Actually surprised to hear there are so many survivors from this war. "These are the poignant portraits of survivors of the Spanish Civil War as they speak about their experiences and share their survival stories of the conflict on its 80th anniversary. From civilians to soldiers, this specially created gallery of images offers a moving reminder of a conflict which left 500,000 people dead and caused an additional 450,000 to flee their homeland altogether. The conflict started on July 18, 1936. when a group of officers attempted to overthrow the left-wing Popular Front government in a military coup and resulted in a four year tug of war between the two sides and resulted in a nation torn apart. Alfons Canovas, 99, fought on the Aragon front in 1938. 'I am not sure if I killed someone,' he said. 'I was terrified. I did not aim, I hoisted my rifle over my shoulder and I fired it while I was hidden in my trench'. His father was killed during an Italian air raid over Barcelona on January 19, 1938 and he went on to sue the Spain National Court on May, 2011, for carrying out attacks. Antoni Canovas, 87, fought during the frustrated offensive to retake Mallorca under Nationalist control and he finished the war fighting in the Ebro's front where he met by chance his two brothers. At the end of the war he was exiled in France but was forced to leave France towards North Africa due to the Nazi's occupation. He got caught in Morocco and freed by American troops in 1943. He was allowed to come back to Barcelona 30 years after he left Spain." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3693311/I-don-t-know-killed-Eighty-years-outbreak-Spanish-Civil-War-survivors-recount-roles-battle-against-Franco-s-troops.html#ixzz4EboT7iJ5
Great article and great HQ photos. Many people from my country went to fight with Republicans in the International Brigades. 'No pasaran!'
Same with Scotland. This statue was raised in Glasgow in their memory- http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/whereilive/coast/stages.shtml?stage=7&walk=strathclyde
Statue for International Brigades in Belgrade, Serbia. And a medal for Yugoslav veterans of Spanish Civil War.
