1917 Gjorkan coup d'etat

1917 Gjorkan Coup d'etat
Revolutionary Soldiers patrolling the street following the Coup d'etat
Date February 1, 1917 Location Louth, Gjorka Result Coup Successful Suspension of Revolutionary Assembly Installment of Éamon de Valera as de facto leader of the Gjorkan Revolutionary Government Expulsion of all Socialist leaders from Unity Government Creation of People's Republic of Gjorka in Nomakoa
Belligerents
Revolutionary Army	Revolutionary Assembly Communist Militias
Commanders and leaders
Éamon de Valera	Joseph Vanderburg Colm Kilpatrick
Units involved
3rd Revolutionary Infantry Division 1st Revolutionary Cavalry Battalion	Revolutionary Guard 1st Militia Battalion 2nd Militia Battalion
Strength
8,000 Soldiers	1,000 Soldiers
Casualties and losses
12 Dead 14 Injured	437 Dead 202 Injured 361 Arrested

The 1917 Gjorkan Coup d'etat occurred in Gjorka on February 1, 1917. The coup was orchestrated by Éamon de Valera in response to complaints from the Socialist Bloc of the Revolutionary Assembly over Valera's brutal crackdown on anti-war protestors. Using soldiers pulled from the frontline to quell the protests in the early morning of February 1 he secure control of Louth, and secure control over the Assembly building following a brief skirmish. Valera announced the suspension of the Assembly, and the Arrest of all members of the Socialist Bloc for treason. However, in the chaos over securing the assembly caused a number of socialist leaders to escape and organize communist militias and organize a counter-coup against Valera. Intense fighting began in the early afternoon, and by nightfall most of the communist militias had either been defeated or had fled with the remainder of the socialist bloc. In response to this coup, the remaining socialist leaders formed a rival government in Nomakoa entering them into the Second Gjorkan Civil War.