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List of wars involving Paraguay

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Paraguayan Campaign (1810–1811)	Paraguay (Loyalists and Patriots)	Río de la Plata (Revolutionaries)	Victory Paraguay retains independence from the Revolutionary Primera JuntaofBuenos Aires Paraguay would obtain independence from Spain afterwards	Bernardo de Velasco (as Governor of the Intendencia of Paraguay and Misiones)
Platine War (1845–1852)[2]	Brazil  Uruguay  Paraguay Argentine Rebels	Argentina	Victory Paraguay occupies the Misiones Province Juan Manuel de Rosas overthrown by the Allied Forces led by Brazil Argentine Confederation recognizes the Independence of Paraguay, with support of Brazil Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region starts	Carlos Antonio López
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	Paraguay	Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay	Defeat Allied occupation of Paraguay Paraguay lost approx. 33% of territory to the Allied Powers; around 50% of the Paraguayan population died during the war Postwar decade of severe social crisis, political inestability and constant rebellions in 1870 - 1879	Francisco Solano López
Liberal Revolution (1904)	Colorado Party (Government)	Liberal Party (Rebels)	Defeat of the Government Liberal Rebels overthrow the Colorado Party Liberal Regime established until 1940 - 1947 Colorado Party does not return to power until 1948	Juan Antonio Escurra
First Paraguayan Civil War (1911–1912)	Radical Liberals (Government)	Civic Liberals Colorado Party (Rebels)	Defeat of the Government Eduardo Schaerer becomes the 25th president of Paraguay	Manuel Gondra, Albino Jara, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Pedro Pablo Peña, Emiliano González Navero
Second Paraguayan Civil War (1922-1923)	Saco Puku Liberals (Government)	Saco Mbyky Liberals (Rebels)	Victory of the Government Defeat of the supporters of Eduardo Schaerer, known as the "Saco Mbyky" side Consolidation of the faction of Manuel Gondra and Eusebio Ayala, known as the "Saco Puku" side	Eusebio Ayala
Chaco War (1932–1935)	Paraguay	Bolivia	Victory Most disputed area awarded to Paraguay.[3]
World War II (1945)[4][5]	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  Chile  Bolivia  Colombia  Ecuador  Paraguay  Peru  Venezuela  Uruguay  Argentina	Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Croatia  Slovakia  Finland  Thailand  Manchukuo  Mengjiang	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 Unionassuperpowers Beginning of the Cold War	Higinio Morínigo
Third Paraguayan Civil War (1947)	Moríñigo Government Colorado Party (Government)	Liberal Party Revolutionary Febrerista Party Paraguayan Communist Party (Rebels)	Victory of the Government Liberal Party definitely overthrown from power Colorado Party returns to political power since 1947 - 1948 Colorado Hegemony established until 2008	Higinio Morínigo
Guerrillas against Stroessner (1958–1980)	Paraguay With Support of:  United States (1958-1980)	Paraguayan Revolutionary Guerrillas: * FULNA (Frente Unido de Liberación Nacional) * 14 de Mayo * Columna Mariscal López * Movimiento Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia * OPM (Organización Político Militar) * Ligas Agrarias (disputed)	Victory of the Government President Alfredo Stroessner remains in power and suppresses all insurrections Severe human rights violations caused by Stroessner's regime	Alfredo Stroessner
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966)	Dominican Loyalists  United States  Brazil  Paraguay  Honduras  Nicaragua  Costa Rica  El Salvador	Dominican Constitutionalists	Victory Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer	Alfredo Stroessner
Insurgency In Paraguay (2005–present)	Paraguay	Paraguayan People's Army Armed Peasant Association Army of Marshal López	Ongoing Ongoing insurgency	Nicanor Duarte, Fernando Lugo, Federico Franco, Horacio Cartes, Mario Abdo Benítez, Santiago Peña

See also[edit]

• Paraguay Expedition (United States Navy expedition to Asunción)

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