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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528825, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Bolivia WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Bolivia<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia" rel="nofollow"></a> was one of many Latin American countries to declare war on Germany later on in the war, joining the Allies on 7 April 1943. It was the only country to declare war in 1943. Shortly after war was declared, the President of Bolivia, Enrique Peñaranda<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Peñaranda" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Peñaranda" rel="nofollow"></a>, was overthrown in a coup. The new ruler, Gualberto Villarroel<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualberto_Villarroel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gualberto_Villarroel" rel="nofollow"></a>, had fascist<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism" rel="nofollow"></a> leanings, but foreign pressure compelled him to remain at war and to suppress his more extreme pro-Nazi supporters. Bolivian mines supplied needed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin" rel="nofollow">tin</a> to the Allies, but with no coastline, the landlocked country did not send troops or warplanes overseas.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201228.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bolivia - 20 Centavos - 1942 - Zinc</p><p>[ATTACH]201042.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201043.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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