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Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðel paɾaˈɣwai]; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái), is one of the two landlocked countries which lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere, the other being Bolivia, both in South America.
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War of the Triple Alliance
The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself, was fought from 1864 to 1870, and caused more deaths than any other South American war. It was fought between Paraguay and the allied countries...
Battle of Curupaity
The Battle of Curupayty was a key battle in the War of the Triple Alliance.
On the morning of September 22, 1866, the joint force of the Imperial (Brazilian), Argentine and Uruguayan armies attacked Paraguayan fortified trenches on Curupaity. The...
Battle of Riachuelo
The naval Battle of Riachuelo was a key point in the War of the Triple Alliance. By late 1864, Paraguay had scored a series of victories in the war; on June 11, 1865, however, its naval defeat by Brazil began to turn the tide in favor of the allies....
Battle of Tuyutí
The Battle of Tuyutí was a Paraguayan offensive in the War of the Triple Alliance. The allied victory added to the Paraguayan troubles that began with a failed offensive and continued with the loss of its fleet in the Battle of Riachuelo.
In early...
Piquissiri maneuver
The Piquissiri maneuver was a tactical move by Brazilian commander Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Marquês de Caxias in the War of the Triple Alliance. Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano López had concentrated his troops in a strong position across...
Mato Grosso campaign
The Mato Grosso campaign was an early Paraguayan offensive in the War of the Triple Alliance. Paraguay captured the Brazilian province of Mato Grosso, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, since the attackers obtained little gain in it. The Province of Mato...
Battle of Jataí
The Battle of Jataí in the War of the Triple Alliance occurred on August 17, 1865. A column of the Paraguayan Army under major Pedro Duarte is attacked by forces of the Triple Alliance commanded by Uruguay's president Venancio Flores.
Battle of Itororó
On the morning of December 6, 1868, Marshal of the Brazilian Army, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis (later Duke) of Caxias, moved with 13,000 men in two columns to take Villeta, a Paraguayan city, as a plan to make further attacks on the...
Battle of Acosta Ñu
The Battle of Acosta Ñu or Campo Grande was a battle during the War of the Triple Alliance, where, in August 16, 1869, 20,000 men of the Triple Alliance fought Paraguayan forces made up of 6,000 soldiers, many of them children.
In the middle of 1869...
Battle of Cerro Corá
The battle of Cerro Corá was fought on 1 March 1870 on a hill-surrounded valley of the same name, in the north-east of Paraguay. This was the last battle in the War of the Triple Alliance.
Estimatives claim that Solano López's personal guard had...
Battle of Estero Bellaco
The Battle of Estero Bellaco was one of the bloodyiest battles of the Paraguayan War of the Triple Alliance.
This battle took place the May 2, 1866, the Paraguayan army lost 2,000 men. Also, three hundred were taken as prisoners by the troops of the...
