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Spanish Civil War

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Which nation was responsible for Spain diminishing empire
USA
Three things caused by opposition to the government
Liberalism
Constitutional rights
First republic
King starting a disastrous war in the 1920s
Alphonso XIII
Who was this war against
Morocco
Who did this lose the support of
Military
In which year did he abdicate
1931
Who took over from him
Niceto Alcala-Zamora
What was Spain declared as
Second Republic
What did his government promise
Trade unions
Land reform
Secularization
Women's liberation
Which two regions were going to be given autonomy
Basque country
Catalonia
Political views that were unhappy with this
Right wing
Left wing
Economic event causing more turmoil
Great Depression
Anarchist group set up in protest
Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo
What did they organize
Strikes
Rallies
Year that they refused to vote
1933
Right wing Catholic conservative party (abbreviation)
CEDA
Leader of this, winning majority of seats
Gil-Robles
Who began to be purged from the military and cabinet
Leftists
Year of anarchist and communist rebellion
1934
Region where they rebelled
Asturias
General sent in to command crush the revolution
Francisco Franco
Which army was he under the control of
Army of Africa
Seperate ideological beliefs that the brutal putdown of this unified
Anarchists
Communists
Socialists
Liberals
What party did this unified group form
Popular Front
What did the right believe were spreading Communism
Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy
Fascist party that was formed
Falange
Who was this led by
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Year of the general election
1936
President put in power by leftist victory
Manual Azana
The leader of the fascist party was ...
Arrested
Date where a fascist party gunman shot a police officer in Madrid
12 July 1936
Monarchist that was kidnapped and killed by police in retaliation
Jose Calvo Sotelo
What began in Morocco
Military coup
Generals rose up in every Spanish ...
City
Name of the right (and military)
Nationalists
Who first coined this term after a state visit in 1936
Joseph Goebbels
What did they sometimes like to refer to themselves as
Crusaders
Name of the left (and government)
Republicans
Cities taken by those rebelling
Seville
Castile
Leon
Cities held onto by the government
Valencia
Barcelona
Madrid
Hint
Answer
The Nationalists ... anyone suspect of dissent
Murdered
And the Republicans imposed their own ...
Revolution
Only thing keeping the communists and anarchists together
Hatred of Nationalists
Nationalist leader
Jose Sanjurjo
How did he die
Plane crash
What was then established to take command
Junta
Who was in charge of this
Miguel Cabanellas
Via whose transports did the Army of Africa get to Spain
Italy
Germany
Leaders of these countries at the time
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Which nation also supported the Nationalists to some extent
Portugal
Battle in August, Republicans crushed and Nationalists territories connected
Battle of Merida
Franco was promoted and given what title
Commander-in-Chief
Siege where Franco rescued his allies
Siege of Alcazar
New title given to him
Caudillo
English translation of this
Unquestionable military head
Unlike the Nationalists, the Republicans lacked ... , creating a communist cabinet
Unity
Month where Madrid came under siege and the government fled to Valencia
November
Who was then drawn to supporting the Republicans
Soviet Union
Two nations signing a non-intervention pact to avoid a proxy war
Britain
France
Nazi offensive tactics devastatingly tried out in the Basque country
Blitzkrieg
Year of this offensive
1937
Every 10 metres gained by the Republicans during counterattacks costed ...
10 gallons of blood
Franco ... Republican territory into two
Split
Unsuccessful battle seeing a counterattack by the Republicans
Battle of Tereul
What began in the start of 1939
Invasion of Catalonia
Barcelona was the anarchist's ...
Homeland
Date of Barcelona's fall
26 January 1939
Communist thrown out by anarchist leader
Juan Negrin
Anarchist leader who threw him out and began peace negotiations
Segismundo Casado
However, Franco demanded ...
Unconditional surrender
Date of Madrid's fall
26 March 1939
Date where victory was declared
1 April 1939
How many people died in the war
500,000
After the war, Republicans were ...
Massacred
Franco became an ...
Absolute dictator
He would ... Nationalist factions if they didn't comply
Purge
Two things held as the most important during his rule
Religion
Tradition
Franco ... the economy at the expense of the worker
Rebuilt
Year of the introduction of the monarchy, Franco becoming regent for life
1947
Who did he select as his heir in 1969
Juan Carlos de Bourbon
Year of Franco's death and the new king's ascension
1975
New King's official title
Juan Carlos I
He ... Spain
Reformed
Democracy was ... and the country was modernised
Revived
What can still break out today in Spain between the right and left
Violence
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