The Paraguayan War: Every Day

See how the most destructive war in South American history played out as Paraguay attempted to fight Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
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[@EmperorTigerstar]

This was a request I’ve had for a long time and definitely needed an every day version. Enjoy!

[@deberiatenerunnombreya5232]

EmperorTigerstar Friend the Frontier Lines that you did it are based in the EFFECTIVE CONTROL, no? You know that there in South America the Frontiers(Fronteras) were confuses and little habited(poco habitadas)

[@Scenariania]

What about the music? Sounds awesome

[@archenema6792]

Is it just a coincidence that this video is 4:20 long? Or is that a tribute to mad Franky Lopez? ;)

[@Scenariania]

@Sugarz thanks. I figured it was something to do with Kevin's music!

[@abandonedchannel72929]

I’m 69th like

[@wazzup1629]

Uruguay:*declares war on Paraguay* Paraguay:”wait a minute this whole operation was your idea”

[@walterbell7193]

Isaac 🇺🇾 = 🇮🇹 FYI my original reply had the Paraguayan flag instead of the Uruguay flag

[@catmeme89]

Solano Lopez was arrogant, he tried defeat 3 countries at once, exposed his country to a shame and eliminated over 90% of his men.

[@ipoopedmyself3981]

@Denis Diderot the people of paraguai did

[@sizzis2045]

Well, of course, Brazil installed a puppet government in Uruguay once they overtook the country.

[@artoriasquellobello8434]

@Denis Diderot you took everything from me

[@charlesferdinand422]

A South American country is not a real South American country if it hasn't taken land from Bolivia

[@greatdays3584]

The Guyanas, Colombia, Equador and Venezuela: "What do you mean by that?" *all of them up a gun*

[@psicopataautista7132]

even Paraguay, which lost the war against Bolivia, stole territory from it in the end

[@BlockWorks]

lmao Argentina took some of paraguay's land that Bolivia wanted Brazil took Acre Chile took Bolivia's beaches Peru got some part of bolivia Paraguay got a bit of land from bolivia

[@zhiro_3]

@@psicopataautista7132 Paraguay won that war and Bolivia attack first

[@The_Copper_Element_Itself]

@@BlockWorks brazil took parts of Bolivia 2 times And peru once had the entirety of it

[@jeffh9427]

Brazil: Hey this war is taking longer then expected. Bolivia give me some land

[@esbendit]

@Jion including paraguay.

[@williandarosa5485]

it was the treaty of ayacucho, made to end the geopolitical conflicts between the 2 But still, your comment is kinda true hahaha

[@nejiniisan1265]

lol

[@pinkywind1302]

at least Brazil didn't take by war..... cof cof Peru cof cof Chile cof

[@marcelo497]

@@pinkywind1302 Yeah, we exchanged a part of Bolivia with 2 horses and ten bucks

[@Evzone1821]

Triple alliance: “Are you really going to take on all three of us? _Really?”_ Paraguay: *sí.*

Sí*, you dirty pleb

[@Evzone1821]

Reve Naant but it is Opposite Day :o

[@octaviosardi3337]

Héē* in guaraní

[@abbyconcrad1025]

Dahkittydoonsta allies: *Pikachu face*

[@Evzone1821]

Abby Concrad Paraguay: *loses almost entire male population, and less territory than they had started out with.* Paraguay: “This is fine.”

[@carnum1159]

3 hot South Americans GO HAM ON petite Paraguayan stepsis *NOT CLICKBAIT*

[@toymationstudios8613]

I love the comment

[@AnImperialGod]

More like real sis.

[@b.m.933]

Lol

[@user-nj1dk3fk7r]

You from Ukraine?

[@carnum1159]

Андрій latvia

[@pokekid1145]

that moment when you help your friend in a civil war but instead, you get destroyed by 3 nations including the one you tried to help

[@pedroschneider4872]

He just used this as an excuse to have acess to the Atlantic Sea. While the whole country was more like a big slum, the industrial center of Assunción was the greatest of South America, and since noone was an ally of Solano López, because D. Pedro II eliminated all the dictadorships (the Blancos) in the Plate Region, and his only reliable trade partner was the UK, he had two options: *Pay to have an access to the Plate River; or *Declare war on the Greatest power of Latin America, with the 2nd biggest Navy in the world and most populated than all the other countries of South America togheter, since noone was living in Mato Grosso at the time, and his army was superior to the Brazilian one. He choosed the second one, and got destroyed by Brazil (Argentina almost didn't helped because it was a mess and Uruguay just send 3000 men to the battlefield) P.S.: Sorry for my bad English

[@santiagocardozo4390]

@@pedroschneider4872 Paraguay y Brasil tenian el mismo poder militar en esa epoca( Sin contar la fuerza naval obviamente)

[@pedroschneider4872]

@@santiagocardozo4390 (espero que entenda em português) na verdade o exército brasileiro era muito fraco, não importaria os números, invadir um terrtório pantanoso como o Paraguai utilizando um exército tão fraco causaria, talvez, o dobro de baixas. A Marinha Fluvial Brasileira e a Arma de Engenharia eram as únicas que se salvavam.

[@pqo2722]

@@pedroschneider4872 hoje pode vir qualquer um que nós mete o loko

[@pedroschneider4872]

@@pqo2722 considerando o estado lástimável do exército de metade das potências mundiais, duvido que o Brasil seja invadido tão cedo... exceto se for os EUA, daí a gente tá ferrado

[@mrgreenfr6216]

"Mr Presidente! We are already at war with the largest country of South America! You sure you want to declare w-" " *Let's declare war at Argentina* "

[@urssball6094]

He wasn’t a president, he was a dictator

[@Pedrinho8080]

But the largest country is Brasil

[@tomastapia9744]

@@F6Design_ what? Betrayed? Even when the paraguay declares first the war against us?

[@urssball6094]

Pedrinho 8080 e que disse o contrario?

[@mrgreenfr6216]

@@Pedrinho8080 yes? Already said it

[@waywardstoner9416]

Solano Lopez thought that he would make a new Prussia out of Paraguay. *Ruins the country's demographics for the centuries to come*

[@MrAlepedroza]

That's blatantly false. Solano Lopez may have been stupid and impulssive when he declared war, but he didn't have imperialism in mind. He was naive and idealistic enough to think he could/had to free Uruguay from Brazilian occupation and win, but he didn't think himself as a Napoleon or South American "Attila", as the Allied propaganda portrayed him.

[@victorjoao7265]

@@MrAlepedroza Imma Brazilian this doesn't matters lolololol

[@marco5916]

@@MrAlepedroza well he kinda did when he declared on argentina when he coundn't get military acess with them, you had to be sorta insane or believe you are Napoleon reborn to believe you'd win

[@MrAlepedroza]

@@marco5916 You're missing the target there: you're talking "Napoleon" only in the sense of being a military genius able to overcome odds (which Lopez was not) , I was talking Napoleon in the sense of being an imperialist warmonger, which he was not either. He naively believed himself as a kind of second San Martin or Bolivar.

