MHM 153 Letters – July
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.
Castile-La Mancha
Spain at war: a country divided
Chris Bambery traces the history of the Spanish Civil War and sets the scene for the conflict’s bloodiest battle.
Bodies identified in Spanish Civil War graves excavation
The individuals were killed and buried in a civil cemetery at Almagro, in the Ciudad Real region of Spain, between 1939 and 1940.
The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom, and the Spanish Civil War
The precise number is uncertain, but around 35,000 foreign fighters may have served in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Of these, perhaps one in five died, becoming, in the words of Ernest Hemingway, ‘part of the earth…