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Franco’s Spain: paranoia, conspiracy & antisemitism

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The First Days of the African Army

There were detailed plans for literally the annihilation of anyone who had been a member. Part of his planning involved issuing secret instructions which were sent to the major conspirators and then issued to army officers. So there were very detailed plans for extermination, which could be summed up by one of his first broadcasts in which he said we must eliminate those who do not think like we do. What actually happened on the ground in terms of communities, in terms of these armies, converging on towns and villages?

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