Spanish Civil War Trivia

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Main promoter of the coup, "El Director"	Emilio Mola
Veteran general who died in the first days of the rebellion	José Sanjurjo
General who would end up leading the rebel side, "El Caudillo"	Francisco Franco
President of the Spanish Republic	Manuel Azaña
President of the Republican Government, 1936-1937	Francisco Largo Caballero
Successor of the above	Juan Negrín
CNT leader who died defending Madrid	Buenaventura Durruti
President of the Generalitat, 1934-1940	Lluís Companys
Basque Lehendakari during the war	José Antonio Aguirre
Fascist party that supported the rebel side	FET y de las JONS
Leader of the above, executed by the Republic, "el Ausente"	José Antonio Primo de Rivera
Trotskyist Party	POUM
Leader of the above, allegedly killed by stalinists	Andreu Nin
Name of the open battle between Republican factions in Barcelona	May Days
Communist female leader known for her speeches	Dolores Ibárruri

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Town massacred by Juan Yagüe	Badajoz
Town where Franco rescued rebels entrenched in the "Alcázar"	Toledo
Original capital of the Republic, unsuccessfully assaulted in November 1936 by the nationalists	Madrid
Second capital of the Republic and one of the last cities to fall	València
Third capital of the Republic, brutally bombed in March 1938	Barcelona
Basque village destroyed by the German Condor Legion	Gernika
Aragonese village that starts with 'B', site of a major battle that destroyed it in 1937	Belchite
Site of a Republican massacre near Madrid	Paracuellos de Jarama
Andalusian city whose capture gave place to the massive exode known as "La Desbandá"	Málaga
Only provincial capital taken by Republicans	Teruel
River where the longest and deadliest battle took place	Ebre
Last city to be taken by nationalists	Alacant
Capital city of the nationalists	Burgos
Territory where the "Alzamiento Nacional" began	Melilla