The Spanish Civil War began with a military uprising against the elected Republican government of Spain, led by generals including Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola. The country split between the Republicans, who were supported by the Soviet Union and by volunteers of the International Brigades, and the Nationalists, who received help from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The bombing of Guernica in 1937 by the German Condor Legion became a symbol of the war's brutality, memorialised in Picasso's famous painting. Both sides committed atrocities, and hundreds of thousands of people died. The Nationalists won in the spring of 1939, and Franco ruled Spain as a dictator until his death in 1975.
Before and after
- 17 May 1936Birth of Dennis Hopper
- 18 June 1936Death of Maxim Gorky
- 30 June 1936Publication of Gone with the Wind
- 8 July 1936Construction of Frankfurt Airport
- from 18 July 1936 to 1 April 1939Spanish Civil War
- from 21 July 1936 to 27 September 1936Siege of the Alcázar
- 26 July 1936Construction of Canadian National Vimy Memorial
- 1 August 1936Construction of Berlin Olympic Stadium
- from 3 August 1936 to 9 August 1936Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in Berlin
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