Ten Minute History - The Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco (Short Documentary)

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This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers Spain in the 1930s before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, through the civil war itself and to the end of Francisco Franco's dictatorship. It covers why the Nationalists won, what conditions led to the civil war and how Franco governed Spain. The end of the episode is focused on the (incredibly impressive) efforts of King Juan Carlos I of Spain to bring democracy back to Spain.
Ten Minute History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.
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[@ori6990]

morocco: loses war also morocco: gains land from losing the war morocco: I see this as an absolute win.

[@user-tt2mh3bb9e]

not really, the spanish just bought morrocco silence in the ceuta, mellilia issue and also it's loyality in future conflicts.

[@chr1642]

@@user-tt2mh3bb9e it's a joke dude.

[@3bdullah666]

i’m ur 999 like 😂

[@ori6990]

@@3bdullah666 now im going to be my own 1000th like

[@choreani]

@@chr1642 I mean it's a neat thing to learn. It's a history Channel after all.

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

The Habsburg's willingly decided NOT to take a throne ? that's a first ...

[@kylemohs8728]

Well, to be fair, they usually just keep marrying their cousins until they inherit it naturally.

[@AudieHolland]

Spain was the biggest empire during the 1500s and 1600s and it had the most powerful army. So of course it was under Habsburg control. Then they blew it all on wars in general and armadas in particular. Spain following the Spanish Civil War was *trainwreck.* Habsburgs: 'Nah, thanks but no thanks.' So again, Franco wasn't that bad once he was in power. Sort of like a Spanish Tito.

[@trollinape2697]

@@AudieHolland Spain rose high under the habsburg and when they stopped ruling over Spain, Spain was still a great power

[@AudieHolland]

@@trollinape2697 You mean they were just like the other scheming, conniving mediocre powers that were fighting each other all the time. Yo Spain, you still lookin' great! Spain: sighs and looks at territories lost: many and territories gained: nada.

[@trollinape2697]

@@AudieHolland you havent proved me wrong but ok

[@Orthane]

"Left wing Republican" Americans: *confusion*

[@idkwhattodoforaname261]

depending on where your form "republican" can mean very different things

[@maxstirner6143]

@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 you mean the 60's

[@nitishkumarjurel241]

@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 I originally felt that someone calling US citizens "United Statesian" would feel odd but now that I've seen it, I think "American" should be simply replaced with "United Statesian"

[@Danarogon]

@@nitishkumarjurel241 That moment when the US should have been named Columbia but someone else took the name first.

[@Bob-lr2xp]

I'm American and I fully understand traditional republican values and classical liberalism have virtually nothing to do with contemporary American politics.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

"Bit bland, this dictatorship." "Believe me, when it comes to dictatorships, bland is GOOD."

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Meh, your right.

[@DanRyzESPUK]

Well, in Spanish dictadorship is called "Dictadura". Dura means strong. They mocked that regime as "dictablanda" because blando here means useless or incapable more than soft, it would be "feeble dictatorship" as there was kaos everywhere.

[@MrNTF-vi2qc]

Juan Carlos threw away the whole reason the nationalists rose up. Spain was doing great under fascism, now once again, it's kind of sucky.

[@occam7382]

@@MrNTF-vi2qc, was it really, though? I mean, you are right, Spain right now is not doing great, but at least the state is democratic, and it's only had at least two rebellions since its foundation (one being a pro-fascist coup in 1981, the other being the whole Catalonia incident in 2017), and the economy, despite being poor compared to the rest of Europe, is pretty good for most of the world. Meanwhile, during Franco's rule, the country was undemocratic, faced internal dissent and went to war with Morocco and lost land, not to mention most of the rest of the world despised it. Juan Carlos did throw away the reason the Nationalists rebelled, in that he made Spain a (somewhat) stable and (somewhat) prosperous state, even if it still has many problems, many of which can actually be traced back to the Nationalist dictatorship, which is known in Spain as the "Ghost of Franco."

[@MrNTF-vi2qc]

@@occam7382 They didn't loose to Morocco they literally won but ceded land. And Spain under fascism was the best out of the modern period. Spain in the 1950s was one of the richest and most powerful countries in Europe, now it's nowhere near that. Fascism just ends up working when it's done right, especially in Spain's case.

[@hf3923]

why is replacing the French flag with a baguette so funny to me at 7am when very tired...

[@dams6829]

Harry Forsyth It is close to 1 am at night for me when I watched this too lol.

[@Wheaty-Leaves]

It was literally midday for me I still laughed

[@unchartedsteppes7138]

It's because everyone tries to correct him on the french flag and they end up creating a flame war. He is just trying to keep himself safe.

[@shenghan9385]

Harry Forsyth I d like to petition the French government to formally adopt baguette as the flag of France.

[@Gamenetreviews]

3:13 AM for me

[@Paco96]

"dicta-blanda" is a pun, the Spanish word for dictatorship is "dictadura", it contains the Spanish word "dura" which means "hard", therefore the pun replaces it with the word "blanda" which means "soft".

