Chile-Argentina War (1756 World)

The Chile-Argentina war was a war fought in 2002.

Causes of the war
In Invasion of Chile, Argentina was able to make some gains. But by 2002, they felt they had not gotten enough. They planned a second invasion (and occupation) that year. But, this time Chile was ready. They had secretly built border defenses and had trained up its army.

Invasion
On October 8, 2002, 102 Argentinian tanks and 108,000 soldiers crossed the border. Just 20 miles in, they met fierce resistance. That day, Argentina lost 800 men and 72 tanks. By October 13, Chilean troops had pushed them back into Argentina. CHile sent 60,000 soldiers to take Mendoza.They faced lots of resistance, but slowly moved along. On October 28, they began a siege of Mendoza. After 2 weeks, the town finally surrendered. Two days later, Argentina surrendered and gave up Mendoza.