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How the Russians & Germans continued World War I in Latin America In 1932, the bloody Chaco War broke out between Bolivia and Paraguay over the disputed Gran Chaco region. Paraguay was inferior to its rival in manpower and combat power, but it ha...
...d a strong #trump card: approximately 80 #Russian officers who had moved to Latin America after the collapse of the Russian Empire. These high-level professionals were actively involved in modernizing the Paraguayan armed forces. They insisted on the purchase of effective Danish ‘Madsen’ machine guns, created the first cavalry division and improved air defense. “It seems there isn’t a single area of military affairs to which our Russian émigré officers in Paraguay have not contributed thei...