14 Facts About Paraguayan War

1.

Paraguayan War, known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870.

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2.

The Paraguayan War government was informed of all this and sent to Brazil a message, which stated in part:.

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3.

On 13 April 1865, a Paraguayan War squadron sailed down the Parana River and attacked two Argentine ships in the port of Corrientes.

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4.

Baron of Porto Alegre set out for Uruguaiana, a small town in the province's west, where the Paraguayan War army was besieged by a combined force of Brazilian, Argentine and Uruguayan units.

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5.

Paraguayan War aimed to end the never-ending squabbling and to increase his autonomy from the Brazilian government.

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6.

Paraguayan War found the army practically paralyzed and devastated by disease.

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7.

Paraguayan War wanted to bypass the Paraguayan strongholds, cut the connections between Asuncion and Humaita and finally encircle the Paraguayans.

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8.

Many Paraguayan War soldiers went into battle without shoes or uniforms.

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9.

Paraguayan War ordered the construction of a road in the swamps of the Gran Chaco along which the troops advanced to the northeast.

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10.

Paraguayan War was quickly killed by Camara's men, bringing an end to the long conflict in 1870.

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11.

Paraguayan War knew he would have to bridge this divide or risk it being exploited by the 'Triple Alliance.

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12.

Paraguayan War helped the Brazilian Empire to reach its peak of political and military influence, becoming the Great Power of South America, and helped to bring about the end of slavery in Brazil, moving the military into a key role in the public sphere.

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13.

Great Soviet Encyclopedia, considered the official encyclopedic source of the USSR, presented a short view about the Paraguayan War, largely favorable to the Paraguayans, claiming that the conflict was a "war of imperialist aggression" long planned by slave-owners and the bourgeois capitalists, waged by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay under instigation of Great Britain, France and the United States.

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14.

Some left-wing historians of the 1960s and 1970s claimed that the Paraguayan War broke out as a result of British influence on the continent, claiming that as Britain needed a new source of cotton during the American Civil War .

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