Franco was not only a great general but also kept Spain neutral during WW2. this documentary is very biased, the "republicans" as they called themselves were communist who would have establish an even worse and more brutal dictatorship.
@escapeout ???? Franco kept Spain neutral......REALLY! Even though he was recieving help from Mussolin and Hitler! that doesn't seem particularly neutral to me.
@cocotena Poor Fascist scumbag, he fucked up the country for about 20 years , but rednecks like you will never understand, because your brain is way to small to do so, please go back to your RANCH!
Franco's best ability was to launch attacks on key supply areas, capturing and holding them so he could count on the aid from Germany and Italy getting through, and keeping his men and vehicles fully stocked! While Russia also sent aid to Spain for the comunist forces, it was not near as reliable as the aid Franco was getting because he captured so many ports and supply depots. All Franco's forces had to do was dig in and wait for the undersupplied enemy to attack, repulse them and counter!
@evildeathmonkey1 No actually Franco used molotovs to attack Soviet tanks, theres even a instruction on how to make a molotov cocktail by the repulicans on wikipedia as they were used on both sides.
@Colton8646 Seems like you're right, I didn't know that. I learned something today!:D Though the name Molotov cocktail was given to it by the Finnish;)
@evildeathmonkey1 Yes, Molotov was a Communist and a devoted follower of Stalin. Why the Finnish would want to name anything after a bastard who let his wife be killed by the NKVD I don't know.
@Colton8646 It wasn't a term of endearment. The story goes that the Soviet used clusterbombs on the Finnish soldiers, which the Finnish called ''Stalins breadbaskets''. So they named the petrol bombs they used ''molotov cocktails'' to go with the bread. ''have a nice cocktail with the nice bread you gave us''
@evildeathmonkey1 No wait, I got it wrong. The soviets denied bombing the Finnish, calling it food droppings instead. That's why the called the cluster-bombs breadbaskets. And the petrol-bombs Molotov cocktails.
@evildeathmonkey1 Oh clever, the Finns fought amazingly in the Winter war I hear and while the Soviets didn't have a good army to start with as it was weak from the purges, but aparently it was because of the Finnish victory that Hitler wrongly thought it would be relatively easy to invade Russia.
@Colton8646 The Soviet army was indeed greatly weakened by the purges, also the moral and drive to fight the Finnish was absent in the Soviet soldiers. I don't think Hitler underestimated the Soviets, the first year was relatively easy, because Soviet soldiers were unwilling to fight for Stalin's regime. Hitler(Goering famously, in the Ukraine) wasted this advantage though, by behaving even worse than Stalin.
@evildeathmonkey1 Yes, the Villagers in the Ukraine wanted to help defeat Stalin. But the SS instead of using this to their advantage shot the Villagers as Partisans. Apparently if Germany had secured themselves in Moscow instead of going to the oil fields they would have won the war in Russia.
@Colton8646 I don´t know, the Germans needed the oilfields badly. There were many factors contributing to the German defeat, I think their defeat can´t be blamed on a single one, but rather the combination of many. Like the Allied bombing of German industry, the immense size of Russia(supply issues), the Russian winter, Goerings incompetence, German tanks being over-engineered and to expensive, Hitler's strategic error's(f.e. the battle of Britain), the list goes on and on.
@evildeathmonkey1 Agreed, I also think the German allies were not good at co operating. Italy was crippled by Mussolini's arrogance and Italy was very early on defeating by the Greeks at Cephallonia (it took the German army to defeat the Greeks). Also Japan while a very good fighting force did not have the same aims as Germany and so this weakened the Germans.
again... the revolutionary was Franco! The communists were actually a small minority to begin with but gained ground later. You talk about Russia interfereing in Spain but make no mention of Europes Fascists. Your anti semitism speaks volumes so your comments can hardly be taken as unbiased or, indeed, very well researched.
10. Saul Wellman: Commissar of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Communist activist from Detroit. Organized Communist party meetings amongst Detroit auto workers.
12. Leon Rosenthal: A New York Jew. He was Stalin’s propaganda agent in Spain.
13. Moses Rosenberg: The Russian Ambassador to Madrid. He rigged the elections of the Spanish Parliament in 1936 installing puppets of the Jewish Bolsheviks.
FRANCISCO FRANCO (1892-1975) was a devout Roman Catholic. The Jewish Propaganda Machine, that is, the Jewish-controlled Press, Media, and Publishing houses, labeled General Francisco Franco as a “fascist.” The Jewish-published history books still do the same.
reason the Jews labeled General Franco a “fascist” was because Franco saw his actions as a crusade to place the Church and the nobility at the center of Spanish life.
Stalin’s International Brigade, comprised mostly of Jews, slaughtered 6,539 Spanish priests, 3000 monks, 300 nuns, and 13 Bishops. Over 20,000 Spanish churches were destroyed by the Bolshevik Jews.
10,000 OF STALIN’S International Brigade were Jews. More than one-third of the Jewish volunteers were communist American Jews who called themselves the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Unbelievable some sick people are supporting the Communists and the agents of Stalin and not Fransico Franco who rescued the country. First of all Democrasy is bullshit and filth. All powerful countries need a monarchy or princeps like Octavian-Augustus. Germany nearly fell to the communists in the early 1920's with thousands of dead. Had Franco failed Spain would now be like Albania and Afganistan.
@MrAugustus88 Do you know anything about the Spanish Civil War or about anything full stop? This was a war with its roots in centuries of religious and social repression of the Spanish people by Church; Crown and the Military. Franco was a ruthless; spiteful and arrogant butcher. "Rescuing Spain" - as you and many "Nationalists" would have it - would mean returning Spain to the Middle Ages with the majority in crippling poverty with few (if any) rights. Is your name Darth Sidious by chance?
@FrancoHitlini the "revolution was instigated by commies in roosia,they were totally barbaric murdering nuns after the usual rape,torturing priests and anyone else in their grasp,this negates them,it weasnt a spaish revolution as there are no grass roots revolutions they are all ther machinations of internatioanal jewry.
@xtiml I have no time for barbarism but in a violent society violence is bred. To pint at a particular moment and profess "this is where it all began" is to ignore centuries of catholic repression and tit-for-tat atrocities. Also, remember that Franco was the revolutionary seeking to overturn a socialist government not the other way round.
@xtiml Excuse me but what planet are you on? Firstly, do not insult people when you do not know who your are talking to. Secondly, I am a historian who has studied Europen war and revolution for decades. I am not a communist and I am certainly no catholic... but maybe you are and looking through the same deluded rose coloured spectacles that all catholics do. Spain had carried the burden of religious, aristocratic and and military oppression for centuries. Read some history instead of garbage!
@FrancoHitlini it most definitely was not.dont you get it? you are infected with the same mind virus the deluded russians were until it cleared up and they saw what they had,a jewsih tyranny and terror that made the czars rule feel like the caress of a snowflake on ones puddin empty haid.
@FrancoHitlini the spanish revolution was not grass rootsthey never are, the grassroots people are allways used by the fomenters because most have the brains of grass.that revolution was an outside force.called..... the goal was to throw out chrsitinity impose a tyranny just like in russia and further international commie goals,at that time mass murders and genocide of russians was going nicely, you side with these vile nameless jews .
@jardoz1 The government has no right to tell people what to do. Communism is made for brain dead sheep who can't compete in the world. Fuck communism, it doesn't work, just look at the USSR, China, or North Korea.
