Spanish Civil War

noun

1. the civil war in Spain 1936–39.

Spanish Civil War

noun

1. the civil war in Spain from 1936 to 1939 in which insurgent nationalists, led by General Franco, succeeded in overthrowing the republican government. During the war Spain became an ideological battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries

Spanish Civil War

1. A war fought in the late 1930s in Spain . On one side were the Loyalists, Spaniards loyal to a recently elected government in the form of a republic ; on the other side were fascists ( see fascism ), led by General Francisco Franco . The Soviet Union sent aid to the Loyalists, some of whom were communists ; the German and Italian fascist dictators, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini , supported Franco. The Spanish fascists won the war and set up Franco's long rule of Spain as a dictator.

Notes

Many Americans favored one side or the other in the Spanish Civil War, particularly people of left-wing sympathies, who supported the Loyalists. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade included Americans who traveled to Spain to fight in the Loyalist cause.

Example Sentences

Blood transfusions on the battlefield, pioneered by Canadian doctor Norman Bethune in the Spanish Civil War, saved many lives.

From The Daily Beast

Ignacio Abel, a middle aged architect, is forced to flee to America in 1936 to escape the brutal Spanish Civil War.

From The Daily Beast

That same year Americans heard their first ever live battlefield reports from the Spanish Civil War.

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The Spanish Civil War inspired an unparalleled body of literature and art.

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He was a bad student and an even worse soldier who spent all of the Spanish Civil War trying not to kill anyone.

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The Spanish Civil War, beginning shortly after, provided her with much-needed distraction.

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