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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.

Colonial era

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Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604):

Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729): Blockade of Porto Bello (1726 – 1728)

War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Porto Bello (1739)

Independence era

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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
Nicaraguan Revolution
(1978-1979)
FSLN

MAP-ML

Panama

Nicaragua Somoza regime Victory
United States Invasion of Panama
(1989–1990)
Panama United States
Panama Panamanian Opposition
Defeat

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Brown, Jonathan C. (2022). "Omar Torrijos and the Sandinista Revolution". The Latin Americanist. 66: 25–45. doi:10.1353/tla.2022.0003. S2CID 247623108.
  4. ^ Sánchez Nateras, Gerardo (2018). "The Sandinista Revolution and the Limits of the Cold War in Latin America: The Dilemma of Nonintervention During the Nicaraguan Crisis, 1977–78" (PDF). Cold War History. 18 (2): 111–129. doi:10.1080/14682745.2017.1369046. S2CID 218576606.
  5. ^ "The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Daniel Ortega", Encyclopædia Britannica (15th ed.), 1993