The Spanish Civil War.1to6of6.txt
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The Spanish Civil War - 1 Of 6 - Prelude To Tragedy.avi
The Spanish Civil War - 2 Of 6 - Revolution, Counter-Revolution & Terror.avi
The Spanish Civil War - 3 Of 6 - Battleground For Idealists.avi
The Spanish Civil War - 4 Of 6 - Franco And The Nationalists.avi
The Spanish Civil War - 5 Of 6 - Inside The Revolution.avi
The Spanish Civil War - 6 Of 6 - Victory And Defeat.avi
Six-part documentary series which uses film and eyewitness accounts from both sides of the conflict that divided Spain in the years leading up to World War Two, also placing it in its international context.
1 - PRELUDE TO TRAGEDY 1931-36
First in a six-part series. Looks at the background to the war: the five turbulent years that led to the crisis in July 1936 when a group of generals rose to overthrow the Republican government.
2 - REVOLUTION, COUNTER-REVOLUTION AND TERROR
Considers the fact that half the Spanish Civil War's victims died behind the lines, not in battle, but by political execution.
3 - BATTLEGROUND FOR IDEALISTS
The people who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War including the International Brigade, the Nazi Condor Legion and Italian Blackshirts, and the help supplied by the Soviet Union.
4 - FRANCO AND THE NATIONALISTS
This part deals with the character of Franco and the make up of the Nationalist side. It includes footage of the Spanish Civil War and interviews with participants.
5 - INSIDE THE REVOLUTION
This part deals with the activities of Communists, Socialists and Anarchists on the Republican side.
6 - VICTORY AND DEFEAT
The fate of the Spanish Republic was sealed at the battle of the Rio Ebro, which was a battle not only for ground, but for time. If the Republic could hold out long enough it might be rescued by the anti-Fascist forces in a forseeable European war, but the appeasement of HItler at Munich in September of 1938 dashed those hopes.
The Battle of the Ebro was the most costly confrontation of the Civil War, doubly so for the Republicans, as it came on the heels of two years of bitter-but-unsuccessful fighting, The confrontation on the Ebro looked promising at the beginning, as the Republican troops succeeded in crossing the river and advancing 25 kilometers.
At this point the Republican president, Juan Negrin, facing a revolt led by his commander in Madrid, threw in the towel. He and his government abandoned the provisional Republican capital at Alicante for exile. The war was over and the Nationalist executions began. Some 200,000 Republicans were sent to prison where many were summarily executed and some spent the next 25 years.
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30.07.2009
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