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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. [10]
By 1937, the rebels had captured much of Spain's coastline and had laid siege to Madrid. [4] [5] They also conquered the remaining areas in the north. This sector of the war is known as the War in the North. [6] [7] Throughout 1938 the rebels marched to the east of the country, capturing Aragon and Catalonia. This cut off the Republican ...
This civil war was fought in Hispania between Quintus Sertorius in coalition with native tribes and the regime of Sulla from 80 BC to 72 BC. It followed the two civil wars between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Gaius Marius in Italy. Sertorius had fought against Sulla in the first civil war.
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List of foreign ships wrecked or lost in the Spanish Civil War; List of Spanish Civil War films; List of Spanish Civil War flying aces; List of Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds recipients; List of tanks in the Spanish Civil War; List of war films and TV specials: Spanish Civil War; Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War; Spain during ...
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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.
Casado established a military junta, the National Defence Council at the time of the rebel Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War. The remaining Spanish Republican Navy ships (three cruisers, eight destroyers and one submarine) flee to Bizerte where they are interned. March 6 The Republican government goes into exile in France. March 7–11