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Toulouse Coup
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Part of the overthrow of Napoléon VII
Parade after the coup, 25 April 1968
Date: | 23 January 1966 - 12 April 1968 |
Location: | Toulouse, Occitania |
Result: | Napoléonic French Victory:
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Belligerents
The Great French State | French Anti-Monarchist Rally |
Commanders
Napoléon VII | Pierre Nouvéaure |
Strengths
15,000 | 300 |
Casualties and Losses
1,357 | 27 |
The Toulouse Coup was a coup attempt made by the then French Anti-Monarchist Rally, to overthrow the government of Emperor Napoléon VII. Protests started in Toulouse against the Emperor, and the FA-MR declared themselves the government of TGFS in the Regional Government Building in Toulouse. After intervention of the French military, the coup was striked down.
