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Spanish Civil War

1936–1939 Europe Status: ended Casualties: ~500,000

A proxy war between fascism and communism that prefigured WWII. Picasso's Guernica immortalized the Luftwaffe's bombing of civilians. Franco's victory established a dictatorship lasting until 1975.

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Belligerents

  • Spanish Republic
  • Nationalist rebels (Franco)
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • USSR

Casualties

~500,000

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.