Spanish Civil War

Cameron Siqueiros Mrs.Neve English 3 October 15, 2015 Summary In the war story known as For whom the bells toll a young man named Robert Jordan is tasked to destroy a bridge while an attack will occur in Segovia. Jordan is a dynamiter during the Spanish civil war in 1937, he is a republican soldier who opposes the fascist regimen that swept over Spain. Jordan has been told that he may recruit guerilla soldiers in the mountains near the bridge to accomplish his mission, and he is ultimately…

Requiem for a Spanish Peasant is Ramon J. Sender’s famous book. The setting of the book is an unknown village, during the Spanish Civil War. The book narrates the story of Paco El del Molino, a peasant who was killed for no reason, but his side in politics. Every Spaniard was expected to choose a side between the Republicans, and the Nationalist, and since the nationalist were the ruling party in that unnamed village, they chose to execute those who were not on their side. The ongoing violence…

novel, Triage, portrays the different effects that war and death can have on people. Mark, Joaquin, and Elena endure different experiences with war and death and are affected in different ways. Mark’s traumas originate from his time as a war photographer. His ability to capture war’s most grueling moments grants him the opportunity to shoot in many war-torn areas such as Beirut, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, and Uganda. Mark’s first experience of war is in Beirut. He describes the fighting in Beirut…

“To what Extent was the Franco Regime Fascist?” Francisco Franco Ruled as the Head of Spain from 1936 through the victory from the Spanish Civil War. Many argue Franco was a fascist leader due to his oppressing and powerful rule in Spain after the Spanish Civil War. The term Fascist involves of ‘a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry commerce, and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often…

Francisco Franco is a Spanish military commander who was pro-monarch. He ruled his country through the Spanish Flanque or Phalange Party with an iron fist at the end of the Spanish civil war which took place in the 1930s, he was the first to form such kind of party, he established close relationships with fascism and Nazism during World War II. The man was subjected to international isolation after the war in which he emerged, taking advantage of the climate of the Cold War. Francisco Franco was…

The Spanish Civil War had destroyed the Spanish economy- gold reserves had been wiped out, destruction from war had reduced the industrial and agricultural production capacity. Then, the outbreak of World War II caused a shortage of imported goods. The economy was in a severe state of depression for almost a decade following the end of the Civil War, as to be expected at the end of any major war. The end of World War II brought no reprieve to struggling Spain as their pro-Axis attitude made them…

Martha Gellhorn was a war correspondent and covered many wars in her lifetime from the Spanish Civil War to the United States Invasion in Panama. Martha began covering wars when she met an aspiring writer of the time, Ernest Hemingway who took Martha with him to cover the Spanish Civil War which sparked a fire in her to cover wars. Although Martha is most known through her war novels, she is also best known for her short stories and other novels as well. Martha a well rounded traveler ventured…

an iron fist after achieving victory in the Spanish Civil War. Many consider him considered a fascist on par with Hitler and Mussolini. He is commonly viewed through one particular lens: the military man. The Pact of Forgetting in 1977 allowed Spaniards to move towards democracy by leaving Franco in the rearview mirror, but it created a more complicated future from which to interpret Franco himself. Looking back, in the midst of that civil war, a Spanish magazine made the following prediction:…

Throughout the Second World War, Spain was a non-aggressive state that was not engaged in any type of warfare. When WWII was about to begin and countries were starting to pick alliances, Spain was just recovering from a three yearlong civil war. By that time Spain was inflicted with poverty, the people were starving, and the Spaniards had their share of war. Keeping in mind all the pressure that was put on Spain to join the war, Franco was smart enough to play the system and benefit from…

Opposing Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco In July of 1936 the Spanish Civil War started and military officers who were led by Francisco Franco began revolting against the democratically elected Second Republic. At this time Picasso, who was a Republican supporter, completed a series of anti-Franco etchings. The artist expressed his feelings by saying that the military caste was “plunging Spain into an ocean of misery and death”. One of his most notable paintings is “Guernica” painted for the…