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Anti-fascist lessons from Republican Spain
As the 80th anniversary of the decisive Spanish civil war battle of Ebro approaches, JIM JUMP recalls the heroism of the International Brigade and how European governments aided and abetted the victory of fascism
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JULY 25 this year marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the last great battle of the Spanish civil war — and what many now regard as the first battle of the second world war.
The Battle of the Ebro saw International Brigades, that great anti-fascist army of volunteers from around the world, “cover itself in glory,” as Ay Carmela, the famous battle-song declares.
Ninety British Battalion members lost their lives in the battle. They helped lead the Spanish Republic’s offensive across the Ebro on July 24 1938 and were on the front line for most of the next two months.
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