Chaco War

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20th-century war interstate conflict war

The Chaco War was a brutal 1932–1935 conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the oil-rich Gran Chaco region in South America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chaco War canonical 5
Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay 1
Guerra del Chaco 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century war ⓘ
interstate conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath Bolivia retained a corridor to the Paraguay River ⓘ
Paraguay gained most of the disputed Chaco Boreal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chaco War ⓘ
surface form: Guerra del Chaco
belligerent Bolivia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Bolivia

Paraguay ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Paraguay
conflictBetween Bolivia ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
demographicImpact heavy conscription of indigenous populations ⓘ
economicImpact severe financial strain on Bolivia ⓘ
severe financial strain on Paraguay ⓘ
endDate 1935-06-12 ⓘ
environmentalCondition scarcity of water ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ
estimatedCasualties over 80,000 dead ⓘ
involvedCountry Bolivia ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
location Gran Chaco ⓘ
South America ⓘ
mainCause competition for potential oil resources ⓘ
territorial dispute over the Gran Chaco ⓘ
mediatedBy Argentina ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
League of Nations ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
militaryTechnology light tanks ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
notableFeature extreme climatic and logistical hardships ⓘ
heavy use of trench warfare ⓘ
use of early military aircraft ⓘ
partOf interwar period ⓘ
politicalConsequence political instability in Bolivia ⓘ
rise of nationalist and reformist movements in Bolivia ⓘ
precededBy border disputes between Bolivia and Paraguay in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
relatedTo Bolivia’s loss of Pacific coastline in the War of the Pacific ⓘ
result Bolivian defeat ⓘ
Paraguayan victory ⓘ
startDate 1932-06-15 ⓘ
strategicObjective access to the Paraguay River ⓘ
control of potential oil fields ⓘ
theatre Chaco ⓘ
surface form: Chaco Boreal
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Boundaries (1938) ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Breguet 19 → usedInConflict → Chaco War ⓘ
Potez 25 → usedInConflict → Chaco War ⓘ
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. → historicalContext → Chaco War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay
Argentine Armed Forces → conflict → Chaco War ⓘ
Vickers 6-Ton tank → usedInConflict → Chaco War ⓘ
Chaco War → alsoKnownAs → Chaco War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guerra del Chaco
Brisfit → usedInConflict → Chaco War ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol F.2 Fighter