The 1955 Buenos Aires Bombing and Peron's Fall

In June 1955, fighter jets from Argentina's own navy dropped bombs on Plaza de Mayo, killing over 300 civilians in an attempt to kill Juan Perón. This episode digs into that shocking moment — the feverish political climate, the internal church-state conflict that exploded after Perón legalized divorce and prostitution, the burning of churches that followed, and the failed coup that somehow ended with Perón fleeing into exile just three months later. We follow the naval officers who planned the attack, the loyalist forces that held the line, the reaction of the descamisados, and the strange path to the Revolución Libertadora that finally toppled the government. Along the way, we explore how this violent rupture shaped Argentina's politics for decades — the deepening fault line between Peronists and anti-Peronists, the banning of the Peronist party, and the long shadow that the bombing cast over Argentine democracy. It's a portrait of a country tearing itself apart, and the moment when the promise of the 'justicialista' revolution turned into something far more fragile.

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