What Were the Most Important Causes of the Spanish Civil War

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What were the most important causes of the Spanish Civil War? In this essay I will discuss the most important causes of what led to the Spanish civil war and what I feel led to the Spanish civil war which ultimately were the most important such as the Asturias rising in 1934 and the triggers of the civil war such as the murder of Jose Calvo Sotolo. After the right parties won the general election in 1933 the government which was led by Alejandro Lerroux met opposition by the most left parties, the most left parties which were the anarchists and communists called a general strike which failed in much of Spain and Asturias was left to itself, the strike began on the evening of October 4th but came to a rapid end on the 8th of October as the socialist UGT failed to supply the weapons needed to secure Gijon and Aviles, although the uprising was a fail it showed people supporting the left that if they gathered as one that they could accomplish what they want against the right this event gave confidence to those who opposed the right and when the time came to take arms the left would remember the events of the Asturias rising but also the use of violent suppression once again by the government.. The Spanish army played a massive role in Spain and what eventually resulted in the rising in Spain in 1936, the army had a reputation for intervention in Spain and always had a strong political position in Spain due to the fact that it was part of Spain’s imperial past however the army had intervened on many occasions in 1820, 1871 and 1923. The army was also unpopular with the people because of its use of brute force and its drain on government resources, but what the army did which ultimately led to the Spain civil war was the rising which was led by General Franco on the 17th July 1936 as they attempted to take major cities met opposition by rebels and this event
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