Death Column
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The Death Column was a military unit in the São Paulo Revolt of 1924, part of the tenentist forces in arms against the president of Brazil, Artur Bernardes. Commanded by João Cabanas, an officer of th
Flag of the Death Column
João Cabanas (first on the left) in the fighting in São Paulo before the formation of the column
Cabanas (marked with an X) and his general staff in Amparo
Loyalist trenches and trail in Formigas
The urban combat of the São Paulo Revolt of 1924 was the most violent of its kind in Brazilian history, raging in the city of São Paulo from 5 to 27 July 1924. Rebel tenentist revolutionaries, led by
Death Column
…interior of São Paulo by the tenentist revolutionaries, commanded by general Isidoro Dias Lopes, who controlled part of the city of São Paulo. While urban warfare was waged against the loyalists, more loyalist reinforcements converged on São Paulo from Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Paraná, Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais…
Trench on Guaianases Street, used by the rebels in the attack on the Campos Elíseos Palace
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Public Force of São Paulo
Public Force of Rio de Janeiro