How a German WW1 Vet & His Bolivian Army Spectacularly Fumbled What Should Have Been an Easy Victory
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- Join us on this episode of Uncharted Latin America to explore the tragedy of the Chaco War - a largely forgotten yet devastating territorial conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay. With 100,000 bodies in its wake, uncover an all-out inter-war period South American War between 1930-1935 that has left its legacy in these Latin American countries. Learn why this was not a European conflict but instead a wholly South American one and how cultural context and perspective shapes our views of history. Tune into Uncharted Latin America now!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:15 On the Road to Conflict
6:03 War Breaks Out
12:26 Hans Kundt Returns
18:26 The Weariness of War
21:01 Counting the Cost of War
The Chaco War was very important as it was the first use of tanks in the Americas!
Decades after in the anniversary of the Chaco War, Paraguay returned the surviving captured Vickers 6-ton tanks back to Bolivia as a gesture of good-will!
Cuando éramos niños y vivíamos en
Paraguay, sin tener idea, jugábamos y nos subíamos al tanque de guerra que estaba en la plaza céntrica !
Nope, there was one tank used in the Cristero war.
Kundt was not the only German veteran there. Ernst Röhm the head of the Sturmabteilung (Brownshirts) worked as a mercenary in South America between 1928 and 1930, serving as a lieutenant colonel and training advisor in the Bolivian army. Röhm was heavily involved in the 1930 coup. But he was convinced to return to Germany by AH to reorganize the SA and we know how that went.
It went great till 45
@@mrwhips3623 I was talking that he died in 1934.
@@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 ya Hitler caught him in a hotel f*cking a boy. His friends were pedophiles too. Hitler had them executed. however he had a hard time killing Rohm because they used to be such close friends
What may also be interesting to know is that the Bolivian Army used to wear the German style stahlhelm right up untill very recently (I have seen pictures from 2009). The use of the stahlhelm in the Bolivian army started with Hans Kundt.
@@elcondor7627 The Chilean army has a lot of Prussian influence to this day.
The video mentioned Isla Poi, but it failed to mention the role of the Mennonite settlers from Canada, whom the Paraguayan government sent into the Chaco a few years before the war began. Isla Poi was a Mennonite settlement. Why did the Paraguayan army concentrate at Isla Poi? Because these industrious people had dug wells that the Paraguayan army later used, and grew crops that the Paraguayan army later ate. Although Mennonites were and are pacifists, they were legally in the Chaco with the permission of the Paraguayan government, so they had a vested interest in the victory of the Paraguayan army. (If Bolivia had won, their right to be there would come into question). The Paraguayan government paid for all the crops they took from the Mennonites, and for their part the Mennonites proved to be excellent carpenters, useful for repairing broken wagon wheels and artillery caissons-- not participating directly in the fighting, but just fixing broken things. The presence of the Mennonite settlers in the Chaco before the war, was as if the Paraguayan government had sent a battalion of engineers (that they didn't have), into the Chaco before hostilities began to prepare the way. Because of this, the Paraguayan army had food to eat and water to drink in the otherwise arid and uninhabited Gran Chaco, a huge advantage the Bolivians did not enjoy. (Postscript 1: When the Bolivians finally understood the value of the Mennonite settlers, they also admitted some Mennonites to Bolivia to send into the Chaco, but by then it was too late and the war was over). (Postscript 2: There are still several Mennonite settlements in the Paraguayan Gran Chaco, descendants of the original settlers from Canada-- Google 'Mennonites in Paraguay' and see what you see).
The Mennonite communities are still important today. They provide many products that do not need to be imported. They have also been a cultural, political, and religious influence in the country. Ro hi ho Paraguay!
Isla poi"island of the small hand,is a lake,the army HQ was located there because of the fresh water source,there were no wells. The war was fought over water holes,who controlled the water controlled the territory. The mennonite settlments were/are about 20 km from isla poi.
I fail to see how this is relevant. Nobody cares who grew the crops in a war. And the "engineer corp" remark sounds like an exaggeration.
@@korosuke1788 Napoleon Bonaparte said that an army marched on it's stomach,if there was no food available the army would have been unlikely to fight,logistics win wars.
