FInally seeing some non-Brazilian take on this war. I've seen some Brazilian educators take on this and they never mentioned the Brazilian supported coup in Uruguay, rather, they implied Solano was the one to support a coup there. Most of what they say here is that the war started because of some Brazilian ship incident with Uruguay. There's also the conspiracy theory that Britain was conspiring with Paraguay to conquer Brazil, funny that there's also its counterpart of Britain conspiring with Brazil to conquer Paraguay.
The Brazilian supported coup in Uruguay makes me lay the blame more on Brazil's side. It's sad cause I'm a big Pedro II (Brazilian Emperor of the time) fan.
Hard to judge Solano's no (total) surrender attitude, but it's really disconcerting, as is the conscription of children. It's also hard to judge the child murdering on Brazil's side without knowing the exact context and happenings of the battle, but it's also perturbing.
Great article though. I had the impression you were kinda parcial to Solano, but that might be the Brazilian in me talking xD
FInally seeing some non-Brazilian take on this war. I've seen some Brazilian educators take on this and they never mentioned the Brazilian supported coup in Uruguay, rather, they implied Solano was the one to support a coup there. Most of what they say here is that the war started because of some Brazilian ship incident with Uruguay. There's also the conspiracy theory that Britain was conspiring with Paraguay to conquer Brazil, funny that there's also its counterpart of Britain conspiring with Brazil to conquer Paraguay.
The Brazilian supported coup in Uruguay makes me lay the blame more on Brazil's side. It's sad cause I'm a big Pedro II (Brazilian Emperor of the time) fan.
Hard to judge Solano's no (total) surrender attitude, but it's really disconcerting, as is the conscription of children. It's also hard to judge the child murdering on Brazil's side without knowing the exact context and happenings of the battle, but it's also perturbing.
Great article though. I had the impression you were kinda parcial to Solano, but that might be the Brazilian in me talking xD
Great read this morning. Thanks for the research into that one Mara, quality post.
Those Paraguayan men returning back home after the war, actual kings.