Influence Of The Spanish Civil War In The Economic Aspect Of Spain

Influence of the Spanish Civil War in the economic aspect of Spain

SOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION

The following work aims?, I am aware that this question is the primary basis for the development of this investigation and that it will serve to clarify the doubts about this event.

To know to what extent the Spanish civil war influenced economically, we will use two secondary sources: as a first source there is an article referring to the consequences that this conflict brought with it while as a second source there is a magazine.

Although these two sources are different, they agree that this little trance blinded the lives of many Spanish compatriots while leaving nineteenth -century Spain in ruin.

Source I: The Spanish Civil War https: // www.Lemiaunoir.com/Causes-Guerra-Civil-Espanola-conflict/

According to the magazine obtained from a reliable website, it is considered that, to begin this war, it is said that the causes they interceded are political, social and economic, however, primarily based on the constant confrontations between the sectors of the sectors of the Monarchy and Republicans. The purpose of this source is to public.

This source has great value because it recounts true and understandable, each fact considered as the causes for this war to explode, however, despite being a progressive narrative, the magazine has a noticeable limitation because it is not indicated the reasons why they fought and all the suffering that those patriots lived.

Source II: Consequences of the Spanish Civil War http: // anatomiadelahistoria.com/2018/05/consequences-of-war-wag-western/

In the event that happened in 1936-1939, when the Spanish Civil War occ Electronic Magazine, the purpose of this, is to make known what were the consequences that influenced the economic aspect of Spain, also how this conflict influenced the social aspect and finally shows how the total breakdown of modernizing cultural traditions occurred.

This source has great value since it narrates true and chronological, how these events were given that involved an entire nation, Spain, however, despite being a chronological and systematic account, the article has a limitation where it is not mentioned in detail the background that produced the beginning of this war and the sides that fought in this.

Research

Background and Civil War Development

In the first place, to begin this war that lasted approximately 3 years, it could be said that the social cause lies in the constant confrontations between the Republicans and the monarchy, the constant Holy War against the Army of the Crusades was also present, qualified as a religious cause and to envive the flames of this war economically, every capitalist scenario was in charge of the high social class that at the time were the clergy and the nobility.

In the second instance, from the 1936 years around 1939, there is a civil conflict between the two Spain that already existed: the Republicans against the nationalists, each had a new political purpose for Spain, the nationalists wanted to impose a directed dictatorship By Francisco Franco while the Republicans opposed this ideal were called Libertadores, they also had the help of the Catholic religion and countries that were confronted at the time.

All this confirms that "since 1917, the country’s economic situation had considerably aggravated considerably, which increased social conflict, since they corresponded to unresolved problems in Spanish society" such as: an outdated economy unable to solve the needs of the people; a landowner supremacy; A social structure with deep differences between poor and rich, low social classes in continuous growth, the middle class failure to serve as a balancing support. Once the uprisings, the landowners, owners of great properties perceived the agrarian reform, the farmers criticized their slowness, the Catholic Church felt threatened by the irreligious policy of the left and in effect the bourgeoisie suspended the investments; These various components showed that the peasants lived in poverty, since the fields of obtaining money were in charge of the nobility and the clergy.

On the other hand, in the political and social field there were various events that contributed to the coup d’etat carried out by General Primo de Rivera that took place on September 13 and 15, 1923, which was a new cycle for Spain, within This uprising are given measures that for many were not relevant decisions such as the suspension of the Constitution of 1876, the end of Parliament, among others, which is why their own party forces him to renounce his dictatorial government. Days before this event despotism and corruption were seen as a common evil of difficult eradication because autonomist and nationalist demands increased considerably.

In 1921 a new military crisis was incorporated since the war in Morocco took the lives of many military and many losses in economic and infrastructure resources were given, in addition, “that the Spanish army received an extensive defeat against the groups Rifeños or Berebere ethnicity, which was called the Annual disaster ". Within "this climate loaded with problems comes the 1936 elections, where two large sets of left and right -wing games met, by a very scarce margin, the leftists obtained the victory". As the members of the fascist movement were growing, called Falange faced on the streets with leftist activists, politicians and society began to concentrate, thus increasing political violence.

When this war broke out, the sides faced were the nationalists against the Republicans, the national side had a more advanced armament provided by the Italians, it should be stressed that this also had support from the Nazis, a situation that was not favorable for Republicans Since Russia did not possess these effective weapons, but they sold them to high prices, for which they invested large amounts of gold extracted from the Bank of Spain.

