Spanish Civil War

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Spanish Civil War (OTL) Beginning: 1936 End: 1939 Place: Spain Outcome: Nationalist victory; dissolution of the Second Spanish Republic and formation of the Spanish State Combatants Republic of Spain Supported by: Soviet Union Mexico Various International Brigades Nationalists of Spain Supported by: Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Portugal Commanders Manuel Azaña Díaz Julián Besteiro Fernández Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín y López Indalecio Prieto Tuero Joseph Stalin Ernest Hemingway George Orwell Francisco Franco Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra Emilio Mola y Vidal José Sanjurjo Juan Yagüe y Blanco Manuel Goded Llopis António de Oliveira Salazar Eoin O'Duffy Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini

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The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of the Second Spanish Republic. The Civil War devastated Spain from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, ending with the victory of the rebels and the founding of a dictatorship led by the Nationalist General Francisco Franco.

The participation of the Soviet Union, Germany and Italy in providing arms and personnel made the Spanish Civil War a proxy war between two sides that would later clash during World War II.

Note:The above applies to OTL and all Harry Turtledove timelines with a Point of Divergence set after 1939. For different versions of the Spanish Civil War, see below.

[edit] Spanish Civil War in The War That Came Early

Spanish Civil War (Southern Victory) Beginning: 1936 End: 1939 Place: Spain Outcome: Fall of the Spanish Monarchy Combatants Monarchists of Spain, supported by Germany Nationalists of Spain, supported by France and Britain Commanders
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The Spanish Civil War that had begun in July 1936 was still being waged with ferocious intensity two years later when a general European war broke out over the Sudetenland crisis. As a result of the new great war, Britain and France opened up the supply lines to the Spanish Republicans, and the armies facing José Sanjuro's men began receiving better weapons.

[edit] Spanish Civil War in Southern Victory

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was an internal conflict in Spain between Monarchists and Nationalists that came to take on international importance. Germany supported the Monarchists, France and Britain the Nationalists, Britain in particular sending volunteer troops in the form of the Unicorn Legion, so the conflict was seen as something of a contest between the Great War victor and the revanchist governments of the nations it had defeated. Surprisingly, the Entente-backed Nationalists won, suggesting a shift in the balance of power in Europe.