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Key Facts. 1. The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 39) was the bloodiest conflict western Europe had experienced since the end of World War I in 1918. 2. It was the breeding ground for mass atrocities. About 200,000 people died as the result of systematic killings, mob violence, torture, or other brutalities. 3.
The war has been characterized by long periods of bloody stalemate punctuated by rapid breakthroughs by the Nationalists. An exhausted Republican army, saddled with the weight of some three million refugees, sees its last hope of victory on the battlefield extinguished at the Battle of the Ebro .
On July 18, 1936, troops under the leadership of General Francisco Franco began an uprising against the democratically elected government of Spain. This revolt quickly escalated into a civil war. The Spanish Civil War is sometimes called a prelude to World War II.
The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which the Francoists, or Nationalists, defeated the Republicans, or Loyalists, of the Second Spanish Republic.
May 21, 2018 · In an interwar period marked by massive political polarization, the Spanish conflict became the fiercest battle in a European civil war that had included, among other events, the consolidation of Soviet Russia, the rise of fascism, and the establishment of authoritarian dictatorships throughout central and eastern Europe.
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...
Apr 18, 2019 · April 18, 20195:03 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. By. Lucía Benavides. 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. Spain is marking the 80th anniversary of the end of its civil war. It marked the beginning...
