List of wars involving Colombia

This is a list of wars involving independent Colombia from 1820 to the present day.

Table

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–1823)	New Granada Venezuela Haiti  Gran Colombia	Spain	Victory
Gran Colombia-Peru War (1828–1829)	Colombia	Peru	Stalemate status quo ante bellum
War of the Supremes (1839–1841)	Colombia
Colombian Civil War (1860–1862) between the government and Liberal rebels	Granadine Confederation	Federal State of Cauca	Victory for Federal State of Cauca and Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, formation of the United States of Colombia
Ecuadorian–Colombian War (1863)	Colombia	Ecuador	Stalemate
Colombian Civil War of 1876	Colombia Colombian Liberal Party	Colombian Conservative Party	Liberal Party
Colombian Civil War of 1895	Colombia	Liberal rebels	Government victory
Thousand Days War (civil war, 1899–1902)	Conservatives	Colombian Liberal Party	Conservative government Victory • Continuation of the present day Republic of Colombia
Colombia-Peru War (1932–1933)	Colombia	Peru	Ceasefire status quo ante bellum
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Union  United States  British Empire  South Africa  Australia  Canada  New Zealand  India  France  Poland  Yugoslavia  Greece  Denmark  Norway  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Colombia	Germany  Italy  Hungary  Romania	Victory Collapse of the German Realm Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
La Violencia (civil war, 1948–1958)	Colombia Armed Forces Conservatives Guerrillas of Peace (conservative paramilitaries)	Colombian Liberal Party and allied militias Guerrillas liberales Los Cachiporros Bandoleros Colombian Communist Party Grupos de Autodefensas Campesinas	Stalemate Creation of the National Front Colombian Armed Conflict
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Turkey  Australia Ethiopia  Philippines  New Zealand  Thailand Greece  France  Colombia  Belgium  South Africa  Netherlands	North Korea  China	Ceasefire North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled. UN invasion of North Korea repelled. Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled. Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis.
Colombian Conflict (1964–present)	Colombia	FARC ELN EPL IRAFP	Ongoing
Operation Traíra (1991)	Brazil  Colombia	FARC	Victory Successful operation against FARC.
Mexican Drug War (2006–present)	Mexico  Colombia  United States	Mexican Drug Cartels	Ongoing Training of Mexican policemen as well as soldiers and court officers Intelligence Assist Mexican authorities in tracking and capturing Joaquín Guzmán
Operation Atalanta (2015)	European Union  Colombia	Pirates	End of tour Prevent acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia Instruct allied nations on naval and structural operations
Operation Ocean Shield (2015)	NATO  Colombia  Japan	Pirates	End of tour Prevent acts of Piracy off the coast of Somalia Escort ships from the United Nations World Food Programme

• War on Drugs
• War on Terrorism