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A coup d'état (/ ˌ k uː d eɪ ˈ t ɑː / ⓘ; French: [ku deta] ⓘ; lit. ' stroke of state ' ), [ 1 ] or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership .
1980 Turkish coup d'état: On 12 September, the National Security Council, headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, declared a coup d'état on the national channel. The Council then extended martial law throughout the country, abolished the Parliament and the government, suspended the Constitution, and banned all political ...
The 1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged by an indigenous Liberian faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) under the command of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe .
May 31, 1951: Attempted coup d'état of a group of right-wing officers named Sacred Link of Greek Officers (IDEA). April 21, 1967: A coup d'état, performed by a group of right-wing army officers led by Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos and Colonels Georgios Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Makarezos, established the Regime of the Colonels.
On the afternoon of 28 July 1958 the insurgents' yacht arrived off Montrouis, in an area known as Déluge, about forty-five miles north of Port-au-Prince.The three Haitians, in military uniform, and the five Americans, dressed as tourists, began transferring weapons and supplies from the Molly C to a small beach cabin.
The 1991 Soviet coup attempt, also known as the August Coup, [b] was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet President and General Secretary of the CPSU at the time.
2022 Malian coup d'état attempt: 16–17 May 2022: Attempt Mali: Western Backed military officers: Assimi Goïta [64] September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état: 30 September 2022: Coup Burkina Faso: Capt. Ibrahim Traoré: Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba: 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt: 24–25 November 2022: Attempt São ...
A fake "counter-coup" was to follow, whereby Tung's men, having left Saigon on the pretext of fighting the Viet Cong (VC), as well as Đính's forces, would triumphantly re-enter Saigon to reaffirm the Diệm regime. Nhu would then round up opposition figures.