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This is a '''list of [[war]]s involving the [[Republic of Chile]]''' from its birth in the first decades of the 19th century to the present.

* {{legend2|#AF9|style="background:#AF9"|'''Chilean victory''': in the case of an international war, where a favorable result has been obtained|border=1px solid #AAA}}
* {{legend2|#A9F5D0|style="background:#A9F5D0"|'''Indecisive''' or '''inconclusive''': in the case of an international conflict, but with an unclear or left to interpretation result or a treaty of peace between two belligerents|border=1px solid #AAA}}
* {{legend2|#BBF|'''Internal confrontation''': in the case of an Chilean internal conflict, whatever the winning faction|border=1px solid #AAA}}

== List ==
=== 19th-century ===
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|-
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=230px| <span style="color: white">Confrontation</span>
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=180px| <span style="color: white">Combatant 1</span>
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=180px| <span style="color: white">Combatant 2</span>
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=340px| <span style="color: white">Results</span>
|-
|style="background:"| [[Spanish American wars of independence]]<br/>(1808–1833)
* [[Chilean War of Independence]]<br/>(1812–1826)
Chilean participation on:
* [[Argentine War of Independence]]<br/>(1810–1818)
* [[Peruvian War of Independence]]<br/>(1809–1826)
* [[Colombian War of Independence]]{{refn|The Chilean [[privateer]] ''Los Andes'' attacked the royalist garrisons in different points of the [[Pacific/Chocó natural region|western coast of present-day Colombia]] between 1819 and 1820, with the aim of supporting General [[Simón Bolívar]]'s forces that were fighting in the interior.<ref>{{cite book |last=Uribe Orrego |first=Luis |author-link=Luis Uribe |date=1891 |volume=I |title=Los Oríjenes de nuestra marina militar, 1817-1819 |url=https://issuu.com/albedu/docs/uribe__luis_-_los_or_genes_de_nuestra_marina_milit |language=Spanish |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Imprenta Nacional |pages=93–98}}</ref>|name=|group=Note}}<br/>(1810–1825)
* [[Ecuadorian War of Independence]]<br/>(1809–1823)
* [[Mexican War of Independence]]{{refn|From 1817, Chilean privateers began to harass Spanish-flagged ships at sea, even reaching the western coasts of Mexico. The same happened with the [[First Chilean Navy Squadron]], commanded by Admiral [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald|Thomas Cochrane]], who was present circumstantially between 1821 and 1822.<ref>{{cite book |last=López Urrutia |first=Carlos |date=2007 |edition=2 |title=Historia de la Marina de Chile |language=Spanish |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=El Ciprés Editores |pages=35–49, 170–207 |isbn=978-0-6151-8574-3}}</ref>|name=|group=Note}}<br/>(1810–1821)
|style="background:"| '''[[Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence)|Patriots]]:'''<br>{{small|(States consolidated in war)}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Gran Colombia.svg|size=23px}} [[Gran Colombia]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818).svg|size=23px}} [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Mexico (1821-1823).svg|size=23px}} [[First Mexican Empire|Mexico]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Peru (1822–1825).svg|size=23px}} [[Peru]]
* {{flagicon image|State flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg|size=23px}} [[Bolivia]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.svg|size=23px}} [[Federal Republic of Central America]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Paraguay (1812-1826).svg|size=23px}} [[Paraguay]]
[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian]] allies of the Patriots
|style="background:"| '''[[Royalist (Spanish American independence)|Royalists]]:'''
{{flagicon|Spain|1785|size=23px}} [[Spanish Empire|Spanish Monarchy]]
* {{flag|Spain|1785|size=23px}}
* [[File:Lesser Coat of arms of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931)-Version of the Flag.svg|23px|alt=|link=]] [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish America]]
Amerindian allies of the Royalists
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* End of all Spanish domains in [[Americas]], with the exception of [[Captaincy General of Cuba|Cuba]] and [[Captaincy General of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
* Formation of the new [[Hispanic America]]n states
