peru	Indecisive, both sides claimed victory^[4] Signature of the Treaty of Puno Withdrawal of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory. Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru.^[5]
Pérez Rebellion (1862)	Bolivia	General Gregorio Pérez's Rebels	Victory Government victory
Constitutional Revolution of Sucre (1865–1866)	Bolivia	Constitutional Rebels	Victory Government victory
Chincha Islands War (1865–1866)	Chile Peru Ecuador Bolivia	Spain	Indecisive, both sides claimed victory Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871 Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883), and Ecuador (1885)
Bolivian Civil War of 1870 (1870–1871)	Bolivia	Rebels	Victory Government victory
War of the Pacific (1879–1883)	Bolivia Peru	Chile	Defeat Litoral Department ceded by Bolivia to Chile Argentine annexation of most of the Puna de Atacama in 1888
Chiriguano War (1892)	Bolivia	Chiriguano	Victory Subjugation of the Chiriguano people
Bolivian Civil War (1898–1899)	Conservatives	Liberals	Defeat Liberal Party victory Creation of the Federal Government Junta La Paz becomes de facto seat of government
Acre War (1899–1903)	Bolivia	Brazil Acre	Defeat Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre^[6]
Campaign of the Manuripi Region (1910)	Bolivia	Peru	Defeat^[7] Recognition of most of the territory in dispute as belonging to Peru.^[8] Compliance with previous diplomatic agreements and final establishment of limits. Death of the Bolivian captain Lino Echevarria.
Chaco War (1932–1935)	Bolivia	Paraguay	Defeat Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. Paraguay was awarded the sovereignty of 75% of the disputed area and Bolivia was given the rest.^[9]
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 Collapse of the German Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 (1952)	Bolivia	Revolutionary Nationalist Movement	Defeat Revolutionary victory
Guerrilla Warfare in Bolivia (1966–1970)	Bolivia United States	ELN Cuba	Government Victory Guerillas defeated Che Guevara executed Osvaldo Peredo Exiled