Argentine-Brazilian War

From top left: Battle of Juncal, Battle of Sarandí , Oath of the 33 Orientals , Battle of Ituzaingó

date	December 10, 1825 to August 27, 1828
place	Southern Brazil and Uruguay
output	Diplomatic intervention by Great Britain , signature of the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro on August 27, 1828, independence of Uruguay

Parties to the conflict
Brazil 1822 Brazil	United Provinces of the Río de la Plata 33 Orientals The thirty-three Orientals
Commander
Brazil 1822 Pedro I. Rodrigo Guedes Felisberto Brant Carlos Lecor Brazil 1822 Brazil 1822 Brazil 1822	Bernardino Rivadavia Carlos de Alvear William Brown Juan Lavalleja The thirty-three Orientals
Troop strength
6,200 (1826) to 10,800 (1828)	7,700 (1826) to 11,400 (1828)

Flag of the Province of Cisplatina

Oath of the 33 Orientals

Juan Antonio Lavalleja.

The Argentine-Brazilian War (Portuguese: Guerra da Cisplatina ; Spanish Guerra del Brasil ) was an armed conflict between Argentina (then still the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ) and the Brazilian Empire over the possession of the Banda Oriental (the left bank of the Río de la Plata; today's Uruguay ). It began in 1825 and ended with Uruguay's independence in 1828 .

course

With the intention of reintegrating the so-called Banda or Provincia Oriental into the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, as was the case before the Brazilian annexation, the Argentines supported the leader of the revolt against Brazilian rule, Juan Antonio Lavalleja . After years of resistance against the Brazilians, deputies from all over the Banda Oriental met in the city of Florida and declared that they belonged to the United Provinces ( Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata , now Argentina). In response, Brazil declared war on Argentina.

In the battle of Ituzaingó on February 20, 1827, an Argentine-Uruguayan army defeated the Brazilians . These blocked the access to Buenos Aires at sea . The sea blockade ran counter to the British trade interests , so that they eventually mediated the conflict.

Result

In the end, Brazil was pushed back, but the hopes of the Argentines were not fulfilled either. Under the mediation and pressure of the British, both parties signed the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro in 1828 , in which they recognized Uruguay's independence. Although the Uruguayans achieved independence, it was the British who benefited most from it, as it gave them a free trade area at the strategically important mouth of the Río de la Plata .

literature

Benjamin Nahum: Manual de Historia del Uruguay 1830-1903 . Montevideo 1994.

Web links

Commons : Argentina – Brazil War - collection of images, videos and audio files

Military History of South America: Argentina-Brazil war (October 22, 2002 memento on the Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

↑ Enrique Méndez Vives: Historia Uruguaya . Editorial De la Banda Oriental, Montevideo 1990.

[1] Enrique Méndez Vives: Historia Uruguaya . Editorial De la Banda Oriental, Montevideo 1990.