The limit between Bolivia and Paraguay before the war went right through the mennonite settlements. So the Bolivians gave the Mennonites the same privileges in case of winning the war as the Paraguayan governement did. BTW the leftie politicians of Paraguay today abolished the law 514 viva vox in Parlamient which is the Mennonite law just a few years ago. So basically Paraguay turns out into a messhole slowly since the latins ruin the whole country. Paraguay will become some sort of failed state in the future with a strong communistic fart.
No the paraguayan soldiers did not pay all the watermelons the mennonites brought there at Isla Poi. Isla Poi was the main water source since it was near the mennonite colonies. The Paraguayans founded the mayor forts around the mennonite settlements for those where low land lagunes where water gathered in rain season. Wells are mostly salty in the Chaco. That is why today live more Mennonites in Bolivia than in Paraguay. They have there in Bolivia all privileges as well. No the mennonites did not side to much with any side. They stayed neutral since once the bolivians owned the place and once the paraguayans.
Yes the mennonites provided indeed logistics like food sold to paraguayans much needed. But remember the mennonites rather moved in shortly before the war outbreak being it in 1927 from Canada (germans) and the war became hot in 1932. So they had just 5 years to get things going and all was very poor and unready. At least some water wells within the mennonite settlements proved to be potable drinking water (not to salty).
Yes there are settlements in the Chaco of the mennonites but the latins try to squeeze them since the latin becomes some sort of cocky like the blacks in Southafrica. Southafrican situations most likely will be present as well in the future. Today most production is made by Mennonites in Paraguay, while the Latins are dedicating themselves similar to the Romanians in Siebenbürgen to theft, stealing, robberies, murder, embezzlement and drug traffic. The Chaco as a dry zone can not compete with Paraguay oriental high rain zone so economic progress is limited for the future. Best is the Mennonites move out to look for a more rainy country where the climate is not an economic hindrance for progress.
What also must be mentioned is that the war itself was fueled by numerous external factors as well. Where Hans Kundt represented the German school of warfare, Estigarribia was schooled in France. This gave the conflict a German-French prestige factor.
Another external factor were the foreign oil companies, financing the war, because of promised drilling rights. The Paraguayans were backed by the Royal Dutch Shell (seated in the UK) wheras the Bolivians were backed by US Standard Oil.
Thanks very much for bringing this unknown conflict to a larger audience. I have done some historical research into the social ramifications of the Chaco War leading up to the Socialist Revolution in Bolivia in '52.
I believe there are still four survivors from the war - one Bolivian and three Paraguayan; all are over 107 years of age.
To know there are still veterans around is very surprising, My godfather was a survivor of the Chaco War, i met him when i was a kid and he passed away at the very young age of 101 in the mid 2010s.
There have been up to 3 thousand Russians in Paraguayan military headed by major general Ivan Belyaev , since 1933 - adviser to Paraguayan president. He was a prominent expert in fortification, moved into Paraguay in 1924 and helped to invite other former Russian military officers into the country.
Indeed. The Russians in the Paraguayan army were WW1 veterans. One of them decoded the Bolivian military codes before the campaign began.
@@KonradAdenauerJrInteresting
Thank you for shedding light into this lesser known conflict. My grandfather was a veteran of this war, and talked about hoy his company lack food and water pretty much all the time. It was a brutal war fought between brothers and that should never happen again.
Most wars are brutal and should never happen. Ask a veteran.
The Paraguayans took advantage of their ability to communicate over the radio in Guaraní, a language not spoken by the average Bolivian soldier
Didn't the average Bolivian soldier also speak the Quechua and Aymara languages? They could've done the same thing. No one in Paraguay speaks Quechua and Aymara. Meanwhile, while the vast majority of Bolivians don't speak Guarani, there are a few Guarani speakers in the Bolivian lowlands
@@alexandrejosedacostaneto381 Well I guess South America is like that, not all Spanish or Portuguese, many regional languages too, and if they wanted to use any language to confuse the other side I guess anyone could, didn't Brit people invent Cockney slang to confuse the law! Maybe more or less people in those days spoke different languages in different regions
@@johnryder1713not all Bolivians spoke Aymara, just the indigenous ones that tended to find themselves as soldiers while the high command, being European descent/mestizo at best tended to only speak spanish(and other European languages like German in this case). In paraguay almost everyone was mestizo and spoke guarani along with Spanish, even Paraguayan elites would know how to speak guarani.
