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War of the Pacific

The Age of Empire

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History Atlas. "War of the Pacific." Accessed September 2, 2026. https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/war-of-the-pacific.

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History Atlas. (n.d.). War of the Pacific. Retrieved September 2, 2026, from https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/war-of-the-pacific

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@misc{historyatlas-war-of-the-pacific,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {War of the Pacific},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/war-of-the-pacific},
  note = {Accessed September 2, 2026}
}

The War of the Pacific 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 in victory for Chile, which gained a significant amount of resource rich territory from Peru and Bolivia, and demonstrated Chile's military and technological superiority over its opponents at the time.

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