Spanish Civil War

Nationalist victory Republicans NationalistsThe Spanish Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Española) was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the elected, left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, in alliance with the Anarchists and Communists, fought against a revolt by the Nationalists, an alliance of Falangists, Monarchists, Carlists, conservatives and Catholics, led by a military group among whom General Francisco Franco soon achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets, and different views saw it as class struggle, a war of religion, a struggle between dictatorship and republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, between fascism and communism. It has been frequently called the 'dress rehearsal' for World War II. Though there was much wanton killing in rebel Spain, the idea of the limpieza, the 'cleaning up', of the country from the evils which had overtaken it, was a disciplined policy of the new authorities and a part of their programme of regeneration. In republican Spain, most of the killing was the consequence of anarchy, the outcome of a national breakdown, and not the work of the state, although some political parties in some cities abetted the enormities, and some of those responsible ultimately rose to positions of authority.José Antonio Primo de Rivera the founder of the Falange Española, executed by Republicans in November 1936 in Alicante.In pre-war climate, after moderate measures were produced, Francisco Largo Caballero sentence 'The working class must take over the political power, we must go to the revolution'.In pre-war climate, José Calvo Sotelo sentence 'Would be crazy the militaryman who was not willing to revolt against the anarchy if this were to occur', was killed by Guardia Civil militiamen in 1936.Figures identified with the Republican sideFigures identified with the Nationalist sideThe Popular Front was an electoral alliance formed between various left-wing and centrist parties for elections to the Cortes in 1936, in which the alliance won a majority of seats.Virtually all Nationalist groups had very strong Roman Catholic convictions and supported the native Spanish clergy. The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Española) was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the elected, left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, in alliance with the Anarchists and Communists, fought against a revolt by the Nationalists, an alliance of Falangists, Monarchists, Carlists, conservatives and Catholics, led by a military group among whom General Francisco Franco soon achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets, and different views saw it as class struggle, a war of religion, a struggle between dictatorship and republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, between fascism and communism. It has been frequently called the 'dress rehearsal' for World War II.