00:00July 17, 1936.
00:02A series of violent clashes between opposing political factions
00:06is used as a pretext by four Spanish military governors.
00:09Because of the military uprising,
00:11Spain is torn apart from within by civil war.
00:14Almost the entire army rebels and sides with the Nationalists,
00:18while the Navy and Air Force remain largely loyal to the Republic.
00:22Contingents from Germany and Italy come to the aid of the insurgents,
00:26while the Loyalists count on Soviet support.
