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This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
In political science, a proxy war is an armed conflict fought between two belligerents, wherein one belligerent is a non-state actor supported by an external third-party power. In the term proxy war , the non-state actor is the proxy , yet both belligerents in a proxy war can be considered proxies if both are receiving foreign military aid from ...
Río de la Plata Brazil: Defeat. Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos; Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina. Peruvian intervention of Bolivia (1828) Bolivia Gran Colombia Peru: Defeat. Treaty of Piquiza; Salaverry-Santa Cruz War (1835–1836) Luis José de Orbegoso's ...
2nd phase: Reverse during Joaquín de la Pezuela administration and final defeat during Jose de la Serna government. Dissolution of the Peruvian Royal Army after Olañeta Rebellion civil war between liberal and absolutist royalists. Then defeated by Gran Colombia forces. Royalist guerrillas remnants in Peru by the Republic of Iquicha until 1836.
List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain ( la Guerra Olvidada ), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni . The city of Sidi Ifni had been ceded to the Spanish Empire in 1860 at the end of the Hispano-Moroccan War.
The War of the Confederation ( Spanish: Guerra de la Confederación) was a military confrontation waged by the United Restoration Army, the alliance of the land and naval forces of Chile and the Restoration Army of Peru, formed in 1836 by Peruvian soldiers opposed to the confederation, and the Argentine Confederation against the Peru–Bolivian ...
The separatist paramilitaries were formed during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. The Donbas People's Militia was formed in March 2014 by Pavel Gubarev, who proclaimed himself "People's Governor" of Donetsk Oblast, [9] while the Army of the South-East was formed in Luhansk Oblast. The Donbas war began in April 2014 after these groups ...