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coup
starting the Civil War with the military uprising led by General Francisco FrancoA a coup by General Primo de Rivera, in which measures are given such as the suspension of the Constitution of 1876, end of parliament, etc., which are not well received forcing the dictator Primo de Rivera to resign.
The Second Republic is proclaimed -
Proclamation of the Second Republic
In 1931, the dictator Primo de Rivera was forced to resign by the people, including his own party, the Patriotic Union
The Second Republic was proclaimed and the Constitution of 1931 was given. Summoned to elections was elected as president Niceto Alcalá Zamora. -
Spanish Civil War Process
In the 1936 elections, the left, grouped in the Popular Front, triumphed widely and Parliament elected Manuel Azaña Díaz as president, replacing Niceto Alcalá Zamora. The new ruler had a devastating attitude against the established estates: Church, army, aristocracy and landowners. -
Support of the Nazis and Italian Fascism
The aid of Germany and Italy, who came with about 100,000 soldiers in favor of Franco, tipped the balance for the benefit of the rightists. On that occasion Nazi aviation bombed defenseless villages, such as Guernica, immortalized later in the famous oil painting painted by the genius of Pablo Picasso -
End of the Spanish Civil War
The successive defeats forced the resignation of President Azaña Díaz. Then Madrid and its brave defenders fell. On April 1, 1939, General Francisco Franco officially announced the end of the war, after being appointed Head of the Spanish State and Generalissimo of the Land, Sea and Air Forces. Thus begins the Franco dictatorship in Spain, which was to last until 1975