Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

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Nacionales--rebels Republicans--elected in 1933
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)