Spanish Civil War Political Parties/Groups
Non-Intervention Committee
Agreement by Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and the USSR and others not to aid either side in the Spanish Civil War
Condor Legion
Division of German Air Force that carried out the bombing of Guernica
UGT
General Union of Workers. Spanish trade union, associated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Left .
International Brigades
Groups of volunteer soldiers organized by the Comintern who assisted the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
CNT
National Confederation of Labor. A revolutionary, anarchist organization during the Spanish Civil War, they directly opposed Fascism and worked with the POUM militia until propaganda surfaced and led them away from unification. Left.
Civil Guard
Nationalist police
Falange
Official name for the Spanish Fascist Party. founded in 1933; emphasized the national traditions of Spain and combined these with fascist ideology.
Popular Front
Political strategy of electoral cooperation between left designed to prevent vote splitting and defeat the right
Left Wing Republicans
Side in the Spanish Civil War made up of Communists, Socialists, Liberals, Anarcho-Syndicalists, Basques, Catalans, Marxists, and republicans
Right Wing Nationalists
Side in the Spanish Civil war made up of the rich, army, high command, Church, landowners, monarchists(Pro King/Queen), fascist party (Falange), Carlists (Pro King/Queen), CEDA(Church)
CEDA
Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right. A Catholic conservative force, thought it was a defense of the principles of Christian civilization and as an organization, formed to protect religion, family, and property.
Carlists
Supported the claim of the descendants of Don Carlos (the uncle of Queen Isabella II) to the throne of Spain. They wanted a return to a "traditionalist" ultra-Catholic monarchy.
Anarcho-Syndicalism
The belief that the state should be replaced by the trade unions and other collective organizations that would negotiate directly with each other and exchange all the necessary goods and services to meet the needs of the population.
POUM
Workers' Party of Marxist Unification. Spanish Communist Party.