Paraguayan invasion in the Rio Grande do Sul

navy aspects

  • Luiz Augusto Rocha do Nascimento Professor de História do Colégio Militar de Brasília. Pesquisador Associado do Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em História Militar do Exército (CEPHiMEx). Membro da Academia de História Militar Terrestre do Brasil. Associado da Associação dos Veteranos do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (SR-DF).
Keywords: Rivers, Rio Grande do Sul, Triple Alliance War

Abstract

The Paraguayan invasion in the Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul was planned in detail . Paraguayan President Francisco Solano Lopez personally coordinated the actions that the troop held . The transposition of rivers and streams has been an important input in the planning. Brazilian and Paraguayan rivers were the key operations.

Published
2020-06-16