Operation Independence

Operation Independence
	Part of the Dirty War
Date	5 February 1975 – 28 September 1977
Location	Tucumán Province, Argentina
Result	Argentine government victory
Belligerents
Argentina; Supported by:; United States; Bolivia; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay;	ERP; Montoneros; Supported by:; Cuba;
Commanders and leaders
Antonio Bussi; Ítalo Luder; Acdel Vilas;	Roberto Santucho †; Benito Urteaga †; Enrique Gorriarán Merlo; Jorge Carlos Molina †; Mario Firmenich; Juan Alsogaray †; Dardo Cabo ; Francisco Urondo †;
Strength
5,000	500; 30–100
Casualties and losses
70 killed; 3 aircraft; 2 helicopters;	300 killed

Operativo Independencia ("Operation Independence") was a 1975 Argentine military operation in Tucumán Province to crush the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), a Guevarist guerrilla group which tried to create a Vietnam-style war front in the northwestern province. It was the first large-scale military operation of the Dirty War.