Can Someone tell me about Spain's Civil War?

Question

I'm working on a project about Spain, and I can't find an answer that I could work with to write a paper on... Any websites...answers...please help... :D

Answer 1

The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which the Francoists or Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco, defeated the Republicans or Loyalists of the Second Spanish Republic.

Republicans received weapons and volunteers from the Soviet Union, Mexico, the international Socialist movement, and the International Brigades, while the Francoists received weapons and soldiers from Italy and Germany, logistical support from Portugal, and support from various Fascist organisations such as The Blueshirts and Croix de Feu. The Republicans ranged from centrists who supported a moderately capitalist liberal democracy to revolutionary anarchists and socialists; their power base was primarily secular and urban, but also included landless peasants, and it was particularly strong in industrial regions like Asturias and Catalonia

The conservative, strongly Catholic Basque Country, along with Catalonia and Galicia, sought independence from the central government of Madrid. This option was left open by the Republican government.


Violent attacks by groups of radical leftists on clergy, laity, and property of the Roman Catholic Church led the Nationalist side to call the Spanish Civil War a modern-day Crusade.The Nationalists on the contrary opposed these separatist movements. The Francoists (Nationalists) had a generally wealthier, more conservative base of Catholic, monarchist, centralist, landowning and fascist interests, and they favoured the centralization of state power. Most Roman Catholic clergy supported the Nationalists.

Atrocities were committed on both sides during the war. Some, including the use of terror tactics against civilians, foreshadowed World War II, as did some of the military tactics. Also carried out were murders of pro-Republican people,

While the war lasted only about three years, the political situation had already been violent for several years before. The number of casualties is disputed; estimates generally suggest that between 500,000 and 1 million people were killed. The Republicans also attacked nobility, former landowners, rich farmers and industrialists.

During and after the war, the Nationalists carried out a program of mass-killing of opponents and unwanted individuals.

Answer 2

Try this sites:
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Spanish-Civil-War.htm and more at : www.sispain.org/english/history/civil.html