Crossing of the Andes
The Crossing of the Andes (Spanish: Cruce de los Andes) was one of the most important feats in the Argentine and Chilean wars of independence, in which a combined army of Argentine soldiers and Chilean exiles invaded Chile crossing the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, leading to Chile's liberation from Spanish rule.
| Crossing of the Andes | |||||||
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| Part of the Spanish American wars of independence | |||||||
Battle of Chacabuco, fought after the Crossing of the Andes | |||||||
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| Army of the Andes | Spanish Royalists | ||||||
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José de San Martín Miguel Estanislao Soler Bernardo O'Higgins |
Francisco Marcó del Pont Mariano Osorio | ||||||
Led by General José de San Martín, and setting out from Mendoza – then part of the Province of Cuyo, Argentina – in January 1817, the successful crossing of the army took 21 days. Having to manage heights averaging 3,000 mts, the feat has been compared to Hannibal's or Napoleon's crossing of the Alps, and is regarded among the greatest of its kind in universal military history.
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