The Spanish Civil War 3
In the Spanish Civil War conflict there were three types of governing: Right-wing, Left-wing, and Center. Each of the groups in these classifications was a little more or a little less extreme than the next but each side had common goals. On the right side there were Landlords, Aristocracies, the Catholic Church, Falangists Monarchists, and the Spanish National Guard (the Army) who were fighting for facsim and old world order. On the left were the Socialists, Anarchists, and the Communists who were basically the people of the country fighting for new world order and communism to a degree. In the center was the Republicans and Liberals, a minority who didn't support one viewpoint or another. Was the overthrow of the Monarchy a good idea or did it just shake the countries' stability? Was the Communist support beneficial? How was it a microcosm of the war in which to follow? In order to answer these questions the politics and causes of the war must be analyzed.Causes of the Revolution and Pre War Politics: The right side consisting of the earlier mentioned groups was using three methods of governing which were Monarchy, Fascism and Dictatorship. Monarchy had been around for numero
Was the overthrow of the Monarchy Beneficial or Not? So the question still stands, was Communism beneficial to the revolution or not? The only pro's of the Soviet help was artillery and troops. In no way did the Communist government further the revolution and the values of them. They betrayed what the initial goals were which included no official governing system, collectivisation, and giving the land and factories to the workers. They put politics on a back burner, which was the Socialists weapon and they misled the Anarchists. On the left-hand side was the Anarchists, Socialists, and Communists. Although the Communists started out small they grew to become a major influence in the war having as many as 250,000 members. The Anarchists consisted of mainly peasants who believed that in order to accomplish their goals force would have to be used. The Anarchists believed in organizing very small self-governing bodies and for a collective agreement to be made with all the parties. They did not believe in police or army and so their decisions would not be enforced, everything would be voluntary. The only problem with the Anarchist views is that not everybody followed the same set of ideals. Some organizers would become almost preachers and go around to villages preaching the error of their ways. One of the morals that the Anarchists did stick to is the use of force. There were many terrorist acts committed in these times and many of them attributable to the left-wing extremists. November 13, 1933 another election was called. This election proved to be a Fascist victory gaining 207 seats, the Leftists gained only 99. This invoked a new Prime Minister Jose Sanjurjo and he reigned for the next three years. While Jose Sanjurjo was in power, he called upon General Franco of the Moroccan Army to aid him in protection against the Anarchist organizations. It wasn't until the elections of 1936 that the people of Spain voted him out. This was a strong Socialist-Republican victory gaining 256 seats for the Leftists and 52 Republican seats. The Fascist Falange party gained 165 seats and this sparked much political debate and numerous assassinations, two of which began the Spanish Civil War. At nine o'clock on July 12, 1936 Lieutenant Jose Castillo of the Republican Security Police was shot and killed by four members of the Flange. This raised turmoil amongst the Leftists and retaliation was not too far away. Early morning on July 13, 1936 several men took Calvo Sotelo a Fascist leader and shot him twice in the back of the neck. The repercussions of these events were great, thus starting the Spanish Civil War.
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