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The Paraguayan War (Spanish: Guerra del Paraguay, Portuguese: Guerra do Paraguai, Guarani: Paraguái Ñorairõ), also known as the War of the Triple Alliance (Spanish: Guerra de la Triple Alianza, Portuguese: Guerra da Tríplice Aliança), was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870.
War of the Triple Alliance, (1864/65–70), the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history, fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Paraguay had been involved in boundary and tariff disputes with its more powerful neighbours, Argentina and Brazil, for years.
Paraguay - War, Triple Alliance, Conflict: Francisco Solano López in 1862 was the inexperienced spoiled son of an iron-willed dictator. He overestimated the military strength of his country and felt that Paraguay should have a larger voice in the affairs of the region.
The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War (or in native Guaraní, Guerra Guazú, meaning “Great War”), was fought from 1864 to 1870, and was by some measures the bloodiest conflict in the history of South America.
Based on secondary sources, this balanced narrative of the war centers on the roles played by each country’s major leaders. Detailed descriptions of battles display the advantages provided by the Alliance’s numerical and logistic superiority. Leuchars, Chris. To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance. Westport, CT ...
Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, was a Latin American regional war that spiraled out of control to become one of the bloodiest international confrontations in the Western Hemisphere.
War of the Triple Alliance (Great War, Paraguayan War), the protracted conflict (November 1864–March 1870) in which Paraguay fought to preserve its sovereignty from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Brazil precipitated the conflict by invading Uruguay and interfering in its domestic affairs.