List of wars involving Uruguay explained

This is a list of wars involving the Oriental Republic of Uruguay from 1825 to the present.

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsNotable battles
Siege of Colonia del Sacramento (1704 - War of the Spanish Succession)[1] Kingdom of SpainVictory:
  • Spanish forces of the Portuguese colonial abandoned Colonia del Sacramento
Anglo-Spanish War (1796 –1808)
    		 United KingdomSpanish victory
    Second Banda Oriental campaign (1812-1814) Spanish Empire United Provinces of the Río de la PlataUnited Provinces of the Río de la Plata victory
    Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
      		Luso-Brazilian victory
      War of Independence of Brazil (1822 - 1825) Kingdom of PortugalBrazilian victory
      Cisplatine War
      (1825 - 1828)
      Thirty-Three Orientals      		Stalemate
      • Independence of the Republic of Uruguay
      Uruguayan Civil War
      (1839 - 1852)      		 Colorados
      Unitarians



      France
      United Kingdom      		 Blancos

      Federalists      		Colorado victory
      • Imposition of the Colorados in Uruguay
      Platine War
      (1845–1852)
      Uruguay
      Paraguay
      Argentine Rebels      		Victory
      • Argentine clout over the Platine region ends
      • Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
      Uruguayan War
      (1864 - 1865)      		 Uruguay
      Blancos
      Federalists
      Colorados
      Unitarians
      Argentina      		Defeat
      • Colorados takeover, regime change in Uruguay
      Paraguayan War
      (1864 - 1870)
      Argentina
      Uruguay      		 ParaguayVictory
      • Allied occupation of Paraguay
      Revolution of the Lances
      (1870 - 1872)      		 Colorados BlancosBlanco victory
      • Agreement of power-sharing reached
      Revolution of 1904
      (1904)      		 Colorados BlancosColorado victory
      World War II
      (1945)      		 United States

      United Kingdom

      France
      Poland
      Canada
      Australia
      New Zealand




      Denmark
      Norway
      Netherlands
      Belgium
      Luxembourg

      Brazil
      Mexico
      Chile

      Colombia
      Ecuador
      Paraguay
      Peru

      Uruguay
      Argentina










      		Victory

      Bibliography

      Notes and References

      1. Book: López, Adalberto . The colonial history of Paraguay: the revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735 . Transaction Publishers . 2005 . 978-0-7658-0745-8 . 75.

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