Spanish
Civil War: A comprehensive encyclopedia of the
Spanish Civil War. Each
entry contains a narrative, illustrations and primary sources. The
text within each entry is hypertexted to other relevant pages in the
encyclopedia. In this way it is possible to research individual people
and events in great detail. The sources are also hypertexted so the
student is able to find out about the writer, artist, newspaper, organization,
etc., that produced the material. There
are sections on: Main Events and Issues (10), Political Organizations
(16), Military Organizations (24), Important Battles (12), Biographies:
Spanish (54), Biographies: Foreign Participants and Observers (60),
International Leaders and the Civil War (22) and Individual Countries
and the Spanish Civil War (10).
Posters
of the Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Civil War was an ideological
battleground for all Europe. The insurgents led by General Franco
were assisted by German air power and 50,000 Italian volunteers, whereas
the Soviet Union sent advisers and technicians to help the republican
government. There were also International Brigades, made up of communists
and left-wing sympathizers from many countries, involved in the fighting.
This website provides a commentary of the conflict plus 25 posters
produced during the war.
Spanish
Civil War Fact Book:
Marcus Wendel of Sweden has produced this useful website on the Spanish
Civil War. This includes articles on the Legion Condor Aircraft, Fighter
Aces, the Polikarpov I-I53 in Spain, International Brigades, and Foreign
Support. The website also provides a timeline, glossary, bibliography
and a good collection of links.
Don
Henry and the Civil War: Don Henry, a student at the University
of Kansas, was one of the many young men who joined the International
Brigades fighting in the Spanish Civil War. On 3rd September 1937,
Don Henry, was killed on a battlefield in Spain. This lesson, produced
by Charles E. Schamel and Wayne Schamel, for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Archives, looks at the reasons why.
Bill
Bailey: Abraham Lincoln Battalion: On the outbreak of the Spanish
Civil War in 1936,
Bailey joined the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, a unit that volunteered
to defend the Popular Front government against General
Franco and his Nationalist
Army. While in Spain
he wrote to his mother explaining his actions: "You see Mom,
there are things that one must do in this life that are a little more
than just living. In Spain there are thousands of mothers like yourself
who never had a fair shake in life. They got together and elected
a government that really gave meaning to their life. But a bunch of
bullies decided to crush this wonderful thing. That's why I went to
Spain, Mom, to help these poor people win this battle, then one day
it would be easier for you and the mothers of the future." Bill
Bailey was one of those who came back and his autobiography, The Kid
from Hoboken, is now available on the Internet.
Spanish
Civil War: Cary Nelson of the University of Illinois has created
one of the best website on the Spanish Civil War on the Internet.
It includes an overview of the war, a photo essay, a chronology, posters,
flags, letters by American volunteers, poems, as well as articles
and speeches by George Orwell, La Pasionaria, Ernest Hemingway, Bernard
Knox and Tony Hendra.
Spanish
Civil War Interviews: In November 2000 the Guardian newspaper
published a supplement on the last British survivors of the International
Brigades who fought in the Spanish Civil War. This material is now
available on the Internet and the website includes interviews with
Sam Russell, Lou Kenton, Joe Garber, Bob Peters, Jack Jones, Alfred
Sherman, Penny Feiwel, Benny Goldman, Dave Goodman, David Marshall,
Sol Frankel, Bob Doyle, Tom Clarke, Jack Straw, George Wheeler, Frank
Graham, Frank Mills, Alun Williams and Steve Fullerton.
Spanish
Civil War Directory: A collection of websites on the Spanish Civil
War sorted by language (Spanish, English, Italian, French, Portuguese,
Catalan and Galician) and by subject (General Websites, International
Dimension of the War, International Brigades, Anarchism, Local History,
Military Aspects, Women’s History, Posters and Photographs and
a particular selection of “essential” websites. The front
page and the “essential” websites page are in English and
Spanish, the rest only in Spanish.
Mackenzie-Papineau
Battalion: This website is dedicated to the 1,546 Canadian volunteers,
half of whom died in action, who left their families, jobs and country
to help the Spanish people fight for democracy and social justice
against the rising tide of fascism in Spain and Europe between the
years 1936-1939. The website provides a brief history of the conflict
and a list of all those Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil
War.
Spanish
Revolution: At the beginning of the 20th century the anarchist
movement in Spain was the strongest in Europe. The role of anarchism
is often ignored in the struggle against fascism. During the Spanish
Civil War millions of workers collectivized the land and took over
industry to pursue their vision of a new society. This website tells
their story and the story of those who fought alongside them. The
material is organized under the following sections: Prelude to Revolution,
Eyewitness Accounts, Spain and the World, Organisations of the Spanish
Revolution, Collectives, Women, May Days, Individual People, Original
Documents, Songs, Online Books, Book Reviews and Interpretations.
Quiz
on Spanish Civil War: Although some questions deal with internal
affairs, the quiz is mainly focused on the international dimension
of the Spanish Civil War: the different attitude of the great powers
at that time and the public opinion reaction to the Spanish conflict.
The Spanish Civil War is a good and early example of British appeasement
policy regarding Hitler’s aggressiveness, American isolationism
and France weakness and lack of resolution. Mussolini found a good
opportunity to follow his attempt of imposing an Italian hegemony
in the Mediterranean sea and Hitler had at his disposal a war to test
the German rearmament. Finally, the USSR played its role as world
workers’ motherland by giving military aid to the Republican
side and making the Comintern organise the International Brigades.
At the same, as George Orwell got to know, the NKVD brought to Spain
the secret and repressive tactics that Stalin was using in Russia
against all sort of opposition.
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