The journal Historia & Guerra is interested in studying the war phenomenon in a broad sense, covering wars and other armed conflicts from multiple angles of analysis (military, economic, diplomatic, political, social and cultural). Consequently, it is open to contributions from diverse perspectives of an empirical or theoretical-methodological nature.
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Africa versus Europe: how the two British theatres compared 1914-1918
Although the African theatres of the First World War are receiving more attention than in the past, they are still relatively unknown. As in 1914-1918, the territories remain exotic side-shows for those interested in the main theatre of war, that in Europe, and for British researchers, it is the Western Front. This essay aims to alert readers to the similarities and differences between the British forces which served on the Western Front with those who served in the African theatres of 1914-1918, proving that “War is always hell. Only the setting changes.”
Editorial note presenting the journal and its first issue.
Introduction to Dossier "German-Argentine relations in the context of the 20th century war conflicts"
Dossier Las relaciones germano-argentinas en el marco de los conflictos bélicos
Copyright (c) 2024 Víctor Manuel Lafuente
The Global First World War. African, East Asian, Latin American and Iberian Mediators, by Ana Paula Pires, Jan Schmidt and María Inés Tato (eds.) (2021).
Die Auslandsaufklärung des BND. Operationen, Analysen, Netzwerke, by Wolfgang Krieger (editor) with Andreas Hilger and Holger Meding (2021).
Copyright (c) 2021 Víctor Manuel Lafuente
An Environmental History of the Civil War, by Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver (2020).
Historia, fotografía y guerra. Un estudio sobre la Guerra de la Triple Alianza contra Paraguay
Introduction to Dossier The Evolution of Irregular Warfare from the 19th Century to the Present Day
Introduction to Dossier: "The Evolution of Irregular Warfare from the 19th Century to the Present Day".
Dossier: La evolución de la guerra irregular desde el siglo XIX a la actualidad
Foreigners in Warsaw during World War II. Passports and false papers, internment, exchange and extermination
This paper presents the research findings of a comparative study on the experiences of foreign Jews and Polish dual nationals who were in or passed through Warsaw during World War II. The focus is on Argentines and Americans, briefly referencing those from other countries. It covers both genuine citizens, holders of false papers, and their immediate family members. It analyzes the similarities and differences in the evolution of their treatment after the German occupation and their confinement in the Warsaw Ghetto until the onset of its liquidation (Grossaktion). It also describes the changing policies adopted by the Germans towards these foreigners, which were based on the neutral or belligerent status of the countries they were or claimed to be citizens of. In the case of holders of false papers, it mentions some networks and methods of obtaining them.
Dossier: El Tercer Reich, la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el Holocausto
Copyright (c) 2025 Marcia Ras, Samara Rose Angel
Introduction to Dossier: The Third Reich, World War II, and the Holocaust: Argentine Perspectives, Experiences, and Aftermath
Introduction to Dossier "The Third Reich, World War II, and the Holocaust: Argentine Perspectives, Experiences, and Aftermath".
Introduction to Dossier "Latin America and the Two World Wars: Circulations and Cultural Mediators"
Introduction to Dossier “América Latina y las dos guerras mundiales: circulaciones y mediadores culturales”.
Copyright (c) 2025 María Inés Tato, Juan Luis Carrellán
The Rio-Deutsche and the structure of germanophile campaign in Brazil over First World War
This article aims to analyze the role of the German-Brazilian community in Rio de Janeiro in articulating the pro-German narrative throughout World War I. The then federal capital housed the oldest urban German-Brazilian community, formed in 1808. With high economic power, its members, known as Rio-Deutsche, were part of the cultural and political elites of the Republic. When the belligerence broke out, they made use of these networks of contacts to undertake initiatives to win over public opinion in favor of the Central Powers. Thus, it is proposed to identify and briefly examine the main representatives of the Rio-Deutsche in the political and cultural spheres, their interlocutors, and strategies to gain the sympathy of Brazilian society for the German campaign throughout the Great War, understood as a global war.
The Chilean newspaper La Nación on the breakdown of relations between the United States and Germany in 1917
This paper analyzes the editorial stance of the Chilean newspaper La Nación, born in the midst of the European war (1917), regarding its position following the breakdown of relations between the United States and Germany in February of that year, a prelude to the United States’ entry into the First World War. A review of the editorials alongside government actions allows us to observe the extent to which these positions influenced the line followed by Chilean foreign policy.
“A hedge against revolution". Disney and the Good Neighbor Policy in Bolivia
During World War II, the United States launched an ambitious propaganda film program in Latin America through the Office of Inter-American Affairs (OIAA). Disney cartoons were at the center of this program and were screened with portable projectors throughout Latin America, including in countries considered peripheral, such as Bolivia. The study of the Bolivian case reveals that the United States pursued a hegemonic strategy in Latin America under the guise of the Good Neighbor Policy. By a subtle and politically accepted measure, the OIAA sought to influence both elites and the general population. But its audience was not passive; it actively solicited Disney films.
Organization, doctrine and armament of the Great National Army in the Coro Campaign (1874-1875)
This research aims to enrich Venezuelan military history by interpreting previously unexplored primary and secondary sources. It also seeks to contribute to understanding the creation and development of military institutions from the perspective of military thought, logistical support, military technology, and other specific elements that influenced the conception of war in the 19th century.
“An event that remained etched in my memory”: Traumas, Memories, and Forgetfulness in the Narratives of the Soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force
The present article aims to analyze an aspect of the participation of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) in World War II: the transmission of narratives in the face of the traumatic nature of these experiences. The main hypothesis of the analysis is that the narratives of FEB veterans about their experiences in World War II are marked by a profound unease and a desire to forget, reflecting the complexity of both collective and individual memory in relation to traumatic experiences. Although these narratives often include elements of heroism and patriotism, they also reveal a tension between the need for remembrance and the difficulty of expressing and communicating the pain and trauma of war.
