Chapter 826 Spanish Civil War

Because of the wedding of Prince Juan and Princess Anna, the Spanish royal family in exile became one of the protagonists of European public attention in a short period of time.

But at the same time, the situation in Spain is not good. The game between the left and the right has made Spain's political situation very chaotic.

Both sides adhere to the decision-making of opposition for the sake of opposition, which has caused Spain's industry and economy to not only not achieve any growth since the country's demise, but also fall into extremely embarrassing and terrible negative growth.

For the Spanish nobles and large estate owners, such a chaotic situation did not have much impact.

After all, most of the land and resources in Spain are controlled by these classes, and the turmoil of the government actually does not matter to them.

But for ordinary Spanish people, the instability of government order has seriously affected their quality of life.

Although Spain has emerged from the shadow of the economic crisis, this does not mean that the Spanish economy has ushered in a recovery after the economic crisis.

On the contrary, after the economic crisis in Spain, the economic order became even more chaotic.

Especially after the fall of the country, any policy formulated by any government will be completely rejected soon after the next government takes office.

The terrible thing is that Spain has experienced 28 governments in about three years since the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic in 1991, with the average term of each government being only about one month.

This is a very exaggerated data, and it also shows how chaotic Spain is at this time.

Officials know that their terms of office will not last long, and naturally they cannot go to great lengths to customize some national development policies.

In any government, they focus their energy on internal consumption and struggle, which also intensifies the internal conflicts in Spain.

Up to now, the contradictions between various classes in Spain have become very acute, and have even reached the point of being completely irreconcilable.

The first is the contradiction between the new Spanish Republic and the old landowners and aristocracy.

The Kingdom of Spain has a long history, which has led to the birth of a large number of large landowners and aristocrats in Spain.

Even if the kingdom collapses, these big landowners and big classes will not be eliminated so easily.

Landowners and nobles make up the majority of the Spanish military and government, and are one of the reasons why Spanish regimes change frequently.

Another very important point is the conflict between the Spanish Republic and the Catholic Church.

According to the Spanish constitution, political power and religious power are separated and the two should not interfere with each other.

But when the Second Spanish Republic was founded, it tried to form an anti-Catholic government and strongly interfered with the Catholic Church.

Such behavior aroused dissatisfaction with the Spanish Catholic Church and intensified the conflict between the government and the Catholic Church.

In the end, the Spanish government even began to allow anti-Catholic radicals to attack monasteries and believers.

As a countermeasure, the Catholic Church in Spain also began to spread anti-republican ideas to believers.

For most ordinary people, the welfare system for workers and the public has not been effectively implemented, and most Spanish capitalists do not implement the eight-hour work system.

The result of this is that the quality of life of the Spanish people has been greatly reduced. The people are very dissatisfied with the government and the status quo, making the flames within Spain burn even brighter.

Spain is also anything but stable. In the second year after the fall of the kingdom, Jose Sanjuho, who was born in the 19th century, launched a coup, but failed and was imprisoned.

However, José Sanjujo's coup pointed out a clear path for those who have never been able to reach the center of Spanish power.

Since you cannot achieve your goals through peaceful means, it is better to declare war on your political enemies.

At this time, Spain, in addition to internal conflicts and disputes, also had a large number of interferences from external forces.

The first is that in order to find allies, the two major military groups in Europe have set their sights on Spain, which has a relatively important geographical location.

Secondly, because of Gibraltar, the British also attach great importance to Spain and will not allow Spain to fall into the hands of their enemies.

Coupled with the marriage between the Spanish royal family and the Australasian royal family, Australasia's influence also expanded to Spain.

This also means that a small Spain has gathered six major powers including Germany, Italy, France, the Austrian Empire, the British Empire and the Australasian Empire.

With the intervention of these six powers, it is already impossible for Spain not to break out in civil war.

As expected, large-scale riots broke out in Italy, which eventually turned into a civil war throughout Spain.

The cause of the civil war must also be mentioned the elections held in Spain last year. The right-wing Radical Republicans won, with Alessandro Lerrous as president.

