The Importance of Military Heritage

In 1864, Paraguayan dictator Lopez decides to throw the iron dice. He invades a sparsely populated province and basically just marches in,. takes the tiny capital town and then is like, we own this whole thing. So that is a bold decision. But he's you know, the reasonable thing to do if you're Paraguay is just kind of try to keep be in Paraguay as opposed to starting a war with the neighbors who are all much larger.