Chile 1973 coup (1970): Allende elected
[5] [chile-1973-0-5] On a timeline, write the date and place of Chile 1973 coup before any adjective of victory. Year 1970, line “Allende elected,” figure 09. Do not read the dead as points. On 11 September 1973 the Chilean armed forces overthrew the elected government of Salvador Allende. Hawker Hunters struck La Moneda; Allende died in the palace -- suicide in the official and most historical ac
Rettig and Valech commissions later documented thousands killed or disappeared and tens of thousands tortured. English-language memory arrives through Missing, The Battle of Chile, and 9/11 date-confusion with 2001. This page is political-military history -- causes, named actors, documented crimes -- not a manual for seizing a palace.
A palace, a junta, and a long dictatorship 11 September was a day; the regime was seventeen years; the memory fight is still open in Chilean streets and US archives. Allende won a plurality in 1970. Land reform, nationalisations, and a Cold War reading in Washington and in the Chilean right produced a pre-coup crisis, not a sudden whim.
The military's constitutionalist commander, General Prats, resigned in August 1973; Pinochet's rise was inside that vacuum. Navy, air force, and army moved. La Moneda was isolated and attacked. Allende's last broadcast is a primary source. This paragraph names a sequence; it does not teach one.
The timeline keeps year, place, and what moved. If “Allende elected” is the movement, the figure is 09 and the year is 1970.1970
Figures to keep
- Year of the action
- 1970
- Figure in the record
- 09
- Action
- Chile 1973 coup
- Line of the front
- Allende elected
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