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[[Image:Fin de la guerra.jpg|right|thumb|April 1, 1939, General Franco officially ended the war]]

[[Image:Fin de la guerra.jpg|right|thumb|April 1, 1939, General Franco officially ended the war]]

The '''Spanish Civil War''' was a conflict within [[Spain]], from 1936 to 1939, between the Republican forces, a [[left-wing]] coalition including [[Communists]], [[Socialists]] and  [[Anarchists]], and the Nationalist forces under [[Francisco Franco|General Francisco Franco]] comprising Monarchists, traditionalists, [[fascism|Fascists]] and Catholics who opposed the Republicans.

The '''Spanish Civil War''' was a conflict within [[Spain]], from 1936 to 1939, between the Republican forces of the democratically elected Popular Front, a [[left-wing]] coalition including [[Communists]], [[Socialists]] and  [[Anarchists]], and the rebel Nationalist forces under [[Francisco Franco|General Francisco Franco]] comprising Monarchists, traditionalists, [[fascism|Fascists]] and Catholics who opposed the Republicans.

The Nationalists were eventually victorious after a number of bloody battles and executed over a hundred thousand of their opponents shortly afterwards.

The Nationalists were eventually victorious after a number of bloody battles and executed over a hundred thousand of their opponents shortly afterwards.