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All You Need to Know About the Mystery of the Visigoth King Who Inspired Hitler and Reversed the Flow of a River
The death and burial of Alaric 1, feared leader of the Visigoths, in 410 A.D., is surrounded by mystery and legend. He was buried according to Visigoth tradition, and because of that,…
Civil War
24 Photographs from the Brutal Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War took place from 1936 to 1939. The Republicans, loyal to the democratic, leftist urban Second Spanish…
Warfare History
This Day In History: Franco Captures Barcelona (1939)
On this day in 1939, Barcelona, the Republican capital of Spain, fell to the Nationalist Army during the Spanish Civil…
Civil War
Ten Things That You Need To Know About Francisco Franco
The general and dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975) ruled Spain from 1939 until 1975 when he died. He seized power during…