[@MrAlepedroza]

@@victorjoao7265 And I'm Uruguayan, so it does matter to me. You laughing about your country's blatant imperialism and warmongering as if it was nothing shows the kind of person you are.

[@estrelinhakkk9572]

When you are Paraguay and then invade Argentina so you can invade Brazil by the South but then you get stuck in a two front war against the largests and most populated nations in South America Solano Lopez: oOf

[@perfectlyfine1675]

@Cavior Samhain of course he means that time.

[@nicolaszan1845]

@Cavior Samhain Of course he means at the time, why would current demographics matter to a conflict that happened in the 19th century?

[@Veyrxi]

The situation is that Brazil had no good army in that time. Brazilian army started to develop only after it. In fact: in that war won only Great Britain, bcs it broke armies and economies of all of that countries (Argentina and Brazil take more then a thousands of loans) and Paraguay at some point may won that war just becouse of no-loans from Britain.

[@lopez7947]

Population at the beginning of 1864: • Brazil: 8.945.000 • Argentina: 1.550.000 • Uruguay: 259.500 • Paraguay: 605.000 Argentina was the 6th most populous country in that time, today it is the 3rd.

[@catmeme89]

@@Veyrxi GB wanted the triple alliance to win the war because it had good trade agreements with Brazil and Argentina, the fact is that Paraguay was arrogant, didn't have such a strong army and entered into a conflict it could never win, regardless of aid or not the British, they were 3 countries against one.

[@Lcgmatheus]

> Paraguay at war > Bolivia start losing territory Bolivia: who the hell wrote this script?

[@ggwp638BC]

Brazil: so anyway I started capturing land

[@sephikong8323]

Bolivia : So anyway I continued losing

[@xtreme1002003]

Bolivia got gangbanged by every one of its neighbors.

[@johnvuillemot4805]

@@xtreme1002003 hot

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

South American land locked countries: *exist* South American coastal countries: "it's free real province"

[@Leon05X]

Paraguayan tries to invade argentina to invade brazil (Prank Gone Wrong)

[@darkmoon1289]

(Gone sexual)

[@darthalex3]

*(NOT CLICLBAIT!!!) (POLICE CALLED!!!!)*

[@mordapl1641]

*ALMOST DIED* 😱😱😱

[@takem82.02]

*(MUM GOT ANGRY)* *insert emojis and a sexual thumbnail *

[@BlockWorks]

**brazil kills 60% of their population**

[@elocriativa]

1869: Brazilian army enters Asuncion Map: "No changes in the frontlined"

[@JustinY.]

In summary: It's paraguay against everything surrounding and inside it.

[@relit1375]

very true

[@nicolasscola809]

JUSTIN Y IS EVERYWHERE

[@memebrowser_6249]

Y O U R H E R E T O O

[@kelvinpang438]

@@hassaanalam8135 more like 5 years 3 months.The war officially started on 13th Dec 1864 and ended 1st mar 1870 after that the war was pretty much over it just took time before the peace treaty was signed.

[@kelvinpang438]

First time seeing you in a very long time.Hi.Congrats on 500k subs.

[@alexanderlehigh]

When your president randomly declares war on 2 powerful neighbors

[@galv4o315]

At that time, Brazil did not even have an army. it was just a bunch of soldiers taking care of the provinces that were gathered and sent to their deaths. Paraguay had a trained army but could not beat 3 gigantic nations with much greater economic power.

[@joao.fenix1473]

@@galv4o315 You need to remember that after Marshal-Duke of Caxias went to Prussia and the U.S he came back with the finest equipment of the time and trained the army and made it a Professional one

[@RicardoGomesRodrigues]

The Empire of Brazil under Attack - The End of the Age of Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawpHVui5uWsLM

[@flyingfetus4364]

Guess I'll be conscripted*

[@nicodella]

@@galv4o315 paraguay tenia un muy buen poder economico, estaba surguiendo como potencia latinoamericana e industrial

[@freiervogel3440]

Some FACTS about this war: 1. Most deaths were caused by disease (cholera, yellow fever etc.) and famine, you see, soldiers do not work the fields. 2. Practically the entirety of the Paraguayan navy was defeated in the Battle of Riachuelo by a detachment of the Brazilian navy and thus Paraguay lost all its access to the external world in 1865 at the beginning of war. 3. Paraguay used outdated guns and cannons. While the Brazilians were using rifled Minié repeating guns and breech loading rifles to a lesser extent. 4. Brazil could build ironclads and monitors, several were built in Rio de Janeiro and sent to the war theater. The paraguayans managed to sink one using a contact mine but for the most part their artillery was very ineffective against the monitors armour. 5. After the battle of Tuyutí a peace offer was made to Paraguay, under the condition that Paraguayan president resigned his office, but he refused. 6. Paraguayans had contracted British and French engineers to assist them in building a complex system of strongholds and defenses, which halted the Allied advance but were eventually captured (Humaitá etc.) that's why the Frontlines don't change that much throughout the conflict. 7. The war did not end with the capture of the Paraguayan capital Asunción, although the commander in chief of the allied forces, the Duke of Caxias, already weary of the war, deemed it finished with the fall of Asunción and asked to be replaced. The war continued until the Battle of Cerro Corá in 1870 when the Paraguayan president was killed in battle by a Brazilian corporal who's nickname was "Frank the Devil". 8. A provisional government was installed in Paraguay by Brazil and the country was military occupied for 6 years until 1876. 9. Many Paraguayan officers had done their military studies in Brazil before the war.

[@fusososososo3507]

Cabo Chico Diabo. No diabo, Chico deu cabo.

[@leikarde._.yeray25]

10.-The oficial name of this war in spanish is "La guerra de la triple alianza", traslate to english "The war of the triple aliance"

[@K3rrJu5t1n]

11. The United States of America intervenes and said that Paraguay should exist and not being Poland-ed

[@ComradeHellas]

cheers

[@Neotiempista]

Brazilian propagand be like:

[@GustavoGplay]

Let us not forget: Lopez was offered the opportunity to surrender, but instead starved thousands of Paraguayans in a useless effort to prolong the war

[@caduhidalgo4996]

That kinda shows the type of human being he was. It's sad for the paraguayans, that had lived with some consequences for many decades if not to this day.

[@andresltaifmuller1779]

He also ordered a massacre of village because they tried to surrender

[@Ivanisasi]

Yet schools still teach us that he is our country´s greatest hero when the whole world knows what kind of "leader" he actually was, if you dare question his figure most fanatical nationalist boomers will call you "legionario" a slur for traitors who helped the brazilian empire

[@GustavoGplay]

@an nice why did the Germans keep following Hitler? Charismatic leaders tend to have blind worshippers who'll go to hell with them if asked to.

