Spanish Civil War

the causes of the war
1. the reforms
  1. religion
    1. seperated from the state
      1. lost their power
    2. was taken out of education
    3. Civil marriages and divorces made legal
  2. agrarian
    1. there was even distribution
      1. land was given to pesants
  3. military
    1. reduction in the number of officers
      1. people lost their status
  4. regional
    1. Basque country and Catalonia were given their own independence
2. election of the popular front - the republicans won
  1. nationalists arranged an uprising
events of the war
1. Guernica
2. Toledo
3. Madrid
Who was Franco
1. dictator of spain
2. leas the nationalists to victory
3. he was called "el caudillo"
4. friends with hitler and musolini
International Support
1. republican
  1. russia
    1. gave them weapons
      1. wasn't that useful as they were old fashioned
        it cost them all their gold
      2. let children be sent there so they were safe from the war
        they never came back
  2. international brigade
    1. between 32,000 - 35,000 volunteers from around the wold
      1. no more that 20,000 at any one time
2. nationalists
  1. germany
    1. condor legion
    2. new equipment like planes
  2. italy
    1. 50,000 troups
Why did the Nationalist win?
1. better military organisation
2. technical superiority
3. political unity
  1. under 1 leader
4. international support
  1. germany
  2. italy
5. economic position
  1. support from the church

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