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Show how the Spanish Civil War was a prelude to World War II.

  • UPSC 1991
  • World Wars

The Spanish Civil War (1936-39), fought between General Franco's Nationalists and the Republican government, is widely read by historians as a dress rehearsal for the wider conflict that followed within months of its end.

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  • Origins in a Divided Spain
  • A Laboratory for the Coming World War
  • Ideological Polarization on a Continental Scale
  • Hardening of Alliances and the Failure of Appeasement

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