HIST 2125 Lecture 14: 14: 24.10_the downward spiral II
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Jose girl, alfonso xiii, primo de rivera, calvo sotelo. No key terms on battles on the midterm. Typical question: general strike uk, won"t be on this exam but was on last. Coal miner"s strike, backed up by tuc. Impact: image of britain abroad and of self-image shock. Produced labour peace because of the shock. Mostly foreign policy issues, some domestic issues will be on the exam. French government that had to do with rhineland was a caretaker gov. April-may 1936: leon blum, popular front communist support this government but were not in it reaction on the right: thought it was a pro-soviet government. Blum: agreed with existing military doctrine imaginary line if invasion happened: behind imaginary line, institute blockade, defensive approach. The defensive approach, staying behind the line doesn"t help. July 20th, 1936: blum got terlegram from spanish popular front leader (giral) announces beginning of spanish. Acute phase of the war was the early one.