After the right-wing parties regained power in the government, they completely canceled all reforms enacted by the previous government, abolished the Spanish Constitution and autonomous regional laws, and released many right-wing and royalist members.

But this immediately caused dissatisfaction among left-wing parties and promoted the second election of the Spanish government.

The second election completely changed the situation of the first election. The left-wing parties returned to Spain's dominance and began to carry out armed suppression of the right-wing parties.

You know, right-wing parties include nationalism, fxsism and royalism.

These people all have a common characteristic, that is, they hold high positions in the military and have a certain say.

After the Spanish left-wing forces began an armed suppression of the right-wing forces, they caused riots throughout Spain.

The result was assassinations between the left and the right, with both sides sending more and more personnel, and it eventually turned into a military turmoil.

This military unrest began in the Spanish colony of Morocco and quickly spread to Spain itself.

1. After careful preparations, military generals such as Francisco Franco and Emilio Mora launched an armed rebellion and quickly headed north to reach the Spanish mainland through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Because of their careful preparation, the rebels quickly occupied Spanish Morocco, the Canary Islands, the Paris Islands and the northern and southwestern provinces of mainland Spain before the government could react.

By the time the Spanish government forces reacted, the rebels had already announced the establishment of a National Defense Executive Committee in Burgos and led a mighty army to Madrid.

As the leader of this rebel army, Franco launched the slogan "Attack Madrid from the north and the south, restore Spain gloriously", and united with other rebels to advance towards Madrid, the capital of Spain.

On the other side, a large number of reluctant Spanish people were forced to take up arms to defend their homeland.

But it has to be admitted that some Spaniards still have deep feelings for their country.

Even though the Spanish Republic was the most chaotic era of the 20th century, it still could not stop their recognition and love for Spain.

In just one week, more than 350,000 Spaniards signed up to join the militia, the so-called Spanish Popular Guard.

Thanks to the efforts of these 350,000 people and government troops, rebellions in large and medium-sized cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Cartagena, Malaga and Bilbao were quickly quelled.

Although the situation is still in a confrontational situation, the government forces control all Spain's industrial and political centers, as well as important port transportation lines and agricultural production.

On the other hand, the rebels control all economically backward provinces such as Andalusia in the south and Galicia, Navarre, and Old Castile in the north.

This also led to a certain gap in strength between the rebels and the Spanish government. Without any external intervention, the final outcome of this rebellion would still be failure.

But before the civil war, Spain was divided by many great powers. How could it not have the intervention of great powers after the civil war?

In fact, as early as when the Spanish civil war reached a stalemate and was even about to enter a full-scale war, both the Spanish Republican government and the rebels thought of another solution, which was to find support from external powers.

Obviously, the government of the Spanish Republic is favored by the French government, and the national extremist rebels are favored by the German government.

"Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency the Prime Minister." The French Foreign Minister said solemnly: "Before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the Spanish Falang Party had contacts with Italy and Germany.

If it were not for the support of these two countries, I am afraid that the Spanish Civil War would not have happened so quickly.

We have reason to suspect that if the Spanish rebel offensive is suspended or even at a disadvantage, Germany and Italy will take even more crazy actions, such as sending volunteers to the Iberian Peninsula.

This is a heavy blow to the order of the Iberian Peninsula, the order of Spain and the stability of Europe. It will also seriously affect our layout in Spain. "

At this time, the French government adopted a dual-heads-of-head system, with the positions of president and prime minister at the same time.

The French president is elected by the French people, and the prime minister is elected by the French Congress, representing two different forces.

In terms of the division of power, the French president is in charge of foreign affairs and the French prime minister is in charge of domestic affairs, and the nominal power of the president is greater than that of the prime minister.

But it cannot be denied that the dual-heads of state system is not so good for France at present. Conflicts between the French president and prime minister also happen from time to time.

"Is there any definite news about Germany and Italy sending troops?" French President Albert Le Brun asked.

"No, Mr. President. The news we have confirmed so far is that the Italians transported a batch of military weapons to Spain." The French Foreign Minister shook his head and gave a negative answer.

