Coup Collection (page 5)

Piludski Coup 2
Supporters of Marshal Piludskis coup d etat overcome resistance in the streets of Warsaw : they establish him as virtual dictator

Piludski Coup 5
A tank makes a show of force in the streets of Warsaw as Piludskis supporters overcome all resistance

Revolutionary Leaders
Blindfolded, the leaders of the unsuccessful revolutionary coup are brought to negotiate at Oporto with government representatives

Napoleons Coup
An English view of the Napoleonic coup - France is tranquil !!

Right-Wing Menace
The Third Republic lives in constant fear of a right-wing coup : police raid the headquarters of the Ligue des Patriotes, a royalist organisation

Coup: Casualties
As troops supporting Napoleon clear the streets of Paris, those unfortunate enough to be in the line of fire are carried to the hospitals

Coup: Proclamations
At the Imprimerie Nationale, Napoleons proclamations are read out to the people : some are jubilant, others horrified

Coup: after Clearing
The boulevard Montmartre after troops supporting Napoleon have cleared the streets of Republicans and other dissidents

Coup : Mairie Forced
Troops loyal to Napoleon take over the Mairie of the 4th arrondissement, Paris

Thiers and Napoleon
Satire on Thiers and Napoleon, fierce rivals : Thiers considers Napoleon un cretin but he underestimates his opponent, who will stage his coup before the year is out

Coup: Army Bivouac
Bivouac of troops loyal to Napoleon, outside the Hotel de Ville, Paris

Coup: Streets Cleared
The boulevards after they have been cleared of insurgents by troops supporting Napoleon

Coup: Resistance
Napoleons coup triggers popular resistance : Republicans build barricades in the streets of Paris

Coup: Dissidents
Dissidents are despatched from Brest to French prisons in South America

Coup: Berryer Protests
From the window of the mairie of the 10th arrondissement, Paris, Berryer protests against Napoleons coup - but theres not much he can do to stop the take-over

Coup: Deputies Expelled
The Chambre des Deputes is closed : members are refused admission by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup: Troops Bivouac
Troops supporting Napoleon bivouac at the Conciergerie, near the Sainte Chapelle on the ile de la Cite, Paris

French Elections
After Napoleons coup, French voters choose their government. Date: 20 December 1851

Coup : Thiers Arrested
Adolphe Thiers, Napoleons most formidable political opponent, is arrested by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup : Judges Evicted
High Court judges are evicted by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup: Street Fighting
Street fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military

Coup: Barricade
Republican barricade at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris

Note from the President
The President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat

Coup : Military Chiefs
Army chiefs discuss policy on the eve of Napoleons coup : by and large the army will support Napoleon

Coup: Napoleon Rides
After resistance has been suppressed Napoleon rides through the streets of Paris. Not everyone is pleased to see him

Coup: Victims
Unfortunately, a lot of Parisians get themselves hurt when troops loyal to Napoleon clear the streets of Republican opponents : they are carted away in wagons

Coup: Boulevard
The boulevard Montmartre after the street had been cleared by troops supporting Napoleon

Coup : Napoleon Elysee
On the morning of 2 December, Louis Napoleon leaves the Palais de l Elysee with a military escort

Coup: Clearing Streets
Troops loyal to Napoleon clear the streets of Paris of Republican opponents

Coup: High Court
The High Court of Justice is suspended when troops loyal to Napoleon invade the chamber

Coup : Cavaignac Arrest
General Cavaignac, one of Napoleons most formidable political opponents, is arrested by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup: Representatives
Representatives who oppose Napoleons coup are arrested by troops sympathetic to his cause and incarcerated in the caserne (barracks) at the quai d Orsay, Paris

Coup: 1st Barricade
Napoleons coup triggers popular resistance : Republicans build their first barricade in the rue des Grandes Audriettes

Coup: Changarnier Arrest
General Changarnier, one of Napoleons most formidable political opponents, is roused from bed and arrested in his nightshirt by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup: Seeling Arms
Homes of suspected resisters of Napoleons coup are searched for concealed arms

Napoleon First Consul
By a coup d etat, the Directoire is replaced by a Consulat of Napoleon with Cambaceres and Lebrun : Napoleon as First Consul now effectiuvely rules France

Reactionaries Arrested
A coup d etat directed against reactionary deputies results in the deportation of many of them, including Pichegru, to Cayenne

Buenos Aires Coup / 1930
The vanguard of Uriburus military coup on the outskirts of Buenos Aires

Montagnards Triumph
In a coup involving armed force, the Montagnard extremists out-manoeuvre the more moderate Girondins : the events will usher in the Reign of Terror

Kornilovs Surrender
Defeated by government forces, supporters of Kornilovs coup negotiate a surrender

Kerensky Headquarters
Kerenskys headquarters at Tsarskoe Selo, during his struggle to preserve his government against the attempted coup by general Kornilov

Revolutionary Propaganda
A leaflet published by the provisional government attacks Kornilovs attempted coup and urges without the people there is no salvation of the motherland

Putilov Red Guard
Members of the Red Guard from the Putilov factory, on the steps of the Smolny Institute, a former girls school, from which Lenin will proclaim his coup

Red Guard at Smolny
Red Guards from the Putilov factory, on the steps of the Smolny Institute, a former girls school, from which Lenin will proclaim his coup

Kornilovs Coup Defeated
Kornilovs counter- revolutionary coup is defeated

Military Coup / Berlin / Ilz
A military coup in the streets of Berlin

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KORFANTYs COUP / 1920
Korfantys nationalist coup in Upper Silesia

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