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