The British government did not want the Spanish Civil War to escalate into a Europe-wide conflict and so signed up to the non-intervention committee. The German Luftwaffe’s bombing of Guernica acted ...

He joined a military coup, fought ruthlessly in the Spanish Civil War, and emerged as the dictator of Spain. For almost 40 years, Franco worked to transform the country into a bastion of tradition.

The book champions the violent regimes of right-wing dictators like Francisco Franco, while defining people on the left as ...

As I continued exploring Spain and reading about the Spanish Civil War, I began to reconsider my opinion of Franco, and the question of whether I’d have fought for his Nazi-supported ...

Franco’s Pirates is an essential read for anyone interested in the Spanish Civil War, naval operations between the World Wars, and the concept of blockade. Note: Franco’s Pirates is also available in ...

Most recently, he is the author of The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933–1936: Origins of the Civil War, Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II, Spain: A Unique History and Civil War ...

General Franco ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. More than 350,000 people died in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War, which saw Franco's Nationalist forces defeat the Republican government.

Franco would ultimately triumph ... served in the Royal Marines before the Spanish Civil War Others include Jack Howley, of Colne, who later served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War.

Franco’s greatest contribution to contemporary art came in a perverse manner. In 1936, he led troops against Spain’s democratically elected government igniting the Spanish Civil War which ...

A Madrid court said the time limit for filing criminal charges had passed and the alleged crimes fell under an amnesty law ...

As legal battles continue, concerns have been raised about how Spain’s civil war and Franco era past will be ... In April, the United Nations urged the Spanish government to take all necessary ...