* Subsequently, Spain recognizes each of the new Hispanic American states through the signing of international treaties{{refn|On 25 April 1844, Spain officially recognized the independence of Chile through a [[Treaty of Peace and Friendship Chile–Spain of 1844|Treaty of Peace and Friendship]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Barros Van Buren |first=Mario |author-link=Mario Barros van Buren |date=1970 |title=Historia diplomática de Chile (1541-1938) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2w2Rhnn4US0C |language=es |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Editorial Andrés Bello |page=174 }}</ref>|name=|group=Note}}
|-
| style="background:" | [[Chilean patriots conflict in 1814|Chilean patriots conflict]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Barros Arana |first=Diego |author-link=Diego Barros Arana |date=1888 |volume=IX |title=Historia jeneral de Chile |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9011.html |language=Spanish |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Imprenta Cervantes |pages=479–495, 502–512, 531–535}}</ref><br />(1814)
| style="background:" | {{flagdeco|Chile|1812}} Government Junta of Santiago under [[Jose Miguel Carrera]]
| style="background:" | {{flagdeco|Chile|1812}} Army in Talca under [[Bernardo O'Higgins]]
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Carrera victory'''
* O'Higgins recognizes Carrera's authority and they unite to face the royalists again
* Military weakening of the patriot cause in the face of the royalist threat
|-
| style="background:" | [[Uprising of the Prieto brothers]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Barros Arana |first=Diego |date=1892 |volume=XII |title=Historia jeneral de Chile |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9014.html |language=Spanish |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Imprenta Cervantes |pages=128–132, 137–146}}</ref><br />(1819)
| style="background:" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
| style="background:" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Montoneras]] of Prieto brothers
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Government victory'''
* Destruction of the montoneras and death of its main leaders
|-
|style="background:"| [[Campaign against Pincheira brothers]]<br/>(1822–1832)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818).svg|size=23px}} [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]] {{small|(until 1831)}}<br>{{flag|Argentine Confederation|size=23px}} {{small|(from 1831)}}<br>[[Mapuche]] groups:<br>{{small|(support increased since 1830)}}
* Abajinos
* [[Pehuenche]]s
* [[Ranquel|Ranqueles]]
* [[Boroano people|Boroanos]]
|style="background:"| {{flagicon|Spain|1785|size=23px}} Montoneras of [[Pincheira brothers]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Argentina (1818).svg|size=23px}} [[Mendoza Province]] {{small|(1829–1830)}}
* [[Federalist Party (Argentina)|Federals]]
Mapuche groups:<br>{{small|(support decreased since 1830)}}
* Pehuenches
* Ranqueles
* Boroanos
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* End of the montoneras of Pincheira brothers and relocation in Chile of the families that lived in the Pincheira camps
* The Chilean government pardoned José Antonio, the last leader of the Pincheira
* [[Banditry in Chile|Rural banditry in Chile]] persists for several years but to a lesser extent
* [[Desert Campaign (1833–1834)]]
* Sporadic conflicts in [[La Frontera (Chile)|La Frontera]] (1834–1861)
|-
|style="background:"| [[Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830|Chilean Civil War]]<br/>(1829–1830)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Pelucones]]<br>[[Mapuche]] groups
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Pipiolos]]<br>Mapuche groups
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Pelucones victory'''
* Establishment of the [[Conservative Republic]]
* Political preponderance of [[Diego Portales]]
|-
| style="background:" | [[Mapuche uprising of 1834|Mapuche uprising]]<br/>(1834–1837)
| style="background:" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]<br>Mapuche ally: 
* Abajinos
| style="background:" | [[Mapuche]] groups:
* Arribanos
* [[Huilliche people|Huilliches]]
* Costinos
* [[Pehuenche]]s
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* [[Parliament of Boroa (1837)|Parliament of Boroa]] between Chile and Mapuche rebels in 1837
|-
| style="background:" | [[Freire's expedition of 1836|Freire's expedition]]<br/>(1836)
| style="background:" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
