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Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War. 1936-1939. A Spanish republic was established in 1931 made up of democrats and reformist socialists. The Popular Front (antifascist) gained control of the government in 1936. Many army officers such as General Francisco Franco found the left wing coalition unacceptable.

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Spanish Civil War

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  1. Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

  2. A Spanish republic was established in 1931 made up of democrats and reformist socialists

  3. The Popular Front (antifascist) gained control of the government in 1936 Many army officers such as General Francisco Franco found the left wing coalition unacceptable

  4. Francisco Franco with Mussolini. Italy supplied troops and equipment to support the Fascist cause in Spain

  5. The Spanish Civil War is often referred to as a “dress rehearsal” for World War II

  6. German-supplied Junkers Ju-52 during the Spanish Civil War

  7. The town of Guernica was used as target practice for Luftwaffe pilots Guernica today

  8. Guernicaby Pablo Picasso

  9. Innocent civilians were strafed with machine gun fire and bombs were dropped on homes and public buildings

  10. The republican government called on western nations to help them in their struggle against the rebel nationalist armies. France, Britain and the US stayed neutral Weapons the nationalists used in the civil war

  11. The Soviet Union provided some aid in the form of war materials and equipment for the republican government

  12. Spanish women also served as defenders of the republican government

  13. Private citizens from around the world joined the fight against fascism International Brigade volunteer from Liverpool, England

  14. US volunteers formed the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

  15. George Orwell volunteered and fought on the side of the P.O.U.M. (Party of Marxist Unity) during the Spanish Civil War

  16. Orwell was seriously wounded by a shrapnel wound to the neck

  17. On the Aragon front: Orwell is the tall figure standing in the center, Eileen Blair (wife) is crouching in front of him

  18. Orwell wrote Homage to Catalonia about his experiences during the civil war

  19. “Smash Fascism” The following images are loyalist posters urging people to fight for the government…

  20. “Anti-Fascists! Think of those who are fighting!"

  21. "Workers! Peasants! Unite for Victory!"

  22. "Peasants, the land is yours"

  23. Iron Column Fighting Brigade: "For a free humanity! For anarchy!"

  24. Anti-Illiteracy: "Illiteracy blinds the spirit. Study, soldier"

  25. Capra’s famous photo of a loyalist soldier at the moment of death…

  26. Government troops (loyalists) in snow sprinkled trenches firing on the outskirts of Madrid

  27. A republican (loyalist) soldier takes cover in east Madrid

  28. The war ended with the fall of Madrid in March 1939

  29. 400,000 people died in the war and Fascism prevailed in Spain

  30. 200,000 people were executed under the Franco regime in the following years…

  31. "They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet or fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason." --Ernest Hemingway after witnessing the brutality of the Spanish Civil War

  32. The Franco dictatorship lasted until 1975

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