One thing I have always wondered, and have never seen discussed, is how Franco survived after WW II. One of Hitlers earliest supporters, and perhaps even the model for his policies, Franco was the original Fascist Dictator. He murdered as many as 100,000 of his own countrymen and had them buried in mass graves. Why didnt the Allies get rid of this guy at the end of WW II (and Salazar in Portugal along with him)? From the Boston Review.
The Spanish Civil War is hard to figure out because unlike most every other war, the history of it was written by the losers. You can tease out some of the answers yourself by reading George Orwell’s book “Homage to Catalonia”. D.N.
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