List of wars involving Honduras

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

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
First Central American Federal War
(1827–1829)
 Federal Republic of Central America Guatemalan rebels
Salvadoran rebels
Victory
  • Decisive victory of the Army Protector of the Law led by general Morazán.
Honduran Campaign (1827) Honduras

Supported by El Salvador

 GuatemalaVictory
Olancho Uprising (1829-1839) HondurasHonduras Olanchan rebelsVictory
  • Suppression of the rebellion
  • Agreement between the Honduran government and Olanchan rebels
War of 1832 Honduras

 Nicaragua

 El SalvadorVictory
  • José María Cornejo is overthrown
  • Salvadoran rebellion is put down
Domínguez's Expedition to Honduras (1831-1832) Honduras El Salvador

Guatemalan rebels
Cuban mercenaries Garifuna rebels Mexican Mercenaries

Victory
  • Rebels defeated
  • Vicente Domínguez is executed
  • Honduran independence is preserved
Second Central American Civil War

(1838-1841)

 Honduras

 Guatemala

 Nicaragua

 United Provinces of Central America

 El Salvador

Victory
  • Dissolution of the Federal Republic of America
  • Francisco Morazán is exiled
Cordero's Expedition Honduras GuatemalaVictory
  • Defeat of Guatemalan forces
Uprisings of 1843 HondurasHonduras Rebels

supported by Nicaragua

Victory
  • Suppression of the rebellion
Western Uprisings (1844) HondurasHonduras RebelsVictory
  • Suppression of the rebellion
Malespin's War (1844) Honduras

 El Salvador

 NicaraguaVictory
  • Leon is sacked by allied forces
  • Execution of Emilio Madriz
Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1845 (1845) Honduras El SalvadorVictory
British Occupation of Trujillo and the Tigre Islands (1849-1850) Honduras United KingdomVictory
Battle of La Arada
(1851)
 El Salvador
 Honduras
GuatemalaDefeat
  • Acta Constitutiva de la República ("Constitutive Act of the Republic")
  • Reassurance of Guatemalan sovereignty
  • Dominance of Guatemala in Central America
1851 Honduran Expedition to Nicaragua Honduras

Rebels

 NicaraguaVictory
  • José Trinidad Muñoz is overthrown
Battle of Los Llanos de Santa Rosa Honduras Guatemala

 El Salvador

Victory
  • Honduran army repulses Guatemalan-Salvadoran armies combined
  • Jose Trinidad Cabañas retains the presidency
Honduran-Guatemalan War (1853-1855) Honduras Guatemala

Honduras Rebels

Defeat
Filibuster War
(1856–1857)
 Costa Rica
 Nicaragua
Mosquitia
Guatemala
 Honduras
 El Salvador
 United States
FilibustersVictory
  • William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the American Navy, later executed in Honduras
American Invasion of Honduras

(1859)

 Honduras United StatesVictory
  • Expulsion of American forces from Honduran territory
Walker's Expedition to Honduras

(1860)

 HondurasUnited States American filibustersVictory
War of the Priests
(1860–1861)
 Honduras
 El Salvador
Honduras Anti-secular rebelsVictory
  • Victory of the Honduran Government Forces, Honduras became a secular state
Nicaraguan-Salvadoran War (1863) Honduras

 El Salvador

 NicaraguaDefeat
  • Honduran-Salvadoran armies are defeated
  • Guatemalan-Nicaraguan alliance
Olancho War
(1864–1865)
 Honduras Olancho Rebel ForcesVictory
  • Honduras manages to defeat the Olancho's rebels
Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1871 (1871) Honduras El SalvadorVictory
First Guatemalan-Salvadoran Intervention in Honduras (1872) Honduras El Salvador

