Paraguay’s War That Killed Most Men

Paraguay survived the closest thing to an apocalypse in modern history. You always hear

that 90% of their male population died fighting the War of the Triple Alliance against

Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. People love to claim it was a secret

British conspiracy to crush a socialist utopia, but the reality is just a stubborn

dictator who refused to surrender. They fought until they were literally sending children

to the front lines. We crunched the actual census numbers to debunk the myth. It turns out the

90% stat is wrong, but the truth is still a nightmare. It was actually 80% of all men,

meaning if you had four brothers, you were likely the only one left alive.