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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hylian Defense Forces | Hylian government | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| General Victor Badanko | President Lord Alexander Gainsbourg | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army, Air Force, Navy, Gendarmerie (majority) | Hylian Popular Union, Police, Gendarmerie (minority) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 350,000 soldiers, 85,000 gendarmes | 60,000 police, 15,000 gendarmes, 123,000 protesters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 89 dead, 281 injured | 300 dead, 800 injured | ||||||
the military coup of 1941 commonly known as "coup de 41" or "Avril coup" is a power grab orchestrated April 1, 1941 by the hylian army against the communist government of Lord Alexander Gainsbourg.
prelude
Presidential and legislative election of 1940
in full recession the election of the communist candidate Alexander Gainsbourg has from the announcement of his new program worried the high military officers, this new program indicates in particular the reduction of the military personnel, of the budget allocated to defense and in particular a bill on the nationalization of the whole country by the state.