@MrOrange121 That doesn't explain anything... how does communism create "brain dead sheep"? Communism is an ideology, not a government. Is there a government that doesn't tell people "what to do"? What's the purpose of a government?
@jardoz1 See, THAT'S the difficulty. In an ideal world, it would not be the GOVERNMENT that tells people what's right and wrong, it would be the people among themselves. Essentially, though, it would be equal oppurtunity, the right to private property and family...well, it really varies. It really doesnt matter what kind of government - Monarchy, Oligarth, Republic - what matters are the leaders. The people need a leader who will protect them and do whats best for the people.
Hello, if I could I would like to join in on this discussion.
Communism as it was in the 1930's, that is to say authoritarian communism is somewhat misguided. Communists sought to destroy class structures, however this is unachievable in an authoritarian system. So long as there is hierarchy, be it political or otherwise, there will be people with more power than the common man. And so long as this is true the emergence of a bourgeoisie or political class is inevitable.
It is trully shameful how the disgusting communists tried to take over a beautiful and powerful nation whith so much history. Hopefully Franco rescued the country from a fashist dictatorship. That is what communism is a fashist dictatorship. A few years earlier Germany was barely saved by a Communist fashist dictatorship. Franco ofourse used assholes like Hitler and Mussolini to do the dirty job for him, but in the end Spain was saved.
When Franco intervened the republic in Spain was already death, mainly for the left 's attitude who wanted total power and betrayed the republic's government. Official police killed the opposition's leader Calvo Sotelo, nobody was arrested....that was a republic ?
Cansado de la crisis? del paro? de politicos incompetentes y manipuladores? TOMA EL MANDO DE TU VIDA Y FORMA PARTE DE LA HISTORIA: -SAL A LA CALLE Y MANIFIESTATE, JUNTOS CAMBIAREMOS EL MUNDO.
If Franco was bad,then viva Lenin,Stalin,Mao,Pol Pot& comp.,who killed allmost 1 billion people,or more. Long live Communism,the "peace" guardians,hahahahaha.
@gabrielooss If Franco was bad? This is the guy who was one the same side as Hitler. As for Stalin, America worked with him during WW2 and Stalin won WW2 breaking Germany up. But I don't defend those sort of murderers. Communism (if you google pure communism) is the idea that their should be no or limited government and that the workers should run the place in which they work (and keep the money they produce) rather be bossed about by hierarchy for little money. Its hard workers vs bossy owners.
yes the civil war- my grandfather always told me about it, when Franco died on 1974 he decided to move to mexico were we had some family. I have only seen Spain once and it is one of the most bueatiful places I had ever seen.
@luis30531 What side did he fight for ?? And did he leave anything behind from the period,like uniform markings or other things ?? Im just asking because I am a collector of such militaria..If he did leave something that now runs in the family,it could be worth some money :)
@luis30531 Very interesting..:) You should find out what kind of medals it is,and pictures can be very interesting too.. If you want,you could up-load some pics.and I be happy to help you find out.. :)
@thatamazinggeek He was. Since few people control money it is in their interest to have regimes that are conservative/monarchist/nationalist - elitist. That's why big business and monarchy's support Nazi/fascist movements. That's where they got sponsorship from. You can call communism,democracy, free market anything you like but if it doesn't fit the definition it's NOT it. For many reasons Soviet Russia didn't have Communism. For many reasons it collapsed. It's a complicated topic.
How many times does the typical fool lefto have to be in the same train wreck before he or she learns to take another train? Most commie leaders have been intellectuals who never did a day’s manual labor in their lives, starting with Marx himself.
@litwriter100 The Second Republic was the first truly democracy that Spain had, the first time the women could vote. But there was a problem, th church and the powerful didnt like that, they made everything possible to eliminate the Republic, from training fascist militias inside churches for the future rising, to intimidating people in order to make them to vote to the CEDA, whos priority was to destroy the Republic democracy from inside.
@litwriter100 When the war started, some anarchists burnt churches and killed priests, this was done because of the resentment against the Church (who wanted an analphabet and starving people to control them). Personally i dont support those "anarchists" because there is no need to kill or burn historical monuments like the churches, but is something comprehensible if we talk about that hard times. The fascists used that to kill every leftist or supporters of the democracy (some rightists too)
@ShagohodArkan P.S., I just wanted to add that you are obviously erudite and your English is *so good* that you actually taught me a word I had been unfamiliar with: in my native language! Now I only have to wait for an opportunity to weave “analphabet” into a conversation. (G) Thanks again.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" "La Pasionaria" exhorted the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Then when the nationalists were closing in, she booked for Moscow, just like the "republican" leadership leaving 20,000 of their followers in the lurch at Alicante.
@ShagohodArkanYour response is both civil and ambiguous. What do you mean by "we," please? You are Spanish? Communist? Anarchist? The left refused to moderate and forced the right into rebellion in self-defense. It was not just the army. They had almost half the people with them. Since the death of Franco, much of the left's platform has been carried without an orgy of blood. Even the most radical anarchist of that era would not have even considered the possibility of gay marriage.
@litwriter100 I am spanish, social-democrat, son of a soldier, grandson of a soldier, and great-grandson of another soldier who fought in the war, lost, exiliated to France, joined the French Resistance and then was interned in a extermination camp. And i can tell you i know everything of what happened in the Spanish Civil War. The left reacted against centuries of opression thanks to the aristocracy and the catholic church who were really cruel with the People, letting them to starve.
@litwriter100 And one last thing, the right, well... the extreme-right, never moderated, they continued with their reactionary ideals from the proclamation in 1931 to the war. So its normal that all the left were a bit more extremist. We respected them until they started with the lynching, the killing of sindicalists, the intimidation to the worker class and their filthy pro-mussolini propaganda from 1931 and 1932 onwards... and sorry for my bad english.
@ShagohodArkanOn the contrary, your English is excellent! Your family’s history as related is proud and heroic, even if I don’t agree 100% with your analysis. Who said (before the war), "All the churches in Spain are not worth one republican life"? Many were terrified. Separating Church from state was not sufficient for the radicals of that era. They didn’t even want people to be able to voluntarily pay for a religious education. (Continued).
@litwriter100 And about nowadays our country is still completely divided, we are still fighting and arguing on everywhere and because of everything we think, at least my family and friends, that we will end up in a great conflict between us. While some sectors of the "left" have betrayed the Left, the right is eventually growing more stronger and extremist, you should check a TV channel : "Intereconomía". The channel belongs to the PP, they are completely anti-democrats and irrespetuous.
@ShagohodArkan You are correct, sir. My greatest knowledge of your country begins with your most tragic civil war. I understand the causes of the conflict beginning at that point, but am generally unclear how matters evolved to then. I might also be prejudiced by being an (American) Irish-Catholic. I am, however, educable, and shall presently brush up on your nation's history. I do pray no reoccurrence of the terrible violence then should ever reoccur. Best regards.
@litwriter100 Well, it has been a pleasure to talk with you, and its really good that you are Irish descendant, Spain has always been a great friend of Ireland, we are like brothers and i really apreciate Ireland and its People. Best regards, friend.
