List of wars involving Panama explained

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Panama from the colonial period to the modern era.

List

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828 - 1829)	Panama	Peru	Stalemate Peruvian land invasion lost momentum after battle of Tarqui; at sea, Peru maintained supremacy after the fall of Guayaquil War came to an end with the signing of the Gual-Larrea treaty and the unexpected coup-de-etat against President La Mar Colombian troops were driven out of Bolivia, Peru recognized the Colombian annexation of Guayaquil and Colombia recognized implicitly Peruvian sovereignty of Tumbes, Jaen and Maynas
Watermelon Riot (1856)	Panama	United States	Defeat Herrán-Cass Agreement signed New Granadian government established a sum compensation of $412,394 in gold for damages
Panama Crisis (1885)	Panamanian Rebels	Colombia Chile	Defeat Rebellion suppressed Colón burned
Thousand Days' War (1899 - 1902)	Colombian Conservative Party	Colombian Liberal Party	Victory War won by conservative government Continuation of the present day Republic of Colombia Resulted in Panamanian independence
World War I (1917 - 1918)	United Kingdom United States Canada Australia New Zealand		Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations
Coto War (1921)	Panama	Costa Rica	Defeat Panama ceded Coto to Costa Rica^[1]
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 Collapse of the Third 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
Cuban Invasion of Panama^[2] (1959)	Panama	Cuba	Victory Cuban expedition fails
Insurgency in Chiriquí (1968–1971)	Panama	Pro-Arias Guerrillas	Victory Guerrillas defeated
United States Invasion of Panama (1989 - 1990)	Panama	United States Panamanian Opposition	Defeat Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed

Notes and References

1. Tomán, René De La Pedraja. Wars of Latin America, 1899-1941, p. 100. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &, 2006.
2. Web site: Rubén Miró y la invasión de cubanos a Panamá . September 14, 2018 . April 22, 2010 . La Estrella de Panamá . Panama City . Spanish .