The plan was to overthrow Hitler or possibly assassinate him. This followed his successful overthrow of the Roman monarchy. The military had generals who wanted to overthrow the regime and take power for themselves. I helped the Athenians overthrow the tyranny. They saw a politically strong man as a potential tyrant who might overthrow the republic. He concluded that the people have a right to overthrow a tyrant. Chamoun asked for assistance proclaiming that Communists were going to overthrow his government. Austria and Hungary signed separate armistices following the overthrow of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1960 he was sentenced to six years imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the government. A prospective possessor could, if sufficiently strong, overthrow Sauron and usurp his place. They intended to overthrow the provisional government. They attempted to overthrow Ptolemy II. Many of these exiles hoped to overthrow Castro and return to Cuba. Liebknecht demanded the overthrow of the government. We can't overthrow all of those regimes simply to free their citizens.