Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
1936-1939
- Wikipedia, "Spanish Civil War."
Nacionales--rebels | Republicans--elected in 1933 |
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General 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 |
"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) |