The Spanish Civil War — fought between the elected Republican government and Franco's Nationalist coalition — ran from?
The Nationalist military rising began on 17–18 July 1936 and the last Republican forces in Madrid surrendered on 1 April 1939. The war killed approximately 500,000 people, brought in foreign military participation on both sides (Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy for the Nationalists; the Soviet Union and the International Brigades for the Republicans), and gave Franco a personal dictatorship that lasted until his death in 1975. 1931–1936 was the Second Spanish Republic before the war.
Read the full facts →The Spanish Civil War was the armed conflict between the elected Republican government of Spain and the Nationalist military coalition under General Francisco Franco between July 1936 and April 1939. It killed approximately 500,000 people, ended in Franco's victory, and produced a 36-year nationalist dictatorship that lasted until Franco's death in 1975.
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