"The Fall of Malaga and "The Caravan of the Dead"" Topic
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Tango01 | 23 Mar 2018 12:45 p.m. PST |
"The Spanish Civil War left its mark on all of Spain and Andalucia was no exception. At its outset General Franco was in Morocco, Andalucia played an early and pivotal role since it was originally to Andalucia that Franco transported his troops. Algeciras served as an important "beachhead" in his plans to wrest the country back from the duly elected government. Franco, and his troops marched north. They quickly seized Seville Badajoz and then quickly established his headquarters in Seville. He left a batallion west of Estepona to guard the coast whilst the main column marched on Madrid. Nine months later in the spring of 1937 he returned his attention on Malaga. The forces, backed with the help of Italian and German warships and planes, moved along the Mediterranean, taking many of the small villages with little or no resistance. However, this was to change when they came to Malaga city. Today Malaga stands as the capital of the Costa del Sol and things were no different during the 1930s. It stood as an urban enclave in what was then a highly rural area of Andalucia. Its residents had been strong supporters of the populist Republican government, and to the Nationalist forces it stood as a grand prize. They understood that the fall of Malaga would be a moral body-blow to the Republican side. It would be viewed as a major victory by all who observed the war…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
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