# List of wars involving Bolivia

This is a list of wars involving the Plurinational State of Bolivia and its predecessor states from 1809 to the present.
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| Bolivian War of Independence (1809–1825) | Republiquetas  Gran Colombia Peru Río de la Plata | Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Real Audiencia of Charcas | Patriot Victory Independence of Bolivia from Spanish rule |
| Invasion of Chiquitos (1825) | Bolivia Gran Colombia Río de la Plata | Brazil | Defeat Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina. |
| Peruvian intervention of Bolivia (1828) | Bolivia Gran Colombia | Peru | Defeat Treaty of Piquiza |
| Salaverry-Santa Cruz War (1835–1836) | Luis José de Orbegoso's Opposition Andrés de Santa Cruz's Army | Felipe Santiago Salaverry's Government Agustín Gamarra's Rebels | Pro-confederation Victory Foundation of the confederation |
| War of the Confederation (1836–1839) | Peru-Bolivian Confederation North Peru South Peru Bolivia | Chile Peruvian Dissidents Argentina | Defeat Dissolution of the confederation |
| War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation (1837–1839) | Peru-Bolivian Confederation | Argentina | Stalemate Argentine territorial integrity secured Abandonment of the Bolivian pretentions of annexing the Argentine northern provinces Tarija is mostly distributed to Bolivia |
| Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842 (1841–1842) | Bolivia | Peru | Indecisive, both sides claimed victory Signature of the Treaty of Puno Withdrawal of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory. Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru. |
| Pérez Rebellion (1862) | Bolivia | General Gregorio Pérez's Rebels | Victory Government victory |
| Constitutional Revolution of Sucre (1865–1866) | Bolivia | Constitutional Rebels | Victory Government victory |
| Chincha Islands War (1865–1866) | Chile Peru Ecuador Bolivia | Spain | Indecisive, both sides claimed victory Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871 Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883), and Ecuador (1885) |
| Bolivian Civil War of 1870 (1870–1871) | Bolivia | Rebels | Victory Government victory |
| War of the Pacific (1879–1883) | Bolivia Peru | Chile | Defeat Litoral Department ceded by Bolivia to Chile Argentine annexation of most of the Puna de Atacama in 1888 |
| Chiriguano War (1892) | Bolivia | Chiriguano | Victory Subjugation of the Chiriguano people |
| Bolivian Civil War (1898–1899) | Conservatives | Liberals | Defeat Liberal Party victory Creation of the Federal Government Junta La Paz becomes de facto seat of government |
| Acre War (1899–1903) | Bolivia | Brazil Acre | Defeat Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre |
| Campaign of the Manuripi Region (1910) | Bolivia | Peru | Defeat Recognition of most of the territory in dispute as belonging to Peru. Compliance with previous diplomatic agreements and final establishment of limits. Death of the Bolivian captain Lino Echevarria. |
| Chaco War (1932–1935) | Bolivia | Paraguay | Defeat Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. Paraguay was awarded the sovereignty of 75% of the disputed area and Bolivia was given the rest. |
| World War II (1943–1945) | 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 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 Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War |
| Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 (1952) | Bolivia | Revolutionary Nationalist Movement | Defeat Revolutionary victory |
| Guerrilla Warfare in Bolivia (1966–1970) | Bolivia United States | ELN Cuba | Government Victory Guerillas defeated Che Guevara executed Osvaldo Peredo Exiled |