1. Aim: How was the Spanish Civil War a dress rehearsal for WWII?
Do Now: How did Hitler create a new Germany?

2. The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939)
1920s – Spain is still a Monarchy
1931 – Monarchy overthrown, republic set up
passed controversial reforms

3. The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939
Nationalists
The
Loyalists
Nationalists
1. led by Francisco
Franco
2. supported by
Fascists,
Mussolini, Hitler
3. against new
republic
Loyalists
1. supported by
communists,
socialists, supporters
of democracy
2. supported new
republic

4. Francisco Franco

5. The Spanish Civil War

6. Italian troops in Madrid
One million lives lost – atrocities committed on both sides
Italian troops in Madrid

7. Guernica (1937) - Germany attacks
Spanish market killing 1600 innocent people
German “experiment” to see what
their planes were capable of doing!

8. “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

9. 1939 – Franco and the Nationalists are victorious
Set up a fascist dictatorship

10. Summary Questions
What are the differences between communism and fascism?
What are the similarities?
Why do you think the nationalists won in Spain?
How was the Spanish Civil War a dress rehearsal for WWII?