Mid-September Crisis

Mid-September Crisis
Part of The Silent War
Chilean military detachments stationed in the presidential residence. The soldiers pictured above would later defect to the FNC and participate in the coup d'etat.
Date September 11, 1945 - September 30, 1945 Location Chile Result Loyalist and Carolinian victory; Chilean National Republic dismantled
Belligerents
Chilean National Front (FNC) Peruvian National Republicans	Guerrera Administration Chilean Loyalists Carolina (Carolinian Expeditionary Force)

The Mid-September Crisis or September Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Mediados de Septiembre) was a period in Chilean history where a coup d'etat and attempted takeover of the Republic of Chile was orchestrated by the members of the Chilean National Front(FNC). This event was characterized by political chaos and strife during the tenure of President Lorenzo Guerrera. Members of the military sympathetic of the FNC launched a coup against the administration and seized control of the country. This incident would establish the short-lived Chilean National Republic, until its dissolution by the Carolinian Expeditionary Force and loyalist remnants by the summer of 1946.

Context

Chilean soldiers engage the Carolinian Expeditionary Forces in urban warfare somewhere in Valparaiso, Chile.