HIS 348 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Second Spanish Republic, Spanish Revolution Of 1936, Spanish Legion
29 Oct 2018
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Spain lost 1/10th of its wealth, the left-wing militias went after anyone they believed to be affiliated with the nationalists: clergy, strikebreakers, elite. The nationalists saw themselves as fighting a crusade against. Wore blue shirts jokingly referred to as life jackets : guernica- german air forces supporting franco bombed the city and killed around. The people on the right of center in other countries of europe, saw the. Republicans the same way they saw communists in russia: hitler sent crucial support to the national"s side. Hitler provided transport trains in order to allow to spanish legion to return to spain from morocco. This made it possible for the nationalists to continue the civil war. Spain was strategic as it was on the southern border of france: mussolini send in 50,000-70,000 troops as volunteers for the nationalist side. He saw the spanish civil war as a place to demonstrate new italian culture.
