Hi all,
We’re back with the first episode in our brand new series on the Spanish Civil War.
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1931 Spanish Constitution. Source: Public domain, Sucesores de Rivadeneyra (S. A.). Paseo de San Vicente 20. MADRID, available here.
The Spanish Civil War is surely one of the most important civil wars of all time. It was a war that had ideological, social, class, religious, regional, and economic divides. It was a bloody war that saw brutal repression. And it was a war that had a major international element - it involved battles between democracy and dictatorship, Fascism and Communism, Germany and the USSR.
In short, the war was not only a battle for Spain’s soul, but a battle for Europe’s and the world’s soul. And I haven’t even mentioned how important it was for World War 2..
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See you next time,
George Levrier-Jones
PS - you can read our book on the Spanish Civil War here.
