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Spanish Civil War: Republican forces establish the Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos in Cantabria.

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Spanish Civil War

1936–1939 civil war in Spain

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic and included socialists, anarchists, communists and separatists. The opposing…
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Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)

Side in the Spanish Civil War that supported the Second Spanish Republic

The Republican faction, also known as the Loyalist faction or the Government faction, was the side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 that supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the Nationalist faction of the military rebellion. The name…
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Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos

Republican governing body based in Santander during the Spanish Civil War

The Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos was a governing body established on 8 February 1937 to coordinate the Republican areas in Cantabria, Palencia and Burgos during the Spanish Civil War. The council was dissolved in August 1937 after the occupation of…
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Cantabria

Autonomous community and province of Spain

Cantabria is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a comunidad histórica, a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east by the Basque autonomous community, on the south by…
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February 8

Day of the year

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.
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