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#Card nameHistorical text
181Catedral de Santiago de Compostela"For the record, as the war could have been forseen since the rude and recklessly attacks to the national spirit, the Spanish Bishops has given since 1931 the highest examples of apostolic prudence and citizenship." Collective letter of the Spanish bishops, July 1st 1937.
182¡Alto, quien vive!"If we are asked 'Stop, who lives!' / we will answer with a strong voice / 'The volunteers of King Carlos / 'long live his code of laws and religion!'". / Carlist anthem.
183Buenaventura DurrutiCharismatic leader of the CNT militia. Killed in action.
184Sagrado CorazónAlthough the Catholic Church maintains a reserved attitude at the beginning of the conflict, news of religious murders and looting of temples, besides the clear fact of which side would emerge victorious from the contest, makes the support the the Nationalists become explicit.
185BelchiteThe offensive of Belchite, right after Santander is conquered in August 1937, is part of the strategy of the Republic of trying to relieve pressure on the northern front while at the same time trying again to conquer Zaragoza.
186El EscorialResting place for the remains of the kings of Spain.
187Vicente UribeMember of Congress. Acting Minister of Public Works in 1936. Minister of Agriculture from 1936 until the end of the war. Dead in exile.
188CaudillajeIn Nationalist Spain, political power is subject to military power.
189Fraternidad"Fraternity, Freedom and Equality": the three republican principles.
190Julio Álvarez del VayoMember of Congress. Commissioner General of the Army in October 1936. Minister of State between 1936 and 1937 and again in 1938 until the end of the war. Dead in exile.
191General CabanellasRisen up in Zaragoza. Chairman of the National Defense Board, formed in Burgos in July 1936, and against the concentration of powers in the figure of General Franco. General Inspector of the Army. Died of natural causes.
192Juventudes Socialistas UnificadasYoung Communists and Socialists merged shortly before the war. The Communist party is also pushing for the merger of the Socialist and Communist parties, but this never happens.
193Fascismo aplastadoThe anti-fascism is for anarchist organizations a reason to cooperate with other factions in the Republic, even being part of the government. This does not prevent constant friction, especially with the Communists.
194Obús Schneider de 155 mmHowitzer model 1917. Regulation in the Spanish army before the civil war, is used by both sides.
195Bandera monárquicaThe monarchist flag -with its three stripes red, yellow, red- is adopted as the national flag of Spain on August 16th 1936.
196Auxilio SocialIn September 1936, Mercedes Sanz Bachiller founds Winter Aid, modeled after the German Wintherhilfe. In 1937 the name changes to Social Aid.
197Euzko Gudariak"We are the Basque Soldiers to free the Basque Country / we have our blood ready to give it to the cause. / A scream has been heard on the top of the mountain. / Let´s go all soldiers under the Basque flag." Anthem to the Basque soldier.
198TradiciónAs the war progresses, Carlism keeps accumulating a series of grievances that makes it to distance itself from the new regime at the end of the war.
199Antonio GoicoecheaMember of Congress. Leader and founder of Spanish Reorganization. Governor of the Bank of Spain in 1938.
200Radio Guindalera - ProsperidadAlthough in theory the Communist Party is revolutionary, in practice its speech attracts the petty bourgeoisie by opting for a regime far from collectivizations, serving in many cases as protection against the anarchist syndicalists.
201PolíticaVoice of Republican Left.
202Manuel de IrujoBasque Nationalist Party. Member of Congress. Minister of Justice and minister without portfolio from 1936 until the end of the war. Exiled, he returns to Spain in 1977.
2031ª Bandera de Navarra[no text]
204Juventudes tradicionalistasAssociation for young Carlists.
205Joan ComoreraMember of Congress. Founder and first general secretary of PSUC. During the war occupies the portfolios of Public Service, Justice and Labor, Supplies and Public Works of the Generalitat. Exiled, he returns to Spain in 1950, being captured. Died in prison.
206Sección FemeninaIn January 1937 takes place the I National Council of the Women's Section, chaired by Pilar Primo de Rivera.
207Misa"We state that civil-military uprising has taken at the bottom of the popular consciousness a double root: the sense of patriotism, that has seen on it the only way to lift Spain and prevent its ultimate ruin; and the religious sense, that considered it as the force that would reduce the enemies of God to powerlessness, and as the guarantee of the continuity of faith and practice of their religion." Collective letter of the Spanish bishops, July 1st 1937.
208Brigada Mixta 4912th division.
209Los nacionalesThe image of the Nationalists in the Republic is that of a cluster of soldiers, fascists and capitalists blessed by the Catholic Church.
210Cien pesetasIn 1937 the government of Burgos begins to issue its own currency.
211Mariano Ruiz-FunesRepublican Left. Member of Congress. Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Justice in 1936. Ambassador of the Republic in Poland and Belgium. Dead in exile.
212Mariano Rodríguez Vázquez "Marianet"Regional Secretary of the CNT in Catalonia in July 1936 and later secretary of the National Committee of the CNT. Dead in exile.
213División LittorioThe Italian help to the Nationalists side is managed through the Volunteer Corps Troops.
214FuerosReligion, always linked to Basque nationalism, is as usual in the Basque areas under control of the Republic, questioning the discourse of the Nationalists of presenting the war as a religious crusade.
215Familia RealOn December 15th 1938 the Burgos government approves a decree by which the Royal Family regains some of the privileges lost during the Republic.
216General DávilaRisen up in Burgos. Head of the Northern Army in 1937 after the death of General Mola. Member of the National Traditionalist Spanish Falange de las JONS in 1937.

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