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Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.

Historical image related to Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege. from September 5, 1937

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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Llanes

Municipality in Asturias, Spain

Llanes is a municipality of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. Stretching for about 30 km along the coast at the extreme east of the province, Llanes is bounded to the south by the high ridge of the limestone Sierra del Cuera, which rises to over 1,100 m. The region is…
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Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

Major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939

The Nationalist faction, also Rebel faction and Francoist faction was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It was composed of a variety of right-leaning political groups that supported the Spanish Coup of July 1936 against the Second Spanish Republic and…
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