fwtbt + scw Flashcards

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CP

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communist party; left extremists, republic

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socialists

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not as extreme as communists, support some private ownership with regulation, republic

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anarchists

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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

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4
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POUM

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non-stalinist communist party who were declared illegal in May 1937; Hemingway criticizes for causing problems during war, republic

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5
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SIM

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Republic military intelligence, group RJ is in

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6
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IB

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International Brigades led by Andre Marty, republic

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7
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Spain before 1936

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extreme poverty, very Catholic, mostly non-landowning peasants; in February Popular Front won election

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8
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beginning of SCW

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July 18, 1936

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9
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international response

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USSR is only country to actually send support; Germany and Italy back Nationalists

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10
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Hemingway’s thoughts on international response

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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

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premature antifascists

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American volunteers in SCW who would be blacklisted if they came back

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12
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guernica

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firebombed in April 1937 by Hitler’s Condor Legions (German planes), seen as symbol of fascism vs. humanity

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13
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barcelona falls

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january 1939

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14
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madrid falls

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march 1939

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15
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war ends

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april 1, 1939

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16
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red terror

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civilian violence by Republic, 38-55k dead, mostly higher classes killed by vigilantes from local disagreements

17
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white terror

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civilian violence by fascists, 155-200k dead, orderly and through courts and arrests, Franco randomly pardoned people

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