Spanish Civil War
The war started in
July 17th, 1936 when the right wing of Spain made a first attempt to make a
coup d’etat, but it failed. The war consisted in the fight between the dominant
groups of Spain during the restauration and the workers and bourgois, the first
ones mentioned believed that a revolution was comming and after the elections
they opted to do the coup d’etat.
Mexico and URSS
provided the republic with guns and militar asesory through the Communist party
and international brigades of people who wanted to fight against the fascism. In the other hand, the kingdom of Italy, the Nazi
Germany and the republic of Portugal supported Francisco Franco with guns
and the Condor Legion in eschange of minerals and other products. Italy
sent the Corpo Truppe. UK, USA and France were really prudent and didn't get involve.
This way both sides
were becoming bigger and stronger until May 5th, 1937 in Barcelona, when the anarquists lost this
encounter and it caused the rupture of the governement. After that day, another government was formed but it couldn’t stand the progress of
Franco’s troops, so Juan Nergín formulated a treat called "Thirteen Point Program", which wanted to
end the war by stablishing the republic again.
Finally, the lack
of food and supplies and the recognition from France and Great Britain to
Hitler’s Sudetes caused discouragement to the republicans who finally lost
Cataluña in 1939 and ended with the recognition of Franco’s government in
Spain.
