Operation Independence

Operation Independence
Part of the Dirty War
Date5 February 1975 – 28 September 1977 (1975-02-05 – 1977-09-28)
Location
Tucumán Province, Argentina
Result Argentine government victory
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
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.

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