1963 Argentine Navy revolt
| 1963 Argentine Navy revolt | |||||||||
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A naval F9F Panther attacks the army’s 8th armored regiment | |||||||||
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| Government-Insurgents | |||||||||
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Azules faction (most of the Army and the Air Force) |
Colorados faction (mainly the Navy) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Juan Carlos Onganía Osiris Villegas Julio Rodolfo Alsogaray Alejandro Agustín Lanusse Alcides López Aufranc Tomás Sánchez de Bustamante |
Isaac Rojas Federico Toranzo Montero Santiago Sabarots Juan Carlos Lorio Armando P. Martijena Bernardino Labayru José María Díaz Benjamin Menendez Arturo Rial Carlos Sanchez Sanudo Osvaldo Lentino | ||||||||
| Military support | |||||||||
| Most of the Argentine Armed Forces | Part of the Argentine Armed Forces | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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19 dead 22 wounded Several vehicles destroyed |
At least 12 dead 46 wounded 24 aircraft destroyed (mostly on the ground) | ||||||||
| Unknown overall casualties | |||||||||
| The conspiracy committed on March 24, 1963, to attempt a coup. The conspirators agreed to launch the coup on 2 April and went about recruiting officers to their cause. The plan of the Colorado faction for the governance of Argentina, whose terms included the institution of liberal economic policies, bureaucratic decentralization, anti-communism, and the suppression of labor unions and university students. | |||||||||
| History of Argentina |
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| Argentina portal |
The 1963 Argentine Navy revolt, called in Argentine historiography as Azules y Colorados (Spanish for Blues and Colored), was an armed confrontation between elements of the Argentine military that lasted from 18 September 1962 to 7 April 1963. The revolt was attempted by military officers who wanted the government to take a hardline stance against the political participation of Peronist politicians, the culmination of the conflict between Azules and Colorados. The revolt failed to gain much support in the Army and Air Force, and these two branches suppressed the uprising after some fighting that left 24 dead in both sides. The Argentine elections of 1963 proceeded as planned in July and the Navy saw a reduction of its influence.