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The Spanish Civil War was a conflict within Spain between 1936 and 1939 between the Republican forces - (which were nothing like American republicans) - a left-wing coalition including communists, socialists, democrats and liberals, and the fascist Nationalist forces under General Franco.
Volunteers from many nations joined the fighting on both sides, including George Orwell and Laurie Lee. and military contingents sent by Soviet Union fought with the Republicans, while Germany and Italy provided forces on the Nationist side.
Ernest Hemingway served as a war correspondent during the war.
The Nationalists were eventually victorious, and executed over a hundred thousand of their opponents shortly afterwards.