89 years ago today 2 Canadian frigates docked in El Salvador to bolster a military gov’t that carried out “one of the worst massacres of civilians in the history of the Americas” with over 10,000 peasants killed in weeks. Among slain was revolutionary Farabundo Martí #CFPHistory
With Canadian destroyers Skeena and Vancouver in the region, London informed Ottawa that a “communist” uprising was underway and there was “a possibility of danger to British Banks, railways and other British lives and property” as well as a Canadian-owned utility #CFPHistory
“El Salvador alive with Red Revolt”, read front page Vancouver Sun headline. The subheadline noted: “Canadian destroyers from British Columbia to the rescue”. See Tyler Shipley’s great thread for more https://mobile.twitter.com/canadainthewrld/status/1279216656762503169
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