===== Points of Divergence : War of the Triple Alliance =====

Also, known as the Paraguayan War, the War of the Triple Alliance was waged from 1864 to 1870 between [[Paraguay]] (fighting on its own) and an alliance of [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]] (hence the common name). 

The causes of the war are one of the strangest in South American and 19th century history: Francisco Solano López, then leader of Paraguay, was obsessed with a desire to earn military glory for his homeland, and perhaps even expand its borders. He deliberately provoked the major powers neighbouring in the east into declaring war on Paraguay, in order to fulfill his ambitions. Since much of the male population of Paraguay perished in a war that Paraguay had no hope of winning, the outcome of the conflict became a tragic and defining moment in the country's history. It, and the social and political history that followed in its aftermath, shaped Paraguay as we know it, for better or worse.

Here are some points of divergence concerning possible alternate scenarios for this infamous war.

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==== Different Initial Situation PODs ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=78350|Challenge: No War of the Triple Alliance]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284163|WI: No Paraguayan War (War of the Triple Alliance)]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=175799|Paraguay doesn't declare war on Argentina as well]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=124283|DBWI: Paraguay alone in War of the Triple Alliance]]**

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==== Different Wartime Decisions PODs ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=19545|Urquiza's Argentine backs Lopez's Paraguay]]**

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==== Individual Battle PODs ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=147544|A different battle of Tuyuti]]**

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==== Different Outcome PODs ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=310072|Plausibility check: Paraguay (narrowly) winning the War of the Triple Alliance ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=173062|WI Paraguay wins the War of the Triple Alliance ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261836|Borders of Paraguay if it had managed to narrowly win in the War of the Triple Alliance ?]]**

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