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Spanish Civil War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 17, 1936 - March 28, 1939
Location Spain
Participants Nationalists

Did You Know?

  • Spain operates by the incorrect time zone today because Francisco Franco changed the time to align with Nazi Germany's in 1940.

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Spanish Civil War
Two Loyalist soldiers operate a mounted machine gun in a sandbagged trench during the Spanish Civil War in 1937.
Armored vehicle carrying Franco soldiers drives through Plaza Catalina in Barcelona as crowds line the street during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.
A large formation of uniformed soldiers marches in rows down a crowded street lined with onlookers in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, late 1930s.
International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
Italian soldiers operate an artillery gun behind protective shields on a barren landscape near Navalcarnero, outside Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War in October 1936.
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Key People

Francisco Franco in military uniform and cap, looking slightly to the side in an undated black and white portrait.
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Ibárruri
Dolores Ibárruri
Spanish political leader
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Francisco Largo Caballero
prime minister of Spain
Sperrle, Hugo
Hugo Sperrle
German military officer
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Juan Negrín López
prime minister of Spain
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Norman Bethune
Canadian surgeon and political activist

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