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History of the Spanish Civil War, by year. 1936 in the Spanish Civil War. 1937 in the Spanish Civil War. 1938–39 in the Spanish Civil War.
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 , and consisted of various socialist , communist , separatist , anarchist , and ...
Paracuellos massacres. The Paracuellos massacres (Spanish: Matanzas de Paracuellos) were a series of mass killings of civilians and prisoners of war by the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War that took place before and during the Siege of Madrid during the early stages of the war. The death toll remains a subject of debate and controversy.
Historians of the Spanish Civil War, such as Helen Graham, [10]: 30 Paul Preston, [6]: 307 Antony Beevor, [7]: 86–87 Gabriel Jackson, [28]: 305 Hugh Thomas, and Ian Gibson [17]: 168 concurred that the mass killings realized behind the Nationalist front lines were organized and approved by the Nationalist rebel authorities, while the killings ...
July 17, 1936 – July 18, 1936 [ 12 ] Francoist rebels in Melilla, a city in Spanish Morocco, overthrew the Republican government and seized control over the colony. [ 13 ][ 14 ] Nationalist Victory. Siege of the Montaña barracks. July 18, 1936 – July 20, 1936 [ 15 ] Rebels attempted to stage a coup in Madrid.
Ruiz, Julius (2015), The 'Red Terror' and the Spanish Civil War: Revolutionary Violence in Madrid, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1107682931 Ruiz, Julius Ruiz (2007), "Defending the Republic: The García Atadell Brigade in Madrid, 1936", Journal of Contemporary History , 42 (1): 97–115, doi : 10.1177/0022009407071625 , JSTOR ...
Background of the Spanish Civil War. The background of the Spanish Civil War dates back to the end of the 19th century, when the owners of large estates, called latifundios, held most of the power in a land-based oligarchy. The landowners' power was unsuccessfully challenged by the industrial and merchant sectors.
The Battle of Santander was fought in the War in the North campaign of the Spanish Civil War during the summer of 1937. Santander 's fall on 26 August assured the Nationalist conquest of the province of Santander, now Cantabria. The battle devastated the Republic's "Army of the North"; 60,000 soldiers were captured by the Nationalists.