Palm Sunday Coup

Palm Sunday Coup
Part of World War II
Soldiers in San Salvador during the coup attempt
Date 2–3 April 1944 Location El Salvador Result Coup suppressed
Belligerents
Military government Loyal armed forces	Rebel armed forces
Commanders and leaders
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Andrés Ignacio Menéndez	Unknown
Units involved
Salvadoran Army	First Infantry Regiment Second Artillery Regiment Salvadoran Air Force

The Palm Sunday Coup (Spanish: golpe de estado del Domingo de Ramos) was an attempted military coup d'état in El Salvador which occurred in early-April 1944. The coup was staged by pro-Axis sympathizers in the Salvadoran Army against President General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.