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Pope Pius XII sent a radio message of congratulation to the Spanish Government, clerics and people on April 16, 1939 The Red Terror in Spain was from the Vatican perspective only one part of a Terrible Triangle of Red Terror, whose goal was the eradication of religion, involving Mexico and the Soviet Union as well. Pope Pius XI complained about Conspiracy of Silence on all Church persecutions. The Red Terror continued in Mexico for about one year, then in 1940 the new President Manuel Ávila Camacho restored the rights of the Church in that country. In the Soviet Union, the terror against religion and the Church was greatly reduced in 1941, after Germany attacked in June 1941. The Soviet persecution resumed however at the end of World War II , when the Soviet Union incorporated former Polish territories with 4.5 million Catholics and arrested over 1000 Catholic priests and archbishop Joseph Slipyi.
It also should be noted that the Catholic Church beatified 498 Martyrs of the Spanish cινιℓ ωαr.
Quote from: TheDIt also should be noted that the Catholic Church beatified 498 Martyrs of the Spanish cινιℓ ωαr.You are not distinguisghing between the anarchist CNT and the legitimate Republican goverment though they did join forces at the desperate end.
Quote from: The Spanish cινιℓ ωαr, the Soviet Union, and CommunismTheir goal was to use a veil of legitimate democratic institutions to outlaw the right and to convert the state into the Soviet vision of a "people's republic" with total leftist domination, a goal which was repeatedly voiced not only in Comintern instructions but also in the public statements of the PCE (Communist Party of Spain)The goals of the Republicans were communist.
Their goal was to use a veil of legitimate democratic institutions to outlaw the right and to convert the state into the Soviet vision of a "people's republic" with total leftist domination, a goal which was repeatedly voiced not only in Comintern instructions but also in the public statements of the PCE (Communist Party of Spain)
Quote from: TheDQuote from: The Spanish cινιℓ ωαr, the Soviet Union, and CommunismTheir goal was to use a veil of legitimate democratic institutions to outlaw the right and to convert the state into the Soviet vision of a "people's republic" with total leftist domination, a goal which was repeatedly voiced not only in Comintern instructions but also in the public statements of the PCE (Communist Party of Spain)The goals of the Republicans were communist.All the Republicans???Also that flies in the face of the actual geo-political stratergy of Moscow of that time. Its an assertion and nothing more.
The Soviet Union primarily provided material assistance to the Republican forces. In total the USSR provided Spain with 806 planes, 362 tanks, and 1,555 artillery pieces. The Soviet Union ignored the League of Nations embargo and sold arms to the Republic. Stalin had signed the Non-Intervention Agreement but decided to break the pact.
The fact that the Soviets wanted to spread communism is not that hard to figure out.
Quote from: Arms for Spain Gerald HowsonThe Soviet Union primarily provided material assistance to the Republican forces. In total the USSR provided Spain with 806 planes, 362 tanks, and 1,555 artillery pieces. The Soviet Union ignored the League of Nations embargo and sold arms to the Republic. Stalin had signed the Non-Intervention Agreement but decided to break the pact.
Quote from: TheDThe fact that the Soviets wanted to spread communism is not that hard to figure out.No. The Soviets wanted to insure the survial of their own state and were not prepared to risk it in order to spread communism. If spreading communism got in the way of that ultimate geo-political goal than it was ditched which was one of the reasons for the falling out between the left opposition and the rest of the CP.
Quote from: ClovisQuote from: TheDThe fact that the Soviets wanted to spread communism is not that hard to figure out.No. The Soviets wanted to insure the survial of their own state and were not prepared to risk it in order to spread communism. If spreading communism got in the way of that ultimate geo-political goal than it was ditched which was one of the reasons for the falling out between the left opposition and the rest of the CP. If you read the quote I posted above than you would know that the Soviets DID send aid to the Republicans.