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The Battle of Mérida saw the Republican militia twice fail to halt the Spanish Army of Africa near the historic town of Mérida early in the Spanish Civil War.. The Nationalists beat the Republicans from the city on 10 August 1936 and secured control the following day, allowing General Juan Yagüe to surround and capture neighbouring Badajoz in the Battle of Badajoz several days later.
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War: 1931–1939. Princeton U.P. ISBN 978-0691007571. Nuñez Seixas, Xose Manoel (15 September 2005). "Nations in arms against the invader". In Ealham, Chris; Richards, Michael (eds.). The Splintering of Spain: Cultural History and the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Cambridge University Press.
The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) was for Mexico a cautionary tale, the failure of a leftist regime after a military coup. Cárdenas was unable to overcome opposition to women's suffrage although he personally was committed to the cause.
Mexican Civil War may refer to: Reform War (1858–1861), a civil war between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, resisting the legitimacy of the government Mexican Revolution (1910–1920), a national revolution including armed struggles that transformed Mexican culture and government
1936 Revolution (1936) Civil War (1936–1939 ... Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla began a revolt against the Royalist Spanish in Mexico, which would initiate the ...
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 ]
Pedro Fernández Checa, usually known as Pedro Checa (1910 – 6 August 1942) was a Spanish Communist who played a leading role in the party during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). After the defeat of the Republic he was forced into exile in the Soviet Union and then Mexico, where he died.
The Battle of Guadalajara (March 8–23, 1937) saw the victory of the Spanish Republican Army (Ejército Popular Republicano, or EPR) and of the International Brigades over the Italian and Nationalist forces attempting to encircle Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.