[@octaviosardi3337]

@an nice Legionaire as in the paraguaya foreign legions in brazil and argentina that fought against their own fatherland

[@jaccuse4086]

So then my mate declared war on half the continent. Absolute mad lad

[@erickbadrutt6292]

And also stupid he literally could just gave up intead of kill 69% of his population

[@galv4o315]

Na época, o Brasil não possuía exército e apenas os soldados estavam encarregados das províncias, graças a que demorou muito tempo para responder ao ataque do Paraguai que possuía um exército treinado e não um grupo de soldados de várias províncias juntas. colocar para lutar.

[@pcj7121]

@the sacred potato he said the brazilian army wasn't good, and the paraguayan army was well trained. But the war has taken a long time, then the braziliam army have improved in time, and off course with the argentina's help

[@Davi-pq3ej]

@@pcj7121 But the naval army it was far superior than others nations

[@nekhlioudovbolkonsky2901]

@the sacred potato Not everyone speak that lengage, that's understandable. Why should everyone speak English after all? There are tons of other langages around the world.

[@blustgt8814]

Soldier: Ok, we have already declared war on the largest, most populated country in South America, how do we proceed? Solano Lopez: Declare war on Argentina of course!

[@goddam3504]

like 100

[@realdragao6367]

Its funny how brazil despite being big had to force people to join their army "For patriotism"

[@oofija]

@@realdragao6367 and also because paraguay had the largest land army in south america

[@Noname-nz6vx]

@@realdragao6367 source: voices in your head.

[@user-kg2lp8jz2r]

Military genius 100%

[@rafaeldcarmo]

I admire the courage of the Paraguayans because common sense they haven't

[@divaguero]

Los aliados provocaban a Paraguay mucho tiempo antes de la guerra

[@Pedrinho8080]

@@divaguero mentira

[@julioalfonso3253]

@@Pedrinho8080 that's racist

[@Pedrinho8080]

@@julioalfonso3253????

[@Rivan98]

Lopez was crazy. The people just wanted to protect their lands and families like in all the wars in history

[@vg4461]

Paraguay: gets into full confrontation with Brazil Also Paraguay: let's also declare war to Argentina because this can't go wrong

[@sirbjergsen308]

Argentina: oh, you're approaching me?

[@santiagocardozo4390]

Podrian haber ganado, ambos países eran debiles, los generales se confiaron demasiado y empezaron a separar las divisiones cosa que los llevo a la derrota

[@user-kg2lp8jz2r]

@@santiagocardozo4390 most sane northern argentinian

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Lol 🤣

[@Nabium]

Paraguay declaring war on both Argentina and Brazil is about as crazy and unlikely as Germany declaring war on both the British and French empires and the Soviet Union, that would never hap..... oh wait, nevermind.

[@LautaroTessi]

Paraguay's move was even crazier. Germany nazis were perhaps the most prepared army at that time (along with the US), the Soviet Union soldier casualty loss was two or three times the German's one. The extreme winter and some bad decisions lead to German loss on Easter front. Some analysis show that even if Germany won on that side, they would eventually lost the war anyway, but they were preparing this war for years, they were the most technolgically advanced nation in the world and they were extremely organized. On the other side, UK PM Chamberlain was about to surrender to Germany. They were perhaps lucky to have a mastermind as Churchill who made the British miraculously resist German attacks almost alone for a long period. I think attacking the Soviets as they did was a mistake, but not a crazy move. The fatal mistake was declaring the war on US (IDK what would happen if they didn't), when they needed more men on the Eastern side...

[@ferre-jv3rp]

Nabium they dont declare war on Argentina. The war started with only Brazil and Uruguay, because Paraguay was a super power in South America in those times and wanted to extend its territory. Paraguay wanted to invade Uruguay so they can invade Brazil from the south (in those moments Paraguay was winning the war), so they ask Argentina if they can send their troops through their territory, (because Uruguay was doing that also) and they say no. But the paraguayan troops did it anyway, so Argentina declared the war against Paraguay, and with 2 super powers of south america against them, they lost the war and million of habitants. It was a total masacre.

[@emersonfirmino8260]

don't doubt that solano lopez was a kind of hitler of the time

[@migueltavernise5620]

Solano López it was a son of the bicht And Argentina y Brasil les dieron una lección.

[@victorrodrigues8600]

@@ferre-jv3rp Paraguay wasn't a superpower, the majority worked at the countryside and the country was swampy

[@leelambert1559]

Paraguay: I can do this! -loses 90% of population like a boss-

[@alecity4877]

90% male population

[@joao.fenix1473]

69%

[@RicardoGomesRodrigues]

The Empire of Brazil under Attack - The End of the Age of Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawpHVui5uWsLM

[@Debre.]

Bolivia be lookin like a running two-legged turtle that got an anvil dropped on its head.

[@muscovymapping8896]

idk why that made me laugh so hard

[@muscovymapping8896]

idk why that made me laugh so hard

[@caolanfeely4317]

S. A. Debre r/rare insults

[@royaltek]

oddly specific

[@lgamer8422]

Lmao

[@fabianoalexandre1720]

It is ridiculous how they try to blame Brazil for the death toll, since everyone with the minimal knowledge about wars, knows that even at WWI more people died of diseases than in actual combat. By the way, my respects to everyone who died in the biggest and the senseless war in South America, we have problems enough in Latin America, and we should not be fighting each other over a conflict fought so long ago.

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Exactly!

[@apfelstrudelleckerya5406]

Solano López : irei guerrear contra a Argentina e contra o império do Brasil juntos , oque pode dar errado D Pedro II : hold my barba .

[@ramos_samuel669]

Ssksks +respect

[@Crocs_in_the_gym]

Humm isn’t it hold my beer? (Cerveja?)

[@brokennleg]

@@Crocs_in_the_gym ok boomer

[@N0T4K0P]

@@Crocs_in_the_gym D. Pedro II had a magnificent beard (barba). That's the joke.

[@galc9293]

Vc é cego? A imagem é clara, a Argentina fez tudo sozinha, o huezil só se moveu anos após e de forma extremamente lenta! Mais um 7 a 1! Mais uma vergonha que os conservas passaram e tentam glorificar!

[@djyppo]

To the people saying "poor Paraguayans, these Brazilians are monsters!" and etc, the triple alliance tried to negociate peace with paraguay countless times, but Solano Lopes would rather send kids with fake mustaches and wooden logs as weapons. There's a really good documentary called "a guerra do paraguai - a nossa grande guerra"-"The Paraguayan war - our great war" which has historians from both countries talking about the war

[@piporo7995]

Cierto, aún que eso no justifica las atrocidades de los brasileños a la sociedad civil paraguaya

[@djyppo]

Indeed, I don't know much about the civilian casualties of the Paraguayan war but I do know that many men were conscripted and forced to the front lines with sticks shaped as guns. But even if they were forced into it they were still enemy soldiers for the Brazilians

[@joaquinaugusto625]

@@piporo7995 En la guerra ambos bandos cometieron atrocidades, te pensas que los paraguayos fueron unos santos con la poblacion que ocuparon? no se justifica pero decir que fue algo solo de los brasileros es mirar para un costado

[@PedroDoudemont]

@@piporo7995 guerra es guerra, no un partido de fútbol

[@usuarioaleatorio1438]

@@piporo7995 Tu acha que as atrocidades que os paraguaios fizeram em território Brasileiro eram história de mentirinha? Deixa de vitimismo

[@tennesseanproductions]

the 10% of the male population that is left: oh yes

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

LOL

[@Wm7forthewin]

lol

[@VvaltDV]

Yeah...mostly little boys and old man

[@Wm7forthewin]

+Walter Ventura it was a joke....

