Spanish Civil War
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General Francisco Franco was appointed supreme leader of the Nationalists on 1 October 1936.[2] On 5 March 1939, Colonel Segismundo Casado led a military coup against the Republican government, intending to seek peace with the Nationalists.[3] A group of generals attempted a coup d'état in July 1936 against the Popular Front government; its partial failure initiated the war.[4] By 1938 and into 1939, the capture of much of Catalonia and the isolation of Madrid from Barcelona left the Republican forces in a hopeless military situation.[3]
On 1 April 1939, Franco entered Madrid and proclaimed victory.[3]
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The air bridge began on 20 July 1936, with flights of three Fokker F-VII military aircraft between the airfields of Sania Ramel and Tablada.[5] In seventeen days, eight shock battalions were transferred from Africa to the Peninsula, six by air and two by ship.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Spanish Civil War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Graham, "The Popular Front in Europe", Palgrave Macmillan, 1987, p. 106–130 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Spanish Civil War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Juliá, "Un siglo de España. Política y sociedad", Marcial Pons, 1999 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Spanish Civil War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Refugees and the Spanish Civil War", History Today, 21 December 2016; Payne 1973, p. 200–203 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Spanish Civil War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Beevor 2006, p. 43; Preston 2006, p. 84; Payne 1973, p. 200–203 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Permuy, "El puente aéreo del Estrecho", La Razon, 2011. facts only, no text reused. larazon.es
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- Wikipedia: Spanish Civil War (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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