Forced or dreamed return? The repatriation of Soviets from France between the end of the war and the beginning of the Cold War (1944-1947)
The presence of the First World War in the Chilean cinema. Between popular interest, propaganda and censorship
This article addresses the cultural impact of the First World War in Chile by analyzing its presence in the film market. Despite the neutrality adopted after the war outbreak in Europe, the war became omnipresent on the screens of Chilean theatres and cinemas, attracting a broad audience, both from Chileans and from foreign communities living in the country. However, in a context of strong national tensions and fragmentation of public opinion, the projections of films related to the European war provoked solid reactions and tensions, forcing the authorities to increase their control over this medium, which meant the censorship of several films.
Elvira Aldao de Díaz, an Argentine Reporter of the First World War
This article examines the observations of the Argentine writer, Elvira Aldao de Díaz (1858-1950), on World War I during her stay in Paris. Using a perspective grounded in the cultural history of war and through a discursive analysis of her two texts on the conflict, Horas de guerra y horas de paz (1923) and París 1914-1919, impresiones (1926), my work analyzes Aldao’s vision of European society during the war and its effects on Argentina. With a style that combines personal impressions and interviews, the author assumes the position of an observer oscillating between tourist curiosity and journalistic investigation, approaching the profile of a war reporter. Her writings reflect the political and intellectual divisions in Argentina between the pro-Allies (aliadófilos) and pro-Germans (germanófilos), and they explore the cultural and political dimensions of the war with a particular focus on women’s lives. Aldao highlights the prominent role of women in the war, paying particular attention to the “war godmothers” (madrinas de guerra) and the donneuses d’eau. Her observations provide valuable insights into the social dynamics and gender divisions of the turn-of-the-century period. Horas de guerra y horas de paz and París 1914-1919, impresiones represent a significant contribution to war literature, especially from the perspective of foreign women documenting conflicts from the social and national margins.
Some outcomes of the Eichmann case in Argentina and Israel
The ink devoted to Argentina as a refuge for an important number of Nazi and collaborationist war criminals on the run contextualizes this approach to certain clarities and darknesses in the diplomatic relations between various countries, mainly Argentina and Israel after the detention in Buenos Aires in May 1960 of one of those most involved in Nazism’s genocide of mainly Jewish victims. Taken to Israel and prosecuted in Jerusalem, Adolf Eichmann was given the death sentence, with different aspects of his capture harming Argentine-Israeli relations. In fact, somewhat of a hiatus –a relatively brief interruption of diplomatic ties– was included among the damage caused by the kidnapping, its smallness becoming noticeable especially when compared with the casus belli put forward by the severest critics of Israel’s infringement of Argentine sovereignty.
Argentine citizenship and solidarity in Milan during the Second World War: Leiba Faiwel and his work in La Mensa dei Bambini
Case study of a naturalized Argentine citizen residing in Italy: Leiba Wolf Faiwel. It focuses on the Jewish community of Milan during the years 1938-1943, the context of the crisis of refugees from territories under the rule of the Third Reich, and the application of anti-Semitic measures. The purpose of this work is, on the one hand, to publicize the charity La Mensa dei Bambini and, at the same time, to study to what extent citizenship of a neutral country provided Faiwel with protection to contribute to the cause.
El silencio de la guerra, by Antonio Monegal (2024)
Germanity and war culture: Germania magazine’s representations of German militarism in Argentina during the Great War
This article is part of a larger project aimed at investigating the representations of the German-speaking community in the context of the Great War as expressed in the magazine Germania. The magazine was published from June 1915 to May 1916, a period in which, although the war had come to a standstill on the western front, Allied and Germanophile propaganda began to recover prominence in the local press in the face of the stagnation of news coverage of the war. Its pages exposed a clear example of community mobilization and proposed to spread through war notes, literary, scientific and recreational articles, an alternative version of the events and German culture, under the pressure of the Allied propaganda that controlled the distribution of foreign news in Argentina. On this occasion, we will analyze how the representations that disputed values allusive to nationality and love for the fatherland associated with German militarism were expressed and how this was represented to counteract the arguments of the enemies.
Copyright (c) 2024 Marcelo Alejandro Ingrassia
Abd-el-Krim and the Rif Resistence Against the Spanish Army (1921-1927)
The Rif War constitutes one of the early modern examples of irregular warfare, serving as a model for subsequent insurgencies against colonial powers. During this conflict, the Spanish army first, and later the French army, faced a formidable enemy, well-versed in the terrain, sober, astute, and of indomitable valor, traits frequently attributed to him. Confronted with a highly mobile adversary and with the terrain as their primary ally, the Spanish Army experienced confusion and suffered significant defeats, such as the disaster at Annual. However, upon regaining the will to prevail and reapplying classic principles of warfare, they managed to overcome the forces of the Rif leader Abd-el-Krim and, in cooperation with the French, thwarted his aspiration to establish an independent Republic in the Rif.
The Carlist guerrilla movement in Maestrazgo through the diary of Roque García (1838-1840)
This article explores the First Carlist War (1833-1840) in the Maestrazgo region through the work of Roque García. Based on the notes in the unpublished diary of the aforementioned guerrilla fighter, the aim is to ascertain the mobility of the insurgent forces in this theatre of operations. This specific case allows us to reconstruct an efficient type of irregular warfare. This was the case insofar as it took the state seven years to crush the traditionalist forces. From a historical micro-approach, the research allows us to analyze the approaches to warfare in Maestrazgo, while at the same time confirming the central importance of mobility for the guerrilla strategy.
Copyright (c) 2025 Daniel Macías Fernández, Rafael Herrera Ninou