Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War was an internal conflict in Spain between the Republican government and the Nationalist Party that started on July 17th, 1936. The fighting continued for three years and ended on April 1st, 1939, with the Nationalist Party declaring victory over the Republican Party. The nationalist/fascist leader Francisco Franco then started leading the new Spanish dictatorship. While revolutions of the working class did take place during the time leading up to the war, and contributed to the chaos of the civil war, they were not the cause of the conflict. They were minor occurrences and had no decisive impact on the initial starting of the conflict. Instead, there were other crucial issues that were much more vital in causing the war. The real causes of the war were not as clearly visible as a revolt would be in society, but hid within politics, greed, and idealisms.
Political unrest plagued Spain in the years leading up to the civil war, resulting in being one of the main causes of the civil war. Spain has been led by monarchies quite often during its history, dating back to the early 16th century and even being used in present day. The first instance where the Spanish monarchy was discarded was during the First Spanish Republic of 1873. This was a huge indicator that something politically and nationally significant would take place in the near future for Spain since a republic had never been voted into power. Although, this republic only lasted for about a year due to constant conflict between political parties and ending with the new Borbon monarchy being installed in 1874. Under the leadership of Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII, the monarchy lasted until 1931 when the republican candidates won the election and took power over Spain. Even though monarchies were commonly used in Spain, people and radicals were not opposed to the idea of trying something else, such as a republic. The Spanish Republic was implemented twice during the years leading up to the...