[@hernannicolas4869]

giggity.

[@jevinliu4658]

Brazil: I need land Bolivia: Sure Brazil: It's offensive against Paraguay time!!! Bolivia: Bro.

[@guntugakgun1924]

Yey

[@ggwp638BC]

Bolivia: lost some of their land and kept 90% of their male population. The art of the deal.

[@The_Copper_Element_Itself]

Bolivia and Brazil had this dispute for decades! And Brazil took it to have more land and recourses against Paraguay, and Bolivia had acess to some brazilian Rivers! Ooh Empire, I miss you, the country that was enought strong to take someone's land during the deadlist war of the continent

[@guyname8760]

Funnily enough it was Bolivia that pressured Brazil into signing the treaty lol

[@GuisakiSoares]

Paraguay: - Tries to help Uruguay - Uruguay: * *-* * Also Paraguay: - Declares war on the 2 most powerfull contries in South America - Uruguay: Imma head out to the other side.

[@santiagocardozo4390]

Paraguay was most powerful than Brazil and Argentina

[@camaradadiaz]

@@ConanOG Paraguay era fodido carakk

[@petersylvester23]

@@camaradadiaz Pior que não amigo, enquanto no início da guerra o exército brasileiro tinha cerca 18 mil homens, o exército paraguaio tinha mais de 60 mil. Mesmo a marinha brasileira sendo ótima, o Paraguai tinha reais chances de ter vencido.

[@camaradadiaz]

@@petersylvester23 chances reais? Amigo, dedicar toda a sua economia em um exército não é uma Vitória. Mesma coisa da Alemanha nazista com a União soviética, pode entrar no território brasileiro... mas não vai adiantar nada.

[@ithallosiqueiradocarmo9728]

@@petersylvester23 um país sem acesso ao mar,basicamente feito de terras incultivaveis,uma população de homens muito maior do que murelhes(antes da guerra) era mais poderoso que a Argemtina e Brasil juntos? E mesmo que se eles juntassem um exército de 60 mil homens,como iriam manter a munição,comida e suprimentos diversos sem acesso ao mar e comércio estrangeito?estrangeiro? Não ser q vc fale q o Paraguai era INDUSTRIALIZADO EM 1860,aí já é outra historia,uma história de idiotas.

[@pyrosianheir]

I had to stop around the point where Paraguay decided it was smart to start a fight with Argentina as well and ask - Paraguay! What is you doin', BB?

[@eduardopupucon]

they wanted to invade brazil by the south

[@pyrosianheir]

@@eduardopupucon doesn't make it a /less/ crazy idea. XD

[@owenmonjesmugas3637]

I'm argentinean, so, they asked military acess, we rejected, they decided to pass without permission (and still didn't attack the soldiers), the state decide to declare a War against Paraguay and well yes, that happened.

[@pyrosianheir]

@@owenmonjesmugas3637 ah, that would do it. Thanks for the info!

[@PedroDoudemont]

@@eduardopupucon no, Uruguay*

[@theanonymousmrgrape5911]

This is exactly how it feels to play hoi4 in South America

[@gabrielmontenegro9476]

It's a race to grab as much land as you can before the U.S.A. completes the Pax Americana focus.

[@maximilianodelrio]

Gabriel Montenegro not anymore

[@egorych25]

Especially now)

[@ciclon5682]

Paraguay: declares war to argentina Argentina'brazil and uruguay: *so you have chosen.. death*

[@eusooestelutocareqa7551]

de hecho, Paraguay también declaró la guerra a Brasil

[@brunominecraftguara4827]

@@eusooestelutocareqa7551 true Paraguay declared war on Brazil first, then Argentina, because Argentina didn’t let him use the Plato Bay full of Rivers to the sea and also because Argentina refused to enter the war on Solano’s side.

[@thechadtc7421]

Brazillian emperor Dom Pedro II wanted to go to the front to personally lead his troops, but the congress wouldn't let him, so he threatened to abdicate and go there as a fatherland volunteer.

[@niltomperimneto]

What is your sources to backup such information?

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Our greatest leader

[@niltomperimneto]

History book is a very generic question, I mean sources e.g. historiography or primary sources

[@niltomperimneto]

There's a lot of outdated and a lot of pretty bad history books

[@niltomperimneto]

@Victor Damão felizmente eu leio português, vou dar uma lida quando estiver de férias, valeu!

[@pandabear4565]

War on two fronts

[@nikolaytsankov9066]

I want to see a "South America - every year" video now.

[@jonasferraz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4avoWZpgrOBhKc

[@Dragoon77]

@@jonasferraz one of the best musicalized ones :D

[@vahkiel1042]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2O8Y4ajp9iIiKM I recommend this one, very detailed.

[@pangeaplay8938]

Pretty Interesting...

[@pangeaplay8938]

Sounds interesting

[@SuperGamerx123]

Paraguay: Show me what you got! Triple Alliance: I'm gonna end this country's whole population!

[@Wm7forthewin]

lol

[@DarckMaster998]

It was the brazilians, Argentina dont took part on it.

[@henriquesantarem5565]

@@DarckMaster998 we did it because they wouldnt surrender, yall from argentina deserted the war in mid 1866, leaving Brasil almost alone to face Paraguay, so we fought them all over the place, we wanted revenge for what they did in Mato Grosso. We wanted to capture their president and force an unconditional surrender.

[@gustavosanchez4538]

@@henriquesantarem5565 And you couldn't get our President to surrender, he died fighting and the Matto Grosso thing is an exaggeration of imperialist propaganda. Do you still believe in that? The fact is that you started the conflict by invading Uruguay

[@WhiteWhistleBondrewd]

@@gustavosanchez4538 Stop your bullshit.

[@matthewschad6649]

The 4:20 long video about Paraguay losing 69% of its population.

