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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="Malviar" data-source="post: 94910" data-attributes="member: 10">”Revolution” of 1955On 16 June 1955, elements within the Argentinean Navy launched an uprising. Their directly attacked the Government House at Plaza de Mayo, in Buenos Aires, but failed. Nevertheless, they captured the airfields at Ezeiza, Moron, and Punta Indio. Several warships participated in the rebellion as well, foremost through bombardment of Government House – with little effect. Argentinean Navy aircraft then bombed the main square of Buenos Aires, where thousands gathered to express their support for Perón, killing – according to unconfirmed contemporary reports – at least 350 people, and wounding some 1.000 (Perón chose not to foment popular rage, and therefore complete records about this affair remain hard to find). The mutiny within the Navy was followed by one within the Army, which sent a number of SNJs to attack loyal troops in the capital. Most of the FAA remained loyal and it scrambled several Meteors to intercept the rebels. One of these, serialled I-063, shot down the Texan “3-A-9” (0340), flown by officer Arnaldo Román, who parachuted to safety. During the same afternoon, the Army launched counterattacks against Punta Indio and other rebel strongholds, and the revolt collapsed. After this uprising, the Argentinean Navy was deprived of ammunition and spare planes: Perón chose not to foment popular rage, however, and he left the Navy largely intact. Thus, the service could be used for mounting a new coup attempt, even if known to be against the Government as well as anti-popular. The USA and the UK were more than glad to explit this opportunity. The British, who at the time considered Argentina a kind of “agro-exporting semi-colony”, and not especially pleased about the lack of will on the part of the Argentinean government to forget about their debts, were especially intolerant towards Perón. He was declared a “Nazi dictator”, and Winston Churchill – still an influential member of the British Parliament in the early 1950s – became especially active agitating against him. In one instance Churchill stated that, “the fall of the tyrant Perón in Argentina is the greatest reparation of the pride of the Empire, as important for me as the victory in the Second World War, and the forces of the British Empire will not give him any truce, nor will they rest in the fight against him, be he alive or dead.” The US government was foremost cooperating with the Argentinean clergy – through an agreement with the then Pope Pius 12th. Although the Argentinean population was largely lethargic in regards of staging coups against their legitimate government, the British and Americans needed only three months to launch another attempt.</blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina