Bolivia had an encounter with its own destiny and looked straight into his eyes, the words of the Bolivian philosopher Guillermo Franco Vinci that summarize everything that the Chaco War meant for Bolivia, the year 1932 was very chaotic for this South American country. A whole country stomping in the Chaco cost the lives of 65 thousand Bolivians.This warlike event was the bloodiest in Bolivian history, a warlike event that lasted three years and that also faced two sister countries such as Bolivia and Paraguay, but before get into the infernal sands of the chaco let's know the antecedents the first of them are the border problems that bolivia had with paraguay the possidetis iuris skin of 1810 had not been able to solve anything since bolivia claimed that its territory reached as far as the paraguayan capital of asunción that It was located between the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers, on the other hand, the Paraguayans claimed that their territory reached the eastern parapet. The declarations created a tense environment between both nations, as a second precedent are the many agreements that Bolivia had signed with Paraguay, such as the Decoud Quijarro Treaty of October 15, 1879, which divided the Chaco into two parts, one for Bolivia and the other for the paraguay but the treaty was rejected by the bolivian congress the second treaty dates from February 16, 1887 called acebal tamayo that this time divided the chaco into three the southern part for paraguay the north for bolivia and the central zone free of governments but This treaty was not ratified by either party.The third treaty called Benítez ichazo signed on November 23, 1894 again divided the Chaco in two but unfortunately this same one was rejected by both congresses and finally the last treaty took place on November 12. January 1907 which was mediated by Argentina who decided to submit the matter to the arbitration decision of the President of Argentina Figueroa Alc Orta but unfortunately Alcorta declined his intervention due to inconveniences caused by ruling in favor of Bolivia in a border dispute that this country had with Peru and as the third precedent and perhaps the most decisive is the Paraguayan attack on the vanguard fort since in 1928 Paraguay attacked took and burned the Bolivian fort where six Bolivian soldiers died in response bolivia took the boquerón fort of the Paraguayan army before this, the United Nations society had to intervene so that the conflict does not pass to greater and discourse that the Bolivians should leave the fort The boquerón and the Paraguayans had to rebuild the fort that they had set on fire as the next point to be discussed, we will talk about the characteristics of the terrain as it played a fundamental role in the Chaco war, it was formed by thorny vegetation, scarcity of water, a lot of sand and a lead sun fell on the temples of the brave soldiers not to mention that ue fauna was composed of rodents snakes and insects lack of water and lack of the disputed territory was the main enemy for Bolivia because his army was mostly composed of Quechua and Aymara coming from cold places among the causes for the war we have the maritime seclusion of bolivia because because of this the country looked towards the atlantic and was looking for a sovereign outlet to the sea through the paraguay river the second cause is of a political nature because the then president of bolivia daniel salamanca had received many criticisms and was strengthen its position through a dangerous military adventure and the third cause that is still debated is that the war was promoted by transnational oil companies such as the standard oil that operated in bolivia and the royal dutch / shell that operated in paraguay since they were anxious for exploiting the supposed oil that existed in the boreal chaco now that we know the antecedent It is and causes let's move on to the development of the conflict since the Chaco war was long and complicated, it must be divided into four phases and the first was established between June and December 1932 the second phase was developed between December 1932 and December 1933. The third phase is released between December 1933 and January and in 1935 and finally the fourth phase takes place between February and July 1935 The first phase begins on June 15 , 1932 when Bolivian troops occupy the López fort installed in the Chuquisaca lagoon and that a month later the Paraguayans retake by force this act was taken as an aggression against Bolivia and the president of Salamanca ordered the general mobilization the war of the chaco began Salamanca despite having fewer troops ordered the taking of the forts Corrales Toledo and Boquerón Due to this, on September 9, 1932, around 5000 Paraguayan soldiers attacked the Boquerón fort, defended by only four hundred cu Arenta-eight Bolivian soldiers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Marshall after the first day of conflict, the Paraguayans fell back discouraged before the magnificent Bolivian defense, this allowed the entry of reinforcements to the Bolivian troops and after three