You are wrong. Bolivians did spoke Guarani.
@@genarosiles2951 Well I guess they could have had, 2 countries so close to one another probably shared many traditions and languages, only it was probably less common on the Bolivian side
I’m Paraguayan, my grandfather’s older brother fought in this war, and when he came back he told a lot of stories about the war to my grandfather.
To put some perspective, when the war started my grandpa was 17 and his older brother was 29, because my grandfather didn’t pass the physical test in the army he didn’t get the chance to go to the war, but his older brother did pass the test.
My grandfather told me the stories his brother told him, this is my favorite one:
Battle of Boquerón, September 1932, during the siege of the Boquerón fortress, occupied by the Bolivians, my grandfather’s older brother was poorly fed, he said he was “several days” without eating or drinking water and he feared that he might die of starvation.
He was a catholic devout so he started to pray, asking God to send supplies.
He believed God was on his side because apparently his prayers were answered: a Bolivian plane that tried to drop supplies in the Boquerón fortress missed the target and the supplies landed in the exact place were my grandpa’s brother was, he was the first to get his hands on water and canned food that was meant for the Bolivians.
That probably saved his life and also his comrades’ lives.
My grandfather passed away in 2011, and I will always miss to hear these stories about the war.
I first learned about the Chaco War from an Osprey Publishing book, detailing the uniforms, the situation, leaders and execution of the war, the book even included a scathing review of Hans Kundt. During his time in the Deutsches Heer, Kundt was primarily a staff officer, rather than a field officer, he had poor grasps on strategy, tactics, intelligence, and logistics, lots of Germans perished under the times he led in the field, this legacy came back to haunt the Bolivians in the Chaco War. Kundt once again proved he was a effective administrator, but when the war got hotter, his ineptitude and incompetence cost Bolivia dearly. First - Kundt tended to order his infantry to make frontal charges against fortified Paraguayan strongholds, he sneered at flanking manoeuvres, the result was butchery by Paraguayan machine guns and mortars, second - Kundt was lousy at logistics, despite having a background in staff, he was oblivious to the needs of the field army, most Bolivians surrendered after running out of water, third - Kundt was awful at military intelligence, he never familiarised himself with the Chaco region, and dismissed intelligence reports by his air force, believing Bolivians were liars and too foolish to be taken seriously, finally - Kundt was an autocrat, he never trusted his own general staff, or officer corps, he prefered to be in charge of everything, even overriding competent Bolivian leadership. Hans Kundt was ignorant to the realities of war, his plan was the march the Bolivian military into the Chaco region unopposed, because he believed the Paraguayans would not be gallant enough to fight a war against a modern, semi-mechanised force, Kundt overestimated his own abilities and underestimated Paraguayan military cunning, that led to disaster for the Bolivian troops in South America's biggest war of the twentieth century.
Sounds awefull familiar to modern Putin today. Parade right into Kiev or Asuncion wawing flaggs and in the other hand a cup of coffee. Putin should have studied Kundt so go figure Hans im Glück most likely would not materialize.
Ernst Röhm had explicitly warned the Bolivian Chief of General Staff in a memorandum against war with Paraguay before his departure in October 1930.
Source? I'm a Bolivian investigator
Being a fan of military history, I always enjoy hearing about these little known wars.
I'm Paraguayan and i find this video very interesing and educative. Very well, ¡Long live Marshal Estigarribia!
The Chaco war shows that a war over oil is no new thing at all
Resources have always been a factor in the equations of war: oil is just a newer resource than others (grain, gold, slaves, water, fish & game, quarries, ports, hostages, etc)
@@axeguy3856 And not just resources, people trying to claim them
Except this war was not about oíl...
@@rubennasser6907 I don't pretend to know everything about a local conflict, I only heard it was about an incursion across another countries border to claim oil there
It’s a Myth. Standard oil didn’t start the War or the war was based on Oil. Please delete your comment or change it, your misinformation is bad for my history
As a bolivian, im happy that a key event in the history of my country is getting more attention 👍
Thanks for shedding light on a considerably unknown war
I forget who said, "The only thing we have learnt from history is that we don't learn from history" but he wasn't wrong.
