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The Spanish Civil War

Eighty years on

With the eightieth anniversary of the Spanish Civil War in July 2016, this article surveys the background and course of the conflict

The ruins of Belchite, Spain, preserved as a memorial to the civil war in which the town was destroyed

Edexcel paper 2 option G.2 Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy

On 1 April 1939, the Spanish general, Francisco Franco, penned a two-line memo that read as follows: ‘ Today, with the red army captive and disarmed, our victorious troops have achieved their final objectives. The war is over.’

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