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Who led the military coup that allowed Alfonso XII to return to Spain?

  • General Francisco Franco

  • General Arsenio Martínez Campos

  • General Napoleon

  • General Wellington

Answer

General Arsenio Martínez Campos led the military coup that allowed Alfonso XII to return to Spain. Martínez Campos was a staunch supporter of the Bourbon monarchy, and he believed that the only way to restore order to Spain was to bring back the king. In December 1874, Martínez Campos led a successful coup d'état that ousted the provisional government and restored Alfonso XII to the throne.
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