The Army of the Andes (Spanish: Ejército de los Andes) was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Argentina) and assembled...

the north, using an alternative path to the Viceroyalty of Peru. This objective first involved the establishment of a new army, the Army of the Andes...

The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental...

and Chilean wars of independence. A combined army of Argentine soldiers and Chilean exiles crossed the Andes mountains, which separate Argentina from Chile...

Buenos Aires. Similarly, Mendoza in the west had closer ties with the Captaincy General of Chile, although the Andes mountain range was a natural barrier...

The Battle of Chacabuco, fought during the Chilean War of Independence, took place on February 12, 1817. The Army of the Andes, from the United Provinces...

The flag of the Andes was a flag used by Argentine patriot José de San Martín and his Army of the Andes during their Crossing of the Andes and their subsequent...

confronted the royalists of Montevideo, the Army of the North and the Army of the Andes. In the maritime area, the government organized a naval force in...

known as the Andes flight disaster (Tragedia de los Andes, literally Tragedy of the Andes) and the Miracle of the Andes (Milagro de los Andes). The inexperienced...

of blacks in Chilean history are the members of the 8th Regiment of the Army of the Andes that fought the Spaniards in Chacabuco. That was the army organized...

stations, including KYW, WFIL, and WIP. Andes began his acting career while serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He served...

completed the independence of the core area of Chile from Spanish domination. In 1817, the Argentine General José de San Martín led an army across the Andes and...

of the anti-poverty activist, who had been murdered days before by paramilitary squads. The military renamed it "Ejército de los Andes" ('Army of the...

memorial monument to the Army of the Andes at the top. The monument is the work of Uruguayan sculptor Juan Manuel Ferrari, along with the Argentines Juan Carlos...

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes (Spanish: Cristo Redentor de los Andes) is a monument high in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes at 3,832 metres (12...

battle, the patriot troops fought with the army colonel and the flag of the Army of the Andes, inspired by the flag of Argentina, without readopting the blue-white-yellow...

Argentine units of the Army of the Andes rose up and crossed to the Spanish side, ending the unit's existence. Except for a squadron of the Mounted Grenadiers...

moving to the south. The Supreme Director Pueyrredón was supporting an alternative plan designed by José de San Martín: create the Army of the Andes at Cuyo...

beginning the Patria Nueva (1817-1823). Chilean War of Independence § Reconquista Treaty of Lircay Vicente San Bruno Army of the Andes Crossing of the Andes...

appointment as Governor of Mendoza Province. Remedios collaborated in her husband's subsequent efforts to organize and fund the Army of the Andes, and on October...

Federals. The Army of the Andes, commanded by José de San Martín refused to abandon the offensive against the royalists in Chile and Peru. The Army of the North...

Governor of the Province of Cuyo was José de San Martín, who devoted his Governorship to the creation of the Army of the Andes and preparations for the Crossing...

Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin...

offensive had been transferred to the Army of the Andes, commanded by José de San Martín, who devised the strategy of reaching the main royalist stronghold, Lima...

a price on Rodríguez's head. The liberating Army of the Andes was prepared by 1817. After a difficult crossing the Andes, royalist forces led by Rafael...

Maria are the great-great-grandparents of Che Guevara, (see below). Estanislao Lynch, (grandson) a former officer in the Argentine Army of the Andes, brother...

Army of the Andes, that had fought in the Peruvian War of Independence. The rebellion of Rafael del Riego of 1820 in Spain, made the threat of Spanish...

repulsed the enemy, returning to Mendoza, where he employed himself in the organization of the Army of the Andes. On November 8, he was appointed as the first...

territory). He created the Army of the Andes in Mendoza and, with help of Bernardo O'Higgins nd other Chileans he made the Crossing of the Andes and liberated...

be compulsory to raise the flag of Mendoza]. Los Andes (in Spanish). Mendoza, Mendoza Province. 5 July 2003. Archived from the original on 6 September...