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May 9, 2024 · Spanish Civil War, (1936–39), military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country. When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, fought with great ferocity on both sides. The Nationalists, as the rebels were called, received ...
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Francisco Largo Caballero (born October 15, 1869, Madrid,...
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- Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco (born December 4, 1892, El Ferrol,...
- Francisco Largo Caballero
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- January 28, 1930
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- October 29, 1933
- February 16, 1936
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- November 6, 1936
Sixteen-year-old Alfonso XIII is crowned king of Spain. The young king relishes his power and routinely intervenes in parliamentary affairs. The result is extreme political instability, and 33 governments are formed in Spain between 1902 and 1923.
Berber armies led by Abd el-Krim force the Spanish garrison at Annual (Anwal), Morocco, to retreat in disarray, marking the start of a military campaign that would come to be known as the Rif War. The rout marks the greatest defeat of a European colonial power by indigenous forces since the Battle of Adwa.
One week before the publication of a report directly implicating Alfonso XIII in the disastrous outcome of the Battle of Annual, General Miguel Primo de Rivera orchestrates a coup d’état that topples the parliamentary government. With Alfonso’s support, Primo de Rivera establishes a dictatorship.
The Spanish economy is reeling as a result of the global depression, and Alfonso forces Primo de Rivera’s resignation; the physically broken dictator dies less than two months later. The monarchy has become too closely associated with the excesses of the dictatorship, and Republican sentiment has grown too strong to tolerate Alfonso’s continued med...
Republican and Socialist candidates triumph overwhelmingly in municipal elections. They demand Alfonso’s abdication, and the military withdraws its support from the embattled king. Two days later, facing the prospect of a violent insurrection, Alfonso flees the country.
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the eldest son of the late dictator, establishes the Falange Española, a far-right nationalist political group committed to overthrowing the Republican government. The movement draws heavily on Italian fascism, and initially it draws little public support. In its early years, it is largely dependent on financial assist...
The Popular Front, a broad left-wing coalition headed by Manuel Azaña, wins the majority of seats in the Spanish Cortes (parliament). During the first four months of Popular Front rule, 113 general and more than 200 partial strikes take place, while 170 churches, 69 clubs, and the offices of 10 newspapers are set afire by arsonists. Rightist milita...
Spurred to action by the assassination of extreme-right leader José Calvo Sotelo by government security forces, a cadre of right-wing military officers makes its move. An army mutiny begins in Spanish Morocco, and, at dawn the following day, Gen. Francisco Franco broadcasts a manifesto from his base in the Canary Islands, declaring that the rebelli...
The first International Brigades trainees arrive in Albacete, Spain. For the next two years, some 60,000 of these foreign volunteers—who were recruited, organized, and directed by the Comintern (Communist International)—would fight on the Republican side. Franco’s Nationalists would draw support from the governments in Italy and Nazi Germany, despi...
Nationalist forces arrive at Madrid, expecting to carry out a triumphal entry. Instead, they are checked by a strong International Brigades force, and a 28-month-long siege of the city begins.
The Battle of Bilbao, part of the War in the North in the Spanish Civil War, saw the Nationalist Army capture Bilbao and the rest of the Basque Country that was still being held by the Spanish Republic.
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left -leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic , and consisted of various socialist , communist , separatist , anarchist , and republican ...
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Feb 28, 2019 · The Spanish Civil War (La Guerra Civil Española in Spanish) took place from 1936 to 1939. On the political left side were the Republicans fighting the Nationalists, who were on the political right. The war was mostly a struggle between democracy and fascism. Ultimately, the Nationalist front won, and Spain was ruled by Francisco Franco’s ...
Oct 24, 2019 · HISTORY. The Battle Over the Memory of the Spanish Civil War. How Spain chooses to memorialize Francisco Franco and the victims of his authoritarian regime is tearing the nation apart. Alex...
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Oct 28, 2021 · Ultimately, the Nationalist party achieved victory after capturing Madrid. As a result, a dictatorship ruled the country for nearly 40 years after the war was over. From 1939 until he died in 1975, Francisco Franco ruled over Spain. During Franco’s dictatorship, Spain suffered international isolation until the 1950s.