[@Gaffate]

nice

[@pommedeterre9249]

Nice

[@unfetteredparacosmian]

Nice

[@Dan251299]

noice

[@bunderbah]

Nice

[@Crowborn]

This war really deserves more international attention

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

and then then The Chaco War happen and Paraguay got a nice piece from Bolivia

[@the_chosen_one5642]

Like everyone else in south America

[@muscovymapping8896]

@@the_chosen_one5642 lol more likes that the original

[@cmbeadle2228]

The Chaco war was the equivalent of two hobos fighting over a mouldy sandwich

[@Preussen1914]

@Gerard Murillo as if that country ever had "nice parts"

[@RicardoGomesRodrigues]

The Empire of Brazil under Attack - The End of the Age of Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawpHVui5uWsLM

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

So, Paraguay declared war on Brazil in order to protect Uruguay's Sovereignty, but then Uruguay declared war on Paraguay... Biggest Anime Betrayal

[@fusososososo3507]

It wasn't exactly to protects Uruguay's Sovereignty, it was more to guarantee their own interests. As you can see, Paraguay didn't have access to the ocean, and it was bad for their economy, the only access they had to the Atlantic was by a river called Parana, but Parana wasn't in Paraguayans hands, it was controlled by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, most of it was controlled by Uruguay, including the mouth of the river. So Paraguay only had access to the river because the party in control of the Uruguay was Paraguay's ally, but then another party emerged and a civil war started, also because of their own interests, Brazil supported the party that emerged and that was against Paraguay. Then the civil war ended and the party that was against Paraguay won, so they lost access to the river because Brazil and the new Uruguay denied it, that's when the war begun, it was all about Paraguay having access to that damn river. I might be wrong here on a lot of things, but it was just to clarify that Paraguay wasn't a good guy defending Uruguay.

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

@@fusososososo3507 Thanks for pointing it out.

[@juliocesarfeitosa8438]

​​@@fusososososo3507errou apenas o final, o Brasil e Uruguai não cortaram as rotas do Paraguai, mas o Paraguai considerou o Brasil um ocupante do Uruguai e aprisionou um chefe de província na fronteira e depois invadiu o Brasil. É interessante ressaltar que anos antes o Paraguai fez incursões exploratórias secretas no Brasil, e Solano Lopez já havia especulado sobre " O Grande Paraguai", que incluiria o Sul do Brasil e talvez o Uruguai, dando acesso ao mar que o país tanto almejava.

[@Arauto_Kagnos]

I'm Brazilian and damn I wish we had a video with this level of map-quality to watch during History class. Great stuff, dude!

[@ricardojunioradventures2356]

aqui ta um kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGmrdGqYlMxskJo

[@0megazeero]

Paraguay: I- Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay: *no*

[@isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza4830]

More like Paraguay: Starts fight with BR BR: REINFORCEMENTS!! BR, Argentina, Uruguay: Here!! BR, Argentina, Uruguay: Beat the hell out of Paraguay only leaving an inch of life left.

[@Bullwine]

Rutherford B. Hayes. One of the most forgotten US Presidents is a national hero in Paraguay thanks to negotiations he made on Paraguay's behalf that awarded them some land in a border dispute resulting from the war.

[@baandroidarg2006]

Dont thread on me

[@danielbishop1863]

Yep. Paraguay even named one of their provinces "Departamento Presidente Hayes" as a "thanks for not letting Argentina and Brazil take *all* of our land" gesture.

[@gokercakr693]

Brazil: *Intervenes in Uruguayan civil war* Paraguay: So anyway, I started blasting

[@VictorSilva-qf2tu]

Argentina wanted to completely dissolve Paraguay's territory between them and Brazil but brazil opposed. Brazil signed a peace treaty with paraguay in 1872. Argentina signed in 1876 and recognized Paraguay's independence also that year.

[@pabloheredia291]

Se opusieron los ee.uu tanto como Brasil y Argentina no se pusieron desacuerdo. Sin decirte que Brasil ocupó todo el Paraguay por unos años

[@theredcrusader8493]

Oh how long is your video? Tiger: 4:20 Nice, how many people died in the war? Tiger: ~69% of Paraguay population Double Nice

[@antikharijites]

69.420

[@edgelord8337]

Historical bruh moment.

[@julioalfonso3253]

._.

[@edgelord8337]

@@julioalfonso3253 hello belmont....

[@benjramirez1946]

¿?

[@tupho8178]

thanks for this video bro, greetings from Brazil!

[@anemu3819]

Greetings from mexico

[@erickbadrutt6292]

Saludos desde neptuno

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

@@erickbadrutt6292 lol 🤣

[@likeadraw7722]

"Paraguay declares war on Brazil" *Paraguay advances into Brazil* Me: I'm sorry sir but this is not made out of sense

[@andres2080]

Paraguay had one of the strongest army in south america, it could have been interesting an actual paraguay vs brazil in that time

[@likeadraw7722]

@@andres2080 Yep, I know about that, and I agree with you And, it's amazing how even after declaring war on Argentina, they just keep going. I think they had the best army in SA.

[@victorrachid6558]

Brazil didn't even have an army at the Guay frontier, we weren't expecting a war against Paraguay. Also, the land Paraguay took didn't have an military police as well, so the Guays killed civilians, members of the military high command in Paraguay took their women to the front so they could steal from the houses in Brazil, it was horrible, not saying that Brazil didn't commit war crimes, though.

[@UwU-xk5cx]

They could maybe been able to hold that line, but then declaring war to argentina (arguably the second greatest power in south america) just because they didnt let you move troops through them?

[@andrefreitas2431]

@@UwU-xk5cx cara, o Brazil era imensamente mais desenvolvido, a longo prazo é impraticável uma guerra contra um país mais rico que o seu

[@atta_po793]

Sabe oque o brasil falou quando o Paraguai declarou guerra? Para Guai.

[@pedrolucas2250]

Kkkkkk

[@gastonfernandez3899]

15 de noviembre de 1889

[@mrcarioca8046]

Kkkkkk

[@atta_po793]

gaston fernandez vui umilhadu ;(

[@andrefreitas2431]

@@gastonfernandez3899 golpe militar que originou a república

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

Despite how devastating and large the figure was for the loss of life in this war for Paraguay, this isn't well known.

[@colton.421]

Drago Arbiter same

[@galv4o315]

The men left in the paraguay were only those who could not fight (usually those who had deformities or were sick). and it was those who repopulated Paraguay that leave sequelae to this day.

[@guardiadecivil6777]

it got overshadowed by the many things thats happening in mostly in europe and everywhere else, frenchies and germans killing each other, british killing the chinese, 3 major powers in europe taking down russia etc

[@RicardoGomesRodrigues]

The Empire of Brazil under Attack - The End of the Age of Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawpHVui5uWsLM

[@scholaroftheworldalternatehist]

Tbh South America is pretty isolated on the world stage

[@blues24k]

Paraguay: I'm gonna do a *noob* gamer move.

[@fanta-cool7532]

Paraguay is like that one guy who goes into the squad matchmaking alone and expects to win.

[@basil9973]

When you accidentally let Bolivia have coast Chile: not today, bud.

[@effix9097]

It’ll never not be crazy to me how Paraguay of all nations went to war with Argentina and Brazil and didn’t lose immediately.

[@Fella12366]

They actually could’ve beaten Brazil if they didn’t attack Argentina

[@ViniciusSantos-hs4mv]

​@@Fella12366never, Brazil had the fourth best navy in the world at that time, they could also facially wipe out the Paraguayan army in the first years of the war, especially with the entry of the Duque de Caxias in command of the Brazilian army, in addition, Paraguay would have difficulty when advancing into the province of Mato Grosso through the humid and swampy terrain, it is worth highlighting that the majority of the Brazilian army was on the coast of the country and they could easily contain a Paraguayan advance.

