White Terror (Spain)
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The White Terror, also called the Francoist Repression, was the political repression and mass violence against dissidents that were committed by the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War, a
Francoists in captured Irún, December 1936
The end of the monarchy of King Alfonso XIII (r. 1886–1931) precipitated Gen. Francisco Franco's reactionary coup d'état (17 July 1936) against the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939), which launched the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)
Galician reapers shot by the Nationalists in Talavera de la Reina in 1936; the execution was attributed to the Republicans by the Francoist propaganda which distributed the photo as evidence of atrocities by the "Marxist hordes"
Executed Republicans in Extremadura, 1936
Francoist Spain
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Francoist Spain, also known as Nationalist Spain, Falangist Spain, the Franco regime, or the Franco dictatorship, officially the Spanish State, was a state established in Nationalist-held territories
White Terror (Spain)
…against dissidents that were committed by the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), as well as during the first nine years of the regime of General Francisco Franco. From 1936–1945, Francoist Spain officially designated supporters of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939), liberals…
Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler at the Meeting at Hendaye, 1940
Franco and U.S. President Gerald Ford riding in a ceremonial parade in Madrid, 1975
Armed forces in San Sebastián, 1942
Francoist demonstration in Salamanca in 1937