Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
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Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
On July 17, 1936, the Nazi-backed Spanish General Federico Franco led an armed rebellion against the Spanish government. It began a bloody civil war that would last for years. Thousands of people left their homes and traveled to Spain to stand up and defend its democratically elected government against Franco and fascism. Roughly 35,000 people from more than 50 countries would join the Spanish International Brigade. Of those internacionalistas,…
The month of July is dense in significant episodes of the History of Spain and in a remarkable way; the "Disaster of Annual" of 1921 is one, and the beginning of the Civil War of 1936 is another, as is known. But before the beginning of the war, another event happened, not so well known and prominent, [...]
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