Author: Alejandro de Quesada
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (1): Nationalist Forces
Osprey Publishing
Osprey Men-at-Arms 495
ISBN: 1782007822
2014
Format: PDF (e-book)
Pages: 50
Size: 3 Mb
Language: English
The Spanish Civil War, 1936–39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and aided by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy), and the Republican army of the government (left-wing, and aided by the Communist Soviet Union and many volunteers from liberal democracies). Three years of widespread campaigns involved the most modern weapons available.
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