Discusses the only military operation on a grand scale that has taken place in the southern section of the Andes. It is the only known case of a crossing of the Andes Mountains by an army at war. General Jose de San Martin believed that it was necessary to attack the Spanish at the center of their resistance in order to ensure the end of the royalist regime and safeguard the already existing republics. | Andes Campaign By The Liberator Army by Carlos Soto, Paperback | Indigo Chapters