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São Paulo is the strongest state but not militarily and to achieve political success a local rebellion had to march down the Paraíba valley to Rio de Janeiro. It also had to protect itself frp, a possible attack from legalists in the south. The order of battle in São Paulo state consisted of: SECOND ARMY, São Paulo Commanded by Amaury Kruel, who was one of Goulart's most trusted men. He had supported the return of presidentialism and Goulart had helped get his son a job and finance his acquisition of a plot of land. The estate still exists and you can find its name. However he was also anticommunist, opposed to leftism among sergeants and didn't like Goulart's ideological turn; his wish was that the President would turn away from the left so he could remain loyal to him. He was aware of conspirators plotting a military revolution and at times was in contact with them, but refused to join. Some conspirators hoped to arrest him. In the course of events he kept silent and ambiguous, had everything prepared to join the rebels and only joined them late. Afterwards he continued his career and for a few years was a MDB Congressman. 2nd Caçadores Battalion, São Vicente 4th Caçadores Battalion, Lins 1st Light Tank Battalion, Campinas Light tank battalions were considered infantry and followed the old French concept of tanks as infantry support. There were 3 of them which together had over a hundred M3 and M3A1 Stuarts. 17th Cavalry Regiment, Pirassununga 2ND MILITARY REGION, São Paulo Commanded by Antônio Bandeira, who also took time to join the rebel side. 2nd 90 mm AA gun Group, Quitaúna 5th 90 mm AA gun Group, Campinas 2nd Automatic 40 mm AA gun Group, Barueri 5th Automatic 40 mm AA gun Group, Santos 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION, São Paulo Commanded by Aluizio Mendes, at first a key legalist who even threatened to arrest Kruel if he defected, but later joined the rebels as well. The Divisional Infantry command was in Caçapava under brigade general Euryale de Jesus Zerbini, a legalist until the end, who used his power with some success to prevent the regiments from moving to Rio de Janeiro. Note how the regiments are all aligned on the road to Rio de Janeiro. 4th Infantry Regiment "Raposo Tavares" , Quitaúna, x2 battalions Colonel Cabral Ribeiro aligned with the rebels early. This regiment dispatched troops in both eastward and southward directions. 5th Infantry Regiment "Itororó", Lorena, x1 battalion 6th Infantry Regiment, Caçapava, x1 battalion 2nd 105 mm Howitzer Regiment "Deodoro", Itu, x1 group Because of Zerbini's interference this was the earliest unit to arrive in Rio de Janeiro, and would have fought against the legalists if they moved on the opposite direction. 2nd Engineering Battalion, Pindamonhagaba 2nd Health Battalion, São Paulo São Paulo's governor, Ademar de Barros, was on the rebel side and could count on his police forces.