[@scotandiamapping4549]

It's minor quirks of language like this that I love

[@erichloehr5992]

"... And became disillusioned with communism, and bullets, since he was shot in the throat." Your little asides like this make your rapid fire history immensly entertaining as well as informative

[@d3th2m3rikkka]

It’s bullshit though. Libs don’t know what words mean

[@rimfire8217]

Technically George Orwell (Real Name Eric Blair) wasn't disillusioned with communism. In Fact the Anarcho-Syndicalism in Catalúna mystified him. Personally I'm not a Communist or a Socialist or a Syndicalist or Marxist. But apparently Mr Eric Blair was one of those things and the end I Guess.

[@averagefanenjoyer8696]

Bullets. Rapid fire. Ha!

[@lexter8379]

Except to be more precise, he was actually convinced by anarchist democratic libertarian socialism and disillusioned by soviet style state communism, since they joined the liberals and betrayed the anarchist. They then lost to the Fascists. Also apparently the working people were more supportive of the syndicalists and not the statists. Also, Franco respecting private property is normal for fascists, Hitler did so too.

[@die1mayer]

@@lexter8379 The anarchists were a disorganized rabble who effectively undermined the republican side. If the soviet advisors had their way, the republicans would have been far more united and miltiarized. Winning a war is not about winning the support of the workers, it's about tactics in the field and having more men, guns and ammunition than the other side. War is ultimately a state affair with the head of state serving as commander-in-chief. Fascists had a pragmatic view of private property and didn't want to alienate their middle-class supporters or landowners and industrialists, very useful in a deeply conservative country like Spain.

[@thebepsusdog9227]

As a Mexican, I'd like to point out that during the Spanish Civil War, many Spanish intellectuals fled the country and ended up in Mexico. This made our country flourish more in literature, architecture, and in many other arts and aspects

[@Montfortracing]

Just curious, who are some of the great Catholic intellectuals in Mexico's history? Would you consider Sor Juana de la Cruz as one of them?

[@asturiasceltic3183]

You are right, and many of Mexico's intellectuals like Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and the Mexican President supported the Republic. Viva Mexico

[@lcdream4213]

No one care taco boy

[@lcdream4213]

I'm just joking lol

[@Wonk_Bonk]

The mass migrations might be the reason why my great grandparents came from Spain to Mexíco

[@HistoryMatters]

1) I apologise to any Spanish speakers for butchering your language. 2) The next episode is 'Charlemagne and the Frankish Empire'

[@xxTheFlyingPigxx]

Please pronounce Charlemagne as Char-ly-mag-ny in the video and act confused when people complain. Pronunciations are fun.

[@JorgeRomero13]

As a Spaniard myself, your pronunciation was not at all bad, it was a very good attempt for someone who doesn't speak the language. Except for Alcalá-Zamora, should be pronounced al-kah-LAH-tha-MORE-ah and Falange should be fa-LANG-heh (but I think you went for the English pronunciation of that one). Also, a little typo Arias-NAvarro, not NOvarro. Great video on our history, and very unbiased too. That'd be impossible for a Spaniard to do and not have people of every ideology saying how biased towards the other side you were. PD: I lost it at "No parmesan"

[@superluukiee]

Jorge Romero I've heard stories of families still being torn apart from the civil war. Is it very common, and did it happen in your family as well?

[@JorgeRomero13]

It is definitely the case in many families here. Society is quite divided in that sense: "Las dos Españas" (2 Spains) is a phrase used to highlight the breach that the Civil War created and continues to exist. You can see it as kind of the Democratic/Republican split in the USA, but with many deaths involved. My family, luckily, doesn't suffer from that burden since my dad is Cuban, so that side of the family is unaffected by this issue.

[@angelcastaneda4023]

Where are the books recommendations?

[@mr.dawson9141]

Habsburgs were like, nah we have decided to retire from sexing all important people in Europe.

[@lorumipsum1129]

That's just want they want you to think

[@coltonc8562]

In other words, mostly each other. *cool guy sunglasses emoji* ;)

[@its_drez]

Colton C 😎incest😎

[@grahamturner2640]

What if the Habsburgs accepted?

[@robertrichard6107]

@@grahamturner2640 They'd probably had Romanians transplanted to Basque country to re-ignite the gene pool.

[@imoneixusa9742]

Franco: Give me the Rock Britain: NO The Rock: why am I not in this animation?

[@Danirio96]

The Rock: it doesn't matter what you asked for

[@hkchan1339]

Hong Kong: my opinions doesn’t matter either when Britain talk with China

[@therealunclevanya]

@@hkchan1339 Britain didn't own anything but Victoria Island, the rest was leased. Economically we couldn't afford to just keep the island and the airport and docks were all in Kowloon. Blame the CCP for your current position.

[@idek6585]

7:34 Techinally, if you put your PC light at max and look very closely, you can actually see Gibraltar turning red on the map

[@thunderbird1921]

Britain: It may be just a massive, populated rock, but it's OUR rock!

[@Grantairr]

"This left basically no notable rightwing leaders, so the army decided now this was the time for a coup to begin" You can't argue with that logic

[@EmmettMcFly55]

I presume the logic went something like that as long as there had been rightwing leaders, the left could be driven out of power by political means, but since there was no chance of that any time soon anymore, the army resorted to military means.

[@generalpopcorn6427]

@@EmmettMcFly55 That, yes, and also that the military leaders realized that they would be next on the chopping block if they didn't do something. Self preservation was a huge factor.

