List of wars involving Panama

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

List[edit]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Gran Colombia–Peru War
(1828–1829)
 Gran Colombia  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)
 New Granada  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 Colombia
 Chile
Defeat
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)
 France
 United Kingdom
 Russia
 United States
 Italy
 Japan
 China
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Belgium
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil
 Cuba
 Panama
 Guatemala
 Nicaragua
 Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
Coto War
(1921)
 Panama  Costa Rica Defeat
  • Panama ceded Coto to Costa Rica[1]
World War II
(1941–1945)
 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
 Panama
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Slovakia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Victory
Cuban Invasion of Panama[2]
(1959)
 Panama  Cuba Victory
  • Cuban expedition fails
Insurgency in Chiriquí
(1968–1971)
 Panama Panama Pro-Arias Guerrillas Victory
  • Guerrillas defeated
United States Invasion of Panama
(1989–1990)
 Panama  United States
Panama Panamanian Opposition
Defeat

References[edit]

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