The Civil-war ended in 1939, the Republican defence broken by infighting, and suffering from a lack of arms due to half-hearted Russian support, with the profesional 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 un-democratic Nationalists, losing the battle but preparing the world for the Second World War. | The Civil-war ended in 1939, the Republican defence broken by infighting, and suffering from a lack of arms due to half-hearted Russian support, with the profesional 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 un-democratic Nationalists, losing the battle but preparing the world for the Second World War. |