EVENT INFORMATION

17
Juli
1936

Spanish colonial army launches the coup that begins the civil war

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📅 17 Juli 1936 📍 Marokko, Spanje

The military uprising began in Spanish Morocco and spread to mainland Spain. Franco’s Army of Africa, including Moroccan troops recruited under colonial rule, became central to the Nationalist advance. The war drew international intervention and demonstrated how colonial forces and imperial networks shaped conflict within Europe.

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Francisco Franco

Moroccan soldiers of the Army of Africa

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Spanish Army of Africa

Spanish Republic