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LATIN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY |
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The sea battle off Robinson Crusoe island 1915 |
Monday, 9/24/01, 3:37 AM |
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Cumberland Bay, on Juan Fernandez island off Valaparaiso in Chile, was the scene of Alexander Selkirk's 4 year castaway experience between 1704 and 1709. Two hundred years later, in 1915 during World War One, it was the practice of the German Navy to send commerce raiders (usually cruisers) to prey on Allied shipping in the Pacific and the Atlantic. The German cruiser "Dresden" was caught by a British fleet at Cumberland Bay while it was repairing previous battle damage. After a short battle the Captain of the "Dresden" blew his ship up to avoid capture. The island has been renamed Robinson Crusoe island and the islanders say that under the right conditions the "Dresden" can be seen lying under 180 feet of water not far from the shore. |
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Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 |
Thursday, 9/6/01, 4:14 AM |
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Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/9980/PAPER .HTML Mexican military history: search the web also for Santa Anna and the Alamo; the Zapatistas; Cortez and Montezuma. |
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Battles of the Guararapes Hills 1648 |
Monday, 8/20/01, 10:09 AM |
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http://guararapes.exercito.gov.br/artigos/batgua/asba tgua.htm Dutch and Portuguese fight in the Battles of the Guararapes Hills 1648 |
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Battle of the Saints 1781 |
Thursday, 7/19/01, 12:14 PM |
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http://www.fortogden.com/saintes.html Anglo-French naval battle in the Caribbean during the American Revolution, the French taking the American side. The trade winds played a large part int the navigation of the Caribbean. |
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Latin and Central American chronology |
Tuesday, 7/17/01, 9:15 AM |
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http://www.campus.northpark.edu/history/webchron/Amer icas/Americas.html |
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Old maps of Spanish Central America |
Wednesday, 7/11/01, 10:54 AM |
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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/rg/rg1.html |
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History of the Brazilian Imperial Navy |
Monday, 7/9/01, 5:11 AM |
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nicely illustrated |
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South American history sites |
Friday, 6/22/01, 6:07 AM |
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...in the Open Directory; extends to Central America |
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The Wars of Liberation |
Tuesday, 6/19/01, 10:47 AM |
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written by a wargamer, this nevertheless has a good amount of historical information, including uniforms [at present only on the Royalist side] and orders of battle for many pitched battles. |
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South American Military History |
Tuesday, 6/19/01, 10:07 AM |
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includes good detailed information on: Uruguayan Civil War 1825-9 Argentine Civil War [Rosas / Urquiza] and the Battle of Caseros 1852 The Triple Alliance against Paraguay 1864 |
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