[@OBrasileiro915]

​@@Fella12366no

[@brandonbonett6416]

Paraguay: I'm goin to easily go THICC! Also Paraguay: s*#&...

[@816Li]

This is exactly what I'm looking for, thx!

[@JuanGlaniver]

FINALLY MAN, I WAS EXPECTING TJIS VIDEO FORCA LONG TIME.

[@godemperadorlgabrielaquino]

Una triste y lamentable guerra provocada por un loco que se creía Napoleón

[@pcj7121]

Você falou tudo meu amigo, o louco vai e entra em guerra com quase todos os vizinhos dele ao mesmo tempo, e esse vídeo ainda deu a entender que tríplice aliança estava errada, sendo que a mesma sempre pedia a rendição do Paraguay

[@godemperadorlgabrielaquino]

@@pcj7121 No pedía solo la rendición de Paraguay , sino que se pedía que Lopez Renunciará y así cesar la guerra , cosa que no sucedió porque era un tirano dictador

[@flyingfetus4364]

En realidad no se creía Napoleón. Era idealista nomás y se sintió estafado cuando Brasil intervino en Uruguay para su conveniencia, pero no tenía ideales imperialistas o de conquista.

[@ab9840]

Y nadie menciona que hizo las fuerzas navales y militares del imperio Brasil a la ciudad Uruguaya de Paysandú.

[@godemperadorlgabrielaquino]

@@flyingfetus4364 por eso asesinaba a cualquiera que le llevará la contraria ? Por eso se negaba a escuchar los consejos de sus generales y capitanes ? Por eso llevo a morir a mujeres , niños y ancianos cuando las tropas de la alianza habían ocupado todo el país ?

[@brunopastorini6112]

The end of the Paraguayan War was the start to the conspirancy by some generals of the imperial army against the government in order to abolish the monarchy and declare the republic. In November 15 the republic was declared, and this video was uploaded this exactly same day. Coincidence?

[@lucassa6372]

Ficou muito bom! Parabéns 👏

[@hernanmartinez2000]

Good video! Greetings from Paraguay!

[@urip_zukoharjo]

idk why but the choice of music is so eerie, very fitting to the horror of that the paraguayan war

[@rhn122]

what music is it anyway?

[@REX-ef1fi]

80% People Killed The 20% People Alive: *Joker Dancing*

[@seentheAKman]

I was wondering about Paraguay. Thanks.

[@Sahelian]

Solano Lopez tought he would be great like Napoleon well he did, gained land then get defeated

[@universodosgamesevlogs4509]

Ah yes, thats make sense

[@pangeaplay8938]

And killed* At least they had honour back then...

[@gustavosanchez4538]

Yeah... that is the version of Brasil, I suppose its made sense. Because the idea that your big country that made war againts a little country to the point of almost extermination is to bad to hear isn't?

[@gustavosanchez4538]

@Ectria Yes, many Brazilian citizens say that, that the abuses of the Paraguayan troops in Mato Grosso justify the subsequent massacres of the civilian population of Paraguay. But it is curious that they never mention specific places and names of those responsible for such abuses, because if they were abuses they would have to be massive to justify such revenge. Not for a second do they think that the war propaganda could exaggerate the events to justify the actions of the Government, but even if these abuses had occurred, does this justify the subsequent massacres? The civilian population was not aware, much less was it responsible for the actions of the troops in Mato Grosso. But anyway, if you believe that those alleged massive abuses that occurred in places not mentioned by nameless people justify the abuses of the imperial troops, then valid those abuses, if you validate them and your compatriots mostly think like you, then They will commit those acts again, because surely their propaganda will find some wrong to settle.

[@sand7861]

@@gustavosanchez4538 If that's your argument, than I will say that everything you just said is the version of Paraguay

[@fabricioisla3285]

Yo nose que pensaba el presidente paraguayo en ese entonces al invadir Argentina, desde ahí comenzó a perder la guerra. Yo vivo muy cerca de donde fueron las batallas, y se puede decir que hasta el día de hoy el pueblo paraguayo siente esa derrota, y hablan mal sobre nosotros los argentinos sabiendo que ellos invadieron la provincia de corrientes ya que argentina no le dejó el paso para que paraguay mande tropas a uruguay.

[@Melnek1]

Invadió Argentina porque la idea era llegar a Uruguay y garantizar el libre acceso al mar para Paraguay, la invasión de la región de Mato Grosso de Brasil no era una prioridad y solo se podía acceder a la región a través del Río de la Plata. La idea era que Argentina permitiera que Paraguay luchara contra Brasil en su territorio, confiando en la rivalidad entre Brasil y Argentina y porque los territorios de Corrientes y Entre Ríos estaban muy poco desarrollados y poblados en ese momento.

[@matiasbrunaga3269]

Yo soy Paraguayo y coincido. ¿Que mierda tenia Lopez en la cabeza cuando le declaro la guerra a la Argentina siendo que ya estaba en guerra con Brasil?

[@matiasbarraquero9347]

Convengamos que el forro de Mitre declara la guerra por orden británica, para que nadie se desarrolle acá. Aún si Paraguay se quedaba en el molde iba a ser eventualmente destruido como cada país que intentó progresar.

[@WyrmrestAccord]

@@matiasbarraquero9347 y que preferias? Que argentina le hubiera dejado libre paso a Paraguay para que Brasil se pusiera en su contra? Eso sin tener en cuenta además de que si les iba mal a los paraguayos y eran repelidos por Brasil se iban a tener que batir en retirada atravesando Corrientes con tropas brasileñas pisándoles los talones, o sea paraguayos y brasileños peleando en territorio argentino. Cualquiera en sus cabales hubiera hecho lo mismo que Mitre.

[@RicardoGomesRodrigues]

The Empire of Brazil under Attack - The End of the Age of Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawpHVui5uWsLM

[@Zakatak-mf4iq]

Brazil: *Interferes with a civil war occurring on their border* Argentina: *exists* Paraguay: "THEN YOU SHALL DIE!" Triple Alliance: "No u"

[@otisludwig1277]

Brazil whin alone

[@ArcueidBrunestudReal]

Thanks to Argentina. Paraguay surrendered

[@k_kubes]

Brazil + Argentina + Uruguai = SUCESS

[@siulseven1096]

@@ArcueidBrunestudReal False.

[@ArcueidBrunestudReal]

@@siulseven1096 no

[@IanCaponeDrVonoreheimdonzYT]

Finally you do this war

[@lucasphilippini620]

Thanks for doing that

[@alexnocraphole]

As strange as it sounds, Paraguay had quite the powerful army for its time, arguably being more developed than any of their neighbors... unfortunately, that doesn't mean much when you're entirely surrounded by your enemies, especially ones that are getting the support of the rest of the world.

