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Armies of the War of the Pacific 1879–83: Chile, Peru & Bolivia (Men-at-Arms)

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The Pacific War used to be the climax of the decades-long Wars of Liberation, and is among the such a lot vital conflicts in South American history. After winning their independence from Spain in 1825, Peru and Bolivia become separate nations – but over the next years repeated attempts to re-unite them were frustrated by the neighboring powers, particularly Chile.

By the 1870s Chilean military superiority and expansionist policies exploded into full scale conflict. This book examines the troops, uniforms and equipment utilized by forces on all three sides of the conflict and traces the events of the war from the early naval blockades to the entire-scale amphibious landings undertaken by the Chilean forces. The war ended in total victory for Chile, and that country’s emergence thereafter as ‘the Prussia of South The united states’, whilst it cost Peru a lucrative province, and Bolivia its outlet to the Pacific coast.

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