List of wars involving Chile

Chilean participation on:

• Chilean War of Independence
• Argentine War of Independence
• Peruvian War of Independence
• Ecuadorian War of Independence

• Chile
• Gran Colombia
• United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
• Mexico
• Peru
• Bolivia
• Paraguay
• Banda Oriental

Native Americans allies of the Patriots

Spanish Monarchy

• Spain
• Spanish America

Native Americans allies of the Royalists

• End of all Spanish domains in Americas, with the exception of Cuba and Puerto Rico.
• Formation of the new Hispanic American states.
• The Banda Oriental, although it defeated the royalists, ended up being conquered by the Portuguese Empire in 1820.
• Subsequently, Spain recognizes each of the new Hispanic American states through the signing of international treaties.^{[Note 2]}

• End of the montoneras of Pincheira and relocation in Chile of the families that lived in the Pincheira camps.
• The Chilean government pardoned José Antonio, the last leader of the Pincheira.
• Rural banditry persists for several years but to a lesser extent.
• Argentine campaign on the Desert (1833–34).
• Surveillance and military confrontation between Chile and the Mapuche tribes on the Biobío River line (1835–1859).

• Establishment of the Conservative Republic.
• Political preponderance of Diego Portales.

• Chilean elites call for the incorporation the Araucanía to the Republic of Chile to end the Mapuche malones and prevent the Chilean dissidents from taking refuge in that territory.^{[citation needed]}

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Peruvian dissidents

• Peruvian exiles (1836–1837)
• Government of La Fuente (1837)
• Peruvian exiles (1837–1838)
• Government of Gamarra (1838–1839)

Argentine Confederation

Orbegoso government

• Dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.
• The Orbegoso government is defeated during the course of the war.
• Restoration of the republics of Peru (unification of the North and South States of Peru) and Bolivia.
• Exile of Andrés de Santa Cruz.
• Chile obtains international prestige and the commercial hegemony of Valparaíso in the Pacific.^[2]
• Military tension between Peru and Bolivia.
• Argentina, after the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, negotiated with Bolivia the recovery of the territory it had lost during the war.^[3]

• The rebels execute the Minister Diego Portales.
• Defeat of the rebels and execution of their leader, Colonel José Antonio Vidaurre.

• Signature of the Treaty of Yanallay in which the Iquichanos submit to the Republic of Peru.
• Isolation of the caudillo Antonio Huachaca.

• Mañil Clan

• Survival of the conservative government.
• Repression and exile of intellectuals and liberal politicians.

• Temporary survival of the conservative government.
• Exile of the liberal Pedro León Gallo until 1863.
• Presidential candidacy of José Joaquín Pérez, who was elected and started the Liberal Republic in 1861.
• The Radical Party of Chile emerged in 1863 from the seed of the revolution.

• Incorporation of Araucanía into Chile.
• The Mapuche tribes are concentrated in land reductions.
• Entry of Chileans and European immigrants into the territory.
• Infrastructure build-up in the territory.
• Violence and lawlessness in the areas for decades are generated.

 

 

Nominal participation:
 Ecuador
 Bolivia

• Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands.
• Decline of the Chilean merchant fleet and subsequent resurgence.
• 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).

• Signing of the Treaty of Ancón between Chile and Peru in 1883.
• Signing of the Treaty of Valparaiso between Chile and Bolivia in 1884.
• Bolivia becomes de facto and de jure landlocked.
• Peruvian civil war of 1884–1885.
• Saltpeter becomes Chile's main source of wealth for several years.
• Emergence of the military and political influence of Chile in South America.^[5]
• Tension between Chile and Argentina due to the dispute over the Puna de Atacama.
• Rivalry between Chile and the United States.^{[5][Note 4]}

• Suicide of President José Manuel Balmaceda.
• Ascent of Jorge Montt to the presidency.
• Beginning of the Parliamentary period.
• The tensions between Chile and the United States during the war led to the Baltimore crisis.^[7]

• Chilean government annulled the lease with Carlos Von Flack of the lands located on the south bank of the Buenos Aires Lake and recognized the right of Chilean settlers over them.
• Chilean government analyzes with greater rigor the contracts with exploitation companies.
• The position of the settlers was strengthened in front of the big exploiting companies during the colonization process of Aysén.
• The events attracted the interest of many Chileans to settle in these lands.

• Capitulation of the navy and delivery of the ships to the government authorities.
• Court-martialed to the mutineers.

(1939–1945; Chile officially since 1945)

• American Theater (World War II)
  • Latin America during World War II
  • Operation Bolívar

Relevant milestones regarding Chile:

• Covert operations against Nazi agents by the PDI through (1939–1945).^[11]
• Cooperation with the United States before and after the official entry of Chile into the war.^[12]
• Sinking of the steam Toltén (13 March 1942).^[13]
• Chile broke diplomatic relations with all the Axis powers (20 January 1943).
• Nominal support of Allied forces in the Battle of the Caribbean.
• Surveillance, confinement and expulsion of Japanese accused of espionage, and to a lesser extent of Germans and Italians.^[14]
• Chile declared war on Japan (13 April 1945).

•  United States
• Other countries

Nominal participation:

•  Chile
• Other countries

•  Japan
•  Nazi Germany
  • German or pro-Nazi agents

• Great consequences worldwide (details).

With respect to Chile:

• Department 50 managed to interrupt the activities of German or pro-Nazi agents in Chile and help in other parts of Latin America.^[11]
• Chilean authorities thwart Nazi plots to bomb Northern Chilean copper mines.^[15]
• Chile becomes a founding member of the United Nations when it was established in 1945.^[16]
• Chile, as part of the allies, participated in the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951, which regularized the situation with Japan.
• Panama Canal remains open.

• MIR
• MJL
• FPMR

• The armed groups of the extreme left fail to overthrow the military government.
• With the national plebiscite of 1988, on 11 March 1990, the end of the military government and the beginning of the transition to democracy took place.
• The levels of violence carried out by armed groups of the extreme left diminished considerably with the return of democracy, since this fact led to the demobilization of most of them.
• Several isolated attacks continued, executed by dissident groups.