[@adriancampos8640]

@@generalpopcorn6427 Except for those who were already in exile, like Sanjurjo.

[@Perririri]

US 2021

[@stefanspett7790]

I don´t think it was mentioned that Alcala Zamora was deposed unconstitutionally.

[@wild_sergeant716]

Ha, that baguette to represent France.

[@tomon5598]

Qftraveler 52 4:01 r/wooooosh

[@mrlee_0019]

@@tomon5598 reddit user detected

[@USCPF859]

Spain’s history is crazy

[@USCPF859]

Wow the mini comment section hates me

[@counterfan90]

@@USCPF859 Studing spanish history is a pain in the ass. Believe me

[@peroz1000]

You forgot to mention that José Antonio the Falange leader was actually Primo de Rivera's son and later became something of a martyr to the Francoists.

[@Lleruelu]

FUN FACT: José Antonio and Franco hated each other. Franco let José Antonio be executed, so he could use him as a martyr. As of date, they are burried side by side.

[@Lleruelu]

FUN FACT 2: They are no longer burried together since a couple of days ago, as the Government decided they wouldn't keep paying for the tomb of a cruel dictator with tax payers' money and kicked Franco's corpse out.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@Lleruelu Ahh, a communist government disinterring corpses. How familiar.

[@JamesFTW1]

@@gregorymalchuk272 Ahh, a right wing nationalist defending a dictator. How familiar

[@thepoxh5845]

@@InvocationOfSebastian since when is José Antonio a hero AND a genius??

[@Freddie_0423]

"No parmesan" has me dead

[@indranibhattacharjee8073]

Yeah man😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rudaleru]

david fletcher timestamp?

[@choxxxieful]

Cute...

[@piekarzpaola]

@@rudaleru 4:40

[@rudaleru]

Piekarz Paola thx

[@JonatasAdoM]

Franco's regime survived because he didn't go to war.

[@rusoviettovarich9221]

exactly right - his demands that he rammed down Hitler's throat at Hendaye were purposefully so extreme to force Hitler to decline. Franco demanded French Morocco and Algeria as well as Tunisia. He knew viscerally he needed Hitler but in no way was he going to partner with him - Franco was a tyrant but he wasn't a anti-Semite and he deeply understood the consequences of selfish decisions. Be happy with what you have (Spain) and walk away.

[@raptorhacker599]

@@rusoviettovarich9221 no he really needed all of that cause spain was worse than Italy

[@rusoviettovarich9221]

@@raptorhacker599 Worse? In what way worse?

[@counterfan90]

@@rusoviettovarich9221 Spain was destroyed, Italy not.

[@rusoviettovarich9221]

@@counterfan90 Hmm you think so? Ok have fun

[@username65585]

Can you do one about Portugal during the Estado Novo?

[@calebtimes453]

username sim!

[@nandinhocunha440]

username Portugal caralho

[@TheInsaneWaluigi]

username great idea. Salazar and his fucking awful regime are not well known outside of the iberian and former colonies

[@lourencoalmada1305]

b0rf It was not an aweful regime. Salazar made exports surpass imports for the first time in centuries. If it weren't for the traitorous communists we would still have the Portuguese empire and not be in the situation we are in today.

[@diiasze3743]

Lourenco Almada trade balance is not really that important and it doesn't mean your economy is doing well if it's positive the export It's based on flawed mercantile economies even for capitalists ec systems

[@JorgeRomero13]

Something I'd want to point out: towards the end, it is stated that the '78 constitution gave autonomy to Catalonia and the Basque Country. While this is 100% true, I think it is misleading, since every region in Spain was given autonomy at about the same degree as these two. The entire country is divided into 17 Autonomous Communities (states, if you will) and 2 Autonomous Cities (Ceuta and Melilla). Spain is somewhat in the middle of the centralised-federal axis.

[@SantomPh]

Jorge Romero the two regions have much stronger autonomy than most and given that Franco suppressed their culture and language , is very important.

[@JorgeRomero13]

SantomPh It is important, but they are not special compared to the remaining 15 communities, and highlighting them in that way leads to some viewers to maybe think only those are autonomous

[@ferblancart8669]

SantomPh only baske country have a special tax policy, the other 16 including catalonia has the same degree of autonomy

[@carloseduardoaguiar8712]

it is a "semi federation"

[@croco3671]

I thought Spain never joined the Axis ;)

[@bloqk16]

The Spanish Civil War was an enigma among many Americans, as the public US education system, at least for me in the 20th century, never touched on it. Even on TV (US), with The History Channel, and PBS that's laden with historical TV programs, it was like the Spanish Civil War never happened. Yet, given the implications of the foreign involvement in that war, you'd think it would have been given more public prominence in history.

[@gengis737]

Foreign involvement also included major writers: Orwel, but also Hemingway and French Malraux.