@ShagohodArkan Even a democracy can be tyrannical. Africans were quite legally enslaved in the U.S. republic, for example, and whatever slave insurrections that occurred were entirely justified. The Spanish left wanted to seize land and property from class envy, even if the owners had not done anything oppressive to get it in the first place. (Continued)
@litwriter100 Because of that backwardness, the social differences were incredibly high, while the upper class lived in abundancy surrounded by gold, the hard-working class was in a complete starvation while they had to work 16 hours, without an educational or sanitary system. That lead to great social conflicts during the XIX and XX century. I am sure if you read more about spanish history in the XVI to XX centuries you will see and understand what happened during the civil war.
@ShagohodArkan Maybe they or their ancestors had actually worked their asses off to get somewhere while others sat around and drank theirs away. The left has always been built on jealousy. In other cases, they might have been correct. Little is black and white in this world. The right does have a penchant to get greedy. Moderation in all things is the wisest course, as history has shown time and again. I'm glad your people seem to have learned that under your presnt government.
@litwriter100 Well, the fact is that is really difficult to explain the class conflicts of Spain in comments here. But i will tell you that those landowners and riches, in most cases were descendants of knights and aristocrats who gained lands during the reconquista (700/800+- to 1500). I have studied a lot history of Spain, and i assure you that the worker class and left wasnt envy of the riches, we were the less advanced country in economics, social matters etc etc.
History lesson 4 you, since you have no clue what u are saying, no offence. 1. The only "brown shirts" were the Nazi Sturmarbietlung, or the since mass-murdered SA of Ernst Rohm. What you meant was "the Blue Shirts" who
Let's not forget that Devilera sent Irish soldiers, known as Brown shirts to help Hitler and Franco. The Catholic Bishops blessed these scum, before they sailed for Spain in ships flying the Swastika.
@thatamazinggeek It's because the dictatorship of the proletariat would never work. Anarchism is the only sensible means of reclaiming the means of production.
@thatamazinggeek FRANCO DID WELL??? i'm pretty sure that a couple million catalans and basques would say he didnt. by that logic, stalin did well... i mean he never lost a war, never lost the loyalty of his people, and died in office. but he was a totalitarian twat, like franco
@knaan163 catalan and basques? there were million deads in all spain. Do not name those 2 places just because they have a strong nationalistic identity, because that is, in fact, the nationalism, what moves fascism mainly.
@thatamazinggeek wHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT !!?? 'MUSSOLINI DID WELL' ????? HITLER DID NOT DRAG MUSSOILINI IN TO THE WAR, OLD MUSO JOINED ABOUT 24 HOURS BEFORE THE FRENCH SURRENDER !!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE ITALIAN ARMY WAS FUCKING USELESS !!! 'FRANCO DOD QUITE WELL ??? !!! AGINST WHAT ?? HE USED MUSLIM PRIMITIVE PSYCHOS AND ANY CUNT WHO COULD SHOOT UNARMED PEOPLE AND THIS APPALING SCUM RAPED AND TORTURED AND MURDERED ITS WAY THROUGH A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND ITS PEOPLE, TWAT!
@thatamazinggeek Well, even in greece there are communist parties. (even though they dont represent real communism). There aren't any fascist political parties though(thank god)
@thatamazinggeek Communism is horrible as well. But the way stalin wanted it. Communism as an idea isnt all that bad. That's why there are many communists right now.
i am spanish and live in austrailia. my spanish history is deep. to the point my last name is morales =P. allways wonderd how my ansestroy wound up here. im starting to understand why!
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@thatamazinggeek :S Nope it doesn't. While capitalism gives a high standard of living (to a very few people) it also exploits all the workers and farmers. It can't last for long, as I said look at all the strikes and riots. I just can't support capitalism and fascism considering what it has done to my family, friends.
@thatamazinggeek really? which one if i may ask. yeah cuba is on the way to capitalism. Idk about NK though, not without a fight atleast. Yeah those parties were pretty greedy and all that stuff, so that people don't get confused i just call myself an anarchist(then they confuse me with a chaos loving prick *facepalm*). Are you saying capitalism is gonna be forever?
@thatamazinggeek ofcourse they were fed up... because it wasn't communsm or socialism or whatever the demigod leaders promised. I know, countless years of capitalism worshiping schools makes you think very narrow. And communism isn't dead, or we wouldn't be having this conversation. Just look at the riots in greece for example. People are getting tired of the exploitation. And one day when the revolution comes, people will learn from the mistakes of previous communist countries.
@thatamazinggeek are those countries communist? first of all, a communist country is an oxymoron. communism is a classless, stateless society. If you think about it, the regimes in those countries aren't socialism or communism... i'd say its more like a state capitalism with autocracy and monarchy and all that right conservative stuff... the communism marx and engels were talking about is much more liberal and is VERY simmilar to anarchism.
Yup! during the fascist dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos many Catholic priests join the armed struggle and became martyrs..some even became Communist Party leaders!
And after the dictatorship, on the first real democratic election, socialist won, I bet Franco revolted inside his tomb, the great betrayer, the great shame, how an ignorant fool can destroy a country.
BWAAHAHAHAHA... The "Spanish Republic"..gave the entire gold reserves
to USSR..were duped into being a Communist front for Stalin, fought to destroy Spain and Spanish culture...and then these Leftist morons present themselves as
they are only called anarchists because they are against the government. if they had taken over the government, becoming part of it, then there anarchist title would be no more because you can't be part of a government and be an anarchist.
My granddad was an volunteer of los internacionales along with 100 other young Albanians that fought for the freedom and for a better world, without the Nazis and the fascists. Viva la vida muera la muerte!
When my granddad has returned in Albania, fought face of shits like you (fascists and Nazis) for 5 years (1939-1944) . He was proud to be a communist as I'm proud to be his nephew. And you about what you are proud??? About Hitler or Mussolini??? or perhaps Goering or Himmler??? You are so HAJVAN (the most appropriate word in English is JAY) in historical matters especially for Albania. The communist regime ruled for 45 years (1946-1991) and not 65 years. Pra hajde qiu (so duck off )
Again you are showing ignorance. The term Moron (which derives from the latin Maribus) was created by the republicans and used for the Franco's mercenary that originally were from Morocco. Again this term was used by albanian partisans for the italian fascists. So the MORONE are you. When you don't know this elementary thing how you can pretend to know the history of Albania. You didn't answered me: Of what your proud?
Franco called himself the head of state. Jessup would say that the head of state of any nation is that whom has the most amo, because in the end supplies make the big difference. Freaken facists! What dark hours!
Most of these comments ignore the German air support during the conflict. It gave the rebels the edge they needed to prevail. Unfortunately giving the Luftwaffen a chance to practice bombing and strafing for later use.They really were an evil bunch. You wonder how Chamberlain and his cronies could have been so naive.
this is weird but i am a catholic basque but the basques were the republlicans that rspected catholism its sad that franco had to be a fag and run to the axis thanks to him 3 of my great uncles who fought for the republicans 2 by bombing 1 was nver found but it was sspected he was tortred to deth i wish i could kick francos ass any1 who supports the nationalists send me a message why you think you are right 2 support the nationalist or if u supprt republicans mssge me y u spprt the republkicans
Lots of things led the republican side to defeat : inner conflicts, no real regular army, no coordination... and of course the help Franco got from the italians and the germans.
Too bad some of them were stupidely instrumentalized by the USSR and by anarchist ideology, I wish the republican would have won, rather than shitty conservative catholic scum.
The reds had balls. If occidental people of 1939 were spanish reds, Berlin would have burnt in the first weeks of WW2.
