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The rebels called themselves the Nationalists. They hel about a third of the country: the northern, central and western areas, including the main cereal producing areas.
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they kept control of the mayor light and heavy industrial centres: Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao; Valencia and Malaga.
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17 july to 19 of july starts in morocco then Francisco Franco and end with defeat un Madrid and Barcelona
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Great Britan and France were trying to appease the threat of a German expansion and did not want to provoke Hitler by officialy supporting the Repubic.
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Fascist gemany and Italy soon ignored the embargo and aid came quikly in the early day of the war.
-Hitler brought in troops through Portugal
-Mussolini sent more men and presented Italian assistance as an alturistic act to help other anticomunist. -
Soviet union also ignored the non-intervention pact and was the main supplier of military aid to the Republic.
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Republican side After the coup power fell into the hands of the workers commitites and militias and Nationalist side at the begining of the rebellion a militar councill was charged of the rising
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More than a half of thearmi´s officiers joined the urisung, but others remained loyal to the Republic and resisted the coup in some key placed.
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They ignored of a military uprising and refused to give weapons to workers organisations. Instead, they tried to negociate withthe rebels.
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The Republican zone is now cut in tow and Cataluña is isolated
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The republican goverment launches an al-out campaing to reconect teir territories
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a plot within the Republican army cuses the goverment in Valencia to fall.