[@Dario-uj6qo]

A similar thing happens with the italian civil war

[@pabloramirezvillalba5104]

4:56 Actually in Spain Fools day is the 28th of December so no April Fools

[@artanisplays3982]

Sad, would have been very funny if it was on the 1st of April

[@khomypigeon]

Fun fact: ETA is the terrorist faction used in the map, Inferno of CSGO

[@kaffohrt9858]

"Volvo please fix"

[@joseantonioceleirohernande4749]

No it's not

[@Zoxide_]

kho they’re also on the Italy map which isn’t in the game rn but it’ll be back i hope

[@robertrichard6107]

The Guadalajara will use their Israeli Uzi's if they smelled ETA around they'd tell us on Shore Patrol, even if we were in the way.

[@openthinker6562]

Well, some terrorists on CSGO wear the white balaclavas and black berets.

[@brodydouglass1833]

Fun Fact: NO

[@mulan-jinglesemusicas1513]

What?

[@gusty_scarf]

What?

[@vexxcon8125]

8:58

[@gamingfury8525]

what

[@keris8708]

what

[@valleyscharping]

Isn't Juan Carlos I also the chad king who told the South American dictator Hugo Chavez "Why don't you shut up?" at a big international meeting of leaders? Legendary video.

[@LordOfNothingreally]

Good on Juan Carlos being one of the few people to voluntarily reduce their own power in favour of supporting their own citizens. Not the most common trait, historically speaking...

[@rogerdines6244]

Beyond sad the disgrace he brought upon himself

[@guillermo63785]

I belief it wasn't much of a sacrifice since he ended up living a very luxurious life with poaching and prostitues (he even took female hormones to reduce his sexual urge)

[@tinotrivino]

@@guillermo63785 another leftist radical blabbing nonsense!

[@guillermo63785]

@@tinotrivino esa es tu opinión

[@johnthomas2485]

Only Washington, really.

[@Giaayokaats]

It's almost strange to see the figures in this video dressed in modern-ish attire. I'm so used to seeing your illustrations in flamboyant historical garb, haha.

[@HistoryMatters]

Well it's Charlemagne next week so it's back to flamboyant.

[@govanahkwoemoe194]

@@HistoryMatters your funny.

[@trollman1296]

Philippine American War please

[@decades1912]

Emilio Aguinaldo approves

[@StormCross25]

General Luna joins the group

[@gabrieljohnjuele4290]

Balangiga Bell left the chat

[@blackpowderuser373]

[@k-studio8112]

Bayan o sarili.....mamili ka!!!!!🇵🇭

[@sheikahh9771]

Ten minute history? More like nine minute fifty nine second history

[@juane3535]

What clickbait smh

[@sheikahh9771]

Ikr

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@NAME-yg8sl]

I feel betrayed😭😭

[@ItsHilinsDiary]

i love this! I am studying this and i was given a 2 hour documentary without knowing the insides and outs of this topic. thank you!

[@martonk]

Noone expects the Spanish civil war

[@jamesonberry4288]

Noone?

[@USCPF859]

Yea

[@andrewarmstrong7254]

Fetch the comfy chair?

[@gamerito100]

Márton K. Except both sides declared that if they lost the elections they would do something about it xD

[@reinatr4848]

@@gamerito100 *I T I S C A L L E D A J O K E*

[@mrmeximus4351]

I just want to say that you could have easily stretched this video to 10 minutes to get the extra add revenue, but instead you focused on making the content great for your viewers. Thanks for everything you guys do. Unironically one of the best History Channels on youtube

[@bmking1015]

I mean all they had to do was make the outro 1s longer, which I personally wouldn't have minded

[@Ruminations09]

I wish that this myth would die. It's been shown many times that you don't get extra ad revenue just for making a video 10 minutes long. I don't understand why so many people believe this

[@Ruminations09]

@@Drew15000 This is untrue. Both pre-roll and post-roll ads are available regardless of the length of the video. As for mid-roll ads... those are available for anything video longer than EIGHT minutes, not ten minutes.

[@FalkyRocket2222]

@@Ruminations09 the 9:59 is still kinda annoying though

[@DogDogGodFog]

He's actually only missing 1 second 💀

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

I think the attempted coup in 1981 was really the signifier that the transition could no longer be stopped, and also won left-wing support for the monarchy. The leader of the recently legalized Communist Party Santiago Carrillo declared the King "Juan Carlos The Brief", assuming the monarchy would be swept away with the end of the Francoist era. After the King foiled the coup through a famous television address, Carrillo in a tearfully declared "Today, we are all monarchists". The new age for Spain had begun.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Yeah, an age much worse than the previous one.

[@popsicleman1834]

@@GeraltofRivia22 wat

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@popsicleman1834 Nationalist Spain > liberal degenerate Spain.

[@dantecaputo2629]

@@GeraltofRivia22 ‘Nationalist’ Spain was a poverty stricken hell hole run by a gang of greedy kleptocrats under a buffoonish dictator who proved himself to be adept at gaining power, but incompetent at wielding it. For over a decade Spanish citizens relied on ration cards to survive, and quality of life did not return to pre 1936 levels till the 1960s, meaning that for most of Franco’s regime you were actively worse off then you had been under the Republic. No consumer goods, high unemployment, low wages, shortages of everything, and international isolation meant that under Franco, Spain was practically a third world country. It’s only saving grace being American aid money it received in the latter half of the regime, and even this didn’t accomplish much aside from a few infrastructure projects. (Spain had been building hydro damns going all the way back to Primo De Rivera, they certainly didn’t need Franco to set the country back fifty years economically to accomplish that) In every measure modern Spaniards are infinitely better off today then forty years ago, economically, socially, and morally.