Lets get facts straight.. La Pasionaria was an ignorant peasant whose speeches were normally a salad of clitches and political "consignas"... the picture of the dead soldiers was taken in Madrid, and the victims are nationalist soldiers massacred by the milicias... Dali was in favor of the nationalists... the supossed picture of the international brigades is actually a photo of a nationalist columm, hence the fascist salute.
@CompanyFlow78 criminals? it is a fact that the fascists killed 10 times as many people as the revolutionaries, INCLUDING thousands of children and women in aerial bombardments. Suck on hitler's cock, fascist prick
And why do you talking about Hitler? Maybe you can something about these who created International Brygadies - Stalin and his commarades like Swierczewski? They were russian mass criminals.
@syedsaim if you do your homework they weren't as bad as the name implies at least compared to Hitler or America and that's because of Strong religious morals.
I guess quantitatively they weren't as bad as Hitler or America or Stalin. But you wouldn't be saying that if you were being arrested, shot at or imprisoned by Franco.
They didn't necessarily have strong religious morals - they definitely had the backing of the Spanish Church because of the Church was a staunch defender of the status quo and moneyed interests. Franco was a defender of the ruling-class against the people of Spain.
Jews had nothing to do with it. Stalinism had more to do with it than Trotskyism too. Trots were the first ones to be arrested and shot when the Stalinist UGT got ahold of the government, the Stalinists made deals with the French bourgeiosie in order to bring arms in, refused to give arms to the people who had sparked a revolution in Spain and arrested most of the militia men and women and revolutionaries. They are scum and have no interest in communism.
See our video on the Spanish Civil War - posted as a video response... youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRmCMg6BZw
ProletarianCPGBML 2 days ago
I would have fought in the spanish civil war
Regginyaga 2 weeks ago
Franco was not only a great general but also kept Spain neutral during WW2. this documentary is very biased, the "republicans" as they called themselves were communist who would have establish an even worse and more brutal dictatorship.
escapeout 3 weeks ago
@escapeout ???? Franco kept Spain neutral......REALLY! Even though he was recieving help from Mussolin and Hitler! that doesn't seem particularly neutral to me.
perf5paul 1 week ago
@escapeout Franco was a dictator. Go do your history.
Jackie1957able 3 hours ago
Long live Francisco Franco; he saved spain from communism
cocotena 1 month ago
@cocotena Poor Fascist scumbag, he fucked up the country for about 20 years , but rednecks like you will never understand, because your brain is way to small to do so, please go back to your RANCH!
babehunter1324 1 month ago
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My family lived very well those years, and my brain is bigger than yours of course. If you are a jew-communist is not my problem.
cocotena 1 month ago
@cocotena Franco was a dictator HORRIBLE.
Jackie1957able 3 hours ago
My great grandmother was in Madrid during this war.
Fail27897 1 month ago
VIVA FRANCISCO FRANCO
TheSpaniard1521 1 month ago
Franco's best ability was to launch attacks on key supply areas, capturing and holding them so he could count on the aid from Germany and Italy getting through, and keeping his men and vehicles fully stocked! While Russia also sent aid to Spain for the comunist forces, it was not near as reliable as the aid Franco was getting because he captured so many ports and supply depots. All Franco's forces had to do was dig in and wait for the undersupplied enemy to attack, repulse them and counter!
ginko27 2 months ago
really good documantary, thanks for uploading
Atvor 2 months ago
The war that popularised the molotov cocktail
Colton8646 2 months ago
@Colton8646 I believe that was the Finnish-Soviet ''winter war''.
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 No actually Franco used molotovs to attack Soviet tanks, theres even a instruction on how to make a molotov cocktail by the repulicans on wikipedia as they were used on both sides.
Colton8646 1 month ago
@Colton8646 Seems like you're right, I didn't know that. I learned something today!:D Though the name Molotov cocktail was given to it by the Finnish;)
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 Yes, Molotov was a Communist and a devoted follower of Stalin. Why the Finnish would want to name anything after a bastard who let his wife be killed by the NKVD I don't know.
Colton8646 1 month ago
@Colton8646 It wasn't a term of endearment. The story goes that the Soviet used clusterbombs on the Finnish soldiers, which the Finnish called ''Stalins breadbaskets''. So they named the petrol bombs they used ''molotov cocktails'' to go with the bread. ''have a nice cocktail with the nice bread you gave us''
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 No wait, I got it wrong. The soviets denied bombing the Finnish, calling it food droppings instead. That's why the called the cluster-bombs breadbaskets. And the petrol-bombs Molotov cocktails.
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 Oh clever, the Finns fought amazingly in the Winter war I hear and while the Soviets didn't have a good army to start with as it was weak from the purges, but aparently it was because of the Finnish victory that Hitler wrongly thought it would be relatively easy to invade Russia.
Colton8646 1 month ago
@Colton8646 The Soviet army was indeed greatly weakened by the purges, also the moral and drive to fight the Finnish was absent in the Soviet soldiers. I don't think Hitler underestimated the Soviets, the first year was relatively easy, because Soviet soldiers were unwilling to fight for Stalin's regime. Hitler(Goering famously, in the Ukraine) wasted this advantage though, by behaving even worse than Stalin.
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 Yes, the Villagers in the Ukraine wanted to help defeat Stalin. But the SS instead of using this to their advantage shot the Villagers as Partisans. Apparently if Germany had secured themselves in Moscow instead of going to the oil fields they would have won the war in Russia.
Colton8646 1 month ago
@Colton8646 I don´t know, the Germans needed the oilfields badly. There were many factors contributing to the German defeat, I think their defeat can´t be blamed on a single one, but rather the combination of many. Like the Allied bombing of German industry, the immense size of Russia(supply issues), the Russian winter, Goerings incompetence, German tanks being over-engineered and to expensive, Hitler's strategic error's(f.e. the battle of Britain), the list goes on and on.
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 Agreed, I also think the German allies were not good at co operating. Italy was crippled by Mussolini's arrogance and Italy was very early on defeating by the Greeks at Cephallonia (it took the German army to defeat the Greeks). Also Japan while a very good fighting force did not have the same aims as Germany and so this weakened the Germans.
Colton8646 1 month ago
@evildeathmonkey1 I personally think the fact Hitler fought a war on two fronts was the main reason for his downfall, that and the enigma.
AngryBroomHandler 1 month ago
@AngryBroomHandler Yes, I agree. The two front war was a huge factor in Germany's defeat.
evildeathmonkey1 1 month ago
international brigade-cowards and robber
robertelee09 2 months ago
@robertelee09 fuck you, international brigade heroes!!
thenumberguan 2 months ago
again... the revolutionary was Franco! The communists were actually a small minority to begin with but gained ground later. You talk about Russia interfereing in Spain but make no mention of Europes Fascists. Your anti semitism speaks volumes so your comments can hardly be taken as unbiased or, indeed, very well researched.
FrancoHitlini 3 months ago
10. Saul Wellman: Commissar of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Communist activist from Detroit. Organized Communist party meetings amongst Detroit auto workers.
12. Leon Rosenthal: A New York Jew. He was Stalin’s propaganda agent in Spain.
13. Moses Rosenberg: The Russian Ambassador to Madrid. He rigged the elections of the Spanish Parliament in 1936 installing puppets of the Jewish Bolsheviks.
xtiml 3 months ago
FRANCISCO FRANCO (1892-1975) was a devout Roman Catholic. The Jewish Propaganda Machine, that is, the Jewish-controlled Press, Media, and Publishing houses, labeled General Francisco Franco as a “fascist.” The Jewish-published history books still do the same.
reason the Jews labeled General Franco a “fascist” was because Franco saw his actions as a crusade to place the Church and the nobility at the center of Spanish life.
