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Coup d'Etat
History of USA
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| | 1926 | Coolidge, Calvin | |
| 7th May USAtroops arrive in Nicaragua after a coup |
| 1954 | Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| Hunt helps devise Operation PBSUCCESS, the covert plan to overthrow Jacobo Arbenz, the elected president of Guatemala |
| Hunt helps plot the overthrow of the Guatemalan President Arbenz Guzman |
| 1963 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 1st Nov Washington Kennedy approves a coup by Vietnamese Army officers during which Diem is assassinated |
| 1963 | Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Helps organise a coup which overthrows President Diem of South Vietnam |
| 1964 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Sends a USAnaval force towards Brazil to prevent a leftist takeover |
| 1965 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 27th Jan General Khanh seizes full control of South Vietnam's government |
| 18th Feb Saigon General Khanh finally ousted from power and a new military/civilian government installed, led by Dr. Phan Huy Quat |
| 1970 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th Mar Lon Nol demands that Communist forces leave Cambodia and closes the port of Sihanoukville to supplies destined for Communist forces in the border bases and in South Vietnam |
| 8th Mar Results in the neutralist Prince Norodom Sihanouk's replacement by by his pro-Western Defense Minister, General Lon Nol |
| 18th Mar The neutralist Sihanouk is replaced by pro-USALon Nol |
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