British Battles of the Spanish Civil War: How Volunteers from Britain Fought Against Franco Esdaile Charles J
The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have…
Specifikacia British Battles of the Spanish Civil War: How Volunteers from Britain Fought Against Franco Esdaile Charles J
The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have become commonplace since the war ended eighty years ago. Few of these myths are as potent as those associated with the International Brigades, the 45,000 volunteers from many countries who traveled to Spain to fight for the Second Republic. That is why this perceptive and original study by Charles Esdaile is so valuable. Using the recorded experience of the British Brigaders as well as primary research in the Spanish archives, he thoroughly re-examines the contribution they made to the war effort against the Nationalists of General Franco.During the war the Nationalists exaggerated the importance of the International Brigades in order to demonstrate the influence of the Communists