The Negative Effects Of The Spanish Civil War

War always has its negative effects, some are seen right away, while others take more time to appear. Whatever the size of the war there are always those who are affected by the negativity that the war brings. Many men and women were negatively affected, both physically and emotionally, from their experiences fighting and helping in the Spanish Civil War. George Orwell gave his first-hand account, of his time spent fighting in the war in his book Homage to Catalonia. In his account Orwell tells how he was able to survive his many months fighting in the front lines of Spain, a bullet wound to the throat, and accidently joining an Anti-Stalin militia group (Orwell). The most obvious negative outcome from his time in Spain was the bullet wound …show more content…
In the early days of the revolution, before the efforts of all the political parties was fully organized women fought along side the men on the front lines. Many fought to end the social disparity between men and women as a way to prove that women could handle just as much as the men could. Once the war had been going on for some time, the women were once again sent back behind and left the men to handle the fighting. Although women were sent behind the scenes, with all the men gone fighting, they took many of the jobs that they would normally do. Some women would take the jobs of landlords of men that went off to war or fled the country entirely. They were also left to look after soldiers in the barracks, feeding the men and maintaining the makeshift barracks. Although women did not get their social status a boost, many Spaniard women were chaperoned through their daily duties, it did lead the way for a start in their rise of social status. Women were seen to make major contributions to the war by virtually running the country behind the front lines. Some women were even in charge of creating propaganda for the war, though many served their countries in the International Red Aid. They set up soup kitchens and refugee camps in republican areas. Though they had many contributions to that war the women in Spain were overlooked and underappreciated for what they had done to keep Spain …show more content…
The whole war ultimately took the lives of 500,000 people. All of these lives were taken and yet Franco, The Fascist leader still managed to win the war. Although Franco did win, it was not entirely his fault that Spain itself went on a downward spiral. The thought of having a fascist leader made many countries, especially in Europe wary of doing business with Spain. After World War II Spain itself was mostly isolated from other countries, Britain had opted for a socialist form of government, and France was leaning left. When the United Nations was first created Spain was first denied admission into this new supranational organization, due to the fact that many countries did not feel Spain would be a good fit for this organization in its current state. It was not until 1955 that Spain was able to call itself a member of the U.N. The tension between the European states and Spain rose so high, that in 1946 France stopped all connection with Spain, closing its borders and commerce with the country. This was a pretty significant blow as Spain was already weak economy wise and was suffering from the long-term effects of the war. It was not only European countries that wanted nothing to do with Spain, in 1947 Spain was rejected funds from the Marshall Plan, which was supplied to many European countries to help rebuild after World War II. Overall