WI: The war in the End of the World

December 22th., 1978......at 8 PM Argentinean general Humberto Barbuzzi order his troops to invade some little islands in the Beagle Channel. After 30 minutes, the news of the invasion reaches the then Chilean President Augusto Pinochet.

The War in the End of the World has started....who it would end?
 
Awfully bad. Based on numbers and equipment, Argentina had the advantage. The quality of its officer corps in all regiments reliant on conscripts, however, left much to be desired. Chile, OTOH, was behind one of the highest mountain ranges in the world but had no room to retreat. There was also the slight possibility of an opportunistic Peruvian and or Bolivian invasion if Chile was put against the ropes.
Whatever the final peace treaty, expect tens of thousands of deaths, routine torture of POWs, bombardment of the civilian population and both Argentina and Chile with their economies broken in the aftermath.
 
Not quite the same scenarios, but look at the following

WI: Chile Instead of Falklands
Killer300

WI: Argentina goes to war with Chile instead of Britain? (
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EnglishCanuck

Argentina vs Chile (
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Argentina and Chile go to war over the Beagle Channel in '78
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy

No Falklands, Chile instead
Gonzaga
 
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