List of wars involving Panama

Summary

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
  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   Pro-Arias Guerrillas Victory
  • Guerrillas defeated
United States Invasion of Panama
(1989–1990)
  Panama   United States
  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.