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62,841 Coup Détat Photos and High-Res Pictures

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-Troops manning medium tanks guarded the War Ministry throughout the night as rumblings began against the leftist-leaning...

Soldiers in Front of Tanks on Street

Tehran, Iran- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, of Iran, is being saluted by an honor guard upon his arrival at Teheran Airport. The Shah, who flew back...

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Saluted by Soldiers

Portrait of the Shah is carried triumphantly atop an Iranian Army tank patrolling the streets of Teheran after the coup that overthrew the regime of...

Iranian Army Tank with Shah of Iran Portrait Atop

Teheran, Iran- Members of the Tudeh Party in Iran carry placards which denounce the United States and Great Britain during a powerful demonstration...

Communist Iranians Hold Signs at Demonstration

Guatemalan Coup Leaders

Guatemalan Coup Leaders

Here is a section of the crowd that gathered to listen to Czech communist Premier Klement Gottwald fire the opening gun of his campaign to lower the...

The Red Tide Rises in Prague

Chile's Presidential Palace burns at the height of bombardment during the coup d'etat by the nation's armed forces September 11.

Presidential Palace During Coup

Colonel Antonio Tejero brandishing a gun as he attempts to take over Spanish parliament in a coup with the Guardia Civil, February 1981.

Colonel Antonio Tejero

The indolent atmosphere of the coastal city of Puerto Barrios was smashed on June 18th, 1954 when uprising anti-communist exiles bombed the town and...

Guatemala Before Invasion by Anti-Communists

Tehran, Iran- A huge portrait of the Shah of Iran is carried through the streets of Tehran by followers of the 33-year-old monarch, as he makes his...

Crowd in Street with Portrait of Shah

King Juan Carlos of Spain on TV sending out a message to condemn the coup attempt against him in Madrid, Spain on February 23th, 1981.

King Juan Carlos of Spain on TV after the Coup in Madrid, Spain on February 23th, 1981.

Following the overthrow of Premier Mossadegh, crowds favoring the return of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, demonstrated their support by hoisting up his...

Scene of Riotous Streets in Teheran

Guatemalan President Jacobo was forced to resign after a CIA-backed coup overthrew his reformist government. Left to right: Dona Maria Villanova de...

Former Guatemalan President and Associates

While thousands of people crowd the plaza in front of the National Palace in Guatemala City, a low flying plane drops leaflets welcoming the new...

Crowds Welcoming Castillo Armas

Weapons taken from home of guatemalan presidential candidate Roberto Alejos, during recent coup d'etat.

Roberto Alejos [Misc.]

Paramilitaries in the streets of Munich as the swastika flag is hoisted on the city hall during the Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazi Party's failed coup...

Beer Hall Putsch

General Abdourahamane Tiani , the head of the military regime in Niger, greets the thousands of people who gathered at the largest stadium in Niamey...

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The Congolese Republican Guard and police block a road around the scene of an attempted Coup in Kinshasa on May 19, 2024. The DR Congo military on...

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Tehran, Iran- This was the scene before the Royal Palace in Tehran last March, when Red demonstrators and pro-Mossabegh supporters gathered to...

Armed Demonstrators Outside Royal Palace

Military armored car patrols the streets of Cotonou, Dahomey, after a military junta overthrew the government. 1965.

Armored Vehicle in Dahomey

Admiral Toribio Merino, General Augusto Pinochet, and Air Force General Leigh salute while walking to join the Te Deum on September 18, Independence...

1973 Chilean Coup

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after he was ousted from the Palace of Miraflores and arrested by the military in...

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez restored in Caracas, Venezuela on April 13, 2002.

Prague, Czechoslovakia- Cheering Czechs gather in Wenceslaus Square to hear Klement Gottwald announce the formation of a new government on Feb. 25...

Cheering Czechs In Square W/ Flag

Prague, Czechoslovakia- A sober-looking crowd gathers in Wenceslaus Square, Prague, on Feb. 25 to hear Klement Gottwald announce formation of a new...

Sober-Looking Czech Crowd In Square

Guinea Bissau Police patrol car speeds past burning tyres during incidents in Bissau on Novmeber 29, 2025.

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La Paz, Bolivia-A military junta which staged a successful revolution in Bolivia last week put top-ranking army men in key positions in the...

Hugo Ballivian Swears in New Government

An armored car stands outside the Presidential Palace on July 19th, 1968 in the wake of the coup d'etat of July 17. In a bloodless coup Major General...

Armored Car Outside Iraqi Presidential Palace

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...

Idi Amin Taking Oath Of Office

Prague, Czechoslovakia-Premier Klement Gottwald of Czechoslovakia, who engineered the coup which left his Communist party unopposed in the ministries...

