Keywords
Morocco, spain, civil war, Spanish Civil War, Europe, 1930s
Abstract
This paper addresses the pivotal yet forgotten role that Morocco played in the Spanish Civil War. Other histories and analyses of the Civil War limit discussion to the Spanish side of the conflict without recognizing the colonialist holdings that Spain had and the ways that those lands and people impacted the war. This leads to an incomplete history that denies the Civil War its full historical context and the foundational context for the Nationalist side of the conflict. This paper analyzes the war as well as the ideological creations behind Spanish Fascism and the ways in which Morocco was tied to the creation of the Spanish Civil War, how it was important to the fighting of the conflict, and how it was pivotal to the war's eventual outcome. This will be argued by looking at the racist and eurocentric views of the Spanish Republic and how those views lead directly to its failure in the Civil War. This article will analyze first hand accounts of people directly involved in the war and the factors that led to the involvement of Moroccans on the Nationalist side.
Recommended Citation
Ramirez, Jarod E. (2021) "The Importance of Morocco in the Spanish Civil War," Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal: 2 (1), 46-60. 10.24968/2693-244X.2.1.4 https://works.swarthmore.edu/suhj/vol2/iss1/4
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