SPANISH CIVIL WAR

The Spanish Civil War was a social, political and military conflict that began in Spain after the partial failure of the coup on 17 and 18 July 1936 carried out by the army against the government of the Second Spanish Republic.

The war had multifaceted included as class struggle, religious war, clash of opposing nationalisms, fight between military dictatorship and republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, between fascism and communism.

The consequences of the Civil War largely marked the later history of Spain, so exceptionally dramatic and lasting: both demographic, such as materials and policies.