202 Chapter 2
Participants: 160 Argentina/713 Taiwan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: An Argentine warship attacked two Taiwanese fishing ships in Argentine
waters. Taiwan withdrew all of its fishing ships from the South Atlantic in protest.
160 Argentina/740 Japan
MID#3509
Started in March 1945. See the narrative in the 160 Argentina/255 Germany dyad
dispute list.
165 Uruguay/255 Germany
MID#3834
Started in December 1939. See the narrative in the 160 Argentina/255 Germany dyad
dispute list.
MID#3876
Dispute Number: 3876
Date(s): March 10, 1942 to August 24, 1942
Participants: 255 Germany/165 Uruguay
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On March 10, 1942, a Uruguayan steamship was sunk off the coast of
Bermuda by a German U-boat. On August 1, a second Uruguayan ship was torpedoed
and sunk by German U-boats, and the captain was seized as well. On August 24, after
declaring a state of nonbelligerency (so that it could geographically assist Brazil in
its war on the Axis powers), Uruguay put its forces on alert. Uruguayan squadrons
patrolled the Uruguayan coastline from Punta del Este northward to the Brazilian
border. This was in response to a sighting the previous day of two submarines off the
coast which were assumed to be German.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from March 17, 1942. End Date changed from
August 7, 1942.
MID#3508
Dispute Number: 3508
Date(s): February 15, 1945
Participants: 165 Uruguay/255 Germany, 740 Japan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Unclear)