| style="background:" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} Forces under [[Ramón Freire]]
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Government victory'''
* Freire's forces are dismantled in Chiloé, and Freire himself is captured and subsequently exiled
* Diplomatic and military tension between Chile and the [[Peru-Bolivian Confederation]], and [[Garrido's raid on Peru]]
|-
|style="background:"| [[War of the Confederation]]<br/>(1836–1839)
|style="background:"| '''United Restoration:'''<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]<br/>{{collapsible list
|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
|title = {{flagicon|Peru|1825|size=23px}} Peruvian Dissidents 
|bullets=yes
|{{flagicon|Peru|1825|size=23px}} Government of La Fuente <small>(1837)</small>
|{{flagicon|Peru|1825|size=23px}} Government of Gamarra <small>(1838–39)</small>
}}
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{{flag|Argentine Confederation|size=23px}}
|style="background:"| {{flag|Peru-Bolivian Confederation|size=23px}}
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{{flagicon|Peru|1825|size=23px}} Orbegoso Government
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* [[Dissolution (law)|Dissolution]] of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
* The government of the [[Luis José de Orbegoso]] is defeated during the course of the war
* Restoration of the republics of Peru (unification of the [[Republic of North Peru|North]] and [[Republic of South Peru|South]] States of Peru) and Bolivia
* Exile of [[Andrés de Santa Cruz]]
* Chile obtains international prestige and the commercial hegemony of [[Valparaíso]] in the Pacific<ref>{{cite book |last1=Collier |first1=Simon |last2=Sater |first2=William |date=1996 |title=A History of Chile, 1808-1994 |location=Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-56827-7 |page=68 }}</ref>
* Military tension between Peru and Bolivia
* Argentina, after the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, negotiated with Bolivia the recovery of the territory it had lost during the war<ref>{{cite journal |last=Musicó Aschiero |first=Ana María |date=June 2013 |title=Guerra de la Confederación Argentina con la Confederación Perú-Boliviana 1835-1839 |url=https://www.colegiomilitar.mil.ar/rediu/articulo.php?articulo=120 |language=es |location=Buenos Aires, Argentina |journal=Revista Digital Universitaria del Colegio Militar de la Nación |issue=33 |pages=5–6 |access-date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
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|style="background:"| [[Uprising of Quillota]]<br/>(1837)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} Rebels of Quillota
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Government victory'''
* The rebels execute the Minister Diego Portales
* Defeat of the rebels and execution of their leader, Colonel [[José Antonio Vidaurre]]
|-
|style="background:"| [[Iquicha War of 1839|Iquicha War]]{{refn|After the dissolution of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, the iquichano leader Antonio Huachaca provoked an armed uprising against the Chilean-Peruvian victors. Chilean troops fought against these rebels until peace was achieved.<ref>{{cite book |last=Galdo Gutiérrez |first=Virgilio |date=1992 |title=Ayacucho: Conflictos y pobreza, historia regional (siglos XVI-XIX) |language=es |location=Ayacucho, Perú |publisher=[[San Cristóbal of Huamanga University]] |pages=179–180 }}</ref>|name=|group=Note}}<br/>(1839)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]<br/>{{flag|Peru|1825|size=23px}}
|style="background:"| Rebels of Iquicha
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* Signature of the Treaty of Yanallay in which the Iquichanos submit to the Republic of Peru
* Isolation of the [[caudillo]] [[Antonio Huachaca]]
|-
|style="background:"| [[1851 Chilean Revolution|Chilean Revolution]]<br/>(1851)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Chile, 1849)|Liberal Rebels]]<br/>[[Mapuche]] 
* [[Mañil]] Clan
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Government victory'''
* Survival of the conservative government
* Repression and exile of intellectuals and liberal politicians
|-
|style="background:"| [[Revolution of 1859|Chilean Revolution]]<br/>(1859)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Atacama.svg|size=23px}} [[Liberal Party (Chile, 1849)|Liberal Rebels]]<br/>[[Mapuche]] 
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Government victory'''
* Temporary survival of the conservative government
* Exile of the liberal [[Pedro León Gallo Goyenechea|Pedro León Gallo]] until 1863