[@TheRealZeke2003]

@@GeraltofRivia22 14 yr old plays HOI and thinks Fascism is based starter pack

[@jakebak3008]

Finally started doing history in school, and my first task was to write an essay on the Spanish empire. Needless to say your videos taught me at least half of the information I have put in my essay. Thanks mate.

[@belfigue]

Your knowledge of Spanish history is impressive. I never knew that Franco had tried to reinstall the Habsburg dynasty in Spain prior to accepting the Bourbons. Could you post a link to your source? Also, it's a surprisingly unbiased video. Good job!

[@NesRuA]

He should've picked the Carlist branch of the Bourbons, tho. The Isabelines are usurpers.

[@INBCPC1994]

He asked otto von Habsburg but he declined (even thougt otto spoked perfect spanish.), Franco didn’t want the legimited heir (Don Juan of Barcelona) because he saw his ideals as “too liberals“ he also thougt of the carlist pretender as “too conservative”, so in the end he choosed prince Juan Carlos who he himself educated. As for links just almost all are in spanish so if you’re not fluent in it the best thing is probably Wikipedia....

[@jimmysboringplace8502]

It's hard to sum up this 50 years of Spain but there are some details and facts that are missing. 1. The first legislature of the II Spanish Republic was composed by socialist and democratic ministers (that's why there were a lot of reforms but a lot of them didn't work). 2. In 1932, General Sanjurjo did a coup d'etat which failed and he fleed to Portugal until the civil war. 3. Lerroux wasn't in the right side, he was central republican. What made him look from the right was the CEDA, a big coalition of conservative parties, but it didn't include Lerroux's party, this party and the coalition made a pact to make the majority in the elections. 3. Mola and Sanjurjo didn't die at any battle, actually they died in transport accidents. (Yeah it's sad af, and the funny thing is that they died before the battles). 4. Franco could have saved Antonio Primo de Rivera for an exchange of prisoners during the war but he refused. 5. The carlists, monarchist people from Navarra (next to Basque country and pyrenees) was also in Franco's side. 6. Franco didn't know exactly which type of government to do, he chose to be fascist since he had more external relationships with the Axis. 7. When Orwell was in Catalonia, he was coming from the International Brigade (Military volunteers) and he wrote a book (Homage to Catalonia) that explained the Civil war as a Republican military volunteer. Also, inside the Republicans there was another conflict. This was between doing the socialist revolution during the war and just finish the war. There are some parties that wanted the communist revolution and others to just finish it. On the May Events of 1937, it concluded that they would finish the war first and not doing the revolution after an internal war between the *socialists and republicans. *Some socialists weren't agree. And that's all about the missing details of the republic. Franco's dictatorship explanation was quite good. :)

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

NesRuA Actually that wouldn't have happened. The Alfonsoist and Carlist branches of the family reconciled shortly before the death of Alfonso XIII.

[@haroldlawson8771]

NesRuA they are leftist trash

[@Charles-472]

When you don’t speak Spanish

[@Bell_Matt]

Charles it’s cool, at least he tries, unlike the illegals in America, and I say this as a Mexican-American.

[@Charles-472]

erasedMUSE I’m not holding it against him. Spanish isn’t even my native language and I’m still not fluent in it.

[@wikikanselmovedaccount5689]

¿Qúe?

[@Charles-472]

This is Everything Planets Cuando no puedes hablar en español

[@UndertaleMaster-nc9ix]

Oops, looks like you forgot your spanish lessons today. You know what happens. ... Franciso Franco get to your house.

[@pjbainzo93]

It's worth pointing out that whilst Orwell became disillusioned with Communism, he became more convinced of working class politics in general, whilst spending time in anarchist controlled Barcelona in 1936. In his book 'Homage to Catalonia' he also discusses how the partial anarchist revolution across large regions of Spain, of which he witnessed a part, was at best scathingly denigrated by the foreign press and at worst deliberately excised from the official narrative or the war at the time (and histories of the war since then). I found this video very informative but think this is a central part of the history of the war which definitely deserves more attention!

[@pjmusser2894]

The baguette as replacement of the french flag made me erupt with laughter at work and I can't even bother explaining it to my coworkers

[@DP-qm6qe]

Thanks for making this video I find Franco Spain really interesting due to how long it lasts in Europe.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

I think Franco's regime was the only that at least didn't end terribly.

[@Pg-rp9ju]

It lasted because the US vetoed within NATO to intervene because the ussr was a thing and the US wanted more military bases.

[@jackienation12]

@@Pg-rp9ju what do you mean? Franco willingly allowed US military bases

[@TasukuMuncha]

@@jackienation12 I think he means that it lasted because cold war was a thing and Franco hated communists as much as Americans did. The USSR actually wanted to invade Spain but Great Britain and the US didn't want to support that

[@liberalaco829]

and Anarchists. Why am I not surprised the word 'Anarchists' is tilted and green?

[@PitofTrogness]

and flipped like graffiti

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

Because they are anArCHIstS!!!

