Spanish Civil War
•A republic is formed after King abdicates in 1931
-Spain was very powerful
-Very religious country, popular with the pope
•Gov’t formed from left wing, communists, socialists, and anarchists (Republicans)
•Right wing opposition to gov’t supported by: Church, army, and Falange (Fascist group) led by General Francisco Franco (Nationalists)
-Republicans vs Nationalists
-Right wing supported by Germany and Italy
-Left wing supported by Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
-Right wing supplied military equipment and troops
-Germans try new tactics during Spanish civil war such as Blitzkrieg
-Ariel Bombardment used from Germany
-Spain was very powerful
-Very religious country, popular with the pope
•Gov’t formed from left wing, communists, socialists, and anarchists (Republicans)
•Right wing opposition to gov’t supported by: Church, army, and Falange (Fascist group) led by General Francisco Franco (Nationalists)
-Republicans vs Nationalists
-Right wing supported by Germany and Italy
-Left wing supported by Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
-Right wing supplied military equipment and troops
-Germans try new tactics during Spanish civil war such as Blitzkrieg
-Ariel Bombardment used from Germany
Summary: The Spanish civil war essentially outlined the World War II because it was a divide in beliefs, separating the continent in two.
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