Juan Domingo Peron, A Military Leader In Argentina

Juan Domingo Peron was a military leader from Argentina during the time period of October 17, 1945 to July 1, 1974 as well as a politician. Peron was born in Lobos Buenos Aires Province on October 8th, 1895. He was the son of Juana Sosa Toledo and Mario Thomas Peron. The Peron branch of his family originated from Sardinia from which Peron eventually expressed with public pride of his roots. Peron was later sent to boarding school in Buenos Aires directed by his paternal grandmother where he learned the religion of Catholicism. His father eventually died in 1928, thinking he could not provide for his son. At the age of 16 Peron decided to enter the National Military Academy where he graduated in 1928 with high remarks in boxing and fencing.
By the late 1930’s, Peron was an influential officer in the Argentina Army. Argentina did not go to war during his lifetime however he did owe his rise to power in political skills to his military abilities. In 1938 he traveled to Europe in order to observe the military and he studied nations such as Germany, Italy, Spain, and France. He obtained knowledge from Benito Mussolini which he later implemented into his own country. After the war, Peron returned back to Argentina in the year 1941, and used his knowledge to become colonial as well as joined the United Officers Group. The United Officers Group was a secret military lodge that engineered in the year 1943 that overthrew the civilian government of Argentina. Peron had many occupations in his lifetime including but not limited to the military office, secretary of labor, social reformist, as well as the vice president of Argentina. He was greatly in to the ideology of Roman Catholicism, as well as was supported by many Argentinian farmers. His thoughts came from many of the dictators such as Hitler and Mussolini. His ideas of Peronism, mainly came from fascism and Mussolini’s point of
Perón's wife, Eva Duarte Perón, was a political partner as well as a spouse. The two married in 1945, just as Juan was preparing to run for the presidency. Eva Duarte, an actress before her marriage, was intelligent and glamorous. Known as "Evita," she made frequent public appearances in support of her husband's administration and the policies of his government. She died of cancer in Buenos Aires in 1952. During his time in office, Evita became an invaluable asset. Her empathy for and connection with Argentina’s poor and down trodden was unprecedented: on her death in 1952 the Pope received thousands of letters demanding her elevation to saint. She started important social programs for the poorest Argentines, promoted women's suffrage and personally handed out cash in the streets to the