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The Spanish Civil War Part 4, Disagreements.

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With the coup turning into a civil war, the situation in which the Republican leaders found themselves in, did not at first

appear to be especially dire. They controlled most of the major cities, many of the major mining

and industrial areas, most of the Navy, two-thirds of the territory. They were also the legitimate government

of Spain, which gave them access to the nation's gold reserves, and at least, theoretically,

a leg up in international relations. The government also controlled a sizable number of military

forces, even though the army had officially been dissolved, and this included not just pre-coo

Spanish military formations,

but the highly motivated militias and foreign volunteers. In this episode, we will discuss how

the Republican zone of control was organized and some of the disagreements between the various

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