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The Football War (Spanish: Guerra del fútbol), also known as the Soccer War or the 100 Hour War, was a brief military conflict fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969.
Honduras El Salvador: Victory. Peace of Sensenti; Status Quo Ante Bellum; British Occupation of Trujillo and the Tigre Islands (1849-1850) Honduras United Kingdom: Victory. British forces leave Trujillo and Amapala; Battle of La Arada (1851) El Salvador Honduras: Guatemala: Defeat. Acta Constitutiva de la República ("Constitutive Act of the ...
El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua. Defeat: Malespín's War (1844) El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua: Victory: Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1845 El Salvador Honduras: Status Quo Ante Bellum: Filibuster War (1856–1857) Costa Rica Nicaragua Mosquitia Guatemala Honduras El Salvador United States United Kingdom (naval support) Filibusters: Victory
The Salvadoran Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador, backed by the United States, [28] and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of left-wing guerilla groups backed by the Cuban regime of Fidel Castro as well as the Soviet Union. [4]
Santiago González Portillo declared himself Provisional President of El Salvador after capturing Sensuntepeque. Decisive battles occurred in Santa Ana from April 7 to 10, where Honduran generals López, Ochoa, and Pineda, along with Salvadoran General Juan Antonio Medina Orellana [ es ] , defeated the forces led by Generals Tomás Martínez ...
The press of both nations contributed to a growing climate of near- hysteria, and on June 27, 1969, Honduras broke diplomatic relations with El Salvador. The Mancha Brava, during the war with El Salvador had other purposes besides intimidating political party's. With the membership of Honduran civilians it was used against Salvadorian residents ...
During the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Honduras and El Salvador competed in separate groups for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifications, Honduras was in Group 3 and El Salvador was in Group 4, both winning their respective groups. [83] [5] The met each other in the semifinals.
The War of 1907 (Spanish: Guerra de 1907) was a conflict fought between El Salvador and an alliance between Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvadoran exiles, and American filibusters. The invasion of El Salvador on 11 June 1907 resulted in a quick military victory for El Salvador as invading forces withdrew by the end of the day.