Week 29: Btwn the Wars IDs
Week 30: World War II IDs
The Bell Tolls for the Spanish Civil War
-lasted from July 17, 1936 to April 1 1939
Fought between Francoists and Republicans
Francoists supported General Francisco Franco while Republicans supported the Second Spanish Republic, which had ruled since 1931
- Francoists were supported by Italy, Germany, and the Catholic Church
- Republicans were supported by the Soviet Union and various International Volunteers
- The Fascists Francoists eventually won and took control of the government
<--picasso's famous painting of teh bombing of Gernika (Guernica), a town in Spain
*Franco was the leader of the FACISTS - he was a totalitarian leader
*The Civil War proved to be a "practice field" for new German technology.
*Battle of Guernica - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/guernica.htm
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