SPANISH CIVIL WAR
- Spain was avery backward country with very few industries,it was primarily a
peasant economy
- It was also a very religious with a very powerful chatolic church
- It also had a growing problem of separation groups; particularly Basques and
Catalans.
WHO WERE THE REPUBLICANS?
- Urban workers, mostl landless peasant, much of the educated middle class,
all the left wing, , groups and socials and anarchist trade unions
- They were particularly strong in industrial regions such as asturias and
cataluña
WHO WERE THE NATIONALS?
- The majority of chatolok clergy and practicing catholics, most of large
landowners, many businesses, carlist, monarchist, centralist (those opposed
to regional autonomies.) , and fascist.
- They kept the best trained part of the Army, that is, the Army of Morocco, and
many important officials.
