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The operation of flying troops and equipment from Morocco to Andalusia is often referred to as “the first airlift in military history” [71] or similarly. [72] Some authors noted it as “major innovation in air doctrine”, [73] though others when discussing innovations introduced during the Spanish civil war did not mention it. [74]
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) [note 2] was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left -leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic . [ 10 ]
The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) broke out with a military uprising in Morocco on July 17, triggered by events in Madrid.Within days, Spain was divided in two: a "Republican" or "Loyalist" Spain consisting of the Second Spanish Republic (within which were pockets of revolutionary anarchism and Trotskyism), and a "Nationalist" Spain under the insurgent generals, and, eventually, under the ...
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Looters ripped up parts of Virginia's Petersburg National Battlefield in an apparent search for relics.
Pages in category "Spanish Civil War photographs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... The Falling Soldier; W. Woman training for a ...
[3] The Spanish Air Force had no US-built planes; the main fighters used by the Republicans during the war were the Soviet-built Polikarpov I-15 and I-16. The latter was often mistaken for the Boeing P-26, but was not related to it. [11] [12] The flyers said both the socialist and fascist air forces in Spain were staffed almost entirely by ...
After the 17 July 1936 military coup in Spain began the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists requested support from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. [2] The first request for German aircraft was made on 22 July, for 10 transport aircraft. Adolf Hitler decided to support the Nationalists on 25 or 26 July, but was wary of provoking a wider European ...