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xtiml 3 months ago
Stalin’s International Brigade, comprised mostly of Jews, slaughtered 6,539 Spanish priests, 3000 monks, 300 nuns, and 13 Bishops. Over 20,000 Spanish churches were destroyed by the Bolshevik Jews.
10,000 OF STALIN’S International Brigade were Jews. More than one-third of the Jewish volunteers were communist American Jews who called themselves the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
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xtiml 3 months ago
this is bullshit.thank god for franco(a good jew)
xtiml 3 months ago
British garbage propaganda. Si, se pasan.
FriedrichKling 4 months ago
Didn't the communists kill the christians?
BayAreaOrBust 4 months ago
Unbelievable some sick people are supporting the Communists and the agents of Stalin and not Fransico Franco who rescued the country. First of all Democrasy is bullshit and filth. All powerful countries need a monarchy or princeps like Octavian-Augustus. Germany nearly fell to the communists in the early 1920's with thousands of dead. Had Franco failed Spain would now be like Albania and Afganistan.
MrAugustus88 4 months ago
@MrAugustus88 Do you know anything about the Spanish Civil War or about anything full stop? This was a war with its roots in centuries of religious and social repression of the Spanish people by Church; Crown and the Military. Franco was a ruthless; spiteful and arrogant butcher. "Rescuing Spain" - as you and many "Nationalists" would have it - would mean returning Spain to the Middle Ages with the majority in crippling poverty with few (if any) rights. Is your name Darth Sidious by chance?
FrancoHitlini 4 months ago
@FrancoHitlini the "revolution was instigated by commies in roosia,they were totally barbaric murdering nuns after the usual rape,torturing priests and anyone else in their grasp,this negates them,it weasnt a spaish revolution as there are no grass roots revolutions they are all ther machinations of internatioanal jewry.
xtiml 3 months ago
@xtiml I have no time for barbarism but in a violent society violence is bred. To pint at a particular moment and profess "this is where it all began" is to ignore centuries of catholic repression and tit-for-tat atrocities. Also, remember that Franco was the revolutionary seeking to overturn a socialist government not the other way round.
FrancoHitlini 3 months ago
@xtiml Excuse me but what planet are you on? Firstly, do not insult people when you do not know who your are talking to. Secondly, I am a historian who has studied Europen war and revolution for decades. I am not a communist and I am certainly no catholic... but maybe you are and looking through the same deluded rose coloured spectacles that all catholics do. Spain had carried the burden of religious, aristocratic and and military oppression for centuries. Read some history instead of garbage!
FrancoHitlini 3 months ago
@FrancoHitlini it most definitely was not.dont you get it? you are infected with the same mind virus the deluded russians were until it cleared up and they saw what they had,a jewsih tyranny and terror that made the czars rule feel like the caress of a snowflake on ones puddin empty haid.
xtiml 3 months ago
@FrancoHitlini the spanish revolution was not grass rootsthey never are, the grassroots people are allways used by the fomenters because most have the brains of grass.that revolution was an outside force.called..... the goal was to throw out chrsitinity impose a tyranny just like in russia and further international commie goals,at that time mass murders and genocide of russians was going nicely, you side with these vile nameless jews .
xtiml 3 months ago
@MrAugustus88 Learn proper grammar and then maybe people will listen to you...
bowenforpm 3 months ago
fuck communism
KINGxTROLL 5 months ago
@KINGxTROLL What is it about communism that you don't like?
jardoz1 5 months ago
@jardoz1 The government has no right to tell people what to do. Communism is made for brain dead sheep who can't compete in the world. Fuck communism, it doesn't work, just look at the USSR, China, or North Korea.
MrOrange121 5 months ago
@MrOrange121 That doesn't explain anything... how does communism create "brain dead sheep"? Communism is an ideology, not a government. Is there a government that doesn't tell people "what to do"? What's the purpose of a government?
jardoz1 5 months ago
@jardoz1 To protect the rights of the people.
SpadaccinoLuciano 5 months ago
@SpadaccinoLuciano who decides what's right?
jardoz1 5 months ago
@jardoz1 See, THAT'S the difficulty. In an ideal world, it would not be the GOVERNMENT that tells people what's right and wrong, it would be the people among themselves. Essentially, though, it would be equal oppurtunity, the right to private property and family...well, it really varies. It really doesnt matter what kind of government - Monarchy, Oligarth, Republic - what matters are the leaders. The people need a leader who will protect them and do whats best for the people.
SpadaccinoLuciano 5 months ago
@jardoz1
Hello, if I could I would like to join in on this discussion.
Communism as it was in the 1930's, that is to say authoritarian communism is somewhat misguided. Communists sought to destroy class structures, however this is unachievable in an authoritarian system. So long as there is hierarchy, be it political or otherwise, there will be people with more power than the common man. And so long as this is true the emergence of a bourgeoisie or political class is inevitable.
GravDuck 4 months ago
@MrOrange121 oh and capatalism does work yeh?
Swaggs303 4 months ago
obviously the european education system has failed you mraugustus88 you are a disgrace
tezzabanboy 5 months ago
It is trully shameful how the disgusting communists tried to take over a beautiful and powerful nation whith so much history. Hopefully Franco rescued the country from a fashist dictatorship. That is what communism is a fashist dictatorship. A few years earlier Germany was barely saved by a Communist fashist dictatorship. Franco ofourse used assholes like Hitler and Mussolini to do the dirty job for him, but in the end Spain was saved.
MrAugustus88 6 months ago
@MrAugustus88 franco was a fascist
death9719 6 months ago
@MrAugustus88 admittedly
death9719 6 months ago
@MrAugustus88 you need to get educated, your "facts" are moronic at best.
Toro953 5 months ago
@MrAugustus88 You come across as a most illinformed uneducated person Go educate yourself
retepnalon 4 months ago
Actually at 1:06, the Dali Paining is called "Soft Construction With Boiled Beans".
rickcain2320 6 months ago
viva franco arriba españa
davidmanuel21 6 months ago
@davidmanuel21 Franco esta muerto y ahora los gusanos se comen sus entrañas.
pjboom 6 months ago
@davidmanuel21 Franco esta muerto y ahora los gusanos se comen sus entrañas.
pjboom 6 months ago
As a budding journalist I made a short film about Joseph Kahn, who sadly no longer with us.
He was one of the few surviving British volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
Joseph was 18 when he volunteered to lead a convoy of ambulances from Camden Town to Madrid.
He arrived and went on to Albacete, where he joined the newly formed British Battalion.
If you are interested, then you can watch my film at my channel
ploughat 7 months ago
the spanish world war...
PLANKt0ne1 7 months ago
VIVA FRANCO
AveEvropa 7 months ago
When Franco intervened the republic in Spain was already death, mainly for the left 's attitude who wanted total power and betrayed the republic's government. Official police killed the opposition's leader Calvo Sotelo, nobody was arrested....that was a republic ?
feurzauber 7 months ago
italy and germany sound like nato.
