Spanish Civil War begins
July 17, 1936
Army officers led by Francisco Franco rose against the elected Republic, expecting a quick coup. Instead Spain split in half and bled for three years. Germany and Italy sent bombers to Franco; Stalin sent tanks and commissars to the Republic; thirty-five thousand volunteers from around the world came to fight fascism with rifles.
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