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The '''Legionary Reaction''' ({{wp|Italian|Vespasian}}: Reazione Legionaria) or '''April’s Fish Massacre''' (Il massacro di Pesce d’Aprile) was a {{wp|coup d'état}} that took place on 1 April and 2 April 1938. On those days, forces loyal to the [[Revolutionary Legion of Etruria]] staged a simultaneous mass march on the city of [[Solaria]] and a violent overthrow of the Etrurian government in the capital, [[Poveglia]]. The event overthrew the [[Second Etrurian Republic]] and led to the formation of the [[Etrurian Revolutionary Republic]] and a single-party totalitarian regime. | The '''Legionary Reaction''' ({{wp|Italian|Vespasian}}: Reazione Legionaria) or '''April’s Fish Massacre''' (Il massacro di Pesce d’Aprile) was a {{wp|coup d'état}} that took place on 1 April and 2 April 1938. On those days, forces loyal to the [[Revolutionary Legion of Etruria]] staged a simultaneous mass march on the city of [[Solaria]] and a violent overthrow of the Etrurian government in the capital, [[Poveglia]]. The event overthrew the [[Second Etrurian Republic]] and led to the formation of the [[Etrurian Revolutionary Republic]] and a single-party totalitarian regime. | ||
The Reaction followed two years of crumbling civil governance due to the "Emergency Government of Peace", which was established in wake of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]]. The EGP had been established to maintain peace as civil unrest erupted across Etruria over poor territorial gains made in wake of the allied victory, economic collapse and poor management of demobilised soldiers. | |||
The Reaction, argued by some, began in the early hours of 20 February with the "March on Solaria", where between 50,000 and 100,000 supporters of the [[Revolutionary Legion of Etruria]] began the 100km march from Vicalvi to Solaria. Though, officially historiography states that it began on April 1, when the March reached the outskirts of Solaria. In conjunction, armed soldiers and sailors of the RLE entered Poveglia and stormed the Palazzo Orsini, which housed the Etrurian parliament, while it was in an emergency session to debate the March. RLE militia then gunned down and killed over 90% of the sitting legislature and executed by firing squad the government of President [[Marco Antonio Ercolani]]. This was followed by a speech by RLE leader, [[Ettore Caviglia]] who declared the overthrow of the republic and the establishment of a new [[National Solarianism|National Solarianist]] regime. | |||
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 Marco Antonio Ercolani † Aurelio Cesare Tozzo † Argo Secondari † Vincenzo Baldazzi † Guido Solariano † |
 Ettore Caviglia Aldo Aurelio Tassinari Franco Gioda Mario Giampaoli Decio Razza | ||||||
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| ~251 loyalist police and soldiers in Poveglia |
~3,586 in Poveglia 50,000-100,000 during the March on Solaria | ||||||
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~231-311 senators killed 2,300-3,500 supporters killed or imprisoned |
32 killed 46 injured | ||||||
| 286 civilians killed or injured | |||||||
The Legionary Reaction (Vespasian: Reazione Legionaria) or April’s Fish Massacre (Il massacro di Pesce d’Aprile) was a coup d'état that took place on 1 April and 2 April 1938. On those days, forces loyal to the Revolutionary Legion of Etruria staged a simultaneous mass march on the city of Solaria and a violent overthrow of the Etrurian government in the capital, Poveglia. The event overthrew the Second Etrurian Republic and led to the formation of the Etrurian Revolutionary Republic and a single-party totalitarian regime.
The Reaction followed two years of crumbling civil governance due to the "Emergency Government of Peace", which was established in wake of the Great War. The EGP had been established to maintain peace as civil unrest erupted across Etruria over poor territorial gains made in wake of the allied victory, economic collapse and poor management of demobilised soldiers.
The Reaction, argued by some, began in the early hours of 20 February with the "March on Solaria", where between 50,000 and 100,000 supporters of the Revolutionary Legion of Etruria began the 100km march from Vicalvi to Solaria. Though, officially historiography states that it began on April 1, when the March reached the outskirts of Solaria. In conjunction, armed soldiers and sailors of the RLE entered Poveglia and stormed the Palazzo Orsini, which housed the Etrurian parliament, while it was in an emergency session to debate the March. RLE militia then gunned down and killed over 90% of the sitting legislature and executed by firing squad the government of President Marco Antonio Ercolani. This was followed by a speech by RLE leader, Ettore Caviglia who declared the overthrow of the republic and the establishment of a new National Solarianist regime.