1955 failed military coup and attack of a pro-Perón rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bombing of Plaza de Mayo
Civilian casualties after the massacre
Date
16 June 1955
Location
Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Action
Failed magnicide and coup d'état attempt
Result
Rebellion suppressed
Belligerents
Peronist militants and loyal Argentine Armed Forces
Anti-Peronist elements of the Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Juan Perón Franklin Lucero
Samuel Toranzo Calderón Benjamín Gargiulo Aníbal Olivieri
Units involved
Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers[1] Motorized Garrison Buenos Aires[2] 1st Regiment[2] 3rd Regiment[2] Argentine Air Force
Argentine Naval Aviation 7th Air Brigade 4th Naval Infantry Battalion elements of the Argentine Air Force
700 marines 30–34 aircraft At least 875 civilian commandos
Casualties and losses
17 killed[note 1] 55 wounded[3]
44 killed and wounded 3 aircraft shot down
308 civilians killed and an additional number that could not be identified[5]
The bombing of Plaza de Mayo was a massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 June 1955. Thirty aircraft from the Argentine Navy and Air Force strafed Plaza de Mayo. The attack targeted the adjacent Casa Rosada, the seat of government, while a large crowd demonstrated in support of the president, Juan Perón. The strike took place during a day of official public demonstrations to condemn the burning of a national flag allegedly carried out by detractors of Perón during the recent Corpus Christi procession. The military reacted as a result of growing tension between Peron and his actions against the Roman Catholic Church. The action was to be the first step in an eventually aborted coup d'état. The number of identified bodies was put at 308, including six children. Some victims could not be identified.[5]
The heavy loss of civilian lives and the violence with which the act was carried out has prompted comparisons with the wave of state terrorism during the dictatorship of 1976–1983.[6]
^ abcEnrique Oliva. "9 Granaderos" (in Spanish). Nac&Pop.
^ abcde"El bombardeo a Plaza de Mayo" (in Spanish). El Ortiba. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
^ ab"Recuperar la historia, a 60 años del bombardeo". InfoNews (in Spanish). 14 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^Clarín, 18 June 1955. Page 4.
^ abPortugheis, Elsa (2010). Bombardeo del 16 de junio de 1955(PDF) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Secretaría de Derechos Humanos de la Nación Argentina.
^"Celebran resarcimiento a sobrevivientes del bombardeo" (in Spanish). Parlamentario. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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Anti-Peronist elements of the Armed Forces