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The term comes from French coup d'État, literally meaning a 'stroke of state' or 'blow of state'. [20] [21] [22] In English the phrases 'stroke of state' and 'blow of state', no matter how literal they may be, do not make sense, and so they are not translations at all, and hence not literal translations. Some equivalent might be sought in ...
The unsuccessful 1932 rebellion against the Spanish Republic by José Sanjurjo (known as the Sanjurjada), was also an example. However, the Spanish coup of July 1936 that initiated the Spanish Civil War was not. Hugh Thomas writes that "Mola's plans were made clear in a circular in April. The planned rising was to be no pronunciamiento of the ...
1982 Spanish coup d'état attempt; 1985 Spanish coup attempt; January 6 United States Capitol attack, an incident which has drawn comparisons from some to the 1981 Spanish coup attempt. [34] Others, such as historian Stanley G. Payne, have rejected the comparison, stating that they resemble each other "Only at the vaguest, most superficial ...
The Spanish coup of July 1936 [nb 1] was a military uprising that was intended to overthrow the Spanish Second Republic but precipitated the Spanish Civil War; Nationalists fought against Republicans for control of Spain. The coup was organized for 18 July 1936, although it started the previous day in Spanish Morocco. Instead of resulting in a ...
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The 1953 Colombian coup d'état was the coup followed by seizing of power, by Colombia's commander in chief Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on June 13, 1953. Colombia was ruled by Rojas Pinilla's military dictatorship until the Colombian coup of May 10, 1957 , when he was forced to step down and hand over power to a military junta .
The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18.
Sanjurjada (Spanish: [saŋxuɾˈxaða]) was a military coup staged in Spain on August 10, 1932. It was aimed at toppling the government but not necessarily at toppling the Spanish Republic. Following brief clashes it was easily suppressed in Madrid.