That's why we should study The Bible and The Book of Mormon - Another Testament of Jesus Christ. So that we can learn from other nations' past mistakes instead of repeating them.
I watched Trey Parker and Matt Stones' excellent stage show "The Book of Mormon" in Sydney Australia and I have seen Monty Python's Life of Brian multiple times. These two shows teach us all we need to know about the absurdity of faith. @@Fred-mp1vf
@@Fred-mp1vf
Huh why not a history book?
Doesn't the original quote go something like "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
@@jaredjosephsongheng372 That is an earlier and separate quote. One that strikes me as a warning whereas the quote I mentioned is more of a conclusion and an accurate, if pessimistic one at that.
Thank you for covering this war. This awful war utterly strained the resources, money, and men of my home country of Bolivia and our neighbor Paraguay for utterly nothing. Most of my family was at the front, and would effect the way they perceive the war for generations to come. Such a massive loss of life that would achieve fundamentally nothing in the grand scheme of things.
This conflict had so many repercussions in all of South America for years to come. Its still remembered in some way or another.
A developer in Paraguay is even making a video game about it "Chaco War" and it can be wishlisted on Steam right now.
Funny thing but in 2012 the goverment of Paraguay found oil in Chako. It was near the river Piriti 500km away from the capital city close to the border with Argentine.
But the best part is that its 3 000 m below and in the 1930s both Bolivia and Paraguay didnt had the technology to pump it from there. No matter who would win, both would just see it and be able to make profit out of this oil )))
Finally, a real video on the interwar period in South America. Mainly chaco war (1932-1935)😊. Thank you man!
How long until Sabaton writes a Song about this?
I remember reading and studying this war a year ago. Interesting stuff.
Excellent video, as a South American myself(peruvian) I always wanted to know what had actually happened during the Chaco war.
Also on the topic of South American/LATAM conflicts, when are you going to cover the Ecuadorian- Peruvian war of 1941?
And as an extension it would be great to cover also the Colombian-Peruvian war of 1932 where German WWI aviators where essential in the Colombian victory.
@@kairichter7254 given the war ended because of an asasination on the peruvian president by an unrelated political enemy, while he was precisely revising troops to really get the war into gear, i wouldn't classify it as a "victory" really.
Before professional football, South American nations went to war like this. Now, aggression is vented during 90 minutes and we go back to normal afterwards. 😅
Cuando se inició está guerra se presentó como voluntario el paraguayo Arsenio Erico ( máximo goleador histórico del fútbol argentino hasta hoy) Jugador de Independiente de Avellaneda. Por la edad , no lo aceptaron y derivaron a que colabore con el país jugando y recaudando dinero con La Cruz Roja.
Lo pretendió Ríver Plate, pero lo contrató Independiente. Además, fué el inventor de la famosa jugada del
" escorpión " que hizo el arquero colombiano René Higuita. Solo que Erico en vez de atajar " hizo" goles así.
PD. El invento de esas jugadas fueron
décadas anteriores de la realizada por Higuita; solo que la prensa no informa
bien diciendo que es el inventor.
( testigos de la época y grabaciones de radio lo confirman, está en Internet)
I really enjoyed this well - done documentary about a little - known conflict.
Bolivian leader cancelled for uttering the phrase, “I’m going to murder that Kundt!”
🤔😳🫣
Excellent presentation and stellar research.
The idea of the German Autobahn comes from Paraguays use of highways to provide for their troops from hundreds of miles away. From the autobahn came our interstate highways
Paraguay did not have a single highway back then. The Trans Chaco Highway only was built laterin the 50's. American WW2 equipment built the Transchaco Highway.
Paraguay had an Train Station till Kilometre 144 built by argentine magnate Carlos Casado for tannin extraction for tanneries in England. Paraguayans gathered in Asuncion today soccer stadium Defensores del Chaco, Chaco Defenders. From there thei marched to the haven and took over by boat the Paraguay River. No bridge back then. Then they hopped into the train and steamed down till Km 144. There by foot or truck Ford 4 to Isla Poi. You vut by machete a road into the bush called picada. Around Isla Poi Mennonites from Canada Prussia settled who settled theresince 1927 and just tried to keep going some sort of civilization. Water was dropped often by Paraguay viaice blocks from planes to provide ground troops with water. Chaco has allmost no water and is similar to the australian outback but more bush and no mountains. Rivers are dry rivers and carry water only in rain season. Water evaporates. So you have to gather artificially water like Australia does. Somewhat similar to Australia. Most soldiers died from thirst and not by bullets. Short supply lines and canadian german Mennonites as food producers eased the paraguayan victory. Main Forts of Paraguay all surrounded the mennonite settlements for an reason. Forts where allways as well lower points where a dry lake was where water gathered once it rained.
This was a war where tank tactics tended to come to the fore, if the air war was most prominent in Spain, however a war in 2 landlocked countries had big resupply challenges
Paraguay is not landlocked as you may think, the Paraguay river is huge and the paraguayan navy was key part of the war.
@@gwolf6442 Thats what I meant, the Paraguay is a river, not a coastline still and just one route in and out no matter what
There's an interesting thing about soldiers of fortune in this war. One example being Bolivia's western neighbor (and whom they blame for losing their access to the Pacific Ocean) Chile. At least some accounts and news reports at the time said they were fighting on both sides, and the then president Arturo Alessandri Palma was somewhat pleased to get rid of potentially troublesome elements of the armed forces (and some of them later went to fight in Spain and in WWII), Argentina had volunteers leading and fighting with the Paraguayans, Uruguayans were reported to fly aircraft, also Czechs and even one South African was known to have fought in the war.
Yes Paraguay was backed up by Brazil and Argentina logistically. Noneof them wanted an Great Bolivia at their doorsteps. Specially Argentina opened all supply routes for Paraguay and took over logistics up to the border. If Brazil and Argentina would have sided with Bolivia Paraguay would not have been able to import weapons at all. Peru and Chile hindred Bolivia greatly by sabotaging their english weapons and retaining weapons bound for Bolivia. Chile did not allow bolivian weapons imports and peruvians stole parts from the weapons.
En los años setenta, cuando cursaba el secundario en las Antillas Holandesas (Caribe), leí sobre la Guerra del Chaco en un libro de historia que formaba parte de nuestro plan de estudios. Me sorprendió que una guerra tan brutal se librara en una zona tan remota.
Luego, en 2001, leí la necrológica en el semanario The Economist de Víctor Paz Estenssoro, ex presidente boliviano. En la necrológica se mencionaba que había participado en la Guerra del Chaco.
¡Imagínense! Noticias justo a principios del siglo XXI recordándonos aquella guerra olvidada.
Like the video suggest Paraguay has one of the most talented commanders in Latin-American history: General (posthumously Marshall of the Nation) José Felix Estigarribia. Brillant, innovative and flexible, he combine the use of the rough terrain and climate, the stubborn confidence of the enemy command in their flaw strategy and the unfortunate background of the Bolivian soldiers (aboriginal peasants from the Altiplano "High Plains", despised by their racist officers, fighting in a flat, hot, dry, subtropical region alien to them without any infrastructure) leading to victory a country almost destroyed half a century earlier (in the literal meaning of the word, half of the Paraguay population, 90 % of the adult males in military age died in the Triple Alliance War) against a country with a stupid oligarchy (common in almost all of the former Spanish colonies) manipulated by US oil corporations, English weapon sellers and ruthless German adventurers. Another tragic tale of this continent.
I have tried to find information about this war, unfortunately there were too little about it on RUclips, but now thanks for your video I got it.
My great-grandfather's brother was drafted as an infantryman during the war. He got shot in the head but surprisingly survived due to the small insignia of Bolivia! My greatgrandpa was 1 year too young to be conscripted.
Early 20th century South American conflicts are fascinating. Keen for more!
Interestingly multi-turret tanks were regarded as more effective in the field during this war.
For every war we know about their's at least three smaller ones that we don't know about.
Thanks for the history update. I have been to the Chaco to the Mennonite cities.
I think there are good lessons, both of them, in politics and warfare, related to El Chaco War:
1. Money and weapons are not enough to win a conflict, if you don't have a good general and a good planning.
2. Intelligence is the key weapon to win a war.
3. Bolivia has to learn to get along with it's neighbours, starting with Chile, Peru and Paraguay.
Paraguayans are easily one of the most bravest, hardcore soldiers not only in Latin America, but in the World. They fight literally to the last man, and are vicious fighters.
