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1 The Spanish Civil War: A precursor of the war to come

2 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?

3 General Miguel Primo de Rivera 1923 Alphonso XIII 1886-1931 Change in Spanish Government 1923

4 Questions from Reading Who held power prior to 1930? Who were the “loyalists” once military uprisings began in 1936?

5 Republic of Spain 1931 (2 nd Republic) Manuel Azana

6 Factions Church Loyalists Radicals Militia Who were they? Why and how were they involved in The civil war? Socialist trade unions Civil guards

7 What was the Popular Front?

8 “October Revolution” 1934 Moving toward Revolution Rise of those who wish to fill the vacancy... Popular Front formed 1935

9 Propaganda Reached Beyond Spain

10 Military Insurrection Spanish Morocco July 1936

11 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

12 Franco Leads the Nationalists

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14 Abraham Lincoln Brigade

15 Basque Region Catalonia

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17 Film: Land and Freedom 43:57: Scene shows confusion of the war and the many objectives

18 Guernica: Pablo Picasso 1937

19 Propaganda on Both Sides…

20 Spanish Fascists: Anti-Communist & Anti-Radical

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22 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


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