# List of wars involving Panama

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

## Colonial era

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604):
* Drake's Assault on Panama (1596)
* Capture of Portobello (1601)
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729): Blockade of Porto Bello (1726 – 1728)
War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Porto Bello (1739)

## Independence era

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| Gran Colombia–Peru War (1828–1829) | Gran Colombia Panama | 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 Panama | 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 Rebellion suppressed Colón burned |
| 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 End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations |
| Coto War (1921) | Panama | Costa Rica | Defeat Panama ceded Coto to Costa Rica |
| 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 Collapse of the Third 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 |
| Cuban invasion of Panama (1959) | Panama | Cuba | Victory Cuban expedition fails |
| Insurgency in Chiriquí (1968–1971) | Panama | Pro-Arias Guerrillas | Victory Guerrillas defeated |
| Nicaraguan Revolution (1978-1979) | FSLN EPS MAP-ML MILPAS  Panama | Somoza regime National Guard | Victory Overthrow of Somoza government in 1979 by FSLN forces, with military assistance from Panama's Victoriano Lorenzo Brigade commanded by Hugo Spadafora Insurgency of the Contras, with clandestine support from Panamanian military government under Manuel Noriega from 1981-87 FSLN junta led by Daniel Ortega take power of Nicaragua in 1981 Electoral victory of FSLN in 1984 Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union in 1990 |
| United States Invasion of Panama (1989–1990) | Panama | United States Panamanian Opposition | Defeat Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed |