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The Importance Of Morocco In The Spanish Civil War, Jarod E. Ramirez
The Importance Of Morocco In The Spanish Civil War, Jarod E. Ramirez
Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal
This paper addresses the pivotal yet forgotten role that Morocco played in the Spanish Civil War. Other histories and analyses of the Civil War limit discussion to the Spanish side of the conflict without recognizing the colonialist holdings that Spain had and the ways that those lands and people impacted the war. This leads to an incomplete history that denies the Civil War its full historical context and the foundational context for the Nationalist side of the conflict. This paper analyzes the war as well as the ideological creations behind Spanish Fascism and the ways in which Morocco was tied …