The Pacific War

(1879-1884)

 

South America - what is now Northern Chile War
Chile vs Bolivia and Peru
 

The Pacific War was fought by an alliance of Bolivia and Peru against Chile. Chile seized Antofagasta and the coast between the mouths of the rivers Loa and Paposo, rendering Bolivia landlocked, and also annexed the S Peruvian coastline from Arica to the mouth of the Loa, including the nitrate fields of the Atacama Desert.

 

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