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The '''Spanish Civil War''' was a conflict within [[Spain]] between 1936 and 1939 between the Republican forces, a [[left-wing]] coalition including communists and socialists, and the [[fascism|fascist]] Nationalist forces under [[Francisco Franco|General Franco]] comprising generally wealthy [[Monarchy|Monarchists]] and [[Catholicism|Catholics]] who opposed the separatist Republicans.
The '''Spanish Civil War''' was a conflict within [[Spain]] between 1936 and 1939 between the Republican forces, a [[left-wing]] coalition including communists and socialists, and the [[fascism|fascist]] Nationalist forces under [[Francisco Franco|General Francisco Franco]] comprising generally wealthy [[Monarchy|Monarchists]] and [[Catholicism|Catholics]] who opposed the separatist Republicans.
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 Nationalist 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.
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== Atrocities ==
Atrocities were committed on both sides during the war. At the begining, over 50,000 people who were caught on the "wrong" side of the lines were assassinated or summarily executed. The whole town of Guernica was bombed by German and Italian planes on April 26, 1937, resulted in widespread destruction and civilian death; The attacks destroyed the majority of Guernica.
== Spanish War children ==
Spanish War children were evacuatied to Britain, Belgium, the Soviet Union, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries. Many of them never came back.
[[Category:Wars]]
[[Category:Wars]]