List of wars involving Paraguay

• Intendancy of Paraguay
  (Loyalists and Patriots)

• Paraguay retains independence from the Revolutionary Primera Junta of Buenos Aires
• Paraguay would obtain independence from Spain afterwards

• Paraguayan invasion repelled

• Paraguay seizes territory from Corrientes

• Paraguay slightly expands its territory in Corrientes and Misiones

• Paraguay occupies the Misiones Province
• Juan Manuel de Rosas overthrown by the Allied Forces led by Brazil
• Argentine Confederation recognizes the Independence of Paraguay, with Brazilian support
• Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region starts

• Allied occupation of Paraguay
• Paraguay lost approx. 33% of territory to the Allied Powers; around 50% of the Paraguayan population died during the war
• Postwar decade of severe social crisis, political inestability and constant rebellions in 1870 - 1879

Support:

• Empire of Brazil

Support:

• Argentina

• Rebels topple the Jovellanos cabinet, forcing Benigno Ferreira and others into exile
• Brazil imposes Juan Bautista Gill as next president

• Brazilian troops force rebels to disperse
• Gill's government loses legitimacy due to its failure against the rebels

• Rebels defeated
• General Serrano executed after battle

• Rebels defeated
• President Gill assassinated
• Start of General Caballero's hegemony over Paraguayan politics

Support:

• Argentine officers

• Argentine Navy forces rebels to sail back to Buenos Aires

• Rebels defeated
• Start of Juan Bautista Egusquiza's political rise

• Rebels overthrow the Escurra government
• Liberal Regime established until 1936
• Paraguayan Army disbanded and then rebuilt based on rebel forces

• Eduardo Schaerer becomes the 25th president of Paraguay

• Defeat of the supporters of Eduardo Schaerer, known as the "Saco Mbyky" side
• Consolidation of the faction of Manuel Gondra and Eusebio Ayala, known as the "Saco Puku" side

• Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay.

• Collapse of the German Reich
• Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires
• Creation of the United Nations
• Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
• Beginning of the Cold War

• Liberal Party definitely overthrown from power
• Colorado Party returns to political power since 1947 - 1948
• Colorado Hegemony established until 2008

• President Alfredo Stroessner remains in power and suppresses all insurrections
• Severe human rights violations caused by Stroessner's regime

• Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer

• Armed forces
• Police
• Joint Task Force (FTC)

Supported by:
United States
Colombia

Justicieros de la Frontera