fwtbt + scw Flashcards
CP
communist party; left extremists, republic
socialists
not as extreme as communists, support some private ownership with regulation, republic
anarchists
no hierarchy, in support of local groups making decisions instead of big government, republic; red+black drunk people in the bar and later stop Andres from getting to Golz with the papers from RJ
POUM
non-stalinist communist party who were declared illegal in May 1937; Hemingway criticizes for causing problems during war, republic
SIM
Republic military intelligence, group RJ is in
IB
International Brigades led by Andre Marty, republic
Spain before 1936
extreme poverty, very Catholic, mostly non-landowning peasants; in February Popular Front won election
beginning of SCW
July 18, 1936
international response
USSR is only country to actually send support; Germany and Italy back Nationalists
Hemingway’s thoughts on international response
criticizes democracies for not backing Republic and the USSR for not actually being helpful; “for whom the bell tolls” = fascism doesn’t stop in Europe and will affect everyone eventually if it isn’t stopped
premature antifascists
American volunteers in SCW who would be blacklisted if they came back
guernica
firebombed in April 1937 by Hitler’s Condor Legions (German planes), seen as symbol of fascism vs. humanity
barcelona falls
january 1939
madrid falls
march 1939
war ends
april 1, 1939