naval engagement, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Jambelí

Name: Battle of Jambelí
Location: Canal de Jambelí, Ecuador

Battle of Jambelí was a naval engagement fought in 1941 at Canal de Jambelí, in what is now Ecuador. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Canal de Jambelí. It was part of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, which ran from 1941 to 1942.

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Fought1941

WhereCanal de Jambelí, Ecuador2.932S, 79.941W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePeruvian victory; Blockade of the Ecuadorian coast by the Peruvian Navy in Guayaquil; Ceasefire declared by Ecuador after of lose the Yaupi and Santiago offensive

BelligerentsPeruagainstEcuador

Part ofEcuadorian–Peruvian War1941 to 1942

Record

Date	1941 (year precision)
Place	Canal de Jambelí, Ecuador 2.932S, 79.941W
Kind	Naval engagement, interwar and Second World War
Territorial change	Start of Peruvian occupation of the Southern Ecuador during the rest of the war
Strength	Peruvian Army; Japanese volunteers; Peruvian Civil Guard; Peruvian Navy; Peruvian Air Force	Ecuadorian Army; 22px Ecuadorian Navy
Casualties and losses	37+ killed and wounded; 1 destroyer damaged	1,000 killed; 300–500 wounded; 200 captured; 1 gunboat damaged; 1 boat captured; Several weapons and military equipment seized captured; 2 Peruvian civilians killed
Commanders	Manuel Odría Eloy G. Ureta José del Carmen Marín Arista	Major (rank) Captain

Placed at Canal de Jambelí; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Guayaquil 1860, 82 km N
Battle of Punta Malpelo 1828, 88 km SW
Battle of Yaguachi 1821, 91 km N
Battle of Camino Real 1820, 155 km NE
Battle of Riobamba 1822, 199 km NE

In the same war

After: Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte 11 August 1941

Elsewhere in 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Kiev Ukraine

Battle of Jambelí is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 32 in present-day Ecuador.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2984787, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jambelí, revision 1378072759, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.