Description: A history field study course that explores the causes and impacts of the Spanish Civil War.
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This Spanish Civil War study option is led by English teacher and historian, Alan Warren. Alan, who taught English and archaeology at the old University of Newport, moved to Barcelona in 2008. Alan provides a guided tour of revolutionary Barcelona, as seen through Homage to Catalonia. Nearly all the places George Orwell mentions still exist, and you can work out exactly what happened where and when. Alan's tour of the Ebro battle field takes in scenes of fighting, including Cim (Hill) 705 - which has a memo
General Franco's fascist troops invaded Spain in July 1936 in order to overthrow the democratically elected Republican government headed by the Popular Front, composed of liberal democrats, socialists, anarchists, trade unionists, communists and secularists. The country was basically divided into those fighting for the government (Republicans), and those fighting against the government (Nationalists). The Nationalists were represented by the landed elite, Fascists, the urban bourgeoisie, the Roman Catholic
DAY 1. George Orwell's Barcelona