List of wars involving Cuba

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Cuba.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President	Prime Minister
Ten Years' War (1868–1878)	Cuba	Spain	Defeat Pact of Zanjón	None	None
Little War (1879–1880)	Cuba	Spain	Defeat Rebel defeat
Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898)	Cuba United States	Spain	Victory Cuban independence from Spain
Cuban Pacification (1906)	Conservatives	Liberals	Liberal victory Subsequent US occupation of Cuba	Tomás Estrada Palma
Negro Rebellion (1912)	Republic of Cuba United States	PIC	Government victory Rebellion suppressed	José Miguel Gómez
Sugar Intervention (1917–1922)	Conservatives United States	Liberals	Conservative victory Uprising quelled, US occupation of Cuba	Mario García Menocal
World War II (1941–1945)^[1]	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand Brazil Mexico Cuba	Germany Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Japan	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	Fulgencio Batista	Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)	Batista regime	M-26-7	Regime change Beginning of Castro's rule	Fulgencio Batista	Andrés Domingo
Escambray Rebellion (1959–1965)	Castro regime	Various insurgents	Government victory Elimination of all insurgents	Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado	Fidel Castro
Invasion of Panama^[2] (1959)	Cuba	Panama	Defeat Expedition fails
Invasion of the Dominican Republic^[3] (1959)	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Defeat Expedition fails
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)	Cuba	United States Brigade 2506	Victory The invasion was defeated
Invasion of Venezuela^[4] (1963)	Cuba	Venezuela	Defeat Expedition fails
Sand War (1963–1964)^[5]	Algeria Cuba	Morocco	Stalemate No territorial changes were made
Congo Crisis (1964)	Simbas PSA Cuba	Congo-Léopoldville Belgium	Defeat Cuban withdrawal from the Congo
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1964–1974)	PAIGC Cuba	Portugal	Stalemate (political victory)^[6] Independence of Guinea-Bissau
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla (1966–1967)	ELN Cuba	Bolivia United States	Defeat Guerilla defeated, Che Guevara executed
Machurucuto Incident (1967)	Cuba	Venezuela	Defeat Expedition fails
Yemenite War of 1972 (1972)	South Yemen Cuba	North Yemen	Indecisive No territorial changes
Yom Kippur War (1973)	Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba	Israel	Defeat Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty^[7] Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement
Angolan Civil War (1975–1991)	MPLA SWAPO SWANU Cuba MK	UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa Zaire	Stalemate Three Powers Accord Independence of Namibia	Fidel Castro
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal from the Ethio-Somali War
Ethiopian Civil War (1977–1991)	Ethiopia Cuba	EPRP TPLF MEISON ANDM EDUP	Defeat Fall of the Communist Mengistu government, installation of TPLF-led transitional government
Eritrean War of Independence (1977–1991)	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	ELF EPLF	Defeat Eritrean independence from Ethiopia
Invasion of Grenada (1983)	Grenada Cuba	United States	Defeat American occupation of Grenada

Footnotes[]

^ Cuba declared war on the Axis powers in December 1941, being one of the first Latin American countries to do so. On 15 May 1943, the Cuban patrol boat CS-13 sank the German submarine U-176.
^ "Rubén Miró y la invasión de cubanos a Panamá" (in Spanish). Panama City: La Estrella de Panamá. April 22, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
^ Lora, J. Armando. "Invasión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
^ Flores, Victor (September 28, 2013). ""Los cubanos son los artífices del fraude electoral en Venezuela"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Ediciones El País. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
^ Gleijeses 2002, p. 44.
^ A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2007, director Joaquim Furtado, RTP)
^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

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[1] Cuba declared war on the Axis powers in December 1941, being one of the first Latin American countries to do so. On 15 May 1943, the Cuban patrol boat CS-13 sank the German submarine U-176.

[2] "Rubén Miró y la invasión de cubanos a Panamá" (in Spanish). Panama City: La Estrella de Panamá. April 22, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2018.

[3] Lora, J. Armando. "Invasión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 4, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2018.

[Venezuela-4] Flores, Victor (September 28, 2013). ""Los cubanos son los artífices del fraude electoral en Venezuela"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Ediciones El País. Retrieved September 14, 2018.

[FOOTNOTEGleijeses200244-5] Gleijeses 2002, p. 44.

[6] A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2007, director Joaquim Furtado, RTP)

[7] Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

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