* Presidential candidacy of [[José Joaquín Pérez]], who was elected and started the [[Liberal Republic]] in 1861
* The [[Radical Party of Chile]] emerged in 1863 from the seed of the revolution
|-
| style="background:" | [[Mapuche uprising of 1859|Mapuche uprising]]<br/>(1859–1861)
| style="background:" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]<br>Mapuche ally: 
* Abajinos
| style="background:" | [[Mapuche]] groups:
* Arribanos
* [[Huilliche people|Huilliches]]
* Costinos
* [[Pehuenche]]s
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* Chile decides to [[occupation of Araucanía]]
|-
|style="background:"| [[Occupation of Araucanía]]<br/>(1861–1883)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]
|style="background:"| [[Mapuche]] 
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* Incorporation of [[Araucanía (historic region)|Araucanía]] into Chile
* The Mapuche groups are concentrated in land reductions
* Entry of Chileans and European immigrants into the territory
* Infrastructure build-up in the territory
* Violence and lawlessness in the areas for decades are generated
|-
|style="background:"| [[Chincha Islands War]]<br/>(1865–1871)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]<br>{{flag|Peru|1825|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Ecuador|1860|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Bolivia|size=23px}}
|style="background:"| {{flag|Spain|1785|size=23px}}
|style="background:#A9F5D0"| '''Indecisive, both sides claimed victory'''
* Spanish withdrawal from the [[Chincha Islands]]
* Decline of the Chilean merchant fleet and subsequent resurgence
* The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871
* Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885)
|-
|style="background:"| [[War of the Pacific]]<br/>(1879–1883)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chile]]
|style="background:"| {{flag|Peru|1825|size=23px}}<br/>{{flag|Bolivia|size=23px}}
|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* Signing of the [[Treaty of Ancón]] between Chile and Peru in 1883
* Signing of the [[Treaty of Valparaiso]] between Chile and Bolivia in 1884
* Bolivia becomes ''[[de facto]]'' and ''[[de jure]]'' landlocked
* [[Peruvian Civil War of 1884–1885]]
* Saltpeter becomes Chile's main source of wealth for several years
* Emergence of the military and political influence of Chile in South America<ref name="Figueroa">{{cite journal |last=Tapia Figueroa |first=Claudio |date=2016 |title=La política chilena en la postguerra del Pacífico: Poder, influencia y relaciones con Ecuador |url=http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/rhc/n64/0121-1617-rhc-64-00121.pdf |language=es |location=Valparaíso, Chile |journal=FONDECYT, Federico Santa María Technical University |pages=129 |access-date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
* Tension between Chile and Argentina due to the [[Puna de Atacama dispute|dispute over the Puna de Atacama]]
* Rivalry between Chile and the United States<ref name="Figueroa" />{{refn|During the course of the War of the Pacific, the United States intervened diplomatically in favor of Peru and Bolivia, trying to avoid the territorial cession in favor of Chile. This generated an atmosphere of tension or rivalry between both countries, especially because Chile emerged as a regional power after the war. The greatest example of this struggle between Chile and the United States was the [[Panama crisis of 1885]].<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Rubilar Luengo |first=Mauricio |date=2012 |title=La política exterior de Chile durante la guerra y postguerra del Pacífico (1879-1891): Las relaciones con Estados Unidos y Colombia: Diplomacia, opinión pública y poder naval |url=https://uvadoc.uva.es/bitstream/handle/10324/925/TESIS150-120417.pdf;jsessionid=2E4DDAD652EF02E5E17A8A34AB5991AC?sequence=1 |language=es |location=Valladolid, España |publisher=[[University of Valladolid]] |pages=471–472 }}</ref>|name=|group=Note}}
|-
|style="background:"| [[Chilean Civil War of 1891|Chilean Civil War]]<br/>(1891)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
|style="background:"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg|size=23px}} [[Government Junta of Chile (1891)|Congressist Junta]]
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Congressist victory'''
* Suicide of President [[José Manuel Balmaceda]]
* Ascent of [[Jorge Montt]] to the presidency
* Beginning of the [[History of Chile during the Parliamentary Era (1891–1925)|Parliamentary period]]
