The war of the Pacific was a conflict between Chile on one side and Bolivia and Peru on the other. The conflict started in 1879 and lasted until 1883/84. The background for the conflict was an tax the Bolivian government tried to impose on a Chilean mining company which Chile argued broke the two countries "Boundary Treaty" from 1874. Peru got dragged inn to the conflict because of an secret treaty between Peru and Bolivia from 1873. Bolivia declared war against Chile on March 1st and requested Peru to do the same. On April 5th declared Chile war against both the two countries and the war was officially started. Chile started their naval blockade of Peru on the same day. Chile ended as the victors of the conflict and gained huge amount of lands from both Bolivia and Peru, which made Bolivia into a land-locked country.
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