✦ History

War of the Pacific

February 14, 1879 – April 4, 1884

Result Chilean victory

Ended by Treaty of Ancón, Treaty of Valparaiso, Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1904)

Chile fought Bolivia and Peru over the nitrate coast of the Atacama. Chile took the Bolivian Litoral and Peru's Tarapacá, Tacna and Arica, and occupied Lima from 1881.

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Battles 13

March 23, 1879
Battle of Topáter Chilean victory Moises
May 21, 1879
Battle of Iquique Peruvian victory Tarapacá Miguel Grau
May 21, 1879
Battle of Punta Gruesa Chilean victory
October 8, 1879
Battle of Angamos Chilean victory Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas, Juan José Latorre, Miguel Grau
November 2, 1879
Battle of Pisagua Chilean victory Pisagua
November 19, 1879
Battle of San Francisco Chilean victory South America
November 26, 1879
Battle of Tarapacá Peruvian victory
May 26, 1880
Battle of Tacna Chilean Army victory Tacna Narciso Campero
June 7, 1880
Battle of Arica Chilean victory Arica
January 13, 1881
Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos Chilean victory
January 15, 1881
Battle of Miraflores Chilean victory Miraflores Andrés Avelino Cáceres
July 10, 1882
Battle of La Concepción Peruvian victory Concepción
July 10, 1883
Battle of Huamachuco Chilean victory Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Key commanders

Peru and Bolivia 7

Hilarión Daza belligerent leader Pedro José Domingo de Guerra belligerent leader Narciso Campero military commander Mariano Ignacio Prado military commander Francisco García Calderón military commander Miguel Grau military commander Andrés Avelino Cáceres military commander

Chile 2

Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas military commander Juan José Latorre military commander

Peru 1

Andrés Avelino Cáceres military commander