Klement Gottwald at Trade Union Meeting

Thai soldiers stand guard on military tanks in front of the Government House in Bangkok, late 19 September 2006. Heavily-armed troops backed by tanks...

Thai soldiers stand guard on military ta

Members of the Myanmar's military security force patrol a street during a "silent strike" to protest and to mark the third anniversary of the...

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Thai soldiers stand guard on military tanks in front of the Government House in Bangkok, late 19 September 2006. Heavily-armed troops backed by tanks...

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Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankaras assassination, in...

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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...

Heads of the Argentina's armed forces are sworn in following the coup to overthrow President Maria Estela Peron; General Emilio Massera, Admiral...

Emilio Massera, Jorge Videla And Orlando Agosti

An aromoured vehicle is positioned at the entrance of a blocked road next to the National Television, Benin TV, in Cotonou, on December 08, 2025....

Protesters gather as a man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration...

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Buenos Aires, Argentina-This building in Buenos Aires' Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista was banged up by army tanks and cannon during the revolt...

Building Destroyed by Bomb

Rome, Italy- Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi is flanked by reporters, as he reads a telegram urging him to return to Tehran. After five days in exile in...

Exiled Shah Reads Telegram

Prague, Czechoslovakia- General view of crowds in Wenceslaus Square, Prague, on Feb. 25 when Premier Klement Gottwald announced formation of a new...

Gen View Of Czech Crowd In Square/Speech

Rome: Demonstrators protesting the Army coup in Chile march past the Colosseum, September 12, carrying a large portrait of the late Chilean President...

Citizens Protesting Army Control near Roman Colosseum

Shah Reads Report of Coup. Rome, Italy: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran reads the reports of the Iranian coup which resulted in the arrest of...

Shah Mohammed Pahlevi Reading a Report

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Arrives in Rome, Italy: The Shah of Iran and his wife, the Empress Soraya, arrive at Rome airport from Bagdad...

Shah Mohammed Pahlavi and Empress Soraya Arriving at Airport

View of Argentine Army tanks stationed in front of Government House during a military coup, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 1976. The coup ousted...

Argentine Tanks At Casa Rosada After Coup

View of an Argentine Army tank stationed in front of Government House during a military coup, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 1976. The coup...

Argentine Tank At Casa Rosada After Coup

Thai protester points a finger at the Thai military during an anti-coup protests as General Prayuth receives the Royal Endorsement as the military...

Thailand's Military Coup Continues As General Prayuth Receives Royal Endorsement

Vendor arranges newspapers on a stall in Cotonou, on December 08, 2025. Benin's president said the "situation is completely under control" in his...

Young man holds up his fingers in a 'peace' sign as he and other civilians sit beside soldiers on top of an armoured tank adorned with flowers,...

"Peace" Sign To All - Soviet Coup Attempt

Supporters of Niger's National Concil for Safeguard of the Homeland hold a Nigerian flag as they attend the army support concert in front of the...

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Nigerien soldiers stand guard as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland protest outside the Niger and French airbase in...

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Bangkok: Heavily armed rebel troops stack their arms neatly in the middle of the road as they surrender March 26 after a coup attempt in the heart of...

Rebel Soldiers Stacking Arms

Arica, Chile-Deposed by leaders of the revolutionary coup that overthrew his government, ex-President of Bolivia, General Enrique Penaranda , is...

General Penaranda and Brother Arrive in Chile

Jebel Razeh, Yemen- Yemen's ousted Imam Mohammed El-Badr is shown with Royalist tribesmen outside his cave headquarters. At right is the Imam's...

Mohammed El-Badr with Royalist Tribesmen

Argentine troops lay with rifles ready in the Plaza de Mayo across from the Presidential Palace, awaiting developments as a military coup ousts the...

Argentine Soldiers Lying with Rifles in Plaza

Buenos Aires, Argentina-Students of Argentina gather around a bust of deposed dictator Juna Peron after the succesful revolt against his regime ended...

Argentinean Students Laugh at Peron Bust

Santiago, Chile - Student hoses down wall 9/17 at the University of Chile to clean off political slogans left over from the days of bitter political...

Student Hoses Down Viva Libertad Sign

Soldier in the Chilean Army stands guard over political prisoners held at the National Stadium in Santiago. On September 11 the Chilean Army...

Chilean Soldier Standing Guard

Athens, Greece- Armored vehicle patrols street here Dec. 13 after the Greek military junta announced that King Constantine's counter coup had been...

APC Rolls Through Greek Street

Buenos Aires, Argentina-A scene in the Plaza de Mayo after the announcement of the news that President Ramon Castillo had been ousted by an almost...

Crowds Running Through Plaza de Mayo

Buenos Aires, Argentina-Loyal followers of Juan Domingo Peron, President of Argentina crowd every inch of ground in the Plaza de Mayo and overflow to...

Crowd Listening to Juan Peron