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January South Vietnamese coup
overthrow of Gen. Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam
This article is about the overthrow of the junta led by Dương Văn Minh in January For the dissolution of the High National Council later in the year, see December South Vietnamese coup.
Before dawn on January 30, , General Nguyễn Khánh ousted the military junta led by General Dương Văn Minh from the leadership of South Vietnam without firing a shot.
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It came less than three months after Minh's junta had themselves come to power in a bloody coup against then President Ngô Đình Diệm. The coup took less than a few hours—after power had been seized Minh's aide and bodyguard, Major Nguyễn Văn Nhung was arrested and summarily executed.
Distrusted by his colleagues because of his tendency to change sides and his reputation as an intriguer, Khánh was assigned to I Corps in the far north of the country after Diệm's overthrow to keep him away from the capital Saigon.
Khánh, who had played a