The enormous amount of weaponry purchased by Peru caused a meeting between former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Chilean president, general and US-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1976.[6] Velasco's military plan was to launch a massive sea, air, and land invasion against Chile. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Velasco_Alvarado
Many people do not know of the hostilities between Peru and Chile. To give a simple recap Chile fought a war with Peru. Peru lost the war and Chile annexed some very nice mineral rich lands from Peru and made Bolivia a landlocked country. Now Peru and Chile had very good relations when Salvador Allende came to power. In Peru we had a left wing Dictator and Chile a right winger.
As you can see Peru was clearly the aggressor because of the military strengths of the countries at the time Peru's military was much better. But I still wonder if with American supported Chile could win or create a stalemate war like Iran and Iraq. Without support from the US Peru would most likely win but with I wonder. Just a thought but it would've been a hell of a war if it had happened.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Velasco_Alvarado#cite_note-utexas-6
Many people do not know of the hostilities between Peru and Chile. To give a simple recap Chile fought a war with Peru. Peru lost the war and Chile annexed some very nice mineral rich lands from Peru and made Bolivia a landlocked country. Now Peru and Chile had very good relations when Salvador Allende came to power. In Peru we had a left wing Dictator and Chile a right winger.
As you can see Peru was clearly the aggressor because of the military strengths of the countries at the time Peru's military was much better. But I still wonder if with American supported Chile could win or create a stalemate war like Iran and Iraq. Without support from the US Peru would most likely win but with I wonder. Just a thought but it would've been a hell of a war if it had happened.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Velasco_Alvarado#cite_note-utexas-6