[@casshgetterceo]

OverSimplified but in minecraft

[@minecraftgamer4360]

Lmfao

[@pallabicollectionsvlog]

Lmao

[@maricelatejeda8002]

Lol

[@kazonii8428]

Lol

[@halo8119]

Roblox

[@sethers]

4:27 “An Homage to Catalonia” is an interesting and good read for anyone who’s wondering

[@lordoftherats8215]

Yeah but saying that he was disillusioned with communism is definitely a bit dishonest, or maybe the channel is just unfamiliar with left wing anarchism/libertarianism

[@youngbeards]

@@lordoftherats8215 Orwell did snitch on a bunch of communists later in his life and he said that he would have preferred to join the anarchists had he known what was going on when he got to Spain. So it's kind of accurate. Depends on the definition of communism your are using.

[@lordoftherats8215]

@@youngbeards yeah I suppose, I’m an ancom myself so I think I just took it too personally because the equivocation of the ussr with all forms of communism gets tiresome, especially when anti authoritarianism/libertarianism started and is still a thriving part of the left and seems to get ignored by those in the center. My understanding of homage to Catalonia, I haven’t actually read it to be fair, was that Orwell was already mainly with the anarchists, that were on the same side with the communists. And that he was always a libertarian socialist rather than an authoritarian one. Also that he was dying of an illness that messes with one’s brain and probably contributed to him snitching on communists etc

[@youngbeards]

@@lordoftherats8215 He was with the POUM, though if I remember right, he picked a group to join almost at random not knowing how different they were. He says he barely made it out of the country because the POUM had been outlawed, and accused of being fascists, which they obviously weren't, by the communists who were towing the Russian line. Been a while since I read it.

[@aztec0996]

I love how you can travel the world through the learning of history and with it, learn about anthropology, geography, economy, and much, much, more intertwined.

[@Chilavertish]

Always impressed with the detailed and accurate drawing of borders!

[@caraholmes2473]

I live in Spain and for sure not a single Spanish person has ever spoken to me about this. Very cool summary. Super interesting!

[@anderskorsback4104]

Infighting on the Republican side was made especially bad by the way Pro-Soviet Communists were a numerically small faction on the Republican side, but a disproportionately influential one since they were the ones who brought in material support from the Soviet Union. Most Spanish Communists were Trotskyists. Stalin wasn't going to support Republican Spain just to see Trotskyism rise on the world stage, so Spanish Pro-Soviet Communists followed orders from Moscow to commit their own purges of Trotskyists. It is this in particular that led to Orwell's disillusionment with the Soviet Union.

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

Fuck the USSR, anarchists shouldve won

[@zaxapitsa]

Well done on starting by Primo de Rivera. All those years preceding the war are way more important to understand it than anything afterwards.

[@climax050]

“A little known event named World War II kicked off” lmaoooo I’m dead Also: “have fun in Moscow” 😂😂

[@dannyp2970]

This channel is awesome, I hope the animations get better and it can grow to the heights Simple History has. P.S. dont change the blocky people, they are awesome

[@xeanderman6688]

4 years later, i am happy to tell you he has never changed the blocky people

[@guillemmarti4412]

Extraordinary video. Historically accurate and very well summed up.

[@einsatzgruppenful]

I should mention, i collect militaria, and i have a german wound badge that was issued to a soldier who was wounded in the spanish civil war (a member of the condor legion) there was a unique design for the badges issed in the spanish conflict, its rare to find one of my favorite pieces

[@XavierbTM1221]

03:59 That mexican flag is wrong The Green part should always go on the left side 😃

[@GameyRaccoon]

Noone cares

[@jameswinter9546]

Declan Kirby Alright calm down bOi

[@philippmaqs8799]

Let's change it to tacos then

[@GameyRaccoon]

@TheBritishBulldog the mexican flag is Italy's flag

[@12isaac00]

@@GameyRaccoon but with a nicer green

[@omfgspoon7]

This channel is one of, if not thee , best history channel for people who want quick history lessons on KZbin!

[@Sammie1053]

Broke: Democratic reforms pushed by Parliament/PM to oust the king Woke: Democratic reforms pushed by the king to oust Parliament/PM

[@thunderbird1921]

This might be one of the only times in history where a nation's king pushed for democracy and more open representative government.

[@t2force212]

Thunderbird 1 actually Queen Elizabeth II is very pro-democracy. While the democracy in Britain is already around there was a point during the Cold War where a number of powerful conservatives alongside Lord Mountbatten (probably spelt wrong) had planned a coup of the British government. They realised it wouldn't succeed without the Queens support and when the Queen heard about it she immediately shut it down.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@thunderbird1921 If you don’t count the Romanian King Micheal I’s removal of the military dictatorship running the country during WWII in favour of a broad-based coalition government

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@gabrielroperolopez2105]

@@thunderbird1921 because it's not real. There was no real transition in spain. The king tried to do a coup (undercovered) in 1983, and didnt even ask for a referendum asking their people to vote for if they wanted or not the monarchy

[@rwa2play]

I was actually wondering about Francoist Spain during WWII. Loved this "Cliff Notes" version. Might want to learn more. Thanks.

[@timothytikker1147]

Interesting: years ago I watched an extended, six-part documentary about the Spanish Civil War. But in many ways you five more specific detail about essentials in just ten minutes!

