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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 ...
A popular revolt against an increase in bread prices was repressed by the Spanish Army and the Guardia Civil, causing 9 deaths. [ 37 ][ 27 ] Sofán massacre. 16 February 1919. Parish of Sofán, Carballo (Galicia) 4 [ 26 ][ 30 ][ 27 ] Guardia Civil. 4 peasant women were killed by the Guardia Civil.
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 ...
NKVD General Pavel Sudoplatov, an ethnic Ukrainian who was later the main handler for his Spanish Civil War colleagues Nahum Eitingon and Ramón Mercader's during the assassination of Leon Trotsky, later recalled, "From 1936 to 1939 there were two life-and-death struggles in Spain, both of them civil wars. One pitted nationalist forces let by ...
Eugenio Sanz-Orozco Mortera (Jose Maria of Manila) was born on 5 September 1880 in Manila, Philippines. He was a Franciscan Capuchin priest. He died a martyr on 17 August 1936, in Madrid, Spain, during the Spanish civil war. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast on 6 November.
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.
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.