The Spanish Civil War
-A republic is formed after King abdicates in 1931
-Government formed from left wing, communists, socialists, and anarchists (Republicans)
-Right wing opposition to government supported by: Church, army, and Falange (Fascist group) led by General Francisco Franco (Nationalists)
Fascist, Democratic and Communist Support for the Spanish Civil War
-Essentially puts Fascism against democracy and communism (WWII)
-Italy and Germany support Nationalists with troops and equipment
-Germans try out new tactics such as Blitzkrieg and the Luftwaffe bombing of cities (Guernica)
-Britain, France declared to be non-interventionist (many citizens fight in International Brigades)
-USSR even supported a Republican government
-A republic is formed after King abdicates in 1931
-Government formed from left wing, communists, socialists, and anarchists (Republicans)
-Right wing opposition to government supported by: Church, army, and Falange (Fascist group) led by General Francisco Franco (Nationalists)
Fascist, Democratic and Communist Support for the Spanish Civil War
-Essentially puts Fascism against democracy and communism (WWII)
-Italy and Germany support Nationalists with troops and equipment
-Germans try out new tactics such as Blitzkrieg and the Luftwaffe bombing of cities (Guernica)
-Britain, France declared to be non-interventionist (many citizens fight in International Brigades)
-USSR even supported a Republican government
"One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here, wherever I am there will be no Communism."
-Francisco Franco