“Since neither Germany nor Italy has sent troops, then naturally we will not send troops to support Spain.

As for the sale of weapons to the Spanish government, that is the government's responsibility. "French President Albert Le Brun said with a smile.

French President Albert Le Brun was the last president of the Third French Republic. During his tenure, the French Third Republic was successfully destroyed, and even set a record for being defeated by the Germans the fastest.

Such an official who gradually became the president from an engineer did not come from the military like French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier. This also caused President Albert Lebrun to be weak in his opinions and try to solve the problem in a more peaceful way. all the problems facing France.

But the problem is that the only problem facing France is war. To use peaceful means to solve the war is nonsense for the war itself.

Sure enough, upon hearing President Albert Lebrun's decision, the radical French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier couldn't sit still. He stood up and said: "Your Excellency, we cannot ignore the threat to France from radicalized Spain.

If we wait until Germany and Italy officially send troops to Spain before taking action, it will be too late.

Once Germany, Italy and Spain form an alliance, France will no longer be able to resist them in the Mediterranean, and our southern coast will be threatened by Italy and Spain.

At the same time, Spain, as our land neighbor to the south, is very likely to pose a threat to our southern provinces.

If we fail to support the Spanish Republic, the demise of the Spanish Republic is likely to happen again in France. "

Hearing Prime Minister Edouard Daladier's rebuttal, President Albert Lebrun lost face and directly retorted: "Even Germany and Italy, which have always been radical, have not dispatched troops in an open and honest manner. What reason do we have to send troops?" What about intervening in the Spanish war?

What's more, we are separated from Spain by the Pyrenees Mountains. No matter what Spain becomes, their army cannot threaten us.

Besides, there are still British people in Spain, and it is absolutely impossible for the British to let Germany and Italy control Spain.

We just need to wait quietly for a conflict to break out between the British and Spanish radicals in Gibraltar, or even what you call German and Italian volunteers. That is what we want to see most. "

Compared with French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier, who directly wanted to intervene in the Spanish Civil War, President Albert Le Brun was more neutral.

However, the presidential power at this time has not been weakened. The president has absolute repressive power over the prime minister.

Seeing that he could not persuade President Albert Lebrun, Prime Minister Edouard Daladier could only sigh helplessly and cancel all the persuasion plans he had prepared.

Prime Minister Edouard Daladier has realized that he alone cannot persuade President Albert Le Brun.

However, this does not mean that Prime Minister Edward does not have any countermeasures. Since he knew that he could no longer persuade President Albert, Prime Minister Edward asked his subordinates to spread the news that it was President Albert's decision to remain neutral, trying to make himself lose his sense of presence in this incident.

In Prime Minister Edward's view, France's giving up this opportunity will make France's situation even worse in the future.

If future wars are lost because of this, the person who makes the decision now will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame of the French Republic.

For the current Prime Minister Edward, how to avoid taking responsibility has become the most important issue.

On the other hand, President Albert saw Prime Minister Edward's actions in his eyes, but he didn't take it seriously.

In President Albert's view, even if Spain becomes an ally of Germany and Italy, it does not mean that France and the Austrian Empire will be at a disadvantage in this confrontation.

Not to mention how much strength Spain can still exert after the civil war. Even at full health, Spain is only a middle-sized European country with neither strong industry nor economy.

What's more, if Germany and Italy want to help the Spanish rebels, who are already at a disadvantage, win this civil war, they must spend a lot of manpower, financial and material resources.

This is also a weakening of the strength of Germany and Italy. After all, if these troops and weapons and equipment were used in the Spanish Civil War, wouldn't it mean that Germany and Italy would have fewer weapons and equipment in possible future wars?

As for the casualties inflicted on the German and Italian troops, there is better news.

After all, the armies at this time were all trained elite troops, not cannon fodder troops that were hastily summoned by various countries after the war broke out and were not even trained well.

Moreover, President Albert did not think that there would be a war between Germany and France in a short time. At least during his term of office, France is more powerful than Germany, and the Germans should not have the guts to launch this war.

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