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The Paraguayan War, also known as tne War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest and bloodiest inter-state war in Latin American history.
- 13 November 1864 – 1 March 1870, (5 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
It is organized into three corps and nine divisions, and several commands and direction. It has gone to war on many occasions, notably in the War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay; the Chaco War against Bolivia; and the ongoing Paraguayan People's Army insurgency .
- Officially since 1811
- Paraguay
- 20,000 active personnel, 160,000 reserves
- Armed Forces of Paraguay
The Armed Forces of Paraguay ( Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Paraguay) officially the Armed Forces of the Nation ( Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación) [4] consist of the Paraguayan army, Paraguayan navy (including naval aviation and marine corps) and air force .
- 15,650 active military (2016), 14,800 paramilitary (2012)
- Vencer o morir, ("Win or die")
- 18
- President Santiago Peña
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Feb 27, 2020 · William Costa in Asunción. Thu 27 Feb 2020 04.00 EST. L atin America’s bloodiest war ended with a single gunshot fired on the lonely banks of the Aquidabán Niguí – a stream flowing through dense...
Oct 11, 2019 · The greatest revolution took place in the field of weaponry: when the war started, most of the South American armies were still armed with old flintlock or percussion smoothbore muskets; when the war ended, most of them had adopted percussion rifles employing the Minié system.
The sophistication of the plots, which included a car bomb and assault rifles, illustrates the evolution of the transnational organized crime threat in Paraguay. 1 At the same time, the...
Introduction. Between 1864 and 1870 Paraguay engaged in a large-scale war against its neighbors Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The first military engagements began when Marshal Francisco Solano López captured the Brazilian steamer Marquis de Olinda in 1864, afterward invading the Brazilian territories of Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul as ...
