Contestado War

Contestado War
Aviation of the Brazilian Army in the Contestado War, in 1915.
Date October, 1912 – August, 1916 Location Santa Catarina and Paraná, Southern Brazil Result Governist Victory
Belligerents
Rebels	First Brazilian Republic Brazilian Army Army Aviation Paraná State Regiment of Security of Paraná State
Commanders and leaders
José Maria de Santo Agostinho † Maria Rosa  † Adeodato	Marechal Hermes da Fonseca Gen. Carlos Frederico de Mesquita Gen. Setembrino de Carvalho Col. Estillac Col. Gomes de Sá Filho  † Major Tertuliano Potiguara
Strength
10,000 rebels	7,000 soldiers 1,000 local police 1,000 militiamen 3 aircraft
Casualties and losses
5,000 – 8,000 dead, wounded or disappeared	800 – 1,000 dead, wounded, deserted or disappeared

First Brazilian Republic

Paraná State

The Contestado War (Portuguese: Guerra do Contestado), broadly speaking, was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916.

It was fought in an inland southern region of the country, rich in wood and yerba mate, that was called Contestado because it was contested by the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina as well as Argentina. The war had its casus belli in the social conflicts in the region, the result of local disobediences, particularly regarding the regularization of land ownership on the part of the caboclos. The conflict was permeated by religious fanaticism expressed by the messianism and faith of the rebellious caboclos that they were engaged in a religious war; at the same time, it reflected the dissatisfaction of the population with its material situation.

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