War of the Spanish Succession

military family, Franco’s father was an officer in the Spanish Naval Administrative Corps while his mother was a conservative Roman Catholic. Franco knew from an early age that…

In the early 19th century Europe was distraught, World War 1 had started and ended, and the nations in Europe were still on edge. The war had created sides and feuds between countries, these included the main powers of the world (the allies): the USA, Britain, and France, vs, Germany and its lesser allies (Austria and some other small countries). However lost somewhere in the middle of this chaos was Spain. During the early 19th century and before Spain had been a largely successful monarchy,…

of nationalistic revolution, of the Revolutionary War and Glorious Revolution, where the oppressed and exploited “people” rise up in mutiny and restore justice and integrity. In contemporary history, however, the concepts of the people and patriotism are often contradictory; the masses are often have a very strifeful relationship with the nation. This dissociation is eloquently exemplified…

The atmosphere was so promising that Trotsky commented: “on the political and cultural level, the Spanish proletariat stood on the first day of the revolution, not below, but above the Russian proletariat at the beginning of 1917” (Trotsky 322). Orwell's arrival in Barcelona, the reddest of Spanish cities, was, according to Crick, an accident (Crick 208). Newsinger sees that what particularly struck Orwell was the disappearance of the rich which he recognized, something worth fighting for:…

energy of jagged movement. This work shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, in particular innocent civilians. This work has become a perpetual reminder of the horrors of war and has become a renowned anti-war symbol. This work contains a sense of confusion, represented by the visual chaos and complexity of the artwork. Guernica is a town in the province of Biscay in Basque Country. During the Spanish Civil War, it was the northern bastion of the Republican…

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…

Madrid, so Spain introduced international isolation that continued into the 1950s. Franco called himself the "Chorillo" leader. Although Spain officially followed the policy of neutrality in World War II, Franco supported Nazi Germany. During his authoritarian rule, he appointed all members of the Spanish parliament, the "Cartes" A democratic front, prisons were overcrowded, and martial law prevailed, and the phenomenon of military courts flourished. In order to face the economic crisis suffered…

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…

The Spanish -American war didn’t last long but it left a huge impact on spain and the caribbean islands. Spain’s navy was weakened and they had to give a lot of the islands to the U.S. This also gave the caribbean islands their independence from spain. Because of Yellow Journalism, Spanish cruelty towards Indians, U.S. support of cuba’s independence, and the sinking of the U.S.S Maine. The Spanish -American war started in April, 1898. The defination of yellow journalism is where newspapers…

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…