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Spain, 1936. Escalating violence between left- and right-wing political factions boils over. Military officers stage a coup against a democratically elected, Soviet-backed, government. The country is thrown into chaos as centuries-old tensions return to the forefront. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards choose sides and engage in the most devastating combat since the First World War. For loyalists to the Republic, the fight is seen as one for equality and their idea of progress. For the rebels, the struggle is a preemptive strike by tradition against an attempted communist takeover.Thousands of foreigners, too, join the struggle. Most fight with the Soviet-sponsored International Brigades or other militias aligned with the loyalist “Republicans”. Only a few side with the rebel “Nationalists”, supported by Nazi Germani and Fascist Italy. One of these rare volunteers for the Nationalists was Peter Kemp, a young British law student. Kemp, despite having little training or command of the Spanish language, was moved by the Nationalist struggle against international Communism. Using forged documents, he sneaked into Spain and joined a traditionalist militia, the Requetés, with which he sa

Who reads Mine Were of Trouble: A Nationalist Account of the Spanish Civil War?

Author

Peter Kemp

Publisher

Mystery Grove Publishing

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9798624731721

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, Military History

Rating

4.8 / 5 (1,606 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14