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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Sections of photographs appear on end of the book.
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERT I :
King Alfonso XIII getting to know his people1
King Alfonso XIII with General Miguel Primo de Rivera2
Crowds celebrating in Madrid, 14 April 1931 2
Lerroux, President Alcal Zamora and Gil Robles, 19343
Civil guards arrest a socialist in Madrid, October 19343
Civil Guards escort their prisoners after the failed revolution in Asturias, October 19343
Jos Antonio Primo de Rivera and fellow Falangists3
Shooting breaks out during the funeral of a civil guard officer suspected of an attempt to kill President Azaa, April 19363
Franco reaches Ceuta from the Canary Islands to take over command of the Army of Africa, 18 July 19361
Carlist volunteers flock to the main square of Pamplona to become General Molas main force, 19 July 19364
Assault guards and anarcho-syndicalist workers of the CNT with a captured field-gun in Barcelona3
POUM militia in the Carlos Marx barracks in Barcelona3
A bandera of the Foreign Legion rounds up villagers during Yages advance north, August 19363
Colonel Varelas troops advance into Toledo, 28 September 19362
Colonel Moscard, Varela and Franco celebrate the relief of the Alczar of Toledo3
Yage, Franco and Serrano Ser3
Luftwaffe pilots with their Heinkel He-45 fighter-bombers3
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERT II :
Dolores Ibrruri, La Pasionaria, making a speech, 14 October 19362
The captain of a Soviet ship is welcomed by Companys and Antonov-Ovseenko3
Mikhail Koltsov and Roman Karmen in the trenches before Madrid2
The fighting in the Casa de Campo, November 19363
Refugees sheltering in the Madrid metro during an air-raid3
International Brigade troops march through Madrid3
Propaganda photo of a Soviet pilot with his Chato2
Women in Mlaga terrified by a nationalist air raid3
Carliest requets being blessed before going into battle3
Colonel Wolfram von Richthofen with nationalist and Condor Legion officers3 El Campesino making a speech3
Juan Garca Oliver broadcasts an appeal for calm during the May events in Catalonia3
Assault guards brought in to restore order marching through Barcelona, 6 May 19372
General Pozas and communist officers take over the Catalan council of defence, May 19373
Juan Modesto at the Battle of Brunete, July 19372
Republican wounded at Brunete2
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERT III :
The winter fighting of Teruel, December 19372
An International Brigade officer at Teruel2
Prieto observes the fighting at Teruel2
Condor Legion Stukas with nationalist markings, 19382
Panzer Mark Is advancing3
The nationalists reach the sea at Vinars, 15 April 19382
Condor Legion 88mm anti-aircraft guns, summer 19382
Republican soldiers under bombardment during the Battle of the Ebro2
A republican hospital train behind the Ebro front, summer 19383
General Rojo, Juan Negrn and Lster at a farewell parade for the International Brigades, October 19382
Colonel Casado listens while Julin Besteiro broadcasts the manifesto of the National Council of Defence, March 19395
Republican refugees swarm across the French frontier in the Pyrenees, January 19396
Republican prisoners in the French internment camp of Le Vernet3
Condor Legion standard dipped in salute to Franco at the victory parade, 19 May 19392
The indoctrination of republican orphans3
Hitler and Franco meet at La Hendaye (photo montage), October 19402
The Spanish Blue Division in Russia on the Leningrad front2
1Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya
2Agencia EFE
3Previous edition of The Battle for Spain (The Spanish Civil War)
4 La Vanguardia
5Archivo General de la Administracin
6Getty Images
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