Battle of Tuyuti 1866 - War of the Triple Alliance DOCUMENTARY

As a Paraguayan I will never stop thanking you for the video. War is the worst instance that society has when you can not coexist diplomatically, that's why it's important that we all try to study it and learn something from it. That way you avoid that the same mistakes are made and, most importantly, the bonds between brother countries be strengthened by overcoming and forgiving old mistakes

"The brazilian general was shot off his horse 3 times during the chaos" What a legend

Paraguay never recovered demographically from this war. The Argentinians wanted to split the country with Brazil, but the Brazilians wanted to maintain it as a buffer state and it's the only reason Paraguay even still exists.

Imagine being the general who got shot off his horse three times. "Bloody hell that was close" "What the hell it happened again" "Oh for fock sake, stop doing that!"

Very comprehensive. I never knew South America had a war like this.

Around 90% of Paraguay's male population died in the war WOW.

South American history was 100% ignored in my Canadian education. Most people here barely know who Bolivar was. I think these videos are of great cultural value as well as entertaining. Keep up the good work.

Germany: war on two fronts in ww1-2 Paraguay: amateurs

"Paraguay could only really survive by playing these much larger nations against each other" Oh cool so they used some willy political wrangling to do that... Paraguay declares war on Brazil Oh well I guess if they get Argentina on their side it will be alrigh... Paraguay declares war on Argentina Huh.

Presidents leading troops to battle, such a weird thing to hear in my opinion.

Greetings from Brazil. The great majority of Brazilians do not even know that this battle existed, but in recent years there is a rescue of our history. Thanks for making this documentary.

As a Brazilian I really didnt expect this coming,so thank you for doing this!!!

Finally, I wish to thank you for a video not only about Brazil, but about Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina as well, the recognition of our regional wars, in which many people died and suffered, Brazilians, Argentinians, Uruguayans or Paraguayans, we all suffered from this war, fortunately , we all are at peace now, and let aside our differences, live together as Brothers

Paraguay still hasn't recovered from this war, their army, their people, their economy, it's still really damaged, i hope such a war never happen again.

Also this battle is one of many examples showing the importance of terrain being a deciding factor in a battle.

At 10:38, I believe it was Marshall Emilio Mallet who said the iconic phrase: "Let them come! From here they will not pass!" Since then, he turned into the maximum exponent and example of courage for Brazilian artillerymen, becoming the patron of Brazilian Army's artillery branch.

Thanks for posting this - The post Columbian history of S. America seems to be barely touched on

Paraguayans are really fierce warriors... My great grandpa fought against them in the Chaco War, while a corporal in the 7th regiment of cavalry of Bolivia. He used to tell my father how the patrols' worst fear was to see the screaming "pilas" (called thus because most fought barefooted) coming out of the treeline with machete in hand without fear and still charging after being shot . it's a shame our 2 countries had to fight but there are so many heroic tales of both sides resulting of this war, it would be awesome if you would cover some battles of it.

I had to study this part of history when i was 13 yo. I remember going to the library, asking for a history book of this period and suddenly i got to the part when it says "90% of the male population of paraguay was killed", i literally read that 3 times, hoping that the words would say something different, i could not believe it and my kiddy brain struggled to understand the information. I closed the book, stood up, i wanted to ask someone in the library if they knew about this and why nobody talks about this on tv. I remember to ride my bike back to home feeling a heavy burden on me.

Great history video as a brazilian i would suggest also the naval battle of Riachuelo one of the greatest naval battles of South America History. Congrats for the video.