The Pete Quiñones Show The Spanish Civil War w/ Thomas777 - Complete
Apr 15, 2026
Thomas777, a revisionist historian and fiction author behind the Steelstorm books, walks through Spain’s political roots and 1936 context. He probes Soviet and German strategic aims, armored warfare tested in Spain, Condor Legion lessons, Franco–Axis diplomacy, anarchist structures, and long‑term cultural consequences. Multiple short, lively segments explore these provocative historical angles.
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Clergy Massacres Outpaced Inquisition Deaths In 1936
- In 1936 communists and their allies massacred roughly 6,000 priests and nuns in one year, far exceeding Spanish Inquisition executions over three centuries.
- This atrocity reshaped domestic and international perceptions about who the Republicans represented.
Archival Minutes Reveal Planned Extermination of Political Prisoners
- Anarchist and CNT records show organized lists and classification protocols for extrajudicial executions of political detainees during Nov–Dec 1936.
- Thomas777 cites archival minutes uncovered by historian Reverte as primary evidence of planned killings.
Spain Informed Soviet Doctrine And Expectations Of War
- Stalin saw Spain as a staging ground and a test of Soviet preparedness; lessons from Spain fed Red Army doctrine and expectations about an inevitable future war with Germany.
- Soviet tactical and doctrinal changes traced directly to Spanish combat experience and NKVD operations there.
