THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-39 (MEN-AT-ARMS)

TURNBULL, PATRICK (1978) THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-39 (MEN-AT-ARMS). COLOUR PLATES BY JEFFREY BURN. OXFOR: OSPREY. DE 25X18 CM. COM 40 PÁGS., [8] PP. ILUST. B.

The Spanish Civil War, 1936–39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and aided by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy), and the Republican army of the government (left-wing, and aided by the Communist Soviet Union and many volunteers from liberal democracies). Three years of widespread campaigns involved the most modern weapons available. The war was fought ruthlessly by both sides, and when the Nationalists secured victory they installed a dictatorship that lasted until November 1975 – the last such regime in Western Europe”.

Ilustrada a negro e a cores, esta obra retrata os combatentes das forças nacionalistas e republicanas que se esforçaram para assumir o controle da Espanha ao lado de seus aliados.