The Spanish Civil War: If the Republic Had Won
It is often said that the 'ifs of history' are fascinating but fruitless. Here, Rob Stradling shows that a counter-factual consideration of what might have happened allows us new insights into the significance of what did happen.
On 1st April 1939 General Franco, the leader of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, drafted a report on the military situation was the last in a series of bulletins wh.ch were issued by both Republican Nationalist authorities on each day of the civil war in Spain. This particular message was short and to the point:
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