Economic and social problems in the 1930s fledged prevalent raging political atmosphere which triggered Spanish civil war. In this era, forces such as falange, were pockmarked against the Republicans' forces. However, this war was characterized by bloody shade and widespread political tensions. The Nationalists realized a convincing victory after strenuous and arduous fights. Additionally, several factors played a crucial role in Nationalists forces attaining a military victory. The paper will discuss why the disunity of the Republican forces was the main reason the Nationalists were able to win the Spanish Civil War.
The weaknesses and disunity within the Republican army and political structure hindered the ability of the Republicans to win the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans were typically working class, socialists, communists and anarchists. On the other hand, the nationalists consisted of industrialists, monarchists, army, church and affluent land owners’. Moreover, mounting communists' influences and revolutions delayed the unity of the Republican loyalists. Even though many workers unions helped the weakened loyalty troops in the safeguarding of Madrid and Barcelona, they began to take full control of the collectivization of industry and agriculture.
On the other hand, Franco Maintained Unity in the right-wing forces that consisted of the nationalists. Additionally, Franco had been backed up by the army which was well organized and equipped with equipment. Franco boasted of numerous military allies such as the Italians and Germans. Franco, the commander of the Republican forces, prospered in building political unity in its rightist forces such as falange. This strategy assisted Franco in focusing on the forefront and in the progression, he developed a more operational force than its rivals.
The Republicans had inadequate military allies, and they outsourced troops from untrained volunteers from the international brigades. Furthermore, the Republicans and loyalties faced political rifts and schisms since the rupture of the war .The communists had a tendency to hold supplies and ammunitions from allied anarchists and socialist classes. There were many political groups on the loyalist side. The people in Madrid were encouraged to rebel by communist leaders such as Dolores Iba'rurri. The communist leaders listed the men and women and offered them basic tutorials on warfare.
The International Brigades arrived in their territories in Pyrenees or sea. Some of these volunteers were driven by fascism while others by adventure. The revolutionary Republic demonstrated its inadequate prowess militarily because of relying on disorganized revolutionary militia. After the first fortnight it lost one battle after the other, contributing in the building of a new Republican government on September 4, 1936, spearheaded by the Socialist Francisco Largo Caballero. Additionally, it eventually encompassed all the leftist militaries in a single government and began the formation of a new central People's Army.
In May 1937, the Socialists and Communists disagreed with the Anarchists and Trotskyites and fought on streets of Barcelona. The robust growth of Community party as a channel for weapons from the Soviet Union proved to be a problem for the Loyalists .The Communists appointed Juan Negrin as their prime minister to amass power in the government. The strategy of appointing a prime minister deemphasized the socioeconomic revolution and strived to ponder all its actions on the military effort. In 1937, the communist army developed a tendency to coax out political enemies, and this discourages the Loyalists. After two years, the factions among the Republicans became more severe, and this triggered battles between the communists and anti-communists.
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