Falange Española (FE; English: Spanish Phalanx) was a Spanish

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active from 1933 to 1934.

History

The Falange Española was created on 29 October 1933 as the successor of the Movimiento Español Sindicalista (MES), a similar organization founded earlier in 1933. The foundational meeting took place in of

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and was conducted by

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Julio Ruiz de Alda Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz (7 October 1897 in Estella, Navarre – 23 August 1936 in Madrid) was a Spanish aviator and founder of the Falange. He joined the Army at the age of 15 and developed an interest in planes. He was the co-pilot (with ...

and Alfonso García Valdecasas. In February 1934, after poor results at the ballots in the 1933 election, José Antonio Primo de Rivera suggested a fusion of Falange Española with the

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, which was approved on 15 February. The

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(FE de las JONS) was subsequently formed. The Falange's first clash with

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groups took place on 5 November 1933, when its militants had a rift with

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sympathizers at a football game in

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(

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