War​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Triple​ ​Alliance (jan 5, 1864 – nov 13, 1870)

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The​ ​most​ ​devastating​ ​war​ ​ever​ ​fought​ ​in​ ​South
America,​ ​the​ ​War​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Triple​ ​Alliance​ ​pitted
Argentina,​ ​Uruguay,​ ​and​ ​Brazil​ ​against​ ​Paraguay.​ ​When
Uruguay​ ​was​ ​attacked​ ​by​ ​Brazil​ ​and​ ​Argentina​ ​in​ ​late
1864,​ ​Paraguay​ ​came​ ​to​ ​its​ ​aid​ ​and​ ​attacked​ ​Brazil.
Ironically,​ ​Uruguay,​ ​then​ ​under​ ​a​ ​different​ ​president,
switched​ ​sides​ ​and​ ​fought​ ​against​ ​its​ ​former​ ​ally.​ ​By​ ​the
time​ ​the​ ​war​ ​was​ ​over,​ ​hundreds​ ​of​ ​thousands​ ​had​ ​died
and​ ​Paraguay​ ​was​ ​in​ ​ruins.​ ​It​ ​would​ ​take​ ​decades​ ​for
the​ ​nation​ ​to​ ​recover.

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