Название: The Paraguayan War 1864-70: The Triple Alliance at stake in La Plata Автор: Gabriele Esposito, Giuseppe Rava
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Campaign 342
ISBN: 9781472834447
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 23,7 MB
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was the largest and most important military conflict in the history of South America, after the Wars of Independence, and its only true 'continental' war. It involved four countries and lasted for more than five years, during which Paraguay fought alone against a powerful alliance formed by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. This conflict was remarkable in its huge scale and its terrible cost in lives, with the catastrophic human price paid by Paraguay amounting to more than 300,000 men, a loss of some 70% of the country's total population.