Spanish Civil War

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civil war war

The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) was a brutal conflict between Republican and Nationalist forces in Spain that became a testing ground for foreign powers and a prelude to World War II.

Aliases (6)

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) ×1
Spanish Civil War (limited/late service) ×1
Spanish Civil War era ×1
Spanish Civil War military operations ×1
Spanish coup of July 1936 ×1
White Terror in Spain ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war → war →
belligerent	Nationalist Spain → Nationalist faction → Republican faction → Spanish Republic →
commanderForces	Dolores Ibárruri → Emilio Mola → Francisco Franco → José Sanjurjo → Manuel Azaña →
country	Spain →
culturalImpact	depicted in Pablo Picasso's painting "Guernica" → inspiration for George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" → subject of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" →
deathTollEstimate	500000 →
endDate	1939-04-01 →
followedBy	Francoist Spain →
foreignSupportFor	Nationalist faction → Republican faction →
hasCause	military coup against the Second Spanish Republic → political polarization in Spain → social inequality in Spain →
ideology	anarchism → communism → fascism → monarchism → republicanism → socialism →
leader	Francisco Franco →
location	Andalusia → Aragon → Barcelona → Basque Country → Guernica → Madrid →
notableBattle	Battle of Guadalajara → Battle of Jarama → Battle of the Ebro → Bombing of Guernica → Siege of Madrid →
notableUnit	Condor Legion → International Brigades →
partOf	interwar period →
precededBy	Second Spanish Republic →
result	Nationalist victory → establishment of Francoist dictatorship → overthrow of the Second Spanish Republic →
sideSupportedBy	International Brigades → Kingdom of Italy → Mexico → Nazi Germany → Portugal → Soviet Union →
significance	major ideological conflict between fascism and anti-fascism → prelude to World War II → testing ground for new military tactics →
startDate	1936-07-17 →
temporalRelation	immediately preceded World War II in Europe →

Referenced by (166)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
André Malraux → Aragon Offensive → Aviazione Legionaria → Battle of Belchite → Battle of Brunete → Battle of Guadalajara → Battle of Jarama → Battle of the Ebro → Battle of the University City → Bombing of Guernica → British Battalion → Catalonia Offensive → Central front of the Spanish Civil War → Condor Legion → Corpo Truppe Volontarie → Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units → Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War → Emilio Mola → Enrique Jurado Barrio → Enrique Líster → Ernest Hemingway → Flechas Azules Division → Flechas Negras Division → Francisco Franco → Garibaldi Battalion → Guernica → International Brigades → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) → José Enrique Varela → José Miaja → Juan Negrín → Legión Española → Lewis Clive → Littorio Division → Luftwaffe → Luis Orgaz Yoldi → Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion → Mario Roatta → Nationalist command in the Spanish Civil War → Nationalist faction (Spain) → Nationalist forces → Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → Pavel Batov → People's Republican Army → Province of Guadalajara → Regia Aeronautica → Regulares → Regulares (Moroccan troops) → Republican Army of the Centre → Republican forces → Rodion Malinovsky → Siege of Madrid → Spanish Foreign Legion → Spanish Republican Air Force → Vicente Rojo Lluch → Vittorio Mussolini → Werner Mölders → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma →	conflict
Adolf Galland → Bruno Mussolini → Carlists → Communist Party of Spain → Dolores Ibárruri → Enrique Jurado Barrio → Fascist Italy → Italian Blackshirt divisions → János Gálicz → Luigi Frusci → Luigi Longo → Mario Roatta → Norman Bethune → Norman Bethune → Spanish Navy → Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen →	participatedIn
88 mm Flak gun → Bf → Breguet 19 → Carcano rifle → Fiat CR.32 → Fiat G.50 Freccia → Heinkel He 111 → Junkers Ju 52 → Karabiner 98k → Messerschmitt Bf 109 → Mosin–Nagant rifle → Panzer I → Potez 25 → Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero → Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello →	usedInConflict
Benito Mussolini → Benito Mussolini → Emilio Mola → Emilio Mola ("Spanish coup of July 1936") → Eoin O'Duffy → Ernő Gerő → Ferenc Münnich → Francisco Largo Caballero → Hugo Sperrle → John Dos Passos → José Enrique Varela → José Sanjurjo → Pietro Nenni → Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri →	participantIn
Battle of Belchite → Battle of Brunete → Battle of Guadalajara → Battle of Jarama → Battle of the Ebro → Central front of the Spanish Civil War → Eastern Front of the Spanish Civil War → Nationalist forces → Siege of Madrid →	partOf
El único camino → España: poema en cuatro angustias y una esperanza → Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) →	mainSubject
Francisco Franco → Indalecio Prieto → Luis Orgaz Yoldi →	notableEvent
La Pasionaria → Ramón Mercader →	activeIn
Robert Jordan → reported by journalist George Steer →	conflictContext
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) → The Weeping Woman →	inspiredBy
For Whom the Bell Tolls → The Devil’s Backbone →	setInPeriod
Pilar → The Devil’s Backbone →	setting
Casa de Campo → Spanish Army →	significantEvent
Spanish Republicans →	activeInPeriod
José Miaja ("Spanish Civil War military operations") →	areaOfActivity
Valle de los Caídos →	associatedWith
María →	associatedWithEvent
Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand →	awardedDuring
Martha Gellhorn →	coveredConflict
Alcázar of Toledo →	damagedDuring
Second Spanish Republic →	event
Peace Museum of Gernika →	focusesOnPeriod
Asturian miners' strike of 1934 →	followedBy
Spanish Republicans →	foughtIn
Interwar period →	hasPart
Peace Museum of Gernika →	hasSubject
España: poema en cuatro angustias y una esperanza →	historicalContext
Kingdom of Spain →	historicalEvent
Spanish monarchy →	keyEvent
Interwar period →	mainConflict
Iberian Peninsula →	majorHistoricalEvent
¡No pasarán! →	notableUseInConflict
Nationalist forces ("White Terror in Spain") →	perpetrated
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) →	politicalContext
Basque Statute of Autonomy (1936) →	ratifiedDuring
Josep Lluís Sert →	reasonForExile
coat of arms of the Second Spanish Republic →	relatedTo
Manuel Azaña →	roleIn
Santi ("Spanish Civil War era") →	settingOfAppearance
Aragon →	significantConflict
Alcázar of Toledo →	significantPeriod
Second Spanish Republic →	startOfWar
María ("Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)") →	timePeriod
El único camino →	timePeriodCovered
Generalísimo →	usedInHistoricalContext
Fiat BR.20 Cicogna ("Spanish Civil War (limited/late service)") →	usedInTheater
Morata de Tajuña →	war
Jarama River →	wasBattleSiteIn
Francisco Largo Caballero →	wasPrimeMinisterDuring