List of wars involving Honduras explained

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Honduras.

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ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
First Central American Federal War
(1827 - 1829)
Guatemalan rebels
Salvadoran rebels
Victory
  • Decisive victory of the Army Protector of the Law led by general Morazán.
Honduran Campaign (1827) HondurasSupported by El SalvadorVictory
Olancho Uprising (1829-1839) Honduras Olanchan rebels Victory
  • Suppression of the rebellion
  • Agreement between the Honduran government and Olanchan rebels
War of 1832 Honduras Nicaragua El SalvadorVictory
  • José María Cornejo is overthrown
  • Salvadoran rebellion is put down
Domínguez's Expedition to Honduras (1831-1832) Honduras El Salvador Guatemalan rebels
Cuban mercenaries Garifuna rebels Mexican Mercenaries
Victory
  • Rebels defeated
  • Vicente Domínguez is executed
  • Honduran independence is preserved
Second Central American Civil War (1838-1841) Honduras

Guatemala

Nicaragua

El SalvadorVictory
  • Dissolution of the Federal Republic of America
  • Francisco Morazán is exiled
Cordero's Expedition Honduras GuatemalaVictory
  • Defeat of Guatemalan forces
Uprisings of 1843 Honduras Rebelssupported by NicaraguaVictory
  • Suppression of the rebellion
Western Uprisings (1844) Honduras RebelsVictory
  • Suppression of the rebellion
Malespin's War (1844) Honduras El Salvador NicaraguaVictory
  • Leon is sacked by allied forces
Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1845 (1845) Honduras El SalvadorVictory
British Occupation of Trujillo and the Tigre Islands (1849-1850) Honduras United KingdomVictory
Battle of La Arada
(1851)
El Salvador
Honduras
GuatemalaDefeat
  • Acta Constitutiva de la República ("Constitutive Act of the Republic")
  • Reassurance of Guatemalan sovereignty
  • Dominance of Guatemala in Central America
HondurasRebels NicaraguaVictory
  • José Trinidad Muñoz is overthrown
Honduras Guatemala El SalvadorVictory
  • Honduran army repulses Guatemalan-Salvadoran armies combined
  • Jose Trinidad Cabañas retains the presidency
Honduran-Guatemalan War (1853-1855) Honduras Guatemala RebelsDefeat
Filibuster War
(1856 - 1857)
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Mosquitia
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
United States
FilibustersVictory
  • William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the American Navy, later executed in Honduras
Walker's Expedition to Honduras(1860) American filibustersVictory
War of the Priests
(1860 - 1861)
Honduras
El Salvador
Anti-secular rebelsVictory
  • Victory of the Honduran Government Forces, Honduras became a secular state
Nicaraguan-Salvadoran War (1863) Honduras El Salvador NicaraguaDefeat
  • Honduran-Salvadoran armies are defeated
  • Guatemalan-Nicaraguan alliance
Olancho War
(1864 - 1865)
Honduras Olancho Rebel ForcesVictory
  • Honduras manages to defeat the Olancho's rebels
Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1871 (1871) Honduras El SalvadorVictory
First Guatemalan-Salvadoran Intervention in Honduras (1872) Honduras El Salvador GuatemalaDefeat
Sherman Expedition (1873) Honduras Guatemala Salvadoran rebels Guatemalan rebels
Costa Rica
Victory
  • Rebels repulsed
Bombardment of Omoa (1873) Honduras United KingdomDefeat
  • Recompensation for damages suffered for British subjects
Second Guatemalan-Salvadoran Intervention in Honduras (1874) Honduras El Salvador GuatemalaDefeat
Medinas' Revolt Honduras Medina's supporters
Guatemala
Victory
  • The power is given to Marco Aurelio Soto through a negotiation
  • Defeat of Medina's and Guatemalan forces
1884 Coup attempt against Luis Bogran Honduras Nicaragua Honduran emigrants Victory
Barrios' War of Reunification
(1885)
Guatemala
Supported by:
Honduras
El Salvador
Mexico
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Defeat
Policarpist Revolt (1893) Honduras NicaraguaPolicarpist rebelsVictory
  • Defeat of Policarpist rebels
  • Policarpo Bonilla exiled in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan-Honduran War (1893-1894) Honduras Nicaragua
Policarpist rebels
Defeat
  • Domingo Velasquez is overthrown
  • Policarpo Bonilla gains power
Combats of Carrizal and Calpules (1894) Honduras NicaraguaVictory
  • Defeat of Nicaraguan forces
  • Settlement between Nicaraguan and Honduran governments
British invasion of Honduras (1898) Honduras United KingdomVictory
  • Expulsion of British forces from Honduran territory
  • Apologies to the Honduran government of part of the British
  • Financial compensation for families affected by the war
  • Compensation and reconstruction of damage caused by the British army.
Armed Conflict of 1903
(1903)
Manuelista rebel armyDefeat
  • Victory of the rebel forces.
Honduran-Guatemalan War (1906) Honduras GuatemalaVictory
  • Honduras resists a Guatemalan Invasion
Armed Conflict of 1907
(1907)
Honduras
Supported by:
El Salvador
Honduran rebels
Nicaragua
Defeat
War of 1907
(1907)
Nicaragua
Salvadoran exiles
American filibusters
Honduras
El SalvadorInconclusive
World War I
(1918)

United Kingdom

United States



Canada
Australia
New Zealand

















Victory
First Honduran Civil War
(1919)
Honduras
Supported by:

United Rebel ArmyDefeat
Second Honduran Civil War
(1924)
Honduras Constitutionalist Army
Supported by:
Defeat
Insurrection of 1924
(1924)
Honduras Ferrera's Loyal ArmyVictory
  • The modernized and experienced Honduran Army managed to handle better the conflict and lead to the defeat of general Ferrera's loyalist army.
World War II
(1941 - 1945)
United States

United Kingdom

France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand




Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg

Brazil
Mexico
Panama
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Cuba











Victory
Mocoron War (1957) Honduras NicaraguaVictory
Combats of El Chaparral and El Dorado HondurasSandinist RebelsVictory
Dominican Civil War
(1965 - 1966)
Dominican Republic
United States
Brazil
Paraguay
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Dominican RepublicVictory
Football War
(1969)
Honduras El SalvadorCeasefire
Operation Golden Pheasant
(1988)
United States
Honduras
NicaraguaVictory
  • Withdrawal of Nicaraguan forces from Honduran territory
Iraq War
(2003 - 2004)
Iraq
United States
United Kingdom

Italy
Poland
Australia
Georgia
Ukraine
Netherlands
Romania
Denmark
Spain
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Baath Loyalists
ISI
al-Qaeda in Iraq
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
IAI
Ansar al-Sunnah----
Victory