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The book is about the universal phenomenon of citymaking seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as a diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline - and moves through time and place to interpret the hidden order inscribed in urban patterns.;Introduction -- 1 Organic patterns -- 2 The grid -- 3 The city as diagram -- 4 The grand manner -- 5 The urban skyline.

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THE BATTLE FOR SPAIN
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THE BATTLE FOR SPAIN

THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 19361939

ANTONY BEEVOR

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

LONDON

First published in Great Britain in 2006
by Weidenfeld & Nicolson

An earlier version of this book was published by Orbis Publishing Ltd in 1982
under the title The Spanish Civil War

Ocito Ltd 2006

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher.

The right of Antony Beevor to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 978-1-1012-0120-6

The Orion Publishing Groups policy is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products and made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House
5 Upper Saint Martins Lane
London, WC2H 9EA

www.orionbooks.co.uk

For Gonzalo Pontn with all my gratitude for all his help

CONTENTS

PART ONE :
Old Spain and the Second Republic


PART TWO:
The War of Two Spains


PART THREE :
The Civil War Becomes International


PART FOUR :
World War by Proxy


PART FIVE :
Internal Tensions


PART SIX :
The Route to Disaster


PART SEVEN :
Vae Victis!


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

While every effort has been made to trace copyright holders, if any have inadvertently been overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to acknowledge them in any future editions of this work.

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