List of wars involving El Salvador
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of El Salvador.
1800s
- Key
- Salvadoran victory
- Salvadoran defeat
- Ceasefire or other result
| Conflict | Allies | Opponents | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 Independence Movement (1811) |
Salvadoran revolutionaries | Revolt suppressed | |
| 1814 Independence Movement (1814) |
|
Defeat | |
| Mexican annexation of El Salvador (1822–1823) |
Initial defeat, subsequent victory | ||
| First Central American Civil War (1827–1829) |
Protective Allied Army of the Law victory
| ||
| Salvadoran campaign of 1832 (1832) |
Federal victory
| ||
| Anastasio Aquino's rebellion (1833) |
Indigenous rebels |
Rebellion suppressed | |
| Second Central American Civil War (1838–1840) |
Unionists |
Separatists |
Separatist victory
|
| Malespín's War (1844–1845) |
Allied victory[1][2]
| ||
| Honduran–Salvadoran War (1845) |
Status Quo Ante Bellum[3][4][5][6][7][8] | ||
| Filibuster War (1855–1857) |
|
|
Central American alliance victory |
| War of 1863 (1863) |
|
Guatemalan victory
| |
| Honduran–Salvadoran War (1871) |
|
|
Honduran victory[9]
|
| First Honduran intervention (1872) |
|
Allied victory[10] | |
| Second Honduran intervention (1873) |
|
Victory | |
| Barrios' War of Reunification (1885) |
Anti-Barrios victory
| ||
| First Totoposte War (1890) |
|
|
Status quo ante bellum |
| Revolution of the 44 (1894) |
|
Rebel victory
|
1900s
- Key
- Salvadoran victory
- Salvadoran defeat
- Ceasefire or other result
2000s-present
- Salvadoran victory
- Salvadoran defeat
- Ceasefire or other result
- Ongoing conflict
| Conflict | Allies | Opponents | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq War (2003–2009) |
Invasion (2003) Coalition of the willing After invasion (2003–11) |
Invasion (2003) After invasion (2003–11) |
Victory
|
| Afghanistan War (2011–2014) |
|
Defeat
| |
| Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present) |
Ongoing |
Notes
- ^ Three dates that are often cited as the start date of the Salvadoran Civil War: 15 October 1979 when the 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état occurred,[12]: 262 [13]: 155 [14]: 206 [15]: 4 [16]: 40 sometime during 1980,[17]: 221 & 223 [18]: 688 [19]: 781 [20]: 211 and 10 January 1981 when the final offensive of 1981 began.[21]: 242 [22]: 31
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- ^ "Revista del Archivo y de la Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras". 1905.
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- ^ Vera, Robustiano (December 28, 1899). "Apuntes para la historia de Honduras". Imp. de "El Correo," – via Google Books.
- ^ Carrillo, Agustín Gómez (December 28, 1893). "Elementos de la historia de Centro-América". Tip."La Union" – via Google Books.
- ^ Salazar, Amílcar Figueroa (December 28, 1987). El Salvador, elementos de su historia y sus luchas (1932-1985). Fondo Editorial Tropykos. ISBN 978-980-6004-11-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ Villacorta Calderón Villacorta, José Antonio (December 28, 1916). "Curso de historia de la América Central para uso de los institutos y escuelas normales". Arenales hijos – via Google Books.
- ^ Monterey, Francisco J. (December 28, 1977). "Historia de El Salvador: anotaciones cronológicas". Editorial Universitaria – via Google Books.
- ^ Lara, Víctor Cáceres (December 29, 1978). "Gobernantes de Honduras en el siglo 19". Banco Central de Honduras – via Google Books.
- ^ C, José Antonio Villacorta Calderón Villacorta (December 29, 1916). "Curso de historia de la América Central para uso de los institutos y escuelas normales". Arenales hijos – via Google Books.
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- ^ McClintock, Michael (1985). The American Connection: State Terror and Popular Resistance in El Salvador. Vol. 1. London, United Kingdom: Zed Books. ISBN 9780862322403. OCLC 1145770950. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Torture in the Eighties: An Amnesty International Report. London, United Kingdom: Amnesty International. 1984. pp. 155–158. ISBN 9780939994069. OCLC 1036878685. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ Acosta, Pablo; Baez, Javier E.; Caruso, Germán & Carcach, Carlos (2023). "The Scars of Civil War: The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict" (PDF). Economía. 22 (1). LSE Press: 203–217. doi:10.31389/eco.414. ISSN 1529-7470. JSTOR 27302241. OCLC 10243911663. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Ram, Susan (1983). "El Salvador: Perspectives on a Revolutionary Civil War". Social Scientist. 11 (8): 3–38. doi:10.2307/3517048. ISSN 0970-0293. JSTOR 3517048. OCLC 5546270152.
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- ^ Bernal Ramírez, Luis Guillermo & Quijano de Batres, Ana Elia, eds. (2009). Historia 2 El Salvador [History 2 El Salvador] (PDF). Historia El Salvador (in Spanish). El Salvador: Ministry of Education. ISBN 9789992363683. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Hoover Green, Amelia (2017). "Armed Group Institutions and Combatant Socialization: Evidence from El Salvador". Journal of Peace Research. 54 (5). Sage Publishing: 687–700. doi:10.1177/0022343317715300. ISSN 0022-3433. JSTOR 48590496. OCLC 7126356262.
- ^ Hoover Green, Amelia & Ball, Patrick (2019). "Civilian Killings and Disappearances During Civil War in El Salvador (1980–1992)" (PDF). Demographic Research. 41 (27). Max Planck Society: 781–814. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.27. ISSN 1435-9871. JSTOR 26850667. OCLC 8512899425. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Seligson, Mitchell A. & McElhinny, Vincent (1996). "Low Intensity Warfare, High-Intensity Death: The Demographic Impact of the Wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 21 (42). Taylor & Francis: 211–241. doi:10.1080/08263663.1996.10816742. ISSN 0826-3663. JSTOR 41799994. OCLC 9983726023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Lindo Fuentes, Héctor; Ching, Erik K. & Lara Martínez, Rafael A. (2007). Remembering a Massacre in El Salvador: The Insurrection of 1932, Roque Dalton, and the Politics of Historical Memory. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826336040. OCLC 122424174. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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- ^ "TEXT OF STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON COMMUNIST SUPPORT OF SALVADORAN REBELS (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 24 February 1981.
- ^ Coll, Alberto R. (1985). "Soviet Arms and Central American Turmoil". World Affairs. 148 (1). Wiley: 7–17. ISSN 0043-8200. JSTOR 20672043. OCLC 9990627448.
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- ^ [25][26]
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- ^ "Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan". The White House. 16 August 2021.
- ^ Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Katzenberg, Lauren (2021-08-30). "The U.S. military finishes its evacuation, and an era ends in Afghanistan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Lou, Mary (2022-01-01). "Taliban a 'major U.S. arms dealer' after weaponry left behind in Afghanistan, watchdog warns". Just The News.