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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 ]
Bilbao was the capital of the autonomous Basque area, which had been established by the Spanish Republic after the war began to reward Basque nationalist support of the Republic. The Basque people in Spain generally inhabit four provinces: Navarre , Álava , Gipuzkoa and Biscay .
English: Map that shows the advance of the rebel faction in the North Front during the Spanish Civil War. March - September of 1937. March - September of 1937. Date
On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica (Gernika in Basque) was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War.It was carried out at the behest of Francisco Franco's rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name Operation Rügen.
Marina Ginestà i Coloma (29 January 1919 – 6 January 2014) was a French-born Spanish communist, a member of the Unified Socialist Youth, and an iconic figure of the Spanish Civil War. She became famous due to the photo taken by Juan Guzmán on the rooftop of the Hotel Colón, Plaça de Catalunya 9, Barcelona during the July 1936 military ...
List of foreign ships wrecked or lost in the Spanish Civil War; List of Spanish Civil War films; List of Spanish Civil War flying aces; List of Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds recipients; List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War; List of war films and TV specials: Spanish Civil War; Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War; Spain during ...
Pages in category "Spanish Civil War photographs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Battle of Guadalajara (March 8–23, 1937) saw the victory of the Spanish Republican Army (Ejército Popular Republicano, or EPR) and of the International Brigades over the Italian and Nationalist forces attempting to encircle Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.