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TO SPAIN
This
poster by the artist, Tomas, celebrates the
heroic defense of Madrid against fascist armies.
In November 1936, General Franco's army conducted
a massive frontal assault against Madrid. The attack
was carried out with the assistance of thousands
of fascist Italian troops and Nazi Germany's infamous
Condor Legion air force. The republican government,
fearing that Madrid would fall to the fascist onslaught,
fled the capital for the city of Valencia.
However,
the determined resistance of the Republican Popular
Army and the International Brigades turned
back the fascist attack. Madrid
had been temporarily saved, but General Franco redeployed
his forces to the north and began a slow and methodical
campaign
of destruction that marched from town to town, province
to province.
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