# List of wars involving Paraguay

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Paraguay from 1810 to the present day.
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
| Paraguayan Campaign (1810–1811) | Spanish Empire Intendancy of Paraguay (Loyalists and Patriots) | Río de la Plata (Revolutionaries) | Victory Paraguay retains independence from the Revolutionary Primera Junta of Buenos Aires Paraguay would obtain independence from Spain afterwards | Bernardo de Velasco (as Governor of the Intendencia of Paraguay and Misiones) |
| Battle of Candelaria (1815) | Paraguay | Misiones Río de la Plata | Defeat Paraguayan invasion repelled | Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (as Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay) |
| Paraguayan Incursion in Corrientes (1821–1823) | Paraguay | Corrientes | Victory Paraguay seizes territory from Corrientes | Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (as Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay) |
| Correntine-Paraguayan War (1833) | Paraguay | Corrientes | Victory Paraguay slightly expands its territory in Corrientes and Misiones | Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (as Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay) |
| Platine War (1845–1852) | 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 |
| Caballero's revolts (1873-1874) | Paraguay Support:  Empire of Brazil | Bernardino Caballero and other Lopiztas Support:  Argentina | Government Defeat Rebels topple the Jovellanos cabinet, forcing Benigno Ferreira and others into exile Brazil imposes Juan Bautista Gill as next president | Salvador Jovellanos |
| Commander Molas' revolt (1874) | Paraguay Empire of Brazil | José Dolores Molas Armed peasants | Government Victory Brazilian troops force rebels to disperse Gill's government loses legitimacy due to its failure against the rebels | Juan Bautista Gill |
| General Serrano's revolt (1874) | Paraguay | German Serrano Armed peasants | Government Victory Rebels defeated General Serrano executed after battle | Juan Bautista Gill |
| 1877 uprising (1877) | Paraguay | Cirilo Antonio Rivarola loyalists | Government Victory Rebels defeated President Gill assassinated Start of General Caballero's hegemony over Paraguayan politics | Juan Bautista Gill, Higinio Uriarte |
| Juan Silvano Godoi's revolt (1879) | Paraguay | Juan Silvano Godoi and allies Support:  Argentine officers | Government Victory Argentine Navy forces rebels to sail back to Buenos Aires | Candido Bareiro |
| Liberal uprising (1891) | Colorado Party (Government) | Liberal Party (Rebels) | Government Victory Rebels defeated Start of Juan Bautista Egusquiza's political rise | Juan Gualberto González |
| Liberal Revolution (1904) | Caballerist Colorados (Government) | Liberal Party Egusquicista Colorados (Rebels) | Government Defeat Rebels overthrow the Escurra government Liberal Regime established until 1936 Paraguayan Army disbanded and then rebuilt based on rebel forces | Juan Antonio Escurra |
| First Paraguayan Civil War (1911–1912) | Radical Liberals (Government) | Civic Liberals Colorado Party (Rebels) | Government Defeat Eduardo Schaerer becomes the 25th president of Paraguay | Manuel Gondra, Albino Jara, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Mario Uscher - Alfredo Aponte - Marcos Caballero Codas (triumvirate), Pedro Pablo Peña, Emiliano González Navero |
| Second Paraguayan Civil War (1922-1923) | Saco Puku Liberals (Government) | Saco Mbyky Liberals (Rebels) | Government Victory 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 of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. | Eusebio Ayala |
| World War II (1945) | United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Paraguay and others | Germany Japan Italy and others | 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 | Higinio Morínigo |
| Third Paraguayan Civil War (1947) | Moríñigo Government Colorado Party (Government) | Liberal Party Revolutionary Febrerista Party Paraguayan Communist Party (Rebels) | Government Victory 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) | Government Victory 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 |