Spanish Civil War: The Wounds Opened 90 Years After the Beginning of the Conflict

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90 years ago, on July 17, 1936, in Melilla, Juan Seguí Almuzara, general of the Spanish Army in the reserve, gave the order of rebellion to the Spanish military garrisons of the city. The beginning of that rebellion occurred at 17:17, after General Emilio Mola, captain general of Navarra, had sent a radiogram in key addressed to the also fugitive general José Sanjurjo (in Lisbon), General Francisco Franco (highlighted in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) …

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Days after the coup d’état of July 18, 1936, only there came the coverage of radio broadcasts and telephone and/or telegraphic lines, mainly the major cities and towns of Spain, could one have, at least, an idea of the development and general situation of the war. Not so in most of the country, plunged, especially in rural areas, in uncertainty and fear. I have already highlighted in my previous book on Radio broadcasting in the Republic, the co…

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Days after the coup d’état of July 18, 1936, only there came the coverage of radio broadcasts and telephone and/or telegraphic lines, mainly the major cities and towns of Spain, could one have, at least, an idea of the development and general situation of the war. Not so in most of the country plunged, especially in rural areas, in uncertainty and fear. I have already highlighted in my previous book on Broadcasting in the Republic, the coup d’ét…