Wow, great video
To be honest though in Baltics and Poland wars for independence ended in 1920 so at least in Latvia where I am from it us seen more in the context of WW1 and empires collapsing, but actual interwar period is seen as more of a golden age where we were building up our countries
I usually don't say anything here, but this was a really good video. Take care.
Kundt even after WW1, didn't shake off that WW1 "over by event" syndrome.
Could lesson be learned from conflict? Absolutely!
My great uncle,Arturo Wright, fought in the chaco war,he was also a veteran of the 1st WW having fought in the australian light cavalry in palastine.
No way I’ve always wanted to do a video on the gran Chaco war but always lagged it glad you made it though 👍
On minute 12:40 you (the producer of this video) mention Hernando Reyes as the ousted Bolivian President; however, his real name was Hernado Siles Zuazo. You have to have the facts streight. Although, the video comprises the events well, it’s too short for a three year war. Thanks anyway,
In paraguay we love to mock these german officials that risked their lifes over B O L I V I A.
If I remember right, they didn't find petrol, after the war
Ironically Kundt and his inflexible defense against a smaller, but more mobile, oponent was the same mistake the French made in 1940.
I have a few friends from South America.
While talking to one of them I realized I don't know that much about South American history.
I think part of caring about someone is caring about where they're from to.
Know when to be aggressive enough, soon enough
A lot of northwestern Argentines aviators that share ancestors & culture with Bolivians volunteer to fight in that war. The most famous was don "Vicente Almandos Almonacid" which fought in WW1 for the french aviation.
The reason it didn't change the geography was because of Argentine politicians intervention, they still wanted Paraguay to exist as a buffer state in the northern border.
hahahaha ayyyyy bolitians are so funny.
Well, he lived up to his surname.
FASCINATING.....little known war.
I still can’t get over his name being Kundt.
This documentary is interesting but it makes only passing mention of the role of oil in the war. The Chaco War can also be understood as a conflict of proxies for two oil companies. Believing that the Chaco could be exploited for oil, Shell Oil was the sponsor of Paraguay and Standard Oil of Bolivia. Bolivia's conduct was particularly egregious. It forcibly conscripted thousands of Indians from high altitude regions and marched them into the sweltering low-land Chaco. Most died of disease, thirst, malnutrition and other environmental hazards. It is telling that both Paraguay and Bolivia employed failed, generals from the European First World War.
Actually the only thing the paraguayan people regrets about the Chaco War is the outcome given to the paraguayan soldiers after the war, where they basically were discarded to their own luck by the government after the war, it took a lot of time to grant them their deserved rights as veterans and saviours of our national sovereignty.
Thank you! Finally an English speaker who finally interpreted Spanish "Plata" as silver. Most incorrectly interprete it as plate as in a dinner plate which is plato in Spanish.
Rio de la Plata means silver river. Since the spanish conquistadores believed upstream they encounter El Dorado. Rio = River. De = of. La= the. Plata = Silver.
After Prussia led a German war against France (sound familiar) Latin American militaries clamored to hire German military advisors. The Prussian military ideal was adopted
Bolivian Speaking, I wanna thank you for giving light to my history. I’m grateful, however, I’m investigating profoundly the Chaco war Subject and You got it right and wrong.
Also Standard Oil didn’t star the war. It’s a myth.
Paraguay also benefitted from the military aid received from Argentina in weapons, logistics and communications.
Can you imagine if general Kundt acted as an advisor in Australia.
The dynamic what ?
Casualty and death are not the same. You're counting all casualties as deaths, when most were from sickness, exhaustion or wounded. Only a fraction of those "100,000 bodies" are actually deaths
The absolute chutzpah of Bolivia mounting a campaign of this size without sufficient transport and supply is astonishing.
I think you mean Hubris? Chutzpah is when one murders his parents, and asks amnesty because he is orphan.
well done with the spanish names but whats up with pronouncing France as Frens?
Logistics... you can have a bigger army and the better weapons but if your troops are not supplied with enough Food Water and Ammo your going to get defeated... "Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics."
