The War of the Triple Alliance

His main field of research is the military of 19th-century Latin America, but his interests range from the Ancient world to modern post-colonial conflicts. Self-taught, he was soon noticed by some publishers and he started with illustrating children's books. That mainly was due to the stories his father Tommaso told him about his experiences in the World War II. Instead, his passion for uniforms comes from his mother Giovanna, a tailor. Thanks to dedicated books and magazines, he gets acquainted with military painters such as Detaille, Meissonier, De Neuville, Rochling, Ottenfeld and others. Rava expands his knwoledge about history and warfare attending a wargame club. About the AuthorGabr

With an estimated 400,000 deaths, it was the deadliest and bloodiest in Latin America's history. It particularly devastated Paraguay, which suffered catastrophic losses in populationsome claim that almost 70% of its adult male population diedand was forced to cede territory to Argentina and Brazil.. The War of the Triple Alliance was an international military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay

And he wished he could paint like them, some day. Presently, Rava's illustrations are used by "ITALERI", "HAT INDUSTRIE", "HISTOIRE ET COLLECTIONS", "A CALL TO ARMS", "BACK FALCON PUBLICATION", "EDITRICE MILITARE ITALIANA", "ANDREA MINIATURES", "EMHAR".. Since he was a child, he loved history very much, expecially military history. Gabrielle Esposito is an Italian researcher and a long-time