Argentina 1943: The GOU Coup That Brought Perón to Power

In June 1943, a secret lodge of nationalist army officers called the Grupo de Oficiales Unidos — the GOU — overthrew Argentina's civilian government in a nearly bloodless coup. This episode traces the coup itself, the factional infighting that followed, and how an obscure Colonel Juan Perón used his role as head of the Labor Department to build a coalition with trade unions, setting the stage for Peronism. We discuss the role of the GOU's founding document, the secret 'Librillo' or little book that circulated among officers, and why the coup's immediate aftermath — with General Pedro Ramírez and then Edelmiro Farrell — was more chaotic than decisive. We also look at the coup's impact on Argentina's neutrality in World War II, and how the U.S. pressure under Ambassador Spruille Braden backfired. This is the pivot point that led to Perón's 1946 election and the shaping of modern Argentine politics.

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