War of the Pacific
February 14, 1879 – April 4, 1884 · Battle site
Result Chilean victory
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.
Chile
Peru and Bolivia
Other
Strength and losses
Chile Killed c. 3,276
Peru Killed c. 9,672
Bolivia Killed c. 920
- Killed
- c. 13,868
Battles 13
- Battle of Topáter March 23, 1879 · Chilean victory
- Battle of Iquique May 21, 1879 · Peruvian victory
- Battle of Punta Gruesa May 21, 1879 · Chilean victory
- Battle of Angamos October 8, 1879 · Chilean victory
- Battle of Pisagua November 2, 1879 · Chilean victory
- Battle of San Francisco November 19, 1879 · Chilean victory
- Battle of Tarapacá November 26, 1879 · Peruvian victory
- Battle of Tacna May 26, 1880 · Chilean Army victory
- Battle of Arica June 7, 1880 · Chilean victory
- Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos January 13, 1881 · Chilean victory
- Battle of Miraflores January 15, 1881 · Chilean victory
- Battle of La Concepción July 10, 1882 · Peruvian victory
- Battle of Huamachuco July 10, 1883 · Chilean victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- Treaty of Ancón 1883
Treaty of Valparaiso April 4, 1884
Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1904) October 20, 1904
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War of the Pacific
