‘Our Red Soldiers’: The Nationalist Army's Management of its Left-Wing Conscripts in the Spanish Civil War 1936–9
@article{Matthews2010OurRS, title={‘Our Red Soldiers’: The Nationalist Army's Management of its Left-Wing Conscripts in the Spanish Civil War 1936–9}, author={J. Matthews}, journal={Journal of Contemporary History}, year={2010}, volume={45}, pages={344 - 363} }
The ragged division of Spain after the 17 July 1936 military uprising ensured that the two sides were not cleanly split between supporters of the government and the rebels. As a result, many men who subsequently fell under Nationalist conscription decrees had been associated with the various left-wing political parties and unions that expanded their membership under the Second Republic. The challenge for the Nationalists was to incorporate effectively as many as possible into their war effort…
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