The fratricidal struggle that divided the lives of our ancestors between 1936 and 1939 began as yet another coup d’état, one of many that shattered Spain in the 19th century, but which immediately received the huge bill of war.
The international factors and the foreign cooperation that distinguished the Franco uprising from the previous one were not separate from this: the Italian and German aid to the national side and the aid of the International Brigades and the USSR to the legal government. This external interference has had a decisive influence on the development of the conflict and its outcome; in part because it was here, on Spanish soil or in the air, where combat tactics and techniques, cannons, rifles, armored vehicles, aircraft, political and propaganda strategies that would lead the Second World War were practiced.
Suddenly Spain gained relevance in the international forum and places as unknown as Brunete appeared on the map, where the fiercest clash of the entire war took place; the Jarama, the main battle of the siege of Madrid, or the Ebro, the longest and bloodiest confrontation of the war and the definitive swan song of Republican Spain.
In this work, written by great experts in the field, the reader will relive each of the decisive confrontations of the competition and be able to understand the specific weight they had in the failure and victory of one and the other and the essayistic laboratory they supposed to be going into World War II.
Manuel P. Villatoro He has a degree in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid. For eight years, he coordinates the history department of the ABC newspaper, which has hundreds of thousands of readers. He is co-author of What They Never Told You About D-Day (Head, 2019) and History of Spain without myths or clichés (B-editions, 2021).
Although his work spans all eras, he has specialized in World War II and military history.
- Publisher: Pinolia
- Size: 15*23cm
- Binding: Rustic with flaps
- Recommended retail price: € 22.95
Source: Marie Claire
