The Battle of Zarumilla was a military confrontation between Peru and Ecuador that took place from July 23 to 31 during the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War...

Zarumilla is a city in the Tumbes Region, in northwestern Peru. It has a population of 54,625 as of 2019, and is the capital of the Zarumilla Province...

incursions and even occupations of the Peruvian territory of Zarumilla, the Peruvian president, Manuel Prado, ordered the formation of the Northern Army Detachment...

the Zarumilla River, leading to the Peruvian Northern Army Detachment's land and air campaign in southern Ecuador and thus beginning the main stage of the...

hero for his actions at the Battle of Zarumilla during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941. Quiñones was born in the port of Pimentel on April 22, 1914...

Vila, José (2020-10-18). "La muerte del mariscal Eloy G. Ureta, héroe de Zarumilla". El Peruano. Borda V., Josué (2011-12-16). "Graduación de la nueva promoción...

served as the 45th President of Peru. Manuel Odría was born in 1896 in Tarma, a city in the central Andes just east of Lima. He graduated first in his...

the Battle of Zarumilla, integrated into the Pichincha Detachment, under the command of the Northern Army Detachment. The 1960s saw the creation of 'Antisubversive...

José (18 October 2020). "La muerte del mariscal Eloy G. Ureta, héroe de Zarumilla". El Peruano. Retrieved 30 June 2022. Compendio de la Historia General...

officer who fought and died during the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. The son of a farmer, Ponce Vásquez was born in San Lorenzo district, Jauja Province....

offensive from taking place. Peru later justified its actions in the Battle of Rocafuerte by citing this event and the one in Panupali one week later...

of Aeronautical Merit Order of the Magisterial Palms of Peru Order of Merit of the Investigative Police of Peru Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the...

The Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte, known also simply as the Battle of Rocafuerte, was a military confrontation between Peru and Ecuador that took place...

Peruvian War of Independence, including the decisive battles of Junín and Ayacucho, where it fought under the United Liberating Army of Peru. Later on...

Battle of Zarumilla, integrated into the Pichincha Detachment, under the command of the Northern Army Detachment. The 1960s saw the creation of 'Antisubversive...

during Prado's second term and coinciding with the silver jubilee of the Battle of Zarumilla. The park houses a monument to the war fought in 1941 between...

branch of the Aeronautical Corps of Peru. Formed in 1939, it saw combat during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, when it seized the Ecuadorian port city of Puerto...

coinciding with the silver jubilee of the Battle of Zarumilla.[citation needed] In June 2022, the councilor of the metropolitan municipality, Carlo...

18, 1933) Battle of Güepí (March 26, 1933) Battle of Zarumilla (July 23–25, 1941) Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte (August 11, 1941) Battle of Jambelí (July...

performing a low-level attack on an Ecuadorian border post on the banks of the Zarumilla river. According to traditional Peruvian accounts, Quiñones, upon being...

of 13,000 men quickly overwhelmed the approximately 1,800 Ecuadorian forces, driving them back from Zarumilla and invading the Ecuadorian province of...

major invasion, crossing the Zarumilla river in force and advancing into the Ecuadorian province of El Oro. During the course of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War...

the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, spearheading the attack across the Zarumilla River and at Arenillas. This was helped by the fact that the Ecuadorian...

international peacekeeping operations. It celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho (1824) on December 9. Military traditions in Peruvian territory...

all of the Peruvian troops stationed in Tumbes had left Zarumilla and those in Piura and other nearby sites were in turn advancing towards Zarumilla. According...

Ecuadorian forces, driving them back from Zarumilla and invading the Ecuadorian province of El Oro. The government of Ecuador saw itself forced to accept Peru's...

His military career began as Head of the Central Section Mortars Shooting Motorized Infantry Battalion No. 5 Zarumilla, continuing in the Army Special Forces...