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Conflict Europe

Spanish Civil War

1936 CE – 1939 CE · 3 years

The dress rehearsal for World War II — fascists, communists, and democrats clashed in a brutal civil war that killed half a million Spaniards and tested the weapons of the next world war.

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Spanish Civil War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Republicans
  • Nationalists (Franco)

Key moments

Defining events in the Spanish Civil War.

  1. 1936–1939 Siege of Madrid
  2. 1938 Battle of the Ebro
  3. 1937 Guernica bombing

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Ireland

Attested 1938 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Sweden

Founded 900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Winter War

1939 CE – 1940 CE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Denmark

Founded 800 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1936 CE and 1939 CE.

1937 CE Dersim Rebellion 1939 CE World War II 1939 CE Winter War 1936 CE Arab Revolt in Palestine 1937 CE Second Sino-Japanese War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Emirate of Bin Shal'an Polity · Middle East 1920 CE – 1938 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Kofi Annan Figure · Ghana / New York 1938 CE – 2018 CE Second Sino-Japanese War Conflict · East Asia 1937 CE – 1945 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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