Qualla: Bombardment of Mar del Plata https://qualla.com/bombardment-of-mar-del-plata en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Bombardment of Mar del Plata https://qualla.com/bombardment-of-mar-del-plata Bombardment of Mar del Plata: Introduction https://qualla.com/bombardment-of-mar-del-plata/ Many of the families in the port quarter of Mar del Plata had seen real war. They were Italians, or the children of Italians, who had crossed the Atlantic to escape a continent that had bombed itself to rubble. So when warships appeared off their Argentine resort city before dawn on 19 September 1955, and police went door to door shouting at them to evacuate, a good number of them weighed the warning against everything they had already lived through - and stayed put. Against the air raids they remembered, a few naval salvoes aimed at some fuel tanks did not seem like the end of the world. By the next day, the shelling of their harbor had helped bring down the most powerful man in the country.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/9/p/p/bombardment-of-mar-del-plata-wp/69pp-bombardment-of-mar-del-plata-the-order-and-the-hesitation.mp3 0:06 3 full Bombardment of Mar del Plata: The Tanks at Dawn https://qualla.com/bombardment-of-mar-del-plata/ The cruiser ARA 9 de Julio opened fire at 7:15 in the morning. The first broadside fell short along the shore to find the range; the second struck home, and two or three fuel tanks went up in immediate explosions. Within minutes most of the eleven tanks were ablaze or destroyed. ...

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