Son dos misiones que llegan a bolivia en los años 20, una de oficiales alemanes y otra de oficiales italianos, su objetivo era organizar y preparar al ejército y la policía boliviana, aunque la relación del ejército boliviano con militares prusianos ya venia dessrrollandose desde la decada de 1860. El diario de la estadia de Rohm en bolivia, y sus pasajes de sus aventuras intimas, fue utilizado para desprestigiarlo, señalandolo como homosexual por los nazis y AH.
2:37 Bolivia still suffers the consequences of this loss, while Chile imposes outrageous taxes on everything coming from their docks. They also face the consequences of a long history of corrupt government. It makes me more fully appreciate what we have in the U.S.
Nobody likes an inflexible Kundt.
Great topic 1830 to 1945 is south american primetime
Bolivia lost the Chaco War due to poor leadership: its military leaders were more political than technical and relegated the most prepared military man, General Bilbao Rioja, to the background. Even so, in the battles in which Bolivia was victorious, General Bilbao Rioja was behind. The military leadership was so political that they committed the betrayal of overthrowing their president in a coup d'état in the middle of the war. Bolivia had better weapons, tanks and air superiority, but they did not use them appropriately, for example they used their aviation for reconnaissance, instead of strategic bombing, ignoring recommendations from Bilbao Rioja. German General Hans Kundt was not a strategist and used obsolete tactics that led to the destruction of the Bolivian army in the Battle of Nanawa.
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You are way too much sympathetic to Kundt. He was an excelent administrator and organizer, especially in peace time and much better that the local officers than didn't give a crap about their men. And on paper the Bolivian army before the was really good with all the tanks and tankettes and the new organization german style...then the tanks were not so useful at all and were captured at such rates that the Bolivians have to get antitank guns from Europe ! He totally ignored things like aerial reconaissance (with the Bolivians having the best aviation), and contrary to the Paraguayans prefered frontal WW1 style assaults...and then Bolivia basicaly lost nearly everything again in the Chaco aerea and a great cost in men and treasury. Estigarribia was by far the best leader in that war.
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Did not know these fools went to war and lost.
Bolivia might have expected an easy victory against a country that had been thoroughly smashed up during the War of the Triple Alliance 60 years earlier, but it seems they underestimated their opponent.
Paraguay simply employed better tactics and strategy and was a more coesive nation as well
@@Tonyx.yt.I would also say Paraguay was better led.
@@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture yep
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The is the people didn't understand nationalism and still don't
Bro 6 commercial, the information your giving out is not that critical.
Haha Hans Kundt
The German general was a trash in the Bolivian army, the Bolivians lost many battles against Paraguay because that guy used crappy strategies, they improved when they fired him and put a Bolivian in command.
European strategies do not work in America because the vegetation and environment is different.
American top 10 heroes army please make video
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Easy victory?? that hurts my guarani pride
It wasn't called a World War for nothing....js
Greetings from Paraguay.
This video is rife with gross inaccuracies and lack of understanding of the history and the war, too many to mention or discuss at length.
It is worthless unless taken as a work of fiction.
Greetings from Paraguay as well, could you specify which are the major inaccuracies that made you make such a claim? I have watched the video and it is pretty good for such a short video, of course, there are way too many details to discuss, so I personally believe that it should be discussed in detail regarding each phase for example, but as a video to create awareness and interest in a mainly unknown war to the rest of the world it did its job. For us, it is of course, a matter of pride to the fact that we prevailed against all odds but in the great scale of things it takes humility to accept that it wasn't a world changing event or even a notorious bloodshed (just the Spanish civil war killed way more people). But there is a reason why most people prefer not to duel in the past regarding this specific conflict and that is to aim for a brighter future, with understanding and cooperation with our neighbors, now, more than ever.
Si.. y tu video donde esta kp?
Hamas launches a huge surprise terrorist attack on civilians, taking women and children hostage and Krystal uses the word “brutal” multiple times to refer to the future Israel strikes. Insane
German vets never understood how to fight a war in the especific conditions of El Chaco neither were able to deal with the way paraguayans fought the war.
WW2 started properly in the 1930s. That decades is where we see the ground for the weapons, tactics, strategies, power blocs, allies, and enemies form. In addition WW1 started in the late 1890s dragged on the 1920s.