Crossing of the Andes
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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.
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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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Belligerents | |||||||
Army of the Andes | Spanish Royalists | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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,[1][2] 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.[2][3][4][5][6][7]