MiKeDpRoDuCtIoNs 7 months ago
#Spanishrevolution
Charli775 8 months ago
Cansado de la crisis? del paro? de politicos incompetentes y manipuladores? TOMA EL MANDO DE TU VIDA Y FORMA PARTE DE LA HISTORIA: -SAL A LA CALLE Y MANIFIESTATE, JUNTOS CAMBIAREMOS EL MUNDO.
chutaleomessygol 8 months ago
I hope it is the penultimate great cause, at least. In Spain we paid a terribly high price and sadly we are still paying it.
Viva la República!
treisilords 8 months ago
Me gustan las tortugas
BreezerProducts 8 months ago
death to all comunists
vladnebunubv 8 months ago
@vladnebunubv LOL look at spain now ;)
him1104 8 months ago
If Franco was bad,then viva Lenin,Stalin,Mao,Pol Pot& comp.,who killed allmost 1 billion people,or more. Long live Communism,the "peace" guardians,hahahahaha.
gabrielooss 9 months ago
@gabrielooss If Franco was bad? This is the guy who was one the same side as Hitler. As for Stalin, America worked with him during WW2 and Stalin won WW2 breaking Germany up. But I don't defend those sort of murderers. Communism (if you google pure communism) is the idea that their should be no or limited government and that the workers should run the place in which they work (and keep the money they produce) rather be bossed about by hierarchy for little money. Its hard workers vs bossy owners.
Mikeofdundee1987 7 months ago
@Mikeofdundee1987 Franco saved lives of hundred thousands of jews.
AveEvropa 7 months ago
yes the civil war- my grandfather always told me about it, when Franco died on 1974 he decided to move to mexico were we had some family. I have only seen Spain once and it is one of the most bueatiful places I had ever seen.
luis30531 9 months ago
@luis30531 What side did he fight for ?? And did he leave anything behind from the period,like uniform markings or other things ?? Im just asking because I am a collector of such militaria..If he did leave something that now runs in the family,it could be worth some money :)
RebelSonBand 8 months ago
@RebelSonBand he said he fought against the republic, he has a few medals but most of his belongings form the war are pictures.
luis30531 8 months ago
@luis30531 Very interesting..:) You should find out what kind of medals it is,and pictures can be very interesting too.. If you want,you could up-load some pics.and I be happy to help you find out.. :)
RebelSonBand 8 months ago
@RebelSonBand some pictures have nazi signs so im not sure if people would like that kind of stuff
luis30531 7 months ago
@thatamazinggeek He was. Since few people control money it is in their interest to have regimes that are conservative/monarchist/nationalist - elitist. That's why big business and monarchy's support Nazi/fascist movements. That's where they got sponsorship from. You can call communism,democracy, free market anything you like but if it doesn't fit the definition it's NOT it. For many reasons Soviet Russia didn't have Communism. For many reasons it collapsed. It's a complicated topic.
seezarorest 9 months ago
How many times does the typical fool lefto have to be in the same train wreck before he or she learns to take another train? Most commie leaders have been intellectuals who never did a day’s manual labor in their lives, starting with Marx himself.
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 The Second Republic was the first truly democracy that Spain had, the first time the women could vote. But there was a problem, th church and the powerful didnt like that, they made everything possible to eliminate the Republic, from training fascist militias inside churches for the future rising, to intimidating people in order to make them to vote to the CEDA, whos priority was to destroy the Republic democracy from inside.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@litwriter100 When the war started, some anarchists burnt churches and killed priests, this was done because of the resentment against the Church (who wanted an analphabet and starving people to control them). Personally i dont support those "anarchists" because there is no need to kill or burn historical monuments like the churches, but is something comprehensible if we talk about that hard times. The fascists used that to kill every leftist or supporters of the democracy (some rightists too)
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@ShagohodArkan P.S., I just wanted to add that you are obviously erudite and your English is *so good* that you actually taught me a word I had been unfamiliar with: in my native language! Now I only have to wait for an opportunity to weave “analphabet” into a conversation. (G) Thanks again.
litwriter100 9 months ago
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" "La Pasionaria" exhorted the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Then when the nationalists were closing in, she booked for Moscow, just like the "republican" leadership leaving 20,000 of their followers in the lurch at Alicante.
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 And thats one of the factors of why we lost the war, and because of the non-intervention pact too.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@ShagohodArkanYour response is both civil and ambiguous. What do you mean by "we," please? You are Spanish? Communist? Anarchist? The left refused to moderate and forced the right into rebellion in self-defense. It was not just the army. They had almost half the people with them. Since the death of Franco, much of the left's platform has been carried without an orgy of blood. Even the most radical anarchist of that era would not have even considered the possibility of gay marriage.
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 I am spanish, social-democrat, son of a soldier, grandson of a soldier, and great-grandson of another soldier who fought in the war, lost, exiliated to France, joined the French Resistance and then was interned in a extermination camp. And i can tell you i know everything of what happened in the Spanish Civil War. The left reacted against centuries of opression thanks to the aristocracy and the catholic church who were really cruel with the People, letting them to starve.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@litwriter100 And one last thing, the right, well... the extreme-right, never moderated, they continued with their reactionary ideals from the proclamation in 1931 to the war. So its normal that all the left were a bit more extremist. We respected them until they started with the lynching, the killing of sindicalists, the intimidation to the worker class and their filthy pro-mussolini propaganda from 1931 and 1932 onwards... and sorry for my bad english.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@ShagohodArkanOn the contrary, your English is excellent! Your family’s history as related is proud and heroic, even if I don’t agree 100% with your analysis. Who said (before the war), "All the churches in Spain are not worth one republican life"? Many were terrified. Separating Church from state was not sufficient for the radicals of that era. They didn’t even want people to be able to voluntarily pay for a religious education. (Continued).
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 And about nowadays our country is still completely divided, we are still fighting and arguing on everywhere and because of everything we think, at least my family and friends, that we will end up in a great conflict between us. While some sectors of the "left" have betrayed the Left, the right is eventually growing more stronger and extremist, you should check a TV channel : "Intereconomía". The channel belongs to the PP, they are completely anti-democrats and irrespetuous.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@ShagohodArkan You are correct, sir. My greatest knowledge of your country begins with your most tragic civil war. I understand the causes of the conflict beginning at that point, but am generally unclear how matters evolved to then. I might also be prejudiced by being an (American) Irish-Catholic. I am, however, educable, and shall presently brush up on your nation's history. I do pray no reoccurrence of the terrible violence then should ever reoccur. Best regards.
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 Well, it has been a pleasure to talk with you, and its really good that you are Irish descendant, Spain has always been a great friend of Ireland, we are like brothers and i really apreciate Ireland and its People. Best regards, friend.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@ShagohodArkan Even a democracy can be tyrannical. Africans were quite legally enslaved in the U.S. republic, for example, and whatever slave insurrections that occurred were entirely justified. The Spanish left wanted to seize land and property from class envy, even if the owners had not done anything oppressive to get it in the first place. (Continued)
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 Because of that backwardness, the social differences were incredibly high, while the upper class lived in abundancy surrounded by gold, the hard-working class was in a complete starvation while they had to work 16 hours, without an educational or sanitary system. That lead to great social conflicts during the XIX and XX century. I am sure if you read more about spanish history in the XVI to XX centuries you will see and understand what happened during the civil war.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@ShagohodArkan Maybe they or their ancestors had actually worked their asses off to get somewhere while others sat around and drank theirs away. The left has always been built on jealousy. In other cases, they might have been correct. Little is black and white in this world. The right does have a penchant to get greedy. Moderation in all things is the wisest course, as history has shown time and again. I'm glad your people seem to have learned that under your presnt government.
litwriter100 9 months ago
@litwriter100 Well, the fact is that is really difficult to explain the class conflicts of Spain in comments here. But i will tell you that those landowners and riches, in most cases were descendants of knights and aristocrats who gained lands during the reconquista (700/800+- to 1500). I have studied a lot history of Spain, and i assure you that the worker class and left wasnt envy of the riches, we were the less advanced country in economics, social matters etc etc.
