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The loyal zone and the Republican side
The kept control of the industrial centres -
The failure of the coup
More than half of the army’s officers joined the uprising, but others remained loyal to the Republic. -
July 1936
-July 17 the uprising starts in Morocco
-July 18 Francisco Franco arrives in Morocco to take the control of the troops.
-July 19 The uprising is defeated in Madrid and Barcelona
-The African troops are airlifted
-Objective Madrid
-Nationalist victory in Toledo
-The Battle for Madrid (November 1936)
-The Northern front ( From March to October 1937) -
1936 The Nationalist side
-At the beginning of the rebellion, a military council was in charge of the rising.
-In September 1936, rebel leaders appointed General Franco supreme commander of the Nationalist forces.
-On 18 November 1936, Germany and Italy recognised Franco’s government -
Republican 1936
- A social revolution ensued
- Francisco Largo unify the Republic and lead the disorganized army
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The failure of the Republican goverment
The Republican goverment gave weapons to workers -
The rebel zone and the Nationalist side
The called themselves the Nationalists and this zone remained in the hands of the army, which set un a military state -
Non intervention policy
Great Britain and France didn’t support the Republic to appease with Hitler. -
Support for the Nationalist
(1936-1939)Hitler brought in troops through Portugal and Spanish war gave Hitler the opportunity to test out men, tactics and weapons.
Mussolini sent more men’s -
Support for the Republic
The Soviet Union also ignored the non-intervention pact and was the main supplier of military aid to the Republic. -
September 1936-March 1937
Nationlists gain a decisive victory in Bizcaia and a Republican offense in Aragon to slow down the Nationalists -
Nationalists 1937
The Falange Carlistas and Renovación Española into one party Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista. -
Republican 1937
The Barcelona may days brought about the fall of largo caballero -
July 1937- November 1938
The Battle of Teruel (From December 1937 to February 1938
The Battle of the Ebro ( From July to November 1938) -
Republican 1938
In October 1938 these hopes vanished when the international brigades were dismissed as a consequence of Stalin friendship with Germany -
1939
Civil war within the Civil War a plot within the Republican Army causes the government in Valencia to fall.
The end of the war. The Nationalists start a general offensive occupying Madrid -
Nationalist 1939
In March 1939 Franco government was recognised by France and Britain.
