Blockade of Iquique

Quand

5 avr. 1879

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

20.22° S, 70.15° W

The Blockade of Iquique was a military operation that occurred during the War of the Pacific. Once war was declared by Chile upon Peru on Saturday, April 5, 1879, the first Chilean naval action for the War of the Pacific was set in motion. The plan was to block the Peruvian port of Iquique the same day the declaration of war was made.

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