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Italy had changed sides after the fall of Mussolini. The Declaration of War was given by Pietro Badoglio to the German ambassador in Madrid. [3] Declaration: 1943-11-26: Colombia: Germany: W: See Colombia during World War II: Declaration: 1944-01-17: Free France: Italian Social Republic: A: Invasion: 1944-01-27: Liberia: Germany Japan: W ...
Bolivia was one of many Latin American countries to declare war on Germany later on in the war, joining the Allies on 7 April 1943. It was one of the three countries to declare war in 1943, the others being Chile and Colombia.
Chaco War (1932–1935) Bolivia Paraguay: Defeat. Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay. Paraguay was awarded the sovereignty of 75% of the disputed area and Bolivia was given the rest. [9] World War II (1943–1945) United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa
Both countries suffered heavy losses in the war. Bolivia lost an estimated 65,000 people killed and 35,000 wounded or captured out of a population of just under 3 million. [4] The humiliating disaster of the Chaco War had a profound impact on Bolivia, which saw the conflict as a watershed event in the history of the 20th century.
The Oxford Companion to World War II (2005), comprehensive encyclopedia for all countries; Eccles, Karen E. and Debbie McCollin, eds. World War II and the Caribbean (2017) excerpt; Frank, Gary. Struggle for hegemony in South America: Argentina, Brazil, and the United States during the Second World War (Routledge, 2021). Friedman, Max Paul.
Bolivia's defeat by Paraguay in the Chaco War (1932–1935), where Bolivia lost a great part of the Gran Chaco region in dispute, marked a turning-point. [41] [42] [43] On 7 April 1943, Bolivia entered World War II, joining part of the Allies, which caused president Enrique Peñaranda to declare war on the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan.
Bolivia helped Peru with money and weapons, but the Bolivian army never again intervened in the war. In Peru, the political situation was complicated. President Prado had declared war on Chile for longstanding economical and political reasons [63] but without the funds or international credit to finance the war. He turned over the ...
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