# Spanish Civil War
The Real Story Behind Pablo Picasso’s Most Famous Masterpiece
The town of Guernica is one of the most ancient Basque towns, and their most important cultural center. Today it is most known not for its ancient history, but a modern era…
Hitler’s Condor Legion Paved the Road to Guernica and Tested Terror Tactics on the City
In many ways, the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939), pitting fascist rebels against a democratically elected government, was a…
Real Life Action Hero Edward Allen Carter, Jr. Started his Heroic Life at 15
There have been about a dozen Spiderman remakes, who knows how many Sharknadoes, and seemingly a hundred Fast & the…
The Bloody Ground: The Death and Destruction of 12 Civil Wars
Civil wars challenge cultural norms, government, and military tactics. Defined as war within the same nation, civil wars rarely occur…
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…
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…
Ten Facts About The Bombing Of Guernica (1937)
War is full of barbaric actions and atrocities. Even by the horrors of the time, the bombing of Guernica was…
This Day In History: The Spanish Civil War Began (1936)
This day in history in 1936 the Spanish Civil War began. The war is regularly seen to have started when…