Why did Franco win the Spanish Civil War?
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The Nationalists controlled the main agricultural areas of the south from the outset, so Franco's troops were better fed than the Republicans Franco names himself Head of State and abolished rival political parties (the Carlists and the Falange) The Republic relied heavily upon International Brigade from the West and 500 miltary advisors from the USSR, but these groups distrusted each other The Republican parties (anarchists, communists and socialists) were so divided that they started fighting each other in the Barcelona Uprising of 1937 Hitler sent 20 transport planes to get Franco's forces in Morocco to Spian and then sent 600 bombers (the Condor Legion) to bomb Guernica Franco named himself Generalissimo and brought the private armies of the right-wing parties under his personal control The Republicans could not decide whether farms should be nationalised or privatised - so production fell, food prices trebled and rationing was introduced Germany helped Franco to present himself as the defender of Spain against communism Nazi Germany obtained 75% of Spain's mining shares under the 1938 Montana Project in return for urgent military assistance
Germany helped Franco to present himself as the defender of Spain against communism
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The Republican parties (anarchists, communists and socialists) were so divided that they started fighting each other in the Barcelona Uprising of 1937
The Republic relied heavily upon International Brigade from the West and 500 miltary advisors from the USSR, but these groups distrusted each other
Franco names himself Head of State and abolished rival political parties (the Carlists and the Falange)
The Nationalists controlled the main agricultural areas of the south from the outset, so Franco's troops were better fed than the Republicans
The Republicans could not decide whether farms should be nationalised or privatised - so production fell, food prices trebled and rationing was introduced
Nazi Germany obtained 75% of Spain's mining shares under the 1938 Montana Project in return for urgent military assistance
