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Crossing of the Andes
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Crossing of the Andes
The
Crossing of the Andes
was one of the most important feats in the
Argentine
and
Chilean wars of independence
, in which a
combined army
of
Argentine
soldiers and Chilean exiles invaded
Chile
leading to Chile's liberation from
Spanish
rule. The crossing of the Andes was a major step in the strategy devised by
José de San Martín
to defeat the
royalist
forces at their stronghold of
Lima
,
Viceroyalty of Perú
, and secure the
Spanish American independence movements
.
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