[@whatischeese4179]

Thank you so much for making these videos. I have trouble focusing in a classroom and can't stop moving at all. So reading a book Is extremely difficult to me. These videos however provide a basic overview that really helps me by setting up a basic understanding for me. This helps so much because when I read about something i slightly understand I can actually focus better and make connections in history acordingly versus trying to read something completely new and get frustrated that i can't focus well enough to understand what the literature is trying to convey to me.

[@davidodonovan1699]

Well done for these great video. Funny, short and informative. Truly excellent work.

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

I love how you mentioned George Orwell.

[@christianwhittall5889]

Yeah but he got a few things wrong

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*'Have fun in Moscow'* Irony LMAO 😂😂😂

[@The_Only_Pickle]

I can’t believe they made hoi4 into a real thing

[@lukemwill99]

As someone born in the 90's, this is ann amazing summary of mid-19tth century history. A period of relatively stability is all i've ever known and this is never taught in modern history. Keep doing this my guys, it's so valuable!

[@conradcash5103]

BREAKING NEWS: Franco is still dead

[@damianich4824]

Fuck

[@kaleba7339]

Yey

[@landominsk1899]

Why you gotta make me sad like that

[@uncleflagzz]

=(

[@tulipalll]

Sadly

[@johnmurdoch3083]

I like the LOTR gondor reference with guernica...i made the same associstion mentally when i read about the tree in LOTR

[@kaneinkansas]

After 1958 Spain had its own economic miracle. The policies were similar to the ones used by Japan: government focused investment + tariffs to protect those investments. Spain developed an automobile manufacturing sector that is still vigorous today. There are no first world countries without a vigerous automobile industry. They are both capital intensive AND labor intensive and create lots of high paying jobs which provides demand to stimulate collateral sectors of the economy. Today Spain is my favorite country to visit and I wish I could stay there.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Too bad modern Spain is run by far left nutjobs

[@beaver2527]

@@GeraltofRivia22 facts 😩

[@metacosmos]

It was thanks to Eisenhower who after turning american Japan and Germany, decided in 1959 that now was the turn of Spain, and Spain becomes very american since then.

[@metacosmos]

@@yabgu3 From 1946 onwards, Truman, Marshall and Eisenhoweer turned Japan, Germany and Italy a very americanised countries, and from 1959 onwards Spain too.

[@oliversherman2414]

I'm writing an alternate history book about this subject so this is very helpful, thanks 👍

[@rusel888]

video: "There are some book recommendations in the description below if you'd like to know more." me: "Oh cool!" *goes to description to check* Recommended books: *cricket noises*

[@elYisusdelaNazza]

Great vid! Not so great spanish pronunciation, but that baguette to describe France was SO AWESOME

[@BigFordCountry84]

i think you do GREAT JOB! Keep the south park esque animation it works just fine. Also I like the fact you really seem to keep it at 10 minutes. As with other channels and they begin to expand the time, I cannot always watch the whole video. 15 minutes of history stretches' to 45 then an hour... short , simple, sweet

[@Awesoman66]

I like that you talked about life under Franco's reign. That often gets overlooked.

[@drumchris92]

The "Condor Legion" and the picture of a Gondorian soldier. Pls never stop doing things like that^^

[@donaldostrem4982]

That was good 10 minutes story. I've always had a slight interest about the Spanish Civil War.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

[@ryanrusch3976]

The Civil War is why I refuse to talk about Spanish history past a certain date, you'd believe that the war was still going on rather than have ended 70 years ago...

[@antoniocruz3563]

Because radical leftists are usually not very well-read and perpetually spout off rubish regarding history post-1917.

[@ryanrusch3976]

@@antoniocruz3563 and they don’t take being wrong very well

[@josesandoval1440]

Considering how hicks still cry about the civil war it's no surprise people affected by a war that killed their grandparents would have opinions on it. At least they don't have a senile old man as a president.

[@ryanrusch3976]

@@josesandoval1440 I am a hick, my grandfather fought for the Southern Cause, I am still able to look at History objectively.

[@alfonsonishikawa]

Because in Germany supporting Hitler is a crime, and Spain never got to a point were supporting Franco is a crime too. Here many people are proud to support this fascist and they don't take good have critics about it and are not sorry about what happened. That's why.

[@dspencer203]

bloody love this channel!! Don't forget the British History too

[@charliekoughing866]

Hey. Bilingual Spanish speaker here, and I just wanted to say. As far as I can tell, pretty solid pronunciation of the names. You even had the proper Iberian accent, so. Good job. Note: just noticed this video is 2 years old. Sorry I'm so late

[@nicholasmaalouf4453]

Forgot to mention the republicans killed 13 bishops, 4,154 priests and seminarians, 2,365 religious, 283 nuns and about 4,000 laymen for helping or hiding nuns or priests.

[@Perririri]

Paedophilia drops down to near zero

[@eddieschwab864]

@@Perririri that is outrageous to say, such that it borders on the blood libel in terms of infamy of such a statement, because pedophilia in the Catholic Church did not start until after Vatican II. It is purely a novus ordo post conciliar construct....

[@gabrielroperolopez2105]

yes, and?

[@sermike16]

The communist/Republic were terrible and deserved far worse.

