View of Argentine Army vehicles stationed in front of Government House during a military coup, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 1976. The coup...
Men and soldiers gathered on a street intently watching something in a storefront window, possibly news reports of the overthrow of King Faissal by...
Cars and crowds of people on the Rua Do Ouro , where the majority of the banks are located, banks that were closed following coup d'etat three days...
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin stands on a tank to defy the August Coup - an attempt by hard-line members of the Communist...
Citizens of Moscow line the streets to cheer Soviet tanks flying the tricolored flag of the Russian Federation, as they leave Red Square after...
Heads of the Argentina's armed forces are sworn in following the coup to overthrow President Maria Estela Peron; General Emilio Massera, Admiral...
The Egyptian leader Muhammad Naguib with Gamal Abdul Nasser , during a press conference, a year after the coup d'etat in Cairo which banished King...
An armed soldier a part of the tank crew, stands on top of an armoured tank in the Red Square, during the soviet coup attempt, Moscow, Russia, 21st...
Ethiopian military personnel riding in a Mercedes-Benz L 312 truck through the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 1974. Emperor of Ethiopia...
Myanmar migrant workers scream out against the Myanmar coup during a May Day march on May 01, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Myanmar Migrant Workers...
Tank patrolling the streets of Athens after the military coup d'etat by Colonel George PAPADOPOULOS on April 28, 1967.
Mohamed Toumba, one of the leading figures of the National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland, attends the demonstration of coup supporters...
Tanks are coming towards La Moneda at ten in the during the coup d'etat led by Commander of the Army General Augusto Pinochet.
Satirical Russian cartoon showing a knight attempting to raise a heavy sword, with a horse and flag in the background, title in Russian reading...
Seating platform is set up ready for Great Union Day parade to mark the 1944 overthrow of the pro-fascist government of Marshal Ion Antonescu, Main...
After the success of his revolution, Fidel Castro, surrounded by his closest associates, speaks to huge crowds in Havana, Cuba in December of 1959.
Miami, Florida: Members of Miami's Little Haiti community demonstrate against the attempted coup by former Tonton Macoutes leader, Roger Lafontant...
Coup de Grace. New York: Referee Mark Conn applies the full count to Bronx middleweight Tony Anthony after he was flattened by Bobby Boyd of Chicago....
President Fulgencio Batista and the Cuban armed forces marked the third anniversary last week of the March 10, 1952 military coup in which Batista...
BOLIVIA'S NEW PRESIDENT,HUGO BANZER,DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL HERE ON 8/27,DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A "MAN WITH A MISSION"--TO...
An engraving of the morning of the 18th Brumaire , the day on which Napoleon Bonaparte became the ruler of France. In the engraving are : Joseph...
Moroccan Coup Fails. Rabat, Morocco: An attempt to kill King Hassan and take over the government, by a group of military officers suspected of having...
Under an almost solid roof of umbrellas, thousands crowd the Piazza Unita in the city of Trieste to welcome Italian troops taking over in accordance...
Triumphant Return. Tehran, Iran: As the welcoming procession or Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi moves through the streets of Tehran, the Shah's car...
Grenada: Residents of Grenada walk past a mural that reads: "Forward to Successful NWO Congress 82, Long Live the Revolution." Photographed during...
Havana, Cuba- Jubilant supporters of General Fulgencio Batista mill around Cuba's Strong Man, who took office in a matter of hours. Cubans,...
New York, New York- Deposed President, Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrives in New York to ask the Untied Nations to reverse the military coup which...
Camp Columbia, Cuba--A view of the supreme military tribunal at Camp Columbia, outside Havana, during the trial of 23 Cuban officers on charges of...
Camp Columbia, Cuba-The first anniversary of the army coup that turned the Cespedes government out of office was marked with speeches and fireworks...
President John F. Kennedy, who was awakened at 3.a.m. To be informed of the military coup in South Vietnam, enters his rain-splattered limousine...
Czechoslovakian Ambassador Juraj Slavik reads a statement at a special news conference here today announcing that he had resigned his diplomatic post...
Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, commander of the South Vietnamese Air Force and leading spokesman for the officers who challenged the civilian...
Lima, Peru- Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro , surrounded by members of the Cabinet he formed following the ousting of President Augusto Leguia. Left to...
Saigon, South Vietnam- McGeorge Bundy , President Johnson's special aide on National Security matters, shakes hands here Feb. 4th with General Wiliam...
Kampala, Uganda- Major-General Idi Amin, the leader of last month's successful military coup, takes the oath of office under the supervision of Chief...
Porsche three-seat deluxe coup, and a convertible, at the first postwar Berlin International Auto Show, held at the Funktower Exhibition Grounds in...
