Basque Country is region situated at the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains between Spain and France and on the cost of the Bay of Biscay. The term Basque Country originated from the territories inhabited by the Basque people or Euskal Herria. The Basques are an ancient people who occupied the land of this region for thousands of years. Basque country is divided into two territories, north and south. The Northern territory is located in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques Department of France, commonly referred to as Pays Basque. The territory covered the Arrondissement of Bayonne, the cantons of Mauleon-Licharre, Tardets-Sorcholus and the disputed village of Esquille. The Southern territory is located in Spain and measured approximately 8,000 square…
commonly cause was the two major parties. After the American Civil war slavery was abolished by the 13th amendment. They started to grant citizenship to African Americans with the 14th Amendment. As well as gave them the right to vote with the 15th amendment and created more unity within the nation. The army of the American Civil War was organized by six divisions of the army. These were army corps division brigade regiment and company. The American Civil War main leader was Abraham Lincoln…
Citizens from the Basque and Catalan regions in particular see themselves as inherently different than the rest of the population, with linguistic differences serving as the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Each region, potentially, could change their electoral systems, enact legislation, or even completely alter the political landscape of their province, depending on perceived political authority within Spain. Countries seen as having more political pull enjoy an increased power to assert…
They contributed with land and air force. Germany was involved in the bombing of Guernica that was an aerial attack in Basque Country which caused a huge destruction and civilian deaths. They also trained Spanish Nationalist soldiers. Hitler and Mussolini pressured Francisco Franco to gain Madrid. He used 30,000 Italians and 20,000 soldiers; they took Guadalajara and then moved to Madrid. The capture of Madrid marked the end of the war. On April 1st 1939, Franco declared the end of the war.…
Those experiences have influence the citizens on how the political system should be. Spain's political culture consists more of an overlap of different regional political culture then of a one main one. There are 17 autonomous regions and 17 regions either form a nice geographical border are have an uneven size and pattern. Holding these disparate parts together is difficult given the historic penchant of Spaniards to identify themselves first with their village (pueblo) and then with their…
Francisco Franco played a very large part in Spain’s military and government history. From his early years, Franco was involved in the military and climbed the ladder to eventually be general and dictator of Spain. At the highest point in his career, Franco lead the Nationalists rebellion against the government which eventually resulted in his position as dictator of Spain. Eventually adopting the name of “El Caudillo”, Francisco Franco would lead Spain into what is now a democracy. Francisco…
In February of 1936 the Democratic parties had won the new elections and the Second Republic was eradicated from power. Unfortunately, even the left-wing government could not stop the graduating descent of Spain’s social and economic structure, and the country was in a state of total anarchy. Franco felt as though the nation was in a state of emergency, and the government claimed that he was speaking out of turn, rejected his request to seek aid, stripped him of his position, and was banished to…
of Spain were extremely poor, so they were drawn to communism. Those who followed communist ideals wanted to eliminate the influence of the catholic church. In the 1930’s Spain was divided ideologically and socially. Many regions in Spain like the Catalans and Basques wanted more liberties or even complete freedom all together. Because all of these tensions existed…
establishment of a Bolshevik State touching both France and North Africa. The Nazis also intended to use the Iberian Peninsula as a testing ground for the personnel and weapons that would see action in the Second World War. Mussolini was equally swift to intervene with naval vessels and aircraft arriving in Spain in August 1936. Stalin, conversely, initially adhered to a to an agreement of non-intervention, though he covertly became the sole supplier of weapons to the Popular Front…
On Friday, October 15th, Prime Minister Rajoy made televised remarks towards independence-seekers in Catalonia, in which he said that the separatists are “making a mistake” and are forcing the Spanish government to “go where we don’t want to go”. This seemingly refers to Article 155 of Spanish Constitution, which has never before been used ("What Is Article 155 Of The Spanish Constitution? This Is How Madrid Would Suspend Home Rule In Catalonia" 2017). This Article would remove any autonomy…