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5 unusual facts about Argentine Army


1800 in Argentina

The Argentine Army, suspicious of invasion, increases its force to 14,141 soldiers.

Camino de los chilenos

The use of this trade route effectivelly ended with the Conquest of the Desert (1876-1878) carried out by the Argentine Army.

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

She had particular cause for concern as her brother was an Argentine Army general preparing for conflict at the frontier.

Paraguarí

In that city on January 13, 1811, the Paraguayans Yegros, Gamarra and Cabañas, with their troops, defeated the Argentine Army, commanded by the General Manuel Belgrano in the battle of Cerro Mbaé or Battle of Paraguarí.

Prize of war

This included two Agusta A109 helicopters captured by the British Army from the Argentine Army which were used by the Army Air Corps until 2007.


Ítalo Piaggi

Lieutenant-Colonel Ítalo Ángel Piaggi (17 March 1935; San Fernando, Argentina – 31 July 2012, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine Army commander who was involved in the Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands War.


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Aldo Rico

As commander of the 602 Commando Company, Rico's soldiers became famous in the Argentine Army for their exploits against British troops.

Bussi

Antonio Domingo Bussi (1926-2011), Argentine Army general and politician

Eduardo Newbery

On October 17, 1908, Eduardo Newbery took off on the aerostat "Pampero" along with Argentine Army Corporal Eduardo Romero (who happened board at the last minute responding to an invitation by Newbery).

Julio Rodolfo Alsogaray

Alsogaray's great-grandfather had a role as Admiral Guillermo Brown's adjutant in the 1845 Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, which established Argentine control over the lower Paraná River, and both his father and grandfather had been colonels in the Argentine Army.

Levingston

Roberto M. Levingston (born 1920), former member of the Argentine Army and de facto president of Argentina