ShagohodArkan 9 months ago
@rocker53...
History lesson 4 you, since you have no clue what u are saying, no offence. 1. The only "brown shirts" were the Nazi Sturmarbietlung, or the since mass-murdered SA of Ernst Rohm. What you meant was "the Blue Shirts" who
AnomicDeadDisciple 9 months ago
What a load of blatantly communist horse shit.
citizenfitz 10 months ago
@citizenfitz
hoarse* you mean? lol....
lasbarricadasnow 10 months ago
Hî_áNyõÑê_wåññå_chät_wÏth_mè_î_fêel_sÖ_lønélÿ_tòDäy~
BibiyyAlyceej188 10 months ago
Let's not forget that Devilera sent Irish soldiers, known as Brown shirts to help Hitler and Franco. The Catholic Bishops blessed these scum, before they sailed for Spain in ships flying the Swastika.
rocker53zero 10 months ago
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rocker53zero 10 months ago
@thatamazinggeek It's because the dictatorship of the proletariat would never work. Anarchism is the only sensible means of reclaiming the means of production.
kwaal 10 months ago
im pretty sure both sides are fucking retarded. correct me if im wrong :) anarchy forever, not facism
YaddahYaddahYaddah13 10 months ago
@thatamazinggeek FRANCO DID WELL??? i'm pretty sure that a couple million catalans and basques would say he didnt. by that logic, stalin did well... i mean he never lost a war, never lost the loyalty of his people, and died in office. but he was a totalitarian twat, like franco
knaan163 11 months ago
@knaan163 catalan and basques? there were million deads in all spain. Do not name those 2 places just because they have a strong nationalistic identity, because that is, in fact, the nationalism, what moves fascism mainly.
plastik85 10 months ago
@thatamazinggeek yh but the spanish govt. wasnt communist - they were just a part of the coalition, the PM came from the PSOE, like Zapatero today
knaan163 11 months ago
@thatamazinggeek I THINK YOUR VEST NEEDS WASHING
birdandthe 11 months ago
@thatamazinggeek wHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT !!?? 'MUSSOLINI DID WELL' ????? HITLER DID NOT DRAG MUSSOILINI IN TO THE WAR, OLD MUSO JOINED ABOUT 24 HOURS BEFORE THE FRENCH SURRENDER !!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE ITALIAN ARMY WAS FUCKING USELESS !!! 'FRANCO DOD QUITE WELL ??? !!! AGINST WHAT ?? HE USED MUSLIM PRIMITIVE PSYCHOS AND ANY CUNT WHO COULD SHOOT UNARMED PEOPLE AND THIS APPALING SCUM RAPED AND TORTURED AND MURDERED ITS WAY THROUGH A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND ITS PEOPLE, TWAT!
birdandthe 11 months ago
@thatamazinggeek Well, even in greece there are communist parties. (even though they dont represent real communism). There aren't any fascist political parties though(thank god)
QQthimagfnqqba 11 months ago
@thatamazinggeek Communism is horrible as well. But the way stalin wanted it. Communism as an idea isnt all that bad. That's why there are many communists right now.
QQthimagfnqqba 11 months ago
@thatamazinggeek Right, so Hitler and Mussolini delivered just what the people wanted, total defeat
birdandthe 11 months ago
i am spanish and live in austrailia. my spanish history is deep. to the point my last name is morales =P. allways wonderd how my ansestroy wound up here. im starting to understand why!
UndoneB4Broken 11 months ago
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KekoJones68 1 year ago
@thatamazinggeek :S Nope it doesn't. While capitalism gives a high standard of living (to a very few people) it also exploits all the workers and farmers. It can't last for long, as I said look at all the strikes and riots. I just can't support capitalism and fascism considering what it has done to my family, friends.
Ugotevryfkinnamtaken 1 year ago
@thatamazinggeek really? which one if i may ask. yeah cuba is on the way to capitalism. Idk about NK though, not without a fight atleast. Yeah those parties were pretty greedy and all that stuff, so that people don't get confused i just call myself an anarchist(then they confuse me with a chaos loving prick *facepalm*). Are you saying capitalism is gonna be forever?
Ugotevryfkinnamtaken 1 year ago
@thatamazinggeek ofcourse they were fed up... because it wasn't communsm or socialism or whatever the demigod leaders promised. I know, countless years of capitalism worshiping schools makes you think very narrow. And communism isn't dead, or we wouldn't be having this conversation. Just look at the riots in greece for example. People are getting tired of the exploitation. And one day when the revolution comes, people will learn from the mistakes of previous communist countries.
Ugotevryfkinnamtaken 1 year ago
@thatamazinggeek are those countries communist? first of all, a communist country is an oxymoron. communism is a classless, stateless society. If you think about it, the regimes in those countries aren't socialism or communism... i'd say its more like a state capitalism with autocracy and monarchy and all that right conservative stuff... the communism marx and engels were talking about is much more liberal and is VERY simmilar to anarchism.
Ugotevryfkinnamtaken 1 year ago
@thatamazinggeek definetly fascist... you should read some books on communism, the real one not that stalin shit.
Ugotevryfkinnamtaken 1 year ago
Yup! during the fascist dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos many Catholic priests join the armed struggle and became martyrs..some even became Communist Party leaders!
aponilenin 1 year ago
And after the dictatorship, on the first real democratic election, socialist won, I bet Franco revolted inside his tomb, the great betrayer, the great shame, how an ignorant fool can destroy a country.
pjboom 1 year ago
BWAAHAHAHAHA... The "Spanish Republic"..gave the entire gold reserves
to USSR..were duped into being a Communist front for Stalin, fought to destroy Spain and Spanish culture...and then these Leftist morons present themselves as
"freedom fighters"
ehunter2 1 year ago
I'm reading "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by:Hemingway right now it is a excellent book.
ravenheart93 1 year ago
they are only called anarchists because they are against the government. if they had taken over the government, becoming part of it, then there anarchist title would be no more because you can't be part of a government and be an anarchist.
SunshineSuperman0999 1 year ago
My granddad was an volunteer of los internacionales along with 100 other young Albanians that fought for the freedom and for a better world, without the Nazis and the fascists. Viva la vida muera la muerte!
TakuILemes 1 year ago
@TakuILemes
Gee..he went all the way to Spain to fight "fascists" but couldnt be bothered
to fight the real enemy back home..the Communists who enslaved Albania
for 65 years. Maybe he got everything ass backwards just like all left wing morons always do.
ehunter2 1 year ago
@ehunter2
When my granddad has returned in Albania, fought face of shits like you (fascists and Nazis) for 5 years (1939-1944) . He was proud to be a communist as I'm proud to be his nephew. And you about what you are proud??? About Hitler or Mussolini??? or perhaps Goering or Himmler??? You are so HAJVAN (the most appropriate word in English is JAY) in historical matters especially for Albania. The communist regime ruled for 45 years (1946-1991) and not 65 years. Pra hajde qiu (so duck off )
TakuILemes 1 year ago
@TakuILemes Oh..only 45 years..my mistake....45 years of Enver Hoxha's propaganda
and mind control. His workers committees and selling out Albania first to Stalin..then
Red China..but at least you were "fascists". Moron.
ehunter2 1 year ago
@ehunter2
Again you are showing ignorance. The term Moron (which derives from the latin Maribus) was created by the republicans and used for the Franco's mercenary that originally were from Morocco. Again this term was used by albanian partisans for the italian fascists. So the MORONE are you. When you don't know this elementary thing how you can pretend to know the history of Albania. You didn't answered me: Of what your proud?
