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Army of the Andes
The
Army of the Andes
was a military force created by the
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
(
Argentina
) and mustered by general
José de San Martín
in his campaign to free
Chile
from the
Spanish Empire
. In 1817, it
crossed the Andes Mountains
from the
Argentinian
province of
Cuyo
(his staging point being the current-day province of
Mendoza
, Argentina), and succeeded in its objective by dislodging the Spanish from the country.
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