Moroccans were known as some of the fiercest fighters among the troops of right-wing General Francisco Franco in Spain’s 1936-1939 civil war ... Moroccan Center for Common Memory and the Future (CMCA) ...

Almost exactly 85 years ago, the fate of the Spanish capital Madrid was at stake as insurgent Nationalist forces began their assault on the city and its Republican defenders. The key military ...

Civil Wars are anything but civil, and in many cases can make for stranger bedfellows than normal politics. This certainly could describe the situation in Spain. The Spanish Civil War (1936–39 ...

Spanish women defending the Republic in the Siege of the Alcázar in Toledo, 1936. Wikimedia Commons/Google Cultural Institute By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

starting the Spanish Civil War. As the war raged on, suddenly thousands of Moroccan men conscripted into the Spanish military were sent across the sea to Spain to fight alongside Franco's forces.

starting the Spanish Civil War. As the war raged on, suddenly thousands of Moroccan men conscripted into the Spanish military were sent across the sea to Spain to fight alongside Franco's forces.