[@Gustavovisk21]

Paraguayan male: *exists* Brazilian Empire: so anyways I started blastin'

[@ciclon5682]

actually: All soldiers from the 3 countries: so anyways i started blastin'

[@jassem4579]

69% dead of the population Me: no.. My brain: nice

[@tinchoide]

Yeah also 4,2 mins

[@iwillsalt3459]

@@tinchoide 4:19*

[@cybraimagem]

0:48 Paraguay: Why do I hear boss music?

[@pablo2448]

Dark fact about the war: Children's Day is celebrated on October 14th in Paraguay. This is due to the fact that during the Paraguayan War, on that same day, the battle of Acosta Nu took place, in which the Brazilian army defeated and killed a battalion that was composed of Paraguayan children Some historians claim that it was the fault of the Paraguayan dictator for cowardly sending children to war rather than surrender. This battle still generates debates today.

[@johnmemes6447]

The 1860s was a time of war in America

[@johnmemes6447]

Basically everyone in a couple of months when animation Chanel’s get shut down

[@Juniorx6522]

American Civil War, Second French Intervention in Mexico and Paraguayan War! it was really wild indeed.

[@DanielBristotdeOliveira]

Thanks!

[@daiwikbiju4485]

RIP To Those Who Died In Paraguayan War 🌹🌹🌹🇵🇾🇵🇾🇵🇾

[@danielbastidas2223]

The government of Colombia foreseeing Paraguay would entirely disappear, declared that all Paraguayans who were able to reach colombian soil, would receive automatic citizenship. Therefore a nice brotherhood was born and today there's a city in Paraguay called "New Colombia" and any citizen from either country may automatically claim citizenship from the other one. 🇨🇴🇵🇾

[@gustavosanchez4538]

And it was the only real support that Paraguayans had in those times and that we will never forget. Long live Colombia !!!

[@wenceslaopaunero954]

Paraguay, the agressor, under a rogue egomaniac dictator, who strongly misjudged current geopolitics.

[@chetoparaguayo]

WTF????

[@gustavosanchez4538]

It seems to me that you are ignoring the fact that the empire invaded Uruguay in September 1864 despite a clear warning from Paraguay that this would be considered an act of war. Brazil was the aggressor sir.

[@mihel1640]

@@gustavosanchez4538 Brazil was helping the colorados and brazilians were being suprimed in uruguay

[@UltranationalisticBrazilian]

​@@gustavosanchez4538Brazil had the right to do that, check the Cisplatina war peace terms.

[@gustavosanchez4538]

@@UltranationalisticBrazilian right to invade a neighbor without provocation and bomb their cities to impose a puppet government? Wow, I guess in your line of thought slavery in the empire was also a right because it was written somewhere, maybe then the genocide is fully justified if someone certifies the paper where it is talked about. Of all the arguments that have been given to me, yours is undoubtedly the most... let's say, bureaucratic.

[@nemoskia98]

I love this slight new style of mapping!

[@hydro0759]

2:58 Argentina: hmm... what could I do to end this war? 2:59: Argentina: *YEET*

[@ArcueidBrunestudReal]

Thanks to Argentina. Paraguay surrendered

[@sylvio1687]

Most of this work was done by Brazilian Soldiers in Argentina

[@RicardoGomesRodrigues]

The Empire of Brazil under Attack - The End of the Age of Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawpHVui5uWsLM

[@Rick-dt9mv]

@Ygor K nop. You dont know nothing about that war and the participation of Argentina

[@Rick-dt9mv]

@@sylvio1687 no. Estas equivocado, lo unico que no hizo Argentina fue destruir Asuncion

[@UMMONARQUISTA]

Ninguém manda mexer com quem tá quieto.

[@googane7755]

The fact that Paraguay managed to hold out this long, win many victories and even take territory against while landlocked against two of the largest countries in south america is actually impressive.

[@Green_404]

He had prepared himself a few years before the war, and he had an army larger than the three countries combined.

[@googane7755]

@@Green_404 At the start, still doesn't take away from the fact that they held their own for this long.

[@daxnon]

Nice work. How long did it take you to research and do everything?

[@samdaman2939]

France: “it’s easy to fight 3 nations at once Paraguay:

[@MegaTang1234]

Looks like Paraguay went to the Prussian school of waging war.

[@guardiadecivil6777]

but skipped the part where they teach you how to win it

[@diegodiego1234]

That's the joke, prussians were so bad at diplomacy that every war they started was unattainable

[@guardiadecivil6777]

@@diegodiego1234 they weren't bad at diplomacy, its just that they do their diplomacy at a whole another level. i don't know what you mean by "every war they start was unattainable"

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

They just forgot that their enemies were not quite his fans, like Peter of Russia liked Frederick

[@edgelord8337]

When stupid leaders are in charge.

[@perfectlyfine1675]

Yes. Supporting a friendly country is so stupid. Alliances and foreign relations? So dumb.

[@aitorcunill6349]

It becomes stupid if You attack 2 regional powers at the same time

[@edgelord8337]

@@perfectlyfine1675 it's dumb when you have a crazy incompetent Napoleon wannabe who because of his stupidity lost 90% of the male population in his nation and damaged his nation which still hasn't recovered.

[@brazilianmapping56]

69% of the Paraguayan population, nice

[@nuck477]

nice

[@thelastprussian6491]

gneiss (Google it)

[@BretonMapping]

braz ur gay

[@LucasPereira-nq7rf]

@@BretonMapping shut up piece of France!

[@williandarosa5485]

Lucas Pereira piece of britain*

[@matheusalmeida9527]

Argentina wanted to take all Paraguayan territory and split it in half with Brazil. But Brazil rejected, because we wanted Paraguay to be a "divisor" between Brazil and Argentina frontier.

[@Leon05X]

Misiones *exists*

[@lecooldude]

Just as Uruguay

[@gustavosanchez4538]

well, maybe so... or maybe Brazil could not sustained the occupation of very unfriendly territory.

[@gustavosanchez4538]

@@ciudadanodelarepublicapopu5358 Brazil did not annex Paraguay because Argentina did oppose it, they feared a war with the Argentines and they were already broke. Thus, the limits were those established in the secret treaty of 1865 and Paraguay was able to survive thanks to that situation.

[@TNOray_]

Bro think he was napoleon🗣️🔥😂😂‼️‼️

[@joaofrizzera7798]

Great work as usual EmperorTigerstar! In my opinion most of it seems to be accurate, but there are a few things that are slightly different from what I've studied. For example, Paraguay didn't formally declared war against Brazil, but actually invaded the Mato Grosso province believing that it should anticipate a future aggression. Brazilian military officials only heard of the attack weeks after Paraguay had reached the city of Corumbá, meaning that for the first few months, Brazil had no military reaction. Also, the borders are a little inaccurate. Some of the territory shown as being part of Paraguay were actually disputed areas between other countries, so they didn't actually had full control over it. For example, the areas between the Apa and Branco rivers were disputed with Brazil and the Corrientes province and the Bermejo river were disputed with Argentina. Anyway, the rest is pretty much correct, in my opinion of course.

