The War That Killed Without Battles: Cholera, Bombardments and Paraguay’s Resistance

Описание: After the disastrous Allied defeat at Curupayty, the War of the Triple Alliance entered one of its darkest phases.
This documentary reveals how military inaction, constant but ineffective bombardments, and the cholera epidemic of 1867 killed far more soldiers than open combat.
For over a year, Allied fleets fired thousands of shells daily with almost no results. Meanwhile, Paraguay resisted under extreme conditions:
• Deadly epidemics
• Hunger and total scarcity
• Psychological warfare
• Extraordinary industrial ingenuity
With no access to resources, Paraguay melted church bells, copper pots, and household utensils to forge massive cannons such as “El Cristiano”, a powerful symbol of national resistance and sacrifice.
You will also discover:
• The first military use of observation balloons in South America
• How sound warfare using turututús tormented enemy commanders
• Why cholera devastated entire camps in days
• How disease and hunger broke armies without decisive battles
This episode exposes a harsh historical truth:
👉 Wars can be lost without fighting.
📌 Based on original 19th-century historical sources
📌 Military and geopolitical analysis
Subscribe for the full documentary series on the War of the Triple Alliance and the hidden history of South America.
#WarOfTheTripleAlliance
#ParaguayanWar
#SouthAmericanHistory
#MilitaryHistory
#CholeraEpidemic
#Curupayty
#FranciscoSolanoLopez
#HistoricalDocumentary
#19thCenturyWars
#ForgottenHistory
#LatinAmericanHistory