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The War of the Triple Alliance and the Destruction of Paraguay
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The War of the Triple Alliance and the Destruction of Paraguay

Between eighteen sixty-four and eighteen seventy, Paraguay fought Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay simultaneously, suffering a catastrophic population loss and the death of most adult men. This episode examines how strategic escalation and total war dismantled a nation and altered its social fabric.

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Paraguay lost up to sixty-nine percent of its entire population during the conflict.

Up to ninety percent of military-aged Paraguayan men died from combat, disease, and forced marches.

The secret Treaty of the Triple Alliance pre-allocated Paraguayan territory before major fighting even began.

The mythical prewar population of over one million stemmed from a fabricated eighteen fifty-seven census.

Postwar shortages left four adult women for every man, fundamentally reshaping family and economic structures.

Insolvency forced postwar Paraguay to sell over eighty-five percent of state lands to foreign investors.

In this episode
  1. 01Intro1 min
  2. 02The Road to Riverine War3 min
  3. 03Blockade, Fortresses, and Collapse3 min
  4. 04The Demographic Collapse2 min
  5. 05The Demographic Collapse2 min
  6. 06The Country of Women and the Postwar Order2 min
  7. 07Outro1 min
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