TakuILemes 1 year ago
Franco called himself the head of state. Jessup would say that the head of state of any nation is that whom has the most amo, because in the end supplies make the big difference. Freaken facists! What dark hours!
pepitopene1 1 year ago
In the Philippines, many progressive Catholic priests took up arms against fascism!
aponilenin 1 year ago
@aponilenin Philippines had fascism when? Well the Spanish Civil War had opositive Priest took arms agianst Republic with Nationaslitcs
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
what song is playing in the background in the beginning?
sick *ass keys!
mufongo 1 year ago
what song is playing in the background in the beginning?
sick as keys!
mufongo 1 year ago
Most of these comments ignore the German air support during the conflict. It gave the rebels the edge they needed to prevail. Unfortunately giving the Luftwaffen a chance to practice bombing and strafing for later use.They really were an evil bunch. You wonder how Chamberlain and his cronies could have been so naive.
sejanus4th 1 year ago
"the last great cause"? wow how unbelievably pessimistic.
KriegPhilosophy 1 year ago 7
@KriegPhilosophy I could be 'last' as in 'last tuesday'? That's a bit more of an optimistic reading of it anyway :P
wowsa0 6 months ago
this is so boring
FACTUNTHJU 1 year ago
@FACTUNTHJU true that, i gotta watch it for school :(
notevenhuman 1 year ago
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@FACTUNTHJU what? you are wrong fat boy. you are boring
pedricolas 1 year ago
my great grandparents migrated to mexico due to this; if it wasn't for this i would of never existed :o
hectorfosho22 1 year ago
The guy who talks at 2:00 minutes in is a dick and an old romantic douche.
TheWindowSeat 1 year ago
'Anarcho-Syndicalism' is a form of coercive statism.
Everything should be voluntary, the exact opposite of 'Anarcho-Syndicalism'.
qwertypoiu4321 1 year ago
Thank God Franco won!
ss90ss444 1 year ago
NO PASARAN! Viva Madrid Libre, Viva Espana Libre, abajo fascismo y franco.
TheTollundWoman 1 year ago 13
Winston Churchill provides commentary at 1:49!!! LOL
Fearlessdoink 1 year ago
this is weird but i am a catholic basque but the basques were the republlicans that rspected catholism its sad that franco had to be a fag and run to the axis thanks to him 3 of my great uncles who fought for the republicans 2 by bombing 1 was nver found but it was sspected he was tortred to deth i wish i could kick francos ass any1 who supports the nationalists send me a message why you think you are right 2 support the nationalist or if u supprt republicans mssge me y u spprt the republkicans
MizFit606 1 year ago
@MizFit606 Franco saved Spain before stalinism - that's one most seriously argue.
CompanyFlow78 1 year ago
What documentary is this from!?
spencerthayer 1 year ago
Lots of things led the republican side to defeat : inner conflicts, no real regular army, no coordination... and of course the help Franco got from the italians and the germans.
Too bad some of them were stupidely instrumentalized by the USSR and by anarchist ideology, I wish the republican would have won, rather than shitty conservative catholic scum.
The reds had balls. If occidental people of 1939 were spanish reds, Berlin would have burnt in the first weeks of WW2.
Perversus666 1 year ago
Even the olives were bleeding
As the battle for Madrid it thundered on.
Truth and love against the force af evil,
Brotherhood against the Fascist clan.
Vive La Quince Brigada!
"No Paseran" the pledge that made them fight.
"Adelante" was the cry around the hillside.
Let us all remember them tonight.
clarebannerman 1 year ago
Lets get facts straight.. La Pasionaria was an ignorant peasant whose speeches were normally a salad of clitches and political "consignas"... the picture of the dead soldiers was taken in Madrid, and the victims are nationalist soldiers massacred by the milicias... Dali was in favor of the nationalists... the supossed picture of the international brigades is actually a photo of a nationalist columm, hence the fascist salute.
Astur56 1 year ago
@Astur56 Never heard of ya
oldoddjobs 1 year ago
Anarchists were the criminals, Durutti, Carillo - murders, who killed innocent peoples.
Viva Franco - hero, who beat a stalinists and save a free Spain.
CompanyFlow78 1 year ago
@CompanyFlow78 criminals? it is a fact that the fascists killed 10 times as many people as the revolutionaries, INCLUDING thousands of children and women in aerial bombardments. Suck on hitler's cock, fascist prick
ramberghini 1 year ago
@ramberghini
So, give the number of vistims from both sides.
And why do you talking about Hitler? Maybe you can something about these who created International Brygadies - Stalin and his commarades like Swierczewski? They were russian mass criminals.
CompanyFlow78 1 year ago
@CompanyFlow78
The planes used by franco, where german pilots sent by hitler.
kouvaintsy 1 year ago
@kouvaintsy
Yes, so what?
CompanyFlow78 1 year ago
Does anyone know how the international brigades would have signed up to go to Spain? I'm writing a book on it and could use a little help. Thanks.
thingthing94 1 year ago
The point is ALL authoritarian systems wither "fascist," "socialist" or even "democratic" (in the coercive majoritarian sense) are wrong.
Gettinghitonattheban 1 year ago
FASCIST WERE THE GOOD ONES!!! THE SAVED SPAIN FROM COMMUNIST GENOCIDE
MrJuan9898 1 year ago
thank god we beat the commies in that war.
bardockiv12 1 year ago
so your saying the fascist were the good guys.
syedsaim 1 year ago
@syedsaim if you do your homework they weren't as bad as the name implies at least compared to Hitler or America and that's because of Strong religious morals.
bardockiv12 1 year ago
@bardockiv12
I guess quantitatively they weren't as bad as Hitler or America or Stalin. But you wouldn't be saying that if you were being arrested, shot at or imprisoned by Franco.
They didn't necessarily have strong religious morals - they definitely had the backing of the Spanish Church because of the Church was a staunch defender of the status quo and moneyed interests. Franco was a defender of the ruling-class against the people of Spain.
icecreamtrepan 1 year ago
Jewish Imperialist Bankers or Trotskyites were the biggest snakes ever in the Communist Movement. Never trust a Jew.
CodexAlimentarius1 1 year ago
@CodexAlimentarius1
Jews had nothing to do with it. Stalinism had more to do with it than Trotskyism too. Trots were the first ones to be arrested and shot when the Stalinist UGT got ahold of the government, the Stalinists made deals with the French bourgeiosie in order to bring arms in, refused to give arms to the people who had sparked a revolution in Spain and arrested most of the militia men and women and revolutionaries. They are scum and have no interest in communism.
icecreamtrepan 1 year ago
Learn what, Kerick?
billybill56 1 year ago
Learn what? That commies weren't just as bad as the fascists.
billybill56 1 year ago
@billybill56
no, they where worse.
SdM45 1 year ago