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The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from 1936 to 1939, took the lives of up to 1 million people, and ended with the Nationalist party as the victor after capturing Madrid. What happened next?
Smithsonian Folkways is re-releasing its classic catalog of songs about the Spanish Civil War. Smithsonian Folkways Dinner at folk musician Tom Glazer's house usually ended with a singalong in ...
Tensions had been building for decades. Economic hardship, political unrest, and growing inequality had gradually weakened Spain’s government. In 1931, the Second Republic was declared, bringing ...
It was then bayonet against bayonet in what experts rated the most savage, large-scale battle of Spain’s present civil war. Two days later the official results were announced. According to the ...
brought Moorish troops into Spain for the first time in modern times to put down a socialist rebellion in Asturias. He has of course used Moors widely in the present civil war, much to the ...
The spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), Bishop Francisco César García Magán, stated ...
Spain has been referred to the EU’s Court of Justice after being accused of "discriminatory tax treatment of non-resident taxpayers". The European Commission announced the dramatic move this ...
IN ITS early stages the Spanish civil war awakened loud repercussions in the Latin American countries. Both the masses and the élite, particularly in Argentina and Brazil, took an intense sentimental ...