days of fighting the Paraguayans managed to surround the forte and the attacks in waves made us wait for their part the Bolivian soldiers had run out of ammunition without supplies the only water well was a nest of machine guns the Bolivians did not even have the strength to bury their companions who floated in the well the soldiers They drank their own urine in the desire not to die and finally Apple asked for a pink suit and the Paraguayans took the fort on September 29 of that year, it is worth mentioning that the Bolivian army wrote one of the most brilliant pages in its history in boquerón. The second phase begins with the Paraguayan victories in the arce forts and, just as this made it inevitable The Paraguayan advance is possible but the Bolivian army can reorganize itself at kilometer 7 under the command of bernardino balboa rioja the loss of the fort left a bitter taste on the bolivians so salamanca appoints hans cut as commander of the armed forces at the head of worship in the Bolivian army recovering the positions of platanillo to the iwata field jordán arce y la alondra was an overwhelming advance that stopped in the water unfortunately cult made nanawa a vital point for bolivia without taking into account that it was hundreds of kilometers away to resupplying the attack occurred between July 4 and 8, 1933 in this brave and useless offensive, 2,000 Bolivian soldiers died after this, the Paraguayan commander Estigarribia counterattacks between the months of August and December, causing the fall of Campo Grande and Iwata and Campo Via The latter was the fall of Conte and the new commander of the Bolivian armed forces was General Enrique Peñaranda la t The third phase continues with the Paraguayan attack since Estigarribia saw high possibilities of pushing back the Bolivian army and that is why between March and April 1934 it attacked places such as the Chinese field jurado and conchitas, the Bolivian army resisted and managed to win in the three battles against This Estigarribia does not stop and achieves a victory in the Cañada Tarija and set out to take Bani bien, which was a supply center for the Bolivian Army in July, Estigarribia did not manage to take it, but it was pressing again in November this time with positive results for the Paraguayans 4000 prisoners are taken A curious event called the corralito de Villamontes occurred in this phase because the president of Salamanca and the Bolivian military high command did not have good relations due to the fall of Bolivian that made Salamanca dismiss Peñaranda and take possession below, they are launched on 26 November 1934, two days later, Salamanca arrived in Villamontes where several Army officers, including Peñaranda, these same disobeyed the appointment and overthrew the president by locking him up in an army building until, through pressure, the old resigning president immediately afterwards positions José Luis Tejada as a new president whose objective was to seek the peace as soon as possible the last phase continues with the Paraguayan advance between November 1934 and January 1935 the combat had reached the Aguaragüe mountain range where geographical knowledge was a plus for the Bolivian army as well as Bolivia at the beginning of the war the Paraguayans They were very far from their supply centers and despite that, estigarribia, tempted by the Bolivian oil fields, decides to attack Villamontes, the defense of Villamontes was life or death for Bolivians not only because of the oil but because of the potential risk that fell on Tarija and Santa Cruz the attack began on February 16 , 1935 it was a suicidal act since that the Bolivian numerical superiority was evident after a week on February 23 stigarribia realized that the offensive had been a failure and that he had been defeated and two months later the Paraguayan army had retreated 150 kilometers the end of the war occurred on June 12, 1935, where the peace protocol was signed , but three years would pass before the friendship and border peace treaty between Bolivia and Paraguay was signed on July 21, 1938, where Bolivia would resign around two hundred thirty-four thousand kilometers surface the consequences of this war conflict are the following bolivia loses around 65 thousand soldiers while paraguay around 40,000 in bolivia assumes the military presidency with the so-called military socialism this conflict also generated an economic crisis in bolivia as it had spent around 228 million dollars destabilizing the country, it should be noted that due to the war the Bol iviana becomes aware of the most unprotected sectors this promotes a real integration in the political and social life of the country that culminates in the national revolution of 1952 with this concludes the bloodiest passage in Bolivian history a useless war that only left the poor naked geopolitics that bolivia handled because stomping in the chaco mutilated the country and left a wound that has not yet finished healing for Bolivians, do not forget to subscribe if you liked the video and leave a good like that would help us is quite a greeting and even the next