battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Campo Jordán

Name: Battle of Campo Jordán
Location: Gran Chaco, Paraguay

Battle of Campo Jordán was a battle fought in 1933 at Gran Chaco, in what is now Paraguay. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Gran Chaco. It was part of the Chaco War, which ran from 1932 to 1935. The recorded result: Bolivian victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 3,000.

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Fought1933

WhereGran Chaco, Paraguay19.162S, 61.470W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBolivian victory

BelligerentsRepublic of BoliviaagainstRepublic of Paraguay

Part ofChaco War1932 to 1935

Where it sits in the Chaco War

8 placed engagements of the Chaco War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1933 (year precision)
Place	Gran Chaco, Paraguay 19.162S, 61.470W
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	3,000	3,000
Commanders	Enrique Peñaranda	José Félix Estigarribia

Placed at Gran Chaco; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ingavi (1935) 1935, 111 km SE
Battle of Yrendagüé 1934, 169 km SW
Batalla de La Florida 1825, 212 km W
Batalla de El Pari 1816, 237 km NW
Batalla de Santa Bárbara 1815, 268 km N

In the same war

Before: First Battle of Nanawa 20 January 1933
After: Second Battle of Nanawa 4 July 1933
All 8 engagements of Chaco War

Elsewhere in 1933

defense of the Great Wall People's Republic of China
Battle of Kashgar People's Republic of China
Battle of Urumqi People's Republic of China
Battle of Urumqi People's Republic of China
Battle of the Hotel Nacional of Cuba Cuba

Battle of Campo Jordán is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 27 in present-day Paraguay.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870627, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Campo Jordán, revision 1370436045, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.