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Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
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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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Madrid
Part of the Spanish Civil War
The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Valencia
Municipality in Spain
Valencia, formally València, is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third-most populated municipality in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Madrid Defense Council
Ad-hoc governing body during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39)
The Madrid Defense Council was an ad-hoc governing body that ran Madrid, Spain, for about six months during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). It was formed in November 1936 after the Spanish Republican government had fled to Valencia when General Francisco Franco's forces…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 6
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