History of Spain 1931-1996
1) II República y la guerra civil
The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed when King Alfonso XIII left the country following municipal elections in which anti-Monarchical candidates won the majority of votes, and the Spanish population celebrated the beginning of The Republic and social pressure made the political regime change. Its government went into exile on April 1, 1939, when the last of the loyalist Republican forces surrendered to rebel forces (calling themselves nacionales) led by Generalísimo Franco among others at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
In 1930 the military dictatorship of General Miguel Primo de Rivera was overthrown.[2] This led various republican factions from a wide variety of backgrounds to join forces.[3] This was a transition from monarchy to republic.
Before Republic II:
King Alfonso XIII (went into exile when republic was established)
General Miguel Primo de Rivera (military dictator overthrown when republic was established)
During Republic II:
1936 Elections
El Frente Popular left party, formed by republicans, socialists, communists, and left nationalists won the election!
President: Manuel Azaña (1936-1939)
El Bloque Nacional right party, monarchist and catholic lost the election
La falange
In the following months there was increasing violence between left and right. This helped the development of the Fascist-inspired Falange Española, a National party led by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the son of the former dictator, Miguel Primo de Rivera.
Dissolution of republic
Antifascist members assassinated Calvo Sotelo, leader of the right-wing opposition (nationalists) and the most prominent Spanish monarchist (1936)
Civil War (1936-1939) was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed, and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years,
Spain was thus left
The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed when King Alfonso XIII left the country following municipal elections in which anti-Monarchical candidates won the majority of votes, and the Spanish population celebrated the beginning of The Republic and social pressure made the political regime change. Its government went into exile on April 1, 1939, when the last of the loyalist Republican forces surrendered to rebel forces (calling themselves nacionales) led by Generalísimo Franco among others at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
In 1930 the military dictatorship of General Miguel Primo de Rivera was overthrown.[2] This led various republican factions from a wide variety of backgrounds to join forces.[3] This was a transition from monarchy to republic.
Before Republic II:
King Alfonso XIII (went into exile when republic was established)
General Miguel Primo de Rivera (military dictator overthrown when republic was established)
During Republic II:
1936 Elections
El Frente Popular left party, formed by republicans, socialists, communists, and left nationalists won the election!
President: Manuel Azaña (1936-1939)
El Bloque Nacional right party, monarchist and catholic lost the election
La falange
In the following months there was increasing violence between left and right. This helped the development of the Fascist-inspired Falange Española, a National party led by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the son of the former dictator, Miguel Primo de Rivera.
Dissolution of republic
Antifascist members assassinated Calvo Sotelo, leader of the right-wing opposition (nationalists) and the most prominent Spanish monarchist (1936)
Civil War (1936-1939) was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed, and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years,
Spain was thus left