* The tensions between Chile and the United States during the war led to the [[Baltimore crisis|''Baltimore'' crisis]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Varela Münchmeyer |first=Eugenio |date=January–February 1992 |title=Manejo de crisis. Situación Chile-Estados Unidos en 1891-1892 |url=https://revistamarina.cl/revistas/1992/1/evarelam.pdf |language=es |location=Viña del Mar, Chile |journal=[[Revista de Marina]] |volume=109 |issue=806 |pages=2–3 |access-date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|}

=== 20th-century ===
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|-
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=230px| <span style="color: white">Confrontation</span>
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=180px| <span style="color: white">Combatant 1</span>
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=180px| <span style="color: white">Combatant 2</span>
! style="background:#0038A8;" width=340px| <span style="color: white">Results</span>
|-
|style="background:"| [[Chile Chico]] War<ref>{{cite book |last=Ivanoff Wellmann |first=Danka |date=1999 |title=La guerra de Chile Chico o los sucesos del lago Buenos Aires |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-8483.html |language=es |location=Chile |pages=1–118 }}</ref><br/>(1918)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon|Chile|size=23px}} Businessman [[Carlos von Flack]]<br/>{{flagicon|Chile|size=23px}} Some contingents of the Army Carabineros Corps{{refn|In 1903, the Army Carabineros Corps was created, in charge of exercising internal security functions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gazmuri |first=Cristián |date=2014 |title=Historia de Chile 1891-1994: Política, economía, sociedad, cultura, vida privada, episodios |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOGhXJJ1uB8C |language=es |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=RIL Editores |page=51 }}</ref> This unit belonged to the cavalry branch of the [[Chilean Army]].<ref name="EstadoMayor">{{cite book |last=Estado Mayor General del Ejército |date=1980 |title=Historia del Ejército de Chile: La Primera Guerra Mundial y su influencia en el ejército (1914–1940) |volume=VIII |url=https://issuu.com/albedu/docs/ej_rcito_de_chile_-_historia__8_._la_primera_guerr |language=es |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Impresos Vicuña |page=257 }}</ref> On 27 April 1927, the Army Carabineros Corps merged with the Fiscal Police, thus forming the current institution known as [[Carabiniers of Chile]].<ref name="EstadoMayor" />|name=|group=Note}} 
|style="background:"| {{flagicon|Chile|size=23px}} Chilean settlers of Chile Chico
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Chilean settlers victory'''
* Chilean government annulled the lease with Carlos Von Flack of the lands located on the south bank of the [[General Carrera Lake|Buenos Aires Lake]] and recognized the right of Chilean settlers over them
* Chilean government analyzes with greater rigor the contracts with exploitation companies
* The position of the settlers was strengthened in front of the big exploiting companies during the colonization process of [[Aysén Region|Aysén]]
* The events attracted the interest of many Chileans to settle in these lands
|-
|style="background:"| [[Chilean naval mutiny of 1931|Chilean naval mutiny]]<br/>(1931)
|style="background:"| {{flagicon|Chile|size=23px}} [[Chilean Government]]
|style="background:"| {{flagicon|Chile|size=23px}} Rebels of the [[Chilean Navy]] 
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Government victory'''
* Capitulation of the navy and delivery of the ships to the government authorities
* Court-martialed to the mutineers
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|style="background:"| [[World War II]]<br/>(1939–1945)
* [[American Theater (World War II)]]
** [[Latin America during World War II]]
** [[Operation Bolívar]]
** [[Chile during World War II]]
Relevant milestones regarding Chile:
* Covert operations against Nazi agents by the [[Investigations Police of Chile|PDI]] through Department 50 (1939–1945)<ref name="Biobio">{{cite web |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2017/06/23/departamento-50-la-unidad-de-inteligencia-de-la-pdi-que-combatio-a-los-nazis-en-chile.shtml |title=Departamento 50: La unidad de inteligencia de la PDI que combatió a los nazis en Chile |author=Flores, Jonathan |date=June 23, 2017 |website=BiobioChile.cl |language=es |access-date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
