|
1939 In Spain
Events from the year 1939 in Spain. Incumbents *President: Manuel Azaña until March 3, Francisco Franco as leader *Prime Minister: Juan Negrín until April 1, Francisco Franco Events *January 3 – The news agency EFE, based in Madrid, is officially founded as a limited company. *January 5-February 4: Battle of Valsequillo *January 26 - Catalonia Offensive: Nationalist forces capture Barcelona. *February 7–9 - Battle of Menorca (1939) *February 10 - Nationalists close Spanish border with France. *February 16 - the high command of the Republican army tells Negrín that further military resistance was impossible. *February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognized Francisco Franco's Nationalist government. *March 4–7 - Cartagena Uprising. *March 7 - Nationalist transport ship SS Castillo de Olite, SS ''Castillo de Olite'' sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of Cartagena. *March 5: coup of Segismundo Casado.Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.876-878 *March 5: Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He was the most prominent leader of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. A published author in the 1910s, he stood out in the pro-Allies camp during World War I. He was sharply critical towards the Generation of '98, the reimagination of the Spanish Middle Ages, Imperial Spain and the 20th century yearnings for a praetorian refurbishment of the country. Azaña followed instead the examples of the French Enlightenment and the Third French Republic, and took a political quest for democracy in the 1920s while defending the notion of homeland as the "democratic equality of all citizens towards the law" that made him embrace republicanism. After the Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Cartagena
The port of Cartagena ( es, Puerto de Cartagena) is the port located in Cartagena, Spain. It is the fourth nationwide port in freight traffic behind Algeciras, Valencia and Barcelona. It occupies the eighth place in relation to the number of cruises. 60% of exports and the 80% of imports from the Region of Murcia are made through the port of Cartagena. More than 40% of the tourism that Cartagena receives is made by its port. It historical importance relies on both the good harbour offered by the natural bay and its strategic location near the East–West maritime route linking the Suez Canal to the strait of Gibraltar. It was used by the Punic civilization, and then by Romans. Besides its location, it also was appreciated at the time because of the metal ore mining ( argentifourous galenas) in the surrounding mountains as well as the esparto Esparto, halfah grass, or esparto grass is a fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of north Africa, Spain and Portugal. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In Spain
Events from the year 1939 in Spain. Incumbents *President: Manuel Azaña until March 3, Francisco Franco as leader *Prime Minister: Juan Negrín until April 1, Francisco Franco Events *January 3 – The news agency EFE, based in Madrid, is officially founded as a limited company. *January 5-February 4: Battle of Valsequillo *January 26 - Catalonia Offensive: Nationalist forces capture Barcelona. *February 7–9 - Battle of Menorca (1939) *February 10 - Nationalists close Spanish border with France. *February 16 - the high command of the Republican army tells Negrín that further military resistance was impossible. *February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognized Francisco Franco's Nationalist government. *March 4–7 - Cartagena Uprising. *March 7 - Nationalist transport ship SS Castillo de Olite, SS ''Castillo de Olite'' sunk by Republican shore batteries while entering the port of Cartagena. *March 5: coup of Segismundo Casado.Thomas, Hugh 2001. p.876-878 *March 5: Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link=no) or The Uprising ( es, La Sublevación, link=no) among Republicans. was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic, and consisted of various socialist, communist, separatist, anarchist, and republican parties, some of which had opposed the government in the pre-war period. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists led by a military junta among whom General Francisco Franco quickly achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets and was variously viewed as cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
