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| anti-Communist, "Christian civilization," Catholic | | anti-Communist, "Christian civilization," Catholic | ||
| secular and anti-Catholic; banned the Jesuits in 1931; killed clergy and laity | | secular and anti-Catholic; banned the Jesuits in 1931; killed clergy and laity; some anarchists | ||
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| "Nacionales" (Nationalists), "Francoists," "Fascists" | | "Nacionales" (Nationalists), "Francoists," "Fascists" | ||
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| George Orwell fought on behalf of the Republicans. | | George Orwell fought on behalf of the Republicans. | ||
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:; [http://navonanumis.blogspot.com/2012/04/spanish-civil-war-generalissimo.html "Spanish Civil War."] | |||
:: What people in Spain forget today is that Franco, despite the human rights abuses at the time of the Civil War, single handedly preserved the union of Spain as a single entity. In his absence, Spain could quite possibly have disintegrated into several entities - Andalusia, Basque Country, Aragon, Galicia, Asturias, Catalonia and Canary Islands. He kept Adolf Hitler at a distance and ensured that Spain never entered the Second World War. To Franco’s credit, he restored the constitutional monarchy with Juan Carlos II - grandson of King Alfonso XIII - when he named him as the next head of State in 1969, and Spain eventually returned to a democratic form of government. | |||
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Revision as of 18:03, 28 October 2012
- Wikipedia, "Spanish Civil War."
| Nacionales--rebels | Republicans--elected in 1933 |
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| Generalissimo Francisco Franco (dictator) | |
| "right-wing": supported by Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy, and Portugal. Some monarchists? | Reds, socialists: supported by Soviet Union and Mexico |
| anti-Communist, "Christian civilization," Catholic | secular and anti-Catholic; banned the Jesuits in 1931; killed clergy and laity; some anarchists |
| "Nacionales" (Nationalists), "Francoists," "Fascists" | "Loyales" (Loyalists), "the Popular Front," "the Government," "the reds" |
| People's Republican Army | |
| white terror: 200,000 deaths ("limpieza," cleaning up; 20 Protestant ministers murdered; 22,000 Basques) | red terror: 38,000 (including many clerics) |
| George Orwell fought on behalf of the Republicans. |
- What people in Spain forget today is that Franco, despite the human rights abuses at the time of the Civil War, single handedly preserved the union of Spain as a single entity. In his absence, Spain could quite possibly have disintegrated into several entities - Andalusia, Basque Country, Aragon, Galicia, Asturias, Catalonia and Canary Islands. He kept Adolf Hitler at a distance and ensured that Spain never entered the Second World War. To Franco’s credit, he restored the constitutional monarchy with Juan Carlos II - grandson of King Alfonso XIII - when he named him as the next head of State in 1969, and Spain eventually returned to a democratic form of government.