The Unification Decree was a political measure adopted by Francisco Franco in his capacity of Head of State of Nationalist Spain on April 19, 1937. The decree merged two existing political groupings,
Propaganda drawing of the union between Falangists and Carlists. From the youth magazine Flechas, 1937
Emilio Mola, head of the military conspiracy
Miguel Cabanellas, head of Junta de Defensa
Falangist militia
CEDA
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The Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas was a short-lived, right-wing political party in the Second Spanish Republic. A Catholic force, it was the political heir to Ángel Herrera Oria's Acció
Unification Decree (Spain, 1937)
…commanders appointed mayors or auxiliary civilian bodies composed mostly of locally recognized right-wing personalities, typically those associated with CEDA, Alfonsism, Carlism, or the defunct Spanish Patriotic Union. The top executive body of the rebel government, the Junta de Defensa Nacional, was set up…
José María Gil-Robles at a campaign rally at San Sebastián in 1935.