The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides.

At the Cuelgamuros Valley mausoleum, which served as Franco's tomb until 2019 and ... without ever having studied either the Spanish Civil War or the Francoist dictatorship during their education.

The Valley of the Fallen, inaugurated in 1959, is a monumental complex built after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939 ... Francisco Franco, Spain’s longtime head of state and leader of the ...

An estimated 500,000 people died in the civil war, which left Spain as a dictatorship under the rule of the Fascist General Francisco Franco ... to accept a Spanish passport.

Commissioned by the Spanish dictator Franciso Franco, the monument northwest of Madrid celebrates his victory in the Spanish Civil War. The protesters, organised by the right-wing movement Hazte ...

Smithsonian Folkways is re-releasing its classic catalog of songs about the Spanish Civil War. Smithsonian Folkways ... “Los Cuatro Generales,” about Franco and the fascist generals who ...

After 50 years of democracy, a growing number of Spain’s youth believe that the country was better off under Franco.

He is wearing the red beret associated with the Carlist soldiers who fought on Franco’s side in the 1936-1939 civil war. He adds that ... As the Spanish government seeks to remedy what many ...

A “very rare” rifle used by the Offaly Brigade of the Irish Volunteers to fire the first shots of the 1916 Easter Rising is up for auction, with an estimated value of €8,000 to €10,000.