Nationalist faction (Spain)

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The Nationalist faction in Spain was the coalition of conservative, monarchist, fascist, and military forces led by General Francisco Franco that fought against the Republican government and ultimately established a dictatorship after the Spanish Civil War.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent in the Spanish Civil War
political and military coalition
alsoKnownAs Nationalists
rebels
sublevados
capitalControlled Burgos NERFINISHED
Salamanca
Seville NERFINISHED
Valladolid NERFINISHED
Zaragoza
eventually Madrid
commander Emilio Mola
Francisco Franco
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
José Sanjurjo
Juan Yagüe
Miguel Cabanellas NERFINISHED
conflict Spanish Civil War
consequence establishment of Francoist dictatorship
country Spain
endTime 1939
flag red-yellow-red bicolor with Saint John’s eagle (later Francoist symbols)
goal establish an authoritarian regime
overthrow the Second Spanish Republic
hasPart Carlist militias
Falange Española de las JONS
Requetés
Spanish Army of Africa
Spanish Foreign Legion
conservative Catholics
monarchist officers
headOfStateAfterVictory Francisco Franco
ideology authoritarianism
clericalism
conservatism
fascism
monarchism
nationalism
leader Francisco Franco
mergedOrganizations Falange Española de las JONS and Carlist Traditionalist Communion into FET y de las JONS
notableEvent Battle of the Ebro
Bombing of Guernica
Siege of Madrid
opposedTo Republican faction (Spain)
originatedFrom military coup of July 1936
politicalSuccessor Francoist Spain
result victory in the Spanish Civil War
startTime 1936
supportedBy Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany
Portugal under António de Oliveira Salazar
Roman Catholic Church hierarchy in Spain

Referenced by (16)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Aragon Offensive
Battle of the University City
Catalonia Offensive
belligerent
Flechas Azules Division
Flechas Negras Division
allegiance
Emilio Mola ("Spanish Nationalist faction")
José Sanjurjo ("Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)")
movement
International Brigades ("Spanish Nationalists")
People's Republican Army ("Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)")
opposedTo
Emilio Mola ("Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War")
alliedWith
Siege of Madrid
hasParticipant
Spanish Republican Air Force
opponent
Second Spanish Republic
opponentInWar
Spanish Republicans ("Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War")
opposed
Aragon Offensive
sideGainingTerritory
Bombing of Guernica ("Spanish Nationalists")
supportedSide

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