The National Army of Colombia is the land warfare service branch of the Military Forces of Colombia. With over 361,420 active personnel as of 2020, it is the largest and oldest service branch in Colom
The Battle of Boyacá in 1819 was the decisive battle that ensured Colombia's independence from Spain and the establishment of Gran Colombia
Statue of a Guecha Warrior in Colombia.
The warriors threw their stones with slings when hunting or battling
Colombian Troops in a banquet during the Thousand Days War
The Colombian conflict began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrilla groups fi
National Army of Colombia
…the Thousand Days War, and the Korean War. Since the mid-1960s, the Colombian Army has been involved in a low-intensity asymmetrical war known as the Colombian Armed Conflict. The mission statement of the Colombian Army is to conduct military operations oriented towards defending the sovereignty, independence, and territorial…
Top left: FARC guerrillas during the Caguán dialogues. Top right: Displaced people. Center left: National Police during the Palace of Justice siege. Center right: Death of Pablo Escobar. Bottom left: Peace talks during the government of Juan Manuel Santos. Bottom right: Fredy Iturre Klínger (center) cries after seeing his half-brother killed in the Battle of Gutiérrez, 1999.
US General William P. Yarborough was the head of a counterinsurgency team sent to Colombia in 1962 by the US Special Warfare Center.
The Memorial for Life and Center for Peace, Memory, and Reconciliation, located in Peace and Memory Park. In Colombia, April 9 is a symbolic day. It is a day of remembrance and solidarity with the conflict's victims.