Short History Of...

The Spanish Civil War

May 3, 2026·54 min·7-min readnarrativehistory
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This episode chronicles the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), from its roots in social and political fracture to its brutal culmination in Franco’s dictatorship, and traces its legacy into the 21st century through the 2019 exhumation of Franco’s body and ongoing efforts to recover victims fr

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Francisco FrancoGeorge SteerMika FeldmanRosa Sánchez MoraErnest HemingwayGeorge Orwell

Books

Guernicaby Pablo Picasso

Companies

Condor Legion

Topics

Civil Rights HistoryCold WarEuropean PoliticsHistorical FiguresLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeWorld War 2

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