This is a list of wars involving the United Mexican States.

Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars.

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This list includes the Pre-Hispanic wars in the territory which now comprises central Mexico prior to Spanish colonization. As Mexico did not existed as a nation, other present-day territories are not included.

• Pre-Columbian/Indigenous Tribal Warfare (?B.C.–1600's), wars and battles by indigenous pre-Columbian civilizations and tribes in modern-day central Mexico and southern Mexico (Mesoamerica). Mainly by the Aztec, Maya, Tlaxcaltec, Zapotec, Toltec and Tarascan states.
  • The Tepanec Civil War (1426–1428), Aztec Mexico civil war
  • Flower Wars (1426/8–1519), Aztec Triple Alliance against other pre-Columbian nations in Mesoamerica
• Spanish Invasion (1519–1521)
• Mexican Indian Wars (1519–1933)
  • Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
    • Yaqui Uprising (1896)
    • Yaqui Indian War (1899–1904?), one of the last of the long series of Mexican-Indian Wars, this conflict began when chiefs of the eight principal Yaqui Indian tribes demand Mexican withdrawal from the Sinaloa region.^[1]
  • Apache-Mexico Wars (Spain: 1600s–1821, Mexico: 1821–1915), raids and conflicts between Spanish Mexico and the Apaches, and Mexico and the Apaches. Part of the Mexican Indian Wars.
    • Victorio's War (1879–1880), part of the Apache–Mexico Wars and the long series of Mexican Indian Wars.
  • Comanche-Mexico Wars, part of the Mexican Indian Wars.
  • Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901)
• Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
• Spanish reconquest of Mexico (1821–1829), a series of attempts by Spain to thwart the independence of Mexico
• The Era of Mexican Coups (1820s–1846), several states create their own militia to fight the Mexican government and gain independence. Several states openly rebelled against Santa Anna's Mexico: Coahuila y Tejas (the northern part of which would become the Republic of Texas), San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Durango, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Yucatán, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. Several of these states formed their own governments, the Republic of the Rio Grande, the Republic of Yucatan (Twice), and the Republic of Texas. (Only the Texans defeated Santa Anna and retained their independence).
  • Central American Federation War of Independence (1822–1823), the brief First Mexican Empire under Emperor Iturbide lost control of Central America in a short war in which the United Provinces of Central America became an independent nation.^[1]
  • Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
  • Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901)
• Pastry War (1838–1839), the first French invasion of Mexico
• Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
• Reform War (1857–1861), civil war between Conservatives and Liberals
• French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867), the second French invasion of Mexico
• Las Cuevas War (1875), a brief armed conflict between a force of Texas Rangers commanded by Capt. Leander McNelly and an irregular force of Mexican militia
• Garza Revolution (1891–1893), a minor rebellion in which Mexicans from Texas raided into Coahuila, Mexico.
• Mexican Revolution (1910–1921), civil war
  • Border War (1910–1918), Banana Wars, World War I, referring to the conflicts between the United States military and Mexico which took place roughly between 1910 and 1918 along the Mexico – United States border and Veracruz. Also Mexico and the German Empire against American forces. United States occupation of Veracruz, Battle of Columbus (1916), Battle of Parral, Battle of Carrizal, and Battle of Ambos Nogales were some notable engagements of these wars.
• Cristero War (1926–1929), civil war between Catholics and the non-religious government
• World War II (1942–1945)
• Dirty War (1968–1982)
• Zapatista Uprising (Armed Conflict: 1994–2000), indigenous groups declare war against the Mexican Government
• EPR Marxist Guerrilla Conflict (1996–present), the Popular Revolutionary Army or Ejército Popular Revolucionario (EPR) formed in 1996 and promotes a Marxist philosophy. Several clashes with Mexican military forces in Oaxaca state followed the group's July 1996 declaration of war against the government. The EPR is believed to be connected to the pipeline attacks in June and September, 2007.^[1]
• Mexican Drug War (2006–present), Mexico's major war on drugs

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)	Mexico Mexican Insurgents European Volunteers Mexican Ex-Royalists Army of the Three Guarantees	Spain Spanish Royalists Mexican Royalists	Victory First Mexican Empire gains independence from Spain Signing of Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire
Spanish Reconquest of Mexico (1821–1829)	Mexico	Spain	Victory Spain recognizes the independence of the United States of Mexico in 1836
Central American Federation War of Independence (1822–1823)	Mexico	Central America	Defeat Mexico loses Central America territory Creation of the Federal Republic of Central America
Texas Revolution (1835–1836)	Mexico	Texas	Defeat Texan victory, Treaties of Velasco (1836) Creation of the Republic of Texas (1836) Mexican Invasions of Texas (1842) Annexation of Texas by the United States of America (1845); Outbreak of the Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
First Franco–Mexican War: Pastry War (1838–1839)	Mexico	France	Defeat Mexican government accepts to pay the 600,000 pesos
Mexican–American War (1846–1848)	Mexico	United States	Defeat Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican recognition of Texas (among other territories) as independent; End of conflict between Mexico and Texas
Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901)	Mexico Yucatán	Maya	Victory Republic of Yucatán rejoins the United Mexican States in 1848 Mayas achieve an independent state from 1847–1883 Mexico recaptures Yucatán Conflict between the Mexicans and Mayans continued until 1933
Reform War (1857–1861)	Liberals  United States	Conservatives	Liberal Victory Benito Juárez comes into power in Mexico
Second Franco–Mexican War (1861–1867)	United Mexican States  United States of America  Republic of Peru	French Empire Mexican Empire  Austrian Empire  Belgium Egypt Eyalet Polish Revolutionaries	Victory Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire French withdrawal
Las Cuevas War (1875)	Mexico	United States	Defeat Cattle returned to Texas
Garza Revolution (1891–1893)	Mexico  United States	Garzistas	Victory Garza Revolution defeated
Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)	Counter-Revolutionary Forces	Revolutionary Forces	Revolutionary Victory Porfirio Díaz ousted from power and exiled in France Convention of Aguascalientes between revolutionary leaders Mexican Constitution of 1917 enacted Assassination of important revolutionary leaders Madero, Zapata and Carranza Founding of the National Revolutionary Party
Border War (1910–1919)	|style="background:#efefef"| Mexican Carrancistas  Germany	United States	Mexican Carransista/American Victory on Villista rebels Occupation of Veracruz American military is ordered to withdraw from Mexican territory after the defeat in the Battle of Carrizal Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force General John J. Pershing acknowledges the failure of the American army to meet the objetives of their campaign Violence significantly decreased after the American victory in the Battle of Ambos Nogales Battles between Mexican and American forces ceased in 1919 after the American/Carranzista victory in the Battle of Ciudad Juárez over the Villistas Pancho Villa obtains pardon from the Mexican government.
Cristero War (1926–1929)	Mexican Government	Cristeros	Government Victory Years of persecution of Mexican Catholics and the Catholic Church in Mexico
World War II (1942–1945)	Soviet Union  United States  United Kingdom  China  France  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Yugoslavia  Greece  Denmark  Norway  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Mexico  Ethiopia	Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Finland  Thailand  Manchukuo  Croatia  Slovakia	Victory Collapse of the Third 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
Dirty War (1968–1982)	Mexican Government	Guerrilla Groups	Government Victory Continued rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Zapatista Uprising (1994)	Mexico	EZLN	Victory San Andrés Accords, granting autonomy to the indigenous peoples
Mexican Drug War (2006–present)	Mexico	Drug Cartels	Ongoing Joaquin Guzman Loera apprehended Miguel Trevino Morales apprehended Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano killed

See also

• List of ongoing political conflicts

References

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