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Primo de Rivera resign, Republicans won the election.
After the elections were won by the republicans, the left wing party, the region of Catalan were granted the right to be a self-government. The right wing party were not pleased with the left wing's decisions. The Argarian law was introducded by the left wing party. This allowed them to control the latifunda (wealthy land area) to give to the peasants. This act was unsuccessful because it was a large scale operation, it was also expensive, so disappointed both the peasants and landowners. -
Primo’s Labour Arbitration Scheme Extended
The Primo’s Labour Arbitration Scheme was extended and improved with help from the UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores). The UGT trippled amount of -
Jesuits were banned as a religious group
Prime minister Azana created new laws and withdrew subsidies to the Church, he allowed civil marriage and divorce because he had a view that “all the convents in Madrid are not worth the life of a single Republican”.
Convents: religious community. -
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Officer corps retire at full pay
At least half of the officer corps were made to retire at full pay which resulted in little money for social improvement.
Azana believed that the army they had no right to challenge the government therefore provoking a military revolt by led by General Sanjuro in 1932 which was defeated. -
Foundation of right-wing catholic CEDA party and the Falange established
The foundation of the right-wing Catholic CEDA (Spanish Confederation of the Independent Right) party led by Gil Robles were decisions by the government. The fascist party, the Falange (Phalanx) , was established by the son of Primo de Rivera, Jose Antonio at around the same time, -
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The right republic control - "Two Black Years"
In 1933 government troops shot dead anarchist prisoners in Cadiz, this created a crisis which led to a re-election. The right wing party won. They reversed what the left wing did. The left party was divided between the socialists (Prieto- alliance) and the UGT (Caballero - violent opposition). -
Anarchist miners' revolt
Hostility to the government turned itno violence in the Asturias Uprising. It lasted two weeks only to stopped by troops of General Franco. Arrests followed (Azana too), left wing newspapers were closed and the Catalan Autonomy Statute was suspended. -
Asturias Uprising
The Asturias Uprising was the turning point of the Republic because it led to more extreme politics. The Left party (especially the UGT) were provoked towards a revolution and convinced the Right that the Fascism promoted by Rivera’s Falange was the only way to control the workers.Oposite ideas formed with influence from other countrys including the growing power of Fascism and Communism in Europe which influenced both parties that morderate politics do not work. -
Count down to war
Elections were called, the popular front (communists) had slightly more votes than the national front (fascists). Caballero’s socialists (violent left wing) refused to join which weakened the government-left wing. Reintroduced reforms in 1931-3 and disorder/political violence grew, the fascist Falange gained more supporters. The army began plotting to overthrow the weak new government suggested by General Mola. -
Assassination of Calvo Sotelo
Calvo Sotelo,he monarchist politician, was assassinated by Republican police (revenge for the murder of one of their men by a Falangist) which gave the military an excuse to start the war. -
Revolt Beginning
The revolt began on the 17th of July in Spanish Morocco – led by Franco. -
3 Facts
For Germany and Italy the Spanish civil war served as a testing ground for the blitzkrieg and other techniques of warfare that would be used in World War II
DEATH TOLL: Some 500,000.
Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy backed Franco, the Soviet Union helped arm the Republicans. The rest of Europe and the United States were neutral.