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description:  Spanish Civil War * * *Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited  Free BONUS Inside!* * * Read On Your Computer MAC Smartphone Kindle Reader iPad or Tablet. The Spanish Civil War is sometimes seen as merely a precursor to World War II and its easy to understand why. The troops of the extreme right fought against those of the extreme left and the soldiers and military hardware of Germany Italy and Russia faced off on Spanish battlefields many years before they fought each other on the Russian steppes. For the first time the world would see bombings of civilians to create terror. There were secret police forces on both sides and large numbers of arbitrary executions and the use of imprisonment without trial and torture as a means of establishing state power became almost routine. But the Spanish Civil War was much more than just an overture to World War II. It was a war born out of schisms in Spanish society between rich and poor monarchists and Republicans the right and the left and between those who supported the church and those who saw it as an instrument of oppression. For all its brutality and horror the Spanish Civil War was a conflict between ideals often fought by volunteers on each side who truly believed that they were helping to build a better world. Inside you will read about...  Taking Positions  Outside Intervention  The Terror  Nationalists Triumphant in the North  The Republicans Fight Back  The End of the War And much more! This book provides an overview of the causes which led to the war the significance of outside intervention and the main events which took place between July 1936 and April 1939. This is not an exhaustive history of the war but its rather a succinct introduction for anyone interested in an overview of this confusing but important European war.
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title: Spanish Civil War: A History From Beginning to End
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