[@nenhohi1327]

I am from brazil, know much from this war, very good video

[@takerutakaishi4361]

You have posted this video, in the day of abolition of monarchy in Brazil. I guess that many Brazilians will talk about monarchy in the comment section.

[@pabloaragon3303]

Ave império!

[@galv4o315]

ave império!

[@neemias7289]

Ave gloria Ave Imperio

[@joao.fenix1473]

Viva Dom Luiz I do Brasil

[@guilhermebispo9]

Ave Império!!

[@dymitrdamecki8116]

Could someone explain to me why Paraguay declared war on 2 countries that are like 10 times bigger than it?

[@akrybion]

Remember that Brazil is mostly jungle at that point. Paraguay being a land locked country seems a mayor disadvantage though.

[@siulseven1096]

@@akrybionParaguay wasnt really landlocked, in fact it's a whole fluvial mess filled with rivers, Several naval battles happened in paraguay

[@waywardstoner9416]

It was all because of Paraguay's leader. A man called Francisco Solano Lopez. He travelled to Europe and fascinated by the prussian army, decided to reassemble the paraguayan army to fit the prussian standard. He was always looking for an opportunity to start war confident of his new army and the uruguayan civil war gave him the perfect excuse to begin. Later on he asked for Argentinian government to allow him to move his troops through the territory but at the time Argentina was a weakened confederacy and they didn't want to take the risk of going to war against Brazil so they denied it and then Solano Lopez invaded Argentina dragging it into the conflict. He didn't surrendered until the last moment and pretty much all of Paraguay perished to his stubbornness.

[@taavikittila9951]

Dunno what posessed them to attack Argentina but Brazil had a metric fuckton of uninhabited jungle and land owned by uncooperative natives while paraguyay didn't so it wasn't actually that lopsided at the start.

[@marco5916]

@Pirulito Socialista Na verdade a Argentina estava neutra, ela rejeitou tanto o pedido de acesso militar dos brasileiros quanto dos Paraguaios, embora ela tambem apoiasse os colorados

[@mariofan191101]

When you play a minor in HOI4 and go scraping the barrel

[@lmaodead2900]

This war is really interesting

[@user-bm6bf2cu3m]

A correction to the channel owner. In spite of note (1:14): "01 May 1865: Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay form the Triple Alliance against Paraguay", the real Triple Alliance pact was made in secret almost one year before in the Conference of Puntas del Rosario (June,18 1864): the Brazilian imperial ministry José Antonio Saraiva, the pro-Brazil warlord and Uruguayan oligarquic ruler Venancio Flores (with two another Uruguayan representatives: Andre Lamas and Florentino Castellanos), and the Argentine representative Rufino Elizalde was the subscribers of the pact, under presence and supervision of its instigator, the British diplomatic representative Edward Thornton. The infamous pact of Puntas del Rosario established Brazilian and Argentine military support for the supremacy of political factions favorable to the elite of Buenos Aires and the slave-owning farmers of southern Brazil (Colorado Party), and future hostile acts that would lead to war against Paraguay (from the Brazilian invasion of Uruguay), opening its economy to dependence on British capital, in addition to the destruction of the country and dismemberment of its territory shared between the governments of the three countries (Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil). In december, 1864 Elizalde, in a letter, points the necessity of an Alliance to destroy Paraguay. Articles in La Nación, the newspaper of Buenos Aires caudillo and future president, Bartolomé Mitre, between september and october of 1864 (thus, before the official starting of the war) called for the alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguayan Colorados for the invasion, looting and destruction of Paraguay, and claimed such alliance. In 1869, at the end of war, José Marmol, Argentine representative in Rio de Janeiro, confessed: "The alliance with Brazil does not come from May [18]65, but from May [18]64". Consuelor José Antonio Saraiva in a letter (December 1st, 1894) to brazilian politician-statesman Joaquim Nabuco, confirmed latter: "said alliances were realized the day that the Brazilian minister and the Argentine minister conferred with Flores at Puntas del Rosario, and not the day that Otaviano and I, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed the pact [of May 1, 1865]" (Joaquim Nabuco, War of Paraguay/ Um Estadista do Império, vol.3). Among the topics discussed at the Puntas del Rosario conference included the possible transformation of Paraguay into an Argentine province. The conference is also irrefutable proof of English participation in hostilities against Paraguay; forgotten participation, hidden or minimized by ideologically-biased historians, who in Brazil make up the mainstream narrative about the destruction of Paraguay through that war: Ricardo Salles (identitarian/negationist), Leslie Bethell (pro-England) and Francisco Doratioto (representative of proto-Bolsonarist historiography: tries to legitimize Brazilian crimes, appeals to a personalist version of history, idolizes, -as was done in almost a century of military dictatorships and fascism in Brazil-, the military staff responsible for the extermination, as well as the Brazilian slave-onwer empire - or tries to absolve them for the atrocities they ordered/allowed - when it does not minimize the number of deaths, always resorting to very idiosyncratic readings of historical documents, ignoring several others). Militarily and politically, the war against Paraguay began with the Brazilian invasions of Argentina and Uruguay between 1851-52 and most especially with the Argentine invasion by Mitre-backed mercenaries/miltias in Uruguay between May-June 1863, leading to the paraguayan rupture with Argentina in December; and the brazilian invasion of August-December 1864, supported by European powers (mainly the British Empire with its representative, Lettson, who explicitly declared himself for the Brazilian invasion) and which led to the warlord Venâncio Flores (representative of brazilian landlords interests) to power as tyrant of Uruguay. At the cost of massacres done by Brazilian-Argentine forces such as those in Paysandu and Montevideo, (the latter with the participation of Brazilian admiral Tamandaré), and the elimination of nationalist/ Paraguayan-friendly forces of Blanco Party, (within which Brigadier General Diego Eugenio Lamas played a key-role) Flores paid the English-Brazilian-Argentine support of his ascension , joining the war against Paraguay in May, 1865, as stipulated at the Puntas del Rosario conference a year earlier. So, the war of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay started many years before in River Plata/Platine Wars, being a moment of a greater war that includes the events of 1851-52 and 1863-64. That's why it's also called the Guassu War (Guerra Guassu, in Spanish-Guarani: the Great War). Greets from Brazil.

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Nobody Brazilian monarchists: AVE GLORIA AVE IMPERIO Ninguém Monarquistas brasileiros: AVE GLORIA AVE IMPERIO

[@otisludwig1277]

Ave glória ave império kkkkk

[@miguelcabral1702]

golfinho

[@kennedytheretard975]

You didn’t needed to translate man All brazilians here speak english I suppose

[@caiotf6814]

Man im Brazilian too, and i meet my country, me amd they cant speak english ( well, the majority dont speak. Just see my mistakes in writing ( no offense)

[@miguelcabral1702]

@@caiotf6814 i thank too