 Guatemala

Defeat
Sherman Expedition (1873) Honduras

 Guatemala

Salvadoran rebels

Guatemalan rebels
 Costa Rica

Victory
  • Rebels repulsed
Bombardment of Omoa (1873) Honduras United KingdomDefeat
  • Recompensation for damages suffered for British subjects
Second Guatemalan-Salvadoran Intervention in Honduras (1874) Honduras El Salvador

 Guatemala

Defeat
Medinas' Revolt HondurasHonduras Medina's supporters
 Guatemala
Victory
  • The power is given to Marco Aurelio Soto through a negotiation
  • Defeat of Medina's and Guatemalan forces
1884 Coup attempt against Luis Bogran Honduras Nicaragua

Honduras Honduran emigrants

Victory
Barrios' War of Reunification
(1885)
 Guatemala
Supported by:
 Honduras
 El Salvador
 Mexico
 Costa Rica
 Nicaragua
Defeat
Policarpist Revolt (1893) Honduras Nicaragua

Policarpist rebels

Victory
  • Defeat of Policarpist rebels
  • Policarpo Bonilla exiled in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan-Honduran War (1893-1894) Honduras Nicaragua
Honduras Policarpist rebels
Defeat
  • Domingo Velasquez is overthrown
  • Policarpo Bonilla gains power
Combats of Carrizal and Calpules (1894) Honduras NicaraguaVictory
  • Defeat of Nicaraguan forces
  • Settlement between Nicaraguan and Honduran governments
British invasion of Honduras (1898) Honduras United KingdomVictory
  • Expulsion of British forces from Honduran territory
  • Apologies to the Honduran government of part of the British
  • Financial compensation for families affected by the war
  • Compensation and reconstruction of damage caused by the British army.
Armed Conflict of 1903
(1903)
 HondurasHonduras Manuelista rebel armyDefeat
  • Victory of the rebel forces.
Honduran-Guatemalan War (1906) Honduras GuatemalaVictory
  • Honduras resists a Guatemalan Invasion
Armed Conflict of 1907
(1907)
 Honduras
Supported by:
 El Salvador
Honduras Honduran rebels
 Nicaragua
Defeat
War of 1907
(1907)
 Nicaragua
El Salvador Salvadoran exiles
United States American filibusters
Honduras
 El SalvadorInconclusive
World War I
(1918)
 France
 United Kingdom
 Russia
 United States
 Italy
 Japan
 China
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Belgium
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil
 Cuba
 Panama
 Guatemala
 Nicaragua
 Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
First Honduran Civil War
(1919)
 Honduras
Supported by:
 United States
 Mexico
Honduras United Rebel ArmyDefeat
Second Honduran Civil War
(1924)
 HondurasHonduras Constitutionalist Army
Supported by:
 United States
Defeat
Insurrection of 1924
(1924)
 HondurasHonduras Ferrera's Loyal ArmyVictory
  • The modernized and experienced Honduran Army managed to handle better the conflict and lead to the defeat of general Ferrera's loyalist army.
World War II
(1941–1945)
 United States
 Soviet Union
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Panama
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Dominican Republic
 Cuba
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Slovakia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Victory
Mocoron War (1957) Honduras NicaraguaVictory
Combats of El Chaparral and El Dorado HondurasSandinist RebelsVictory
Dominican Civil War
(1965–1966)
 Dominican Loyalists
 United States
 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Dominican ConstitutionalistsVictory
Football War
(1969)
 Honduras El SalvadorCeasefire
Operation Golden Pheasant
(1988)
 United States
 Honduras
 NicaraguaVictory
  • Withdrawal of Nicaraguan forces from Honduran territory
Iraq War
(2003–2004)
 Iraq
 United States
 United Kingdom
 South Korea
 Italy
 Poland
 Australia
 Georgia
 Ukraine
 Netherlands
 Romania
 Denmark
 Spain
 El Salvador
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Dominican Republic
Baath Loyalists
ISI
al-Qaeda in Iraq
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
IAI
Ansar al-Sunnah

 Ba'athist Iraq

Victory

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