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The Republican faction (Spanish: Bando republicano), also known as the Loyalist faction (Bando leal) or the Government faction (Bando gubernamental), was the side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 that supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the Nationalist faction of the military rebellion. [1]
The first Soviet ships loaded with heavy weapons arrived at the port of Cartagena on 4 and 15 October, almost three months after the start of the Civil War, while the Nationalists had been receiving regular supplies from Italy and Germany since the beginning. Thanks in part to this, the Francoist forces had achieved one victory after another ...
The Spanish coup of July 1936 [nb 1] was a military uprising that was intended to overthrow the Spanish Second Republic but precipitated the Spanish Civil War; Nationalists fought against Republicans for control of Spain.
Emilio Mola y Vidal (9 July 1887 – 3 June 1937) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the three leaders of the Nationalist coup of July 1936 that started the Spanish Civil War. After the death of Jose Sanjurjo on 20 July 1936, Mola commanded the Nationalists in the north of Spain, while Franco operated in the south.
Though it has been treated en passant in some literary works [132] and in some specialized periodicals, [133] with few exceptions [134] most wide-circulation works and historiographic studies on the Spanish Civil War usually ignore, [135] obscure [136] or play down [137] the Polish engagement, though in some cases much smaller supplies from ...
José García Carranza, former bullfighter turned Falange leader and Queipo's "ayudante civil", notorious for his role in post-coup repression, was killed in combat in December 1936. Pedro Parias González, military member of the conspiracy, appointed by Queipo the Seville civil governor, performed this role until his natural death in 1938.
El Ejército republicano en la guerra civil (in Spanish). Siglo XXI Editores. Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Ediciós do Castro. Aróstegui, Julio (1988). Historia y memoria de la Guerra Civil. Encuentro en Castilla y León: Salamanca, 24-27 de septiembre de 1986 (in ...
The Fifth Regiment (Spanish: Quinto Regimiento, the full name Quinto Regimiento de Milicias Populares) was an elite corps loyal to the Spanish Republic at the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Made up of volunteers, the Fifth Regiment was active in the first critical phase of the war and became one of the most renowned units loyal to the Republic ...