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To Make the People Smile Again: A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War

by George Wheeler - £8.99  Zymurgy Publishing (2003)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781903506073 | ISBN 10: 1903506077

The young men and women travelling to Spain in 1936 were not thinking of sun, sea and sangria. They were grimly determined to defend democracy and save the world from fascism. In February of that year, a coalition of political parties won the Spanish General Election. In July a right wing military coup attempted to take control of Spain, only to meet intense resistance. The rebel generals received support from Hitler and Mussolini.
 
Thousands from across the world went to Spain to form the International Brigades. Many did not return. George Wheeler was one of the volunteers. Ultimately he became a prisoner of war and spent time in a concentration camp. This is his story.
 
Through George Wheeler's experience and memoirs of the Spanish Civil War you will discover what the war was really like. What were they fighting for? Why did the Spanish people fail in their battle against fascism?

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