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Uruguayan Civil War
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Uruguayan Civil War
The
Uruguayan Civil War
, also known in
Spanish
as the
Guerra Grande
("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts that took place between the
Colorado Party
and the
National Party
in
Uruguay
from 1839 to 1851. The two parties received backing from foreign sources including both neighbouring countries such as the
Empire of Brazil
and the
Argentine Confederation
as well as imperial powers, primarily the
British Empire
and the
Kingdom of France
, but also a legion of
Italian
volunteers including
Giuseppe Garibaldi
. The nine-year
Great Siege of Montevideo
captured the imagination of European writers (such as
Alexandre Dumas
, who wrote
The New Troy
).
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