Chilean coup of 1973
| 1973 Chilean coup d'état | |||||||||
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| Part of the history of Chile and the Cold War | |||||||||
 The bombing of La Moneda on 11 September 1973 by the Junta's Armed Forces |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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 Cuba
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Supported by: United States
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Salvador Allende † Max Marambio Miguel Enríquez
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Augusto Pinochet José Toribio Merino Gustavo Leigh César Mendoza Richard Nixon
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Chilean Government Revolutionary Left Movement
"Group of Personal Friends"
Other working-class militants
Supported by:
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold War. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the right-dominated Congress of Chile and the elected socialist President Salvador Allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon, Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police.
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