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The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Chilean claims on coastal Bolivian territory in the Atacama Desert , the war ended with victory for Chile, which gained a significant amount of resource-rich ...
The indigenous peoples in the countries involved in the War of the Pacific (1879–1884), Bolivia, Chile and Peru were variously impacted by direct warfare, mobilisation and taxation during the war. At the start of the war three quarters of the population of Peru lived in the Andean highlands where indigenous peoples were in majority. [1]
The Pacific War of World War II, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. [36] It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the Pacific Ocean theater , the South West Pacific theater , the Second Sino-Japanese War , and the ...
The Naval campaign of the War of the Pacific or Saltpeter war, was a naval campaign that took place from 1879 to 1884, involving Peru (as well as Bolivia), and Chile, undertaken in order to support land forces in the Atacama Desert. Although the conflict lasted until 1884, the primary naval engagements occurred between 1879 and 1880.
After the war, Chile had obtained military hegemony at the Pacific Coast of South America. Chile's expansion was seen with concern across the continent, and Chilean diplomats responded by fomenting rivalries between Chile's neighbors and other South American countries and promoting friendly relationships between countries with disputes with Chile's neighbors.
The Battle of Pisagua ("Desembarco y combate de Pisagua"), was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru.
The Secretary of the US Air Force said war with China in the Pacific was not "imminent or inevitable." Even so, Frank Kendall said the likelihood of one is growing and will continue to grow.
The Peruvian government was confronted with widespread rioting in Lima because of the disastrous handling of the war to date. [6]On 18 December 1879 the Peruvian President Mariano Ignacio Prado suddenly took a ship from Callao to Panama, allegedly with six million pesos in gold, [7] supposedly to oversee the purchase of new arms and warships for the nation.