It should be stressed that on the republican side “led by Juan Negrín, groups of the working class acted, where the Republican left, the Communist Party, the Workers Party of the Marxist Unification, the Republican Esquerra of Catalonia and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party and the Nationalist Party Basque ”, they were the ones who were in power, and they were considered members of the Left Party.

On the contrary, on the national side, “fascist movements such as the Spanish Falange National Block, a part of the CEDA (the Catholic right) and even joined this side, the same Catholic Church, which were the right more Conservative ”, now, his primary interest was to organize a dictatorship that appreciated the values ​​of past times.

Another point is that, during crucial moments of war, “the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini sent Spain 120.000 soldiers who had to support the revolt directed by Francisco Franco. While from Portugal, then dictator Salazar sent 20.000 men ". It is not for others to say that Adolf Hitler sent to "The Condor Legion, made up of 100 aerial units, sent to bomb.

Finally, the nationalists obtained the victory by erasing the liberators of Spain, with which once again it is demonstrated that anyone who wants the well -being of the people, establishing that it is free of abuse of power, are always overthrown by their opponents because Its biggest weapon is greed and deception.

Consequences of the Civil War

With the victory of the nationalists headed by Francisco Franco, the doors opened to a new sovereignty, and in the country a dictatorship that lasted about almost 40 years began, from 1939 to 1975. Although Franco’s national side adopted German aid, the dictator decided not to get involved directly in the consequent World War II, considering that Spain after the civil war, his state was really unfortunate.

It is necessary to emphasize that, during the entire period of Francisco Franco as a dictator, "Spain overcome a continuous international lack of communication", a factor that did not allow the country to receive financial help from other nations. In view of the fact that the Spanish dictator made the decision that his country was recognized internationally, then little by little there was a certain type of improvements in social life. So, Spain was accepted as a member of the United Nations in the 1950s.

Next, after the death of the dictator in 1975, King Juan Carlos I was crowned and again established the democratic power in Spain which lasts until this day. It should be noted that in the second source the writer José Luis Ibáñez Salas recounts in his article that Spain apart from the material loss, since “a great human loss usually encrypted in an amount greater than half a million, which caused a drastic decrease in the population and negatively influenced postwar economic activity ”.

That said so far that the civil war left a dark mark on economic activities, where there was a suspension throughout the decade until the early fifties. Thus, in Spain, the destruction of economic resources and infrastructure was given such as: from the livestock cabin, of the Automobile and Railway Park the paralysis of the industries, thus bringing the ‘years of hunger”, during the forties.

In clarification and answering the question above, the civil war of Spain, at the economic level affected the industries which was the primary field to obtain wealth for its settlers, at the same time ended agricultural production and considerably destroyed the infrastructure of the infrastructures of La Nación, leaving Spain without money and only with a small population rate.

Reflection

At the end of my research first of all, I realized certain primary aspects such as selecting the two sources because I had the pleasant opportunity to find multiple documents to deal with the conflict mentioned above, which is why it was difficult to choose the necessary information, since It is a controversial issue for historians, not only in Spain but worldwide, which makes it difficult to have a global vision of this topic; On the other hand, I obviously found secondary sources without author, or publication date so these sources were discarded.

It should be noted that being a very studied and known issue by historians, different opinions were produced regarding the background and consequences of the secession war, for example, the main factor for this conflict to originate was the coup d’etat of General Primo of Rivera, who gave way to another painful brand: that of the exiles, which were forced to leave their country in order to take refuge in the fields of the French coast, of Mexico and Argentina.

Therefore, I realized the hard work of historians at the time of writing an event, since they look for clues and data that are closer to how the events happened, which contribute to a feasible and summarized compression about the real state in which Spain remained during those periods. I could also measure the social impact that this war produced on the inhabitants of the Hispanic nation; It is not for others to say that it is difficult for an author to show impartiality in his writing and even more to be a fact that holds different perspectives, which tend to favor or harm the victims of this event, including during the elaboration of my research. I questioned if I was able to do it subjectively.

I consider that the decisions of each president of Spain before the Civil War were not feasible to improve the economic status of the country, which was going worse, because they were a government for themselves and not for the people, in addition to My criteria, not listening to the voice of the people, isolated from their neighboring countries and above all divide in sides what brought with him and has evidenced is the loss of love for his homeland.

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