List of wars involving Venezuela explained

This is a list of wars involving the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its predecessor states from 1810 to the present.

War of Jenkins' Ear (War of the Austrian Succession):

• Battle of La Guaira – 1743
• Battle of Puerto Cabello – 1743

Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)

Cutting out of the Hermione – 1799

War of 1812 (Sixty Years' War): Battle of La Guaira (1812)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Notable battles
Venezuelan War of Independence (1810 - 1823)	Venezuela	Spain	Victory Independence of Venezuela Formation of Gran Colombia	Battle of La Victoria (1812) Battle of Alto de los Godos – 1813 Battle of Niquitao – 1813 – Admirable Campaign Battle of Los Horcones – 1813 – Admirable Campaign Battle of Taguanes – 1813 – Admirable Campaign Battle of Araure – 1813 Battle of La Victoria – 1814 Battle of San Mateo – 1814 Battle of Carabobo (1814) Battle of Urica – 1814 Battle of San Félix – 1817 Battle of Matasiete – 1817 Battle of Las Queseras del Medio – 1819 Battle of Carabobo – 1821 Battle of Lake Maracaibo – 1823
Spanish Reconquest of New Granada (1815 - 1816)	New Granada Venezuela	Spain	Defeat
Liberation Campaign of New Granada (1819 - 1820)	New Granada Venezuela	Spain	Victory
Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820 - 1822)	Guayaquil Chile Peru	Spain	Victory Incorporation of the Real Audiencia of Quito into Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828 - 1829)		Peru	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
Federal War (1859 - 1863)	Conservative Government	Federalists	Federalist victory Establishment of a Federalist government	Battle of Santa Inés – 1859 Battle of Coplé – 1860 Battle of Buchivacoa – 1862
Venezuelan Crisis of 1902–1903 (1902 - 1903)	Venezuela	United Kingdom Germany Italy	Compromise Venezuelan military victory
Dutch–Venezuelan Crisis of 1908 (1908)	Venezuela	Netherlands	Defeat HNLMS Gelderland captures Venezuelan gunboats Alexis and 23 de Mayo Dutch blockade of Venezuela's coast
World War II (Unofficial: 1942 - 1945; officially in 1945)^[1]	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 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
Machurucuto Incident (1967)		Venezuelan rebels Cuba	Victory Cuban expedition fails.

See also

• Venezuela during World War I
• Venezuela during World War II

Notes and References

1. Venezuelan waters were one of the scenarios of the Battle of the Caribbean. Formally declared war on the Axis powers in February 1945.