In November 1938 the Spanish Civil War ended with a peace treaty which divided Spain into East [Republican] with its capital in Madrid, and West [Nationalist] with Salamanca as its capital. [1] Manuel Azana and Juan Negrin were the President and Prime Minister respectively of East Spain. General Francisco Franco was the Caudillo and President of West Spain.
[1] East Spain comprised the pink and red areas shown on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanis...al_map_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War_(1936-39).svg. It is the General Map of the Spanish Civil War in the section headed 'Beginning of the coup'. Also the area shown in light brown in the north with a connecting strip of a few miles wide, south of the border with France, to the area shown in red. West Spain was the rest of Spain.
[1] East Spain comprised the pink and red areas shown on this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanis...al_map_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War_(1936-39).svg. It is the General Map of the Spanish Civil War in the section headed 'Beginning of the coup'. Also the area shown in light brown in the north with a connecting strip of a few miles wide, south of the border with France, to the area shown in red. West Spain was the rest of Spain.