The republic was dead from the start in 1931. Only the naive or the evil want to return to something like that.
It came into being from regional elections that monarchists won, but the king fled due to the instability of the fall of Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship.
Then the draft of the constitution was very biased towards the left, with little regard of what the conservatives wished. This led to the failed Sanjurjada of 1932, a coup that aimed to bring back the King and establish a military dictatorship.
When the right won the elections of 1933, the left was in arms and launched their own insurrecctions in 1934 in Cataluña and Asturias. Those 2 where put down by the Republican army, led by Franco.
In 1936 the situation in Spain was a powderkeg. Political violence was so common it was known as the “Pistolerismo”, with armed gangs shooting their opposition all the time. Violence against the church was widespread, with the monasteries being sacked and the members of the church being tortured and killed. Constant protests and demonstrations led the economy to a halt, empoberishing the entire population.
The army was plotting for another coup once again, and when the left killed the leader of the opposition Calvo Sotelo, the point of no return was met.
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Actively persecuting the Church also earned the ire of a devoutly Catholic nation. Franco used that to his advantage, and the clergy called for a ‘Crusade’ against the Republican government.
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The republic was dead from the start in 1931. Only the naive or the evil want to return to something like that.
It came into being from regional elections that monarchists won, but the king fled due to the instability of the fall of Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship.
Then the draft of the constitution was very biased towards the left, with little regard of what the conservatives wished. This led to the failed Sanjurjada of 1932, a coup that aimed to bring back the King and establish a military dictatorship.
When the right won the elections of 1933, the left was in arms and launched their own insurrecctions in 1934 in Cataluña and Asturias. Those 2 where put down by the Republican army, led by Franco.
In 1936 the situation in Spain was a powderkeg. Political violence was so common it was known as the “Pistolerismo”, with armed gangs shooting their opposition all the time. Violence against the church was widespread, with the monasteries being sacked and the members of the church being tortured and killed. Constant protests and demonstrations led the economy to a halt, empoberishing the entire population.
The army was plotting for another coup once again, and when the left killed the leader of the opposition Calvo Sotelo, the point of no return was met.
Actively persecuting the Church also earned the ire of a devoutly Catholic nation. Franco used that to his advantage, and the clergy called for a ‘Crusade’ against the Republican government.