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====== The No Spanish Civil War TL ====== | ====== The No Spanish Civil War TