Why Did the Nationalists Win the Spanish Civil War?

Achilleas Sarantaris 2/10/11 Republicans Nationalists Political Strengths/weaknesses *Caballeros rule weakened because Republicans were politically change integrity due to different ideologies communists vs. socialists who believed revolution should be postponed, anarchists who believed war could only be won through revolutionary policies. *Terror tactics to control increase population light-emitting diode to resistance*May Days street fight communists and socialists vs. narchists enhanced disunity *main strength was their unity. Franco would assume political and military hold in because Nationalists wanted unified command. Falange Espaniola Tradicionalista, Francos new merged party, had 1,070,000 members. *Supported from the church service which opposed the left*Franco gained power and authority from his victories in the battlefield armament strengths/weaknesses *Lacked strong military leadership, no unified command anarchists and Basques refused to be led by a central comman d structure. Loyal army officers were non trusted by the Republic. Dependent on hazardous ineffective reserves units, different fronts operated separately *Even though initial disunity, Africanistas contained the best legions in the country thus they could cover other forces. *Key to victor was unified command. Francos leadership was accepted by other rightfulness parties, including Italians. *Sound communicators, military equipment and large amount of junior officers together with Francos ability as a military leader were decisive operators. stinting advantages/disadvantages *Under anarchist control utilities worked by workers committees, collective farms set up. that they could not supply the needs of the republic to fight the war. *Production in Catalan fell by 2/3 between 1936 and 1939. * out-of-pocket to Non-Intervention Committee trade only with USSR, which led to the entire gold reserves of Spain being used up *Backed by business community, and so they could buy war su pplies. *Main industrial areas under their control. *Benefited from unrestricted external trade. USA gave $700 million in credit to the Nationalists. Foreign Assistance * farthermost more limited than that of the Nationalists main ally USSR. *No Soviet array send to fight, only 1000 aircrafts, 750 tanks and some advisers, which had to be tutelage for. * outside(a) Brigade sent 35. 000 foreign volunteers with limited impact. 1938 Soviets withdrew support and IB left. Francs initial aid ended when it joined Britains Non-Intervention *Foreign aid was a of the essence(p) factor in the Nationalists victory. *Rebels benefited from more aid of get around quality than that given to Republicans. Francos army airlifted by Germans to mainland. *German condor legion 10,000 troops, 800 aircraft, 200 tanks. Italians 75,000 troops, 750 planes and 150 tanks. Portuguese 20,000 troops. *Key factor not man power, but advanced technology and equipment they received. p