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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Civil War canonical	397
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)	4
Guerra Civil Española	1
Spanish Civil War (Nationalist side)	1
Spanish Civil War (early phase, loyalist elements)	1
Spanish Civil War (limited/late service)	1
Spanish Civil War (via export aircraft)	1
Spanish Civil War era	1
Spanish Civil War military operations	1
Spanish Civil War religious persecution	1
Spanish coup of July 1936	1
White Terror in Spain	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war ⓘ war ⓘ
belligerent	Francoist Spain ⓘ surface form: Nationalist Spain Nationalist faction ⓘ Republican faction ⓘ Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: 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 (411)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luftwaffe → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Benito Mussolini → participantIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Regia Aeronautica → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Messerschmitt Bf 109 → usedInConflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Interwar period → hasPart → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Interwar period → mainConflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Heinkel He 111 → usedInConflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Norman Bethune → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Spanish Army → significantEvent → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Iberian Peninsula → majorHistoricalEvent → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Spanish Navy → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Ernest Hemingway → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

For Whom the Bell Tolls → setInPeriod → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Fascist Italy → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Guadalajara → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Guadalajara → partOf → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

The Devil’s Backbone → setInPeriod → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Dolores Ibárruri → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Condor Legion → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → partOf → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Second Spanish Republic → event → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Second Spanish Republic → startOfWar → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Benito → participantIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Benito Mussolini

Bruno Mussolini → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

International Brigades → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Siege of Madrid → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Siege of Madrid → partOf → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Guernica → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of the Ebro → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Battle of the Ebro → partOf → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Bombing of Guernica → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Vittorio Mussolini → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Francisco Franco → notableEvent → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Francisco Franco → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Hugo Sperrle → participantIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Adolf Galland → participatedIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Werner Mölders → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Emilio Mola → participantIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish coup of July 1936

Emilio Mola → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

José Sanjurjo → participantIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Manuel Azaña → roleIn → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello → usedInConflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Fiat G.50 Freccia → usedInConflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero → usedInConflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ

André Malraux → conflict → Spanish Civil War ⓘ