The Civil-war ended in 1939, the Republican defense broken by infighting, and suffering from a lack of arms due to half-hearted Russian support, with the professional soldiers, especially Arab troops, of Franco playing a decisive role in the defeat of the republic. However, the struggle is remembered as the time when democrats from all over the world joined together to fight against the undemocratic Nationalists, losing the battle but preparing the world for the Second World War. | The Civil-war ended in 1939, the Republican defense broken by infighting, and suffering from a lack of arms due to half-hearted Russian support, with the professional soldiers, especially Arab troops, of Franco playing a decisive role in the defeat of the republic. However, the struggle is remembered as the time when democrats from all over the world joined together to fight against the undemocratic Nationalists, losing the battle but preparing the world for the Second World War. |