The Spanish Civil War that began 17 July 1936 with Franco's military coup, did
not end with the defeat of the supporters of the legal government 1 April 1939.
From the moment the first shot was fired, the military insurgents embarked on a
wave of massacre, torture and repression against half of the Spanish population
that was terrorized, helpless for 40 years, until Franco's death in 1975. Aside
from a brief lifting of the forced...