[@angrynorman8378]

@@eddieschwab864 You know your stuff.

[@panzerblitz4492]

*Drew's favourite holiday*

[@Cjnw]

Durnill

[@xabier1375]

And when talking about the colonial issue, you forgot the ABSOLUTE disaster of Western Sahara, where Sahrawi Spanish Citizens were left alone.

[@user-tt2mh3bb9e]

that was after he died, but yeah the sahrawi' got the short end of the stick

[@kingdaymon6433]

What is a Sahrawi? Thats just a term for a Moroccan whose origins are from the Sahara

[@IbrahimStanikzai]

Saharawis are morrocan not Spainish

[@hollin220]

Homage to Catalonia. Great book.

[@BenPernezny]

In my opinion, any literature instructor who assigns 1984 without first assigning Homage to Catalonia is doing his or her students a huge disservice. I understood the former so much better in my third reading of it after having read Homage and Sir Hugh Thomas's "The Spanish Civil War". Orwell really, really hated Stalinism...

[@1g0th1gh]

Carrero Blanco car flying with the explosion is just amazing, there is a photograph of it

[@miguelvaleroarcia7931]

One minute in and I'm loving his "TH" sound for all Zs and Cs in the names

[@lh2738]

Very good video, entertaining and well explained. Congrats! Just a little complain: in 0:28 you pronounced "Jaca" as "Caca", which means "shit" in Spanish. I am aware that the hard "j" sound is difficult to make for native English speakers, but mispronounciation can be rather offensive (or funny) sometimes.

[@clavicleofcernunnos]

It's always interesting to find out the role 20th century royals played in restoring or upholding democracy.

[@RoutineCuts]

I wish i had found ur channel when i was in school, not only are the lessons much more interessting, it would also help me with presentations. Instead of the white background with some boring words on powerpoint i would use more like these pictures to present my subject.

[@alexanderanderson4905]

8:31 I do not know why but that made me chuckle.

[@diabeticalien3584]

As a Spanish Canadian I'm glad you posted this video!!!

[@michaelmilburn911]

Franco waving at the end is so cute

[@martinfrench4890]

Excellent briefing on the era - impressively and humorously rendered!

[@FishtownRec]

Woah this is the fastest you’ve ever gone through a history recap during one of your videos. Almost impossible to keep up!

[@CKBmay10]

Wow. Pretty good, very balanced and well researched summary! As a Spaniard, this is still a topic that is taboo / contentious in Spanish politics. I realised social tension before 1936 must have been extreme. My grandfather was very briefly a minister of agriculture in the Republic seeking rural reform and land redistribution and was a liberal. So he was probably not liked by neither extreme. That said, one side, left wing militias tried to kill him and killed part of his family in Madrid, purely due to class not political considerations, whilst the other side, tolerated him. So whilst he believed in democracy, he, like most of Spain, avoided politics and went on with his life until his death in 1990. Shortly before, when I was to come of age, he told me he felt relatively free to express ideas (but was not a radical revolutionary) so I can relate to your observation that within reason dissenting opinions were not generally crushed. Of course, people may have different experiences. But here’s my bit. Thank you so much again for this video. I have discovered your channel and am binge-watching them all, several videos a day, selecting some for my kids too.

[@stevemc01]

2:56 "Hola" *end credits start*

[@oliversherman2414]

Keep up the great stuff

[@djb903]

Great video, subbed!

[@tomasbeltran04050]

4:36 NICE detail

[@A.Martinez152]

You forgot to say that Jose Amtonio was Jose Antonio primo de rivera,son of the previos dictator

[@kelly-charmainemarieflanag1098]

Thanks! That was a lot of history!

[@Joker129]

3:59 I really like how you put a baguette as the Flag of France.

[@TheKnowledgeMan101]

Fun fact: It was this experience in fighting in Spain, that gave George Orwell the inspiration to write his most famous novel of all time. The classic dystopian novel of 1984.

[@dsxa918]

Give me more facts, daddya

[@SandfordSmythe]

@@dsxa918 The false propaganda of the Communist Party.

[@NikasInParis_777]

Fun fact George Orwell was a socialist I don't know why right-wingers having two such high regard just because he has a book that was somewhat true

[@mrambil2]

3:49 Please note a reason for the Republican defeat. The Republic paid tons of gold to the USSR, 3/4 of all the national reserves, for their help, making the Spanish currency collapse. And Soviets sent to Spain were incompetent as soldiers. Meanwhile, Nazis and Italy helped Franco for free and their armies were much better.

[@dchenkin02]

The Soviets were greedy and incompetent because Stalin favored an alliance with the United States and Great Britain over a Democratic Socialist Spain. The United States unofficially was funneling money and resources to Germany, Italy, and the Nationalists through private donations.

[@alanlight7740]

@@dchenkin02 - the United States was also unofficially funneling money and resources to the Soviet Union. There really wasn't much difference between the regimes in charge of the United States, Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy at that time, except who they thought should be in charge. That's why it's said that the worst thing for a socialist is to be ruled by socialists who are not their friends.

[@darwinism14]

Soviets sent also NKVD officers as Republican "advisers".

[@MC-pt8kv]

I loved the image of the 'Gondor' Legion.

[@ivandinsmore6217]

Very good and informative video.