The War of the Triple Alliance occurred when Francisco Lopez, the president of Paraguay with questionable mental health, unwisely attacked his neighbors Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The outcome become of the deadliest wars percentage wise in history (60% of Paraguay's population died from the result of the war). After a few phases into the war the Paraguayan army was destroyed, Paraguay was fighting a guerrilla war for survival against the coalition. The war eventually ended with Lopez's death in 1870. The war as such devastation on the Paraguayan population (the war directly or indirectly killed 60% of Paraguay's population as mentioned earlier) that in some areas, women outnumbered the men 20:1.
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