The Spanish Civil War: A precursor of the war to come
A Romanticized Event How does the song express the grievances of the fighters? What is life like on the streets of Barcelona during the war?
General Miguel Primo de Rivera 1923 Alphonso XIII Change in Spanish Government 1923
Questions from Reading Who held power prior to 1930? Who were the “loyalists” once military uprisings began in 1936?
Republic of Spain 1931 (2 nd Republic) Manuel Azana
Factions Church Loyalists Radicals Militia Who were they? Why and how were they involved in The civil war? Socialist trade unions Civil guards
What was the Popular Front?
“October Revolution” 1934 Moving toward Revolution Rise of those who wish to fill the vacancy... Popular Front formed 1935
Propaganda Reached Beyond Spain
Military Insurrection Spanish Morocco July 1936
Sides of the Spanish Civil War Republicans Nationalists Loyalists Socialists/ Communists Popular Front Fascists Franco Germany Italy The Church Old Regime Hemingway Orwell British French Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Franco Leads the Nationalists
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Basque Region Catalonia
Film: Land and Freedom 43:57: Scene shows confusion of the war and the many objectives
Guernica: Pablo Picasso 1937
Propaganda on Both Sides…
Spanish Fascists: Anti-Communist & Anti-Radical
Why the Nationalists and Franco prevailed … - Perceived stability and familiarity with military rule - Divisions and factions on the Republican side v. Unifying values of Nationalists