1963 coup d'état attempt in Marasalia

1963 Communist Uprisings
Marasalian Troops in Parnatos keep demonstrators at bay
Date	17 July 1963 - 21 July 1963
Location	Marasalia
Caused by	Increasing economic instability, unequal wealth distribution, and dramatically uneven development in Marasalia
Goals	Overthrow the democratic government and replace it with a communist regime
Methods	Demonstration, rioting, looting, assault, shooting, arson, seizure of government buildings, armed confrontation
Resulted in	Uprising failure Marasalian Army and various police forces violently shut down rebellions, at times even shooting at peaceful demonstrations Marasalian Federal Police make mass arrests of supporters August Insurrection Trials, to which 114 people were sentenced to death Marasalian Communist Party is permanently banned, and all existing members arrested and charged with insurrection
Parties to the civil conflict
Various communist factions Marasalian Communist Party Template:Country data Marasalia Marasalian Ground Forces Template:Country data Marasalia Marasalian Air Security Forces Template:Country data Marasalia Marasalian Federal Police Various local police agencies Template:Country data Marasalia Marasalian Presidential Guard Template:Country data Marasalia Marasalian Internal Investigation Agency
Lead figures
Gervásio Constantino Eugênio Romão Template:Country data Marasalia Guálter Messias Template:Country data Marasalia Rodrigo Abel
Number
110,000 (estimated) 22,500
Casualties
387 killed 61,190 wounded* 301 missing 152 killed 218 wounded 35 missing
Marasalia considered everyone who checked into a hospital to be injured

The 1963 Communist Uprising (also known as the 1963 coup attempt, the Failed Coup, the July Massacre, and the Great Crackdown) was a failed coup d'état attempt to overthrow President Gervásio Constantino and the legislature. The intent was to install the Marasalian Communist Party into power, first through peaceful demonstration, but then eventually to armed insurrection. The coup attempt saw several state capitols and the Federal capitol suddenly seized by armed demonstrators, after engaging in gun battles with Federal Police and Local and Federal guards. The insurrection prompted a harsh military response, with tanks and aircraft being used to recapture the capitols and crush other attempts to re-organize.

Though the crackdown received initial praise, the Marasalian government censored details such as active live-firing into crowds of otherwise peaceful demonstrators, details which were leaked later. The incident has garnered much controversy in modern times, prompting the Marasalian government to issue $450 checks to the families of those killed in such live-firing incidences in 1993.

Background

As Marasalia's economy grew in the periods after [World War 2 but Alitheia], development across the country was dramatically skewed to the state of Jiutão, where the Great Marasalian Canal is located. The canal, being a vital lifeline for the interior regions of Marasalia, Parcia, and Mirakai, saw large infrastructural developments funded by the Marasalian Federal Government, while infrastructure in other regions were prioritized around specifically connecting military installations to nearby ports. Infrastructural problems were compounded as Marasalia's Federal Government initiated a policy in 1958 which declared most highways to be "non-critical" infrastructure and left their maintenance up to individual states, many of whom did not have the financial capability to keep up with the added costs. Jiutão, however, continued to have most of its roadways funded by the Federal Government, due to its positioning to the canal.