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Paraguayan War - Wikipedia After Paraguay was defeated in conventional warfare, it conducted a drawn-out guerrilla resistance, a strategy that resulted in the further destruction of the Paraguayan military and the civilian population Much of the civilian population died due to battle, hunger, and disease
South America’s Deadliest War: How Paraguay Lost 60% of Its Population Paraguay’s population plummeted from approximately 525,000 to just 221,000 in the war’s aftermath, with men of fighting age particularly decimated The nation also suffered massive territorial losses, with both Argentina and Brazil annexing large portions of Paraguayan land
Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay Within Paraguay, closeness to historical Triple Alliance War locations is associated with more female-headed households, more unmarried women living with a child, more women who have completed at least primary education, and more women who are employed
Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay . . . The War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) in South America killed up to 70% of the Paraguayan male population According to Paraguayan national lore, the skewed sex ratios resulting from the conflict are the cause of present-day low marriage rates and high rates of out-of-wedlock births
War of the Triple Alliance - Encyclopedia Britannica The war left Paraguay utterly prostrate; its prewar population of approximately 525,000 was reduced to about 221,000 in 1871, of which only about 28,000 were men
The Paraguayan War Reshaped the Region - Stratfor The conflict lasted until 1870, costing Paraguay nearly half its territory and almost 90 percent of its men of fighting age Estimates differ, but Paraguay's overall population is thought to have dropped from 1 3 million to less than 250,000
War of the Triple Alliance (Paraguayan War) - Military History - Oxford . . . Solano López’s death on March 1, 1870, ended what had become a total war Paraguay’s infrastructure was utterly destroyed and approximately 60 percent of its population was lost Recovery took decades Many books on the Paraguayan War have been published in Spanish or Portuguese