Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War (1936–39) A military struggle between left- and right-wing elements in Spain. After the fall of
PRIMO DE RIVERA in 1930 and the eclipse of the Spanish monarchy in 1931, Spain was split. On the one hand were such politically powerful groups as the monarchists and the
FALANGE, on the other were the Republicans, the Catalan and Basque separatists, socialists, communists, and anarchists. The elections of February 1936 gave power to a left-wing
POPULAR FRONT government, causing strikes, riots, and military plots. In July 1936 the generals José Sanjurjo and Francisco
FRANCO in Spanish Morocco led an unsuccessful coup against the republic, and civil war began. In 1937 Franco's Nationalists overran the Basque region, which supported the Republicans in the hope of ultimate independence. Franco then divided the Republican forces by conquering territory between Barcelona and Valencia (1938). The Republicans, weakened by internal intrigues and by the withdrawal of Soviet support, attempted a desperate counter-attack. It failed, and Barcelona fell to Franco (January 1939), quickly followed by Madrid. Franco became the head of the Spanish state and the Falange was made the sole legal party. The civil war inspired international support on both sides: the Soviet Union gave military supplies to the Republicans, while Italy and Germany supplied men to the Nationalists. Bombing of civilians by German pilots and the destruction of the Basque town of Guernica (1937) became the symbol of fascist ruthlessness and inspired one of Picasso's most famous paintings. As members of the
INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES, left-wing and communist volunteers from many countries fought for the Republican cause. The war cost about 750,000 Spanish lives.
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Deceit in Spanish Civil War.(A)(Commentary)(Op-Ed)(Political Books)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/17/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...asked at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 which of his four...calamitous "party line" on the Spanish Civil War because the Spanish Republican...the Nation magazine during the Spanish Civil War was itself betrayed by one of...
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Spanish civil war. (Frontline).
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...about the Spanish Civil War. That was...US about a Spanish conflict that...Second World War, Korea and...and the wars of the Middle...Books on the war and its aftermath...Church and the Civil War by a Benedictine...interest in the Spanish Civil ...
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR VETERANS HAVE MUCH TO TEACH US.(EDITORIAL)(AMY GOODMAN)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 5/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936...death in 1975. They know war. So it is perhaps no...immediately withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq...country, the surviving Spanish Civil War veterans are still...
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR VETS LOOK AHEAD.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 5/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936...death in 1975. They know war. So it is perhaps no...immediately withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq. In this country, the surviving Spanish Civil War veterans are still...
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The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...historiographical debate over the Spanish Civil War shows little sign of...S.O.E. in the civil-war period, the point at...leading authority on Spanish Socialism in the early...edited a work on the civil-war period as well...
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Dispelling myths about the Spanish Civil War.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: European Affairs; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 By Antony Beevor Penguin Books...language account of the much-chronicled Spanish Civil War: that it was the rarest of wars because the losers wrote most of the history...
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The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939,.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; The Battle for Spain The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Antony Beevor Weidenfeld & Nicolson...25.00 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 0297848321 The Spanish Civil War Reaction, Revolution and Revenge Paul Preston...
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eLa Guerra Marina 1936-39: the Spanish Civil War at sea.
Magazine article from: Sabretache; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The Spanish Civil War was, one of the pivotal...major languages. Books in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese...reasonable knowledge of the war will be aware of the Republican...by the introduction, the Spanish Civil War definitely had a naval...
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Antony Beevor. The Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Sabretache; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Antony Beevor. The Battle for Spain The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, 2006, Weidenfeld and [ Nicolson, 526...notes, sources, index. Picking up a new book on the Spanish Civil War these days is usually an exercise in 'here we...
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TIME FOR REFLECTION ON SPANISH CIVIL WAR.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/12/1986; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Paul Grondahl The Spanish Civil War symbolized many things...experience it was. "The war is thought of as the last...college, returned from war to lead "a kind of roustabout...war, after "some of my Spanish Civil War buddies found out...
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Spanish Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
SPANISH CIVIL WAR In July 1936, after months...an uprising against the Spanish Republic. When Franco had...History of the Spanish Civil War. Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan...The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War. New Haven, CT: Yale...
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Religious Response to the Spanish Civil War
Book article from: American Decades
...RELIGIOUS RESPONSE TO THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR Contention In July 1936...American Committee for Spanish Relief," Commonweal...stands regarding the civil war led to increased tensions...the summer of 1937 the Spanish Catholic hierarchy published...
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Spanish civil war
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Spanish civil war 1936-39, conflict in which the conservative...against and finally overthrew the second Spanish republic. The Second Republic The second...traditional, privileged structure of Spanish society: Some large estates were redistributed...
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Civil War, Spanish
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Civil War, Spanish (1936–39) Conflict developing...government in Spain. The revolt began in Spanish Morocco, led by General Franco . It was...but not the main industrial regions. The war, fought with great savagery, became a...
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English civil war
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
English civil war 1642-48, the conflict between King Charles I of England and a large...impositions and benevolences, his dependence on favorites, and his scheme of a Spanish marriage for his son Charles. Meanwhile a legal battle was being waged...
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