What the records say
- When
- 17 Apr 1967
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 5.56° N, 0.20° W
- Description
- failed coup d'état in Ghana in 1967
Operation Guitar Boy
Failed coup d'état in Ghana in 1967
Operation Guitar Boy was the code-name for an attempted coup d'état on 17 April 1967 in Ghana, by a group of junior officers of the Ghana Armed Forces. Although unsuccessful, the coup resulted in the assassination of Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, Ghana's Chief of the Defence Staff.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Failed coup in Ghana”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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