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January 9, 1932 - Callao

A further shipment of airplanes has arrived to bolster the defences of Peru. This shipment contained 30 more He-51s, 30 He-45s, and 8 He-59s for over water patrolling. In addition to these aircraft, the support weapons ordered earlier from Germany also arrived and were unloaded.


January 11, 1932 - Lima

The Foreign Ministry has criticized the Argentine response to Peru's concerns about the Esquel Treaty. "Certainly Argentina has the right to chart whatever path it chooses, but when it's chosen path threatens Peru, there we must draw the line. The point in our previous comments was that by allowing the insertion of this pernicious clause into the Esquel Treaty, Argentina has now given encouragement to Chile to manufacture an incident whereby they can claim Argentina's support against Peru. Which could well have been the case with the reported "Peruvians" involved in the early December hostilities between Bolivia and Chile, which Peru was not involved in."


February 4, 1932 - Lima

The announcement of the Bolivian assault on Chile and Chile's declaration of war apparently caught the Peruvian government by surprise, as it was only in the evening that the government issued a statement.

"Peru decries the resort to the use of force in this matter by Bolivia. While the occupation by Chile of historically Bolivian territory is unjust and wrong, this does not mean that resorting to warlike means will retrieve the situation. Peru calls on both sides to cease hostilities and bargain in good faith over the return of the territories taken from their owners in the War of the Pacific."


February 8, 1932 - Lima

The continuing warfare to the south has prompted the government to once again change the boundaries of the military districts, forming an eighth district. Additionally, reserve troops are being activated, and the army's deployment is being shifted. One infantry division faces the north, two infantry divisions face eastwards, and the remaining two regular infantry divisions face the south. Three infantry divisions are in the process of forming, one around Lima, one on the coast, and one in the south. An additional anti-aircraft battalion is also training at the capital, to replace the battalion sent to the south to protect Peruvian airspace.

March 12, 1932 - the Peruvian-Brazilian border

A military patrol checking rumor of a smuggling trail on the border with Brazil encountered armed men and was engaged in a firefight. Four soldiers were wounded, one seriously, but the armed men retreated back across the Brazillian border.


March 13, 1932 - Lima

The news that the "armed men" that engaged an Army patrol yesterday were, in fact, Brazillian soldiers came as a surprise to the government today, but the Army was swift to confirm that the patrol had been on Peruvian soil and so too had been the men the patrol engaged. "We are most sorry that Brazillian soldiers would be injured in such a case of mistaken identity. It is most unfortunate that their uniforms were not recognized, nor were our own, before the shooting started."


March 26, 1932 - the Peruvian-Brazilian border

A military patrol along the border with Brazil was taken by surprise when it came under fire. Two soldiers were slain, another two wounded, but the brave soldiers returned fire and drove off their attackers.


March 28, 1932 - Lima

The recent rash of border incidents with Brazil has prompted some concern in the halls of government. The Foreign Ministry, after some demurrals from the Army, has pressed forward with a plan to remove the irritant from relations with our larger neighbor to the east. "The government is suggesting that the respective military commands appoint liaison representatives to the opposite side and perfom some joint patrols of the border, so that both sides will know where the border is and have a better understanding of what to look for when seeing their fellow soldiers."

Fires all over the place...eh...continent!

Looks like there´ll be a hot summer in South America....

Summer's winding down now, by this time of the year. Of course, as close to the equator as Peru is, there's not a lot of change per se, but summer's coming to an end, we're already into fall, if the area in question has 3 month seasons.

Let´s sing

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it...

Lets see,
Chile & Bolivia are at war.
Argentina & Paraguay are taking pot shots at each other.
Mexico is in a revolution.
And now the Brazilians & Peruvians are shooting!

And thats only in the New World!!!

And that's bad news for the people who live there but good news for the people in the arms business!!

The difference between the old world and new world is, the old worlds war of words carry's on longer.

Yes. The New World is more like "Cut the chatter! Let's fight!"

Can't remember which Clint eastwood movie it was but my favorte line was "If your gonna shoot....shoot don't talk!".

It was Eli Wallach in Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Another good line was, "there are two kinds of people, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig."

May I make one little point, Argentina has never fired on any Paraguyan troops. The only action was FUM terrorists dressed as Paraguyan soldiers.

"anyone who don't wanna get shot, better clear on out the back...."

Oh hey look we highjacked the thread!

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