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

v t e Lists of wars involving South American countries
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

v t e Years in Colombia (since 1810)
19th century	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1848 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
20th century	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024