Chile's Pinochet Led Coup w/ Thomas777
Summary
Host Pete Quiñones and guest Thomas discuss the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup, analyzing it as a critical Cold War battle theater rather than a simple US-backed event. They dismantle misconceptions about the Chilean military, arguing that its anti-communism stemmed from deep-seated Prussian and Catholic cultural influences rather than mere mercenary loyalty to global capitalism. The episode explores how the Soviet Union and East Germany actively supported Salvador Allende’s government, deploying Stasi agents to train guerrillas, which forced the US to intervene to prevent a comm…
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