The Gran Chaco War: Fighting for Mirages in the Foothills of the Andes The Gran Chaco is the most inhospitable part of the inhospitable Chaco Boreal, a largely uninhabited, 250, 000 sq-mi region west of the Paraguay River and east of the foothills of the Andes in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. It is an arid, semi-desert, where some of the highest temperatures recorded in South America are ...

Case Number: 48 Case Identifier: Chaco Case Name: Chaco War ICE Case Studies The Chaco War By Ryan Lindsay Case Background Environment Aspects Conflict Aspects Environment and Conflict Overlap Related Information and Sources I. Case Background 1. Abstract The Chaco War (1932-1935) was the result of a territory dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. Both landlocked countries sought an expansion of ...

It is known that Bolivia is the first South American country to ever employ tanks in war. Bolivia also has the distinction of being the only South American country to employ tanks in battle on South American soil. The Chaco War (1932-1935), was a conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Chaco Boreal (also known as the green hell ), a nasty sparsely populated, region claimed by both ...

The Chaco War-Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935 by Bruce Farcau. Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 1996, 272 pages, $59.95. The Chaco War is about the lessons of warfare (air, biological, frontal-assault, crew-served weapon, armored, combined-arms, etc.) that many military forces should have learned before they ventured into World War II. It is the first ...

OnWar.com Armed Conflict Events Data The Chaco War 1932-1935 State Entry Exit Combat Forces Population Losses Bolivia 1928 1935 100 000 4 000 000 80 000 Paraguay 1928 1935 80 000 800 000 200 000 ***** Chaco War (1932-35), costly conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay. Hostile incidents began as early as 1928 over the Chaco Boreal, a wilderness region of about 100, 000 square miles (259, 000 square ...