* Cooperation with the United States before and after the official entry of Chile into the war<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nocera |first=Raffaele |date=July–December 2005 |title=Ruptura con el eje y alineamiento con Estados Unidos. Chile durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial |url=http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=33423806 |language=es |location=Santiago, Chile |journal=Historia Journal, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |volume=2 |issue=38 |pages=442 |access-date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
* Sinking of the steam [[SS Tolten|''Toltén'']] (13 March 1942)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pugh Gillmore |first=Kenneth |date=January–February 2004 |title=¿Quién hundió al ''Toltén''? |url=https://revistamarina.cl/revistas/2004/1/pugh_g.pdf |language=es |location=Viña del Mar, Chile |journal=Revista de Marina |volume=121 |issue=878 |pages=1–9 |access-date=23 June 2019 }}</ref>
* Chile broke diplomatic relations with all the Axis powers (20 January 1943)
* Nominal support of Allied forces in the [[Battle of the Caribbean]]
* Surveillance, confinement and expulsion of Japanese accused of espionage, and to a lesser extent of Germans and Italians<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Paredes Venegas |first=Mauricio |date=2012 |title=Nacionalismo, seguridad y presión internacional. La relegación de japoneses en Chile durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |publisher=Universidad de Chile |pages=1–742 }}</ref>
* Chile declared war on Japan (13 April 1945)
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|style="Background:#AF9"| '''Victory'''
* Collapse of the [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]
* Fall of [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] and [[Italian Empire]]s
* Creation of the [[United Nations]]
* Emergence of the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as [[superpower]]s
* Beginning of the [[Cold War]]
''With respect to Chile'':
* Department 50 managed to interrupt the activities of German or pro-Nazi agents in Chile and help in other parts of Latin America<ref name="Biobio" />
* Chilean authorities thwart Nazi plots to attack the [[Panama Canal]] and [[Mining|mines]] in northern Chile<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chile-foiled-nazi-plot-attack-panama-canal-documents-show-180963836/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chile-foiled-nazi-plot-attack-panama-canal-documents-show-180963836/ |title=Documents Show Chile Foiled Nazi Plot to Attack Panama Canal |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=27 June 2017 |website=smithsonianmag.com |access-date=4 February 2021 }}</ref>
* Chile becomes a founding member of the [[United Nations]] when it was established in 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barros Van Buren |first=Mario |date=1998 |title=Diplomacia chilena en la II Guerra Mundial |language=es |location=Santiago, Chile |publisher=Ediciones Arquen |page=105 }}</ref>
* Chile, as part of the allies, participated in the signing of the [[Treaty of San Francisco]] in 1951, which regularized the situation with Japan
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| style="background:" | [[Cold War]]<br/>(1947–1991)
* [[Armed resistance in Chile (1973–1990)|Armed Resistance in Chile]]<br />(1973–1990)
| style="background:" | {{flagicon|Chile|size=23px}} [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Chilean Government]]
| style="background:" | Chilean far-left guerrilla groups:<br>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of the MIR - Chile.svg|size=23px}} [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)|MIR]]
* {{Flagicon image|Bandera del MAPU, partit xilè.svg|size=23px}} [[Lautaro Youth Movement|MJL]]
* {{Flagicon image|FPMR Chile.SVG|size=23px}} [[Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front|FPMR]]
| style="Background:#BBF" | '''Government victory'''
* The armed groups of the extreme left fail to overthrow the military government
* With the [[1988 Chilean national plebiscite|national plebiscite of 1988]], on 11 March 1990, the end of the military government and the beginning of the [[Chilean transition to democracy|transition to democracy]] took place
* The levels of violence carried out by armed groups of the extreme left diminished considerably with the return of democracy, since this fact led to the demobilization of most of them
* Several isolated attacks continued, executed by dissident groups
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==Notes==
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==References==
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