Managua, Nicaragua- General Anastasio Somoza, Commander of the National Guard and leader of the Nicaraguan revolt that forced the resignation of...
Ankara, Turkey-A crowd of cheering citizens fills the square outside the building where General Cemal Gursel was presiding over the first cabinet...
New York, New York- Archbishop Makarios , appeals to the United Nations Security Council for help in restoring him as President of Cyprus. Makarios...
Cuba- Fulgencio Batista, Cuba's strong man, addresses the Cuban Army for the first time after taking over the Government early this week. On the...
Coup Leader Meets Newsmen. Bangkok: Field Marshall Thanon Kittikachorn announces at Supreme Command headquarters here, November 19th, he will rule...
Tank rumbles past the reviewing stand during a military parade to mark the first anniversary of the baathist coup in the Mideast country. The parade...
Barely two weeks after the bloody coup which toppled the Kassem Regime in Iraq, the new revolutionary government in Baghdad appeared to have things...
Greek Army tank is stationed here outside the Presidential Building after martial law was proclaimed following unrest that began with student...
An armored tank moves toward the Parliament Building during a coup in Athens. Greek colonel Giorgio Papadopoulos took power and set up a military...
Vientiane, Laos: Laotian leaders confer, April 18, on eve of coup staged April 19 by right-wing general to oust neutralist Prime Minister Souvanna...
Members of an Air Force Expedition which landed the first plane at the North Pole, scored another coup when they found the site of Cape Columbia, the...
Pro-Egyptian military Junta staged a coup against King Faisal of Iraq early July 14th and apparently gained immediate control of the capital. The...
General Fulgencio Batista, , who took over power in a 1952 military coup, holds his final press conference before the Cuban presidential election...
Tehran, Iran: Iranian army officers and honor guards greet Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi at Tehran airport, upon his triumphant return after a week in...
Joachim Murat, French marshal who aided Napoleon's coup d'état in 1799 and was appointed king of Naples in 1808.
San Salvador, El Salvador-El Salvador's provisional President Alvaro Magana Borja declares, in a press conference after his return from the United...
Honduras-The Honduran government today was reported to have discovered a plot to overthrow the regime of President Juan Manuel Galvez and return...
La Paz, Bolivia-Long known as an anti-Nazi friend of the U.S., President Enrique Panaranda of Bolivia was ousted today in a coup d'etat by leaders of...
Caracas, Venezuela-The crowd celebrating the downfall of dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez carries a soldier, who was reportedly totured by the...
Colonel Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi vice premier and minister of the interior, address a massive crowd of people in An Najaf, where he is explaining the...
Rebel soldier stands on the lawn of the royal palace with possessions of the royal Iraqi family following a coup d'etat in which King Faisal and most...
Baghdad, Iraq- In this exclusive photo taken September 4th, Iraqi Prime Minister Brigadier General Abdel Karim Kassem is shown sleeping on a folded...
Lima, Peru: General Ricardo Perez Gody , head of Peru's military's junta, speaks at a news conference shortly before he was ousted in a bloodless...
Monrovia, Liberia: Jubilant Liberians run through the street in Monrovia 4/12 following military coup.
Leon, Nicaragua: A Sandinista guerilla looks skyward as National Guard planes pelt Leon with machine gun fire in an effort to rout leftist rebels...
Anti-Pinochet Government demonstrators on traditional voting day before the coup, raising clenched fists.
Coast Guard handing out life jackets to Haitian boat people intercepted as they attempt to leave Haiti & its political unrest brought on by mil....
Yeltsin aide-type poised in doorway of Russian Pres.'s office at Russian Federation bldg., w. Pair of upended chairs/sofa sections in plaque adorned...
Islamic Salvation Front member manning fundamentalist FIS postered campaign stand, lecturing veiled woman, re mil. Coup cancelling 2nd elections...
Modestly veiled Islamic women poised, chatting, on street, re rise of fundamentalist power & FIS elections victory-sparked mil-backed coup.
Mujahedin holding press conf. Via wireless w. Afghan Def. Min. Gen. Tanai after his failed coup attempt against Najibullah govt.
Mujahedin holding press conf. Via wireless w. Afghan Def. Min. Gen. Tanai after his failed coup attempt against Najibullah govt.
Yeltsin allies Ivan Silayev & Russian VP Rutskoi, atop Russian WH , during popular uprising against hardline communist coup.
Locals by FIS rally banner, last before cancelling of 2nd election round, mil. Coup & crackdown on fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front.
Mohammed Boudiaf , heading mil backed, 5 member new ruling Council of State, re bloodless coup in response to elections victory for fundamentalist...
Attorney Benjamin Bachrach, Nathan Leopold Jr. Court Baliff, Richard The long awaited coup of the defense counsel for Nathan Leopold Jr. And Richard...
