 | This article is missing information about the background of the event – why were members of the military rebelling? The flag-burning incident could use more explanation as well. (June 2018) |
| Bombing of Plaza de Mayo | |||||||||
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 Civilian casualties after the massacre | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Peronist militants and loyal Argentine Armed Forces |
 Anti-Peronist elements of the Armed Forces | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Juan Perón Franklin Lucero |
Samuel Toranzo Calderón  Benjamín Gargiulo Aníbal Olivieri | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers[1] Motorized Garrison Buenos Aires[2] 1st Regiment[2] 3rd Regiment[2] Argentine Air Force |
Argentine Naval Aviation 7th Air Brigade 4th Naval Infantry Battalion elements of the Argentine Air Force | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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330 Mounted Grenadiers[1] 4 aircraft 4 Sherman tanks[2] Armed Peronist civilians[2] |
700 marines 30–34 aircraft At least 875 civilian commandos | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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17 killed[note 1] 55 wounded[3] |
44 killed and wounded 3 aircraft shot down | ||||||||
| 308 civilians killed and an additional number that could not be identified[5] | |||||||||
The bombing of Plaza de Mayo was a massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 June 1955. Thirty aircraft from the Argentine Navy and Air Force bombed and strafed Plaza de Mayo. The attack targeted the adjacent Casa Rosada, the seat of government, while a large crowd demonstrated in support of the president, Juan Perón. The strike took place during a day of official public demonstrations to condemn the burning of a national flag allegedly carried out by detractors of Perón during the recent Corpus Christi procession. The military reacted as a result of growing tension between Perón and his actions against the Roman Catholic Church. The action was to be the first step in an eventually aborted coup d'état. The number of identified bodies was put at 308, including six children, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentine history.[6] Some victims could not be identified.[5]
The heavy loss of civilian lives and the violence with which the act was carried out has prompted comparisons with the wave of state terrorism during the dictatorship of 1976–1983.[7]
- ^ a b c Enrique Oliva. "9 Granaderos" (in Spanish). Nac&Pop.
- ^ a b c d e "El bombardeo a Plaza de Mayo" (in Spanish). El Ortiba. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ a b "Recuperar la historia, a 60 años del bombardeo". InfoNews (in Spanish). 14 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Clarín, 18 June 1955. Page 4.
- ^ a b Portugheis, Elsa (2010). Bombardeo del 16 de junio de 1955 (PDF) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Secretaría de Derechos Humanos de la Nación Argentina.
- ^ Bruschtein, Luis (2023-06-15). "El mayor atentado terrorista | El bombardeo a la Plaza de Mayo del 16 de junio de 1955". PAGINA12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "Celebran resarcimiento a sobrevivientes del bombardeo" (in Spanish). Parlamentario. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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