Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War took place between 1936 and 1939 between the Republicans and Nationalists for control of the Spanish state, ending in a Nationalist victory. The Nationalists were composed of right-leaning capitalists, the church, the army, fascists, monarchists, landowners and much of the middle class. The Republicans were composed of much of the working class, peasantry, the navy, left-leaning liberals, socialists, communists and anarchists. The Republicans notably begin to splinter into their own civil war owing to disputes between the anarchists and pro-Stalin communists, one of many factors leading to a Nationalist victory. Between 150,000 and 2,000,000 people were killed in the war.

Notable Participants

Survivors

• Amparo Poch y Gascón
• Benigno Andrade
• Diego Abad de Santillán
• Emma Goldman
• George Orwell
• Joaquín Ascaso Budria
• Mercedes Comaposada
• Lucía Sánchez Saornil
• Patrick Read
• Sail Mohamed
• Sascha Schapiro
• Segundo Blanco

Killed

• Buenaventura Durruti
• Federico Borrell García
• Francisco Ascaso
• Isaac Puente
• Ramón Acín