'''Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada''' of 1819-1820 was part of the Colombian and [[Venezuelan War of Independence|Venezuelan wars of independence]] and was one of the many [[Military career of Simón Bolívar|military campaigns fought by Simón Bolívar]]. Bolívar's victory in New Granada (today, [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Panama]]) secured the eventual independence of northern South America. It provided Bolívar with the economic and human resources to complete his victory over the Spanish in [[Venezuela]] and Colombia. Bolívar's attack on New Granada is considered one of the most daring in military history, compared by contemporaries and some historians to Napoleon's [[Napoleon Crossing the Alps|crossing of the Alps]] in 1800 and José San Martín's [[Crossing of the Andes]] in 1817.<ref>Masur, Gerhard. ''Simon Bolivar'', 273.</ref><ref>Mijares, Augusto. ''The Liberator'', 354.</ref>
