If you are ever fortunate enough to be spending your time, for either work or on a vacation, in the glorious l country of Spain, relaxing on one of the many wondrous beaches that line the magnificent coast of this beautiful country. Or maybe sat sipping a glass of the local sangria in a quaint taberna, enjoying a dish of the native paella, or visiting one of the many historical and delightful cities she has to offer, or just simply appreciating the peace and quiet of the countryside. It’s worth remembering as you lie back on your sun lounger or take a stroll around one of the many quaint sedate plazas, that Spain wasn’t always such a peaceful and friendly country. In the mid-1930s a savage and brutal civil war broke out, which bathed the country in blood, hostility and hatred, as Spaniard fought Spaniard, and death stalked the street and became a common episode in the experience of the heroic people of Spain.

It is now well over eighty years since those epic, traumatic, and tragic events took place, that eventually and almost inevitably, led to the start of what was to become known as the Spanish Civil War. Most of the combatants and people who lived through this dreadful period of Spanish history have now passed on, and the war is fast passing into the pages of history, rather than living memory.