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Welcome to the South American military history task force! If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, please ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the military histories of all South American groups and states, as well as military activity in this region by outside powers. It also includes all of the military units, such as ships, that fought under the flags of countries within the task force's scope. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding South-American-task-force=yes to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:South American military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. Andres rojas22 (talk · contribs) (Interest mostly on XIX century wars in the region.)
2. Asiaticus (talk · contribs) Arauco War
3. Dafranca (talk · contribs) (Military Aircrafts)
4. DagosNavy (talk · contribs) (Falklands War)
5. DPdH (talk · contribs) (Argentinian Armed Forces, South American Independence wars, South American participation in WW2, Falklands/Malvinas War)
6. MarshalN20 (talk · contribs) (War of the Pacific)
7. SqueakBox (talk · contribs) (Falklands War)
8. The ed17 (talk · contribs) (South American dreadnoughts)
9. José Galindo (talk · contribs) (Mexican military history)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre Almirante Latorre-class battleship Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias Brazilian cruiser Bahia Empire of Brazil British logistics in the Falklands War Pedro Álvares Cabral HMS Cardiff (D108) Joaquim José Inácio, Viscount of Inhaúma Gregor MacGregor May Revolution Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes Minas Geraes-class battleship ARA Moreno Pedro I of Brazil Pedro II of Brazil Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre Ronald Reagan ARA Rivadavia Rivadavia-class battleship Juan Manuel de Rosas Brazilian battleship São Paulo South American dreadnought race Tanque Argentino Mediano Uruguayan War A-Class articles Battle of Caldera Bay Good articles Brazilian monitor Alagoas Argentine–Chilean naval arms race Miguel de Azcuénaga Brazilian ironclad Barroso Manuel Belgrano Juan Bielovucic Battle of Caldera Bay Juan José Castelli Brazilian monitor Ceará Demerara rebellion of 1823 Dutch expedition to Valdivia FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II Fortín Solano Fortress of Humaitá Che Guevara Juan Larrea (politician) Macuahuitl Irene Morales Mariano Moreno Battle of Ollantaytambo Operation Black Buck Brazilian monitor Pará Pará-class monitor Patio 29 Brazilian monitor Piauí Platine War Revolt of the Lash Brazilian monitor Rio Grande Brazilian ironclad Rio de Janeiro Cornelio Saavedra Battle of San Lorenzo José de San Martín Brazilian monitor Santa Catharina Santa María de la Cabeza castle Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle Spanish American wars of independence Brazilian ironclad Tamandaré Battle of Triangle Hill Italian cruiser Umbria BAP Unión Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903

South American military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 25 FL 0 A 1 AL 0 GA 40     B 115 BL 2 C 362 CL 3 Start 1,097 List 79 Stub 854     Total 2,494 Total 84 Other pages Book 3 Category 495 Disambig 11 File 1 Portal 1 Project 5 Redirect 680 SIA 89 Template 77 User 1 Total 1,363 Unassessed 1 category

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Battle of Rio Grande do Sul • Association of Farmers and Ranchers of the Middle Magdalena • Cacapol • Tucayana Amazonas • Tucayana Amazonas Insurgency • Army of Marshal López

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Battle of Las Quasimas • Battle of Arroyo Grande • War of the Republiquetas • 2017 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt • Great Siege of Montevideo • Battle of Montevideo (1843) • Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare

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Battle of Tacuarí • Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II • Sandinista National Liberation Front • Military history of South America

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es:Combate de Llochegua (21 de julio de 2017) • es:Tiroteo de Lima de 2017 • es:Atentado de Churcampa de 2017 • es:Emboscada de Anco (2018) • es:Combate de Vizcatán del Ene (2018) • es:Ataque al fuerte de Paramacay • es:Ocupación filipina de las islas del Mar de la China Meridional • es:Incidente del MV Morning Glory • es:Combate de Sabzak • es:Ataques a las estaciones policiales en Colombia de 2018

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• 17 Nov 2018 – Category:Lost submarines of Argentina (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Brandmeister (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• Henderson, Peter V. N. "Border Wars in South America during the 19th Century". Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
• Holden, Robert (2004). Armies without Nations: Public Violence and State Formation in Central America, 1821–1960. New York: Oxford University Press.
• "Latin American History". Military History Bibliography. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
• "Navios de Guerra Brasileiros". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018. – a DANFS for the Brazilian Navy. The site is in Portuguese, so use Google Translate.
• Scheina, Robert (1987). Latin America: A Naval History, 1810–1987. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
• Scheina, Robert (2003). Latin America's Wars. Washington, DC: Brasseys.

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