Paraguayan Army
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The Paraguayan Army is the ground force branch of the Armed Forces of Paraguay. It is organized into three corps and nine divisions, and several commands and direction. It has gone to war on many occa
Uniforms of cavalry and infantry of the Paraguayan army at the time of the War of the Triple Alliance.
Officers and NCOs of the Paraguayan Army wearing variants of the Pickelhaube helmet in the early 1910s.
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Francisco Solano López
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Francisco Solano López Carrillo was a Paraguayan statesman, military officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay from 1862 to 1870, of which he served mostly during the Paraguayan War.
Paraguayan Army
…produced arms and bullets and also built up a railway system in the country to transport troops and materiel. Following the succession of Lopez's son, Francisco Solano López, the army was expanded yet further until it was one of the largest in South America, consisting by 1864 of 44 infantry battalions, 46 cavalry regiments…
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Solano López around age 27, c.1854
The Throne: López and his Cabinet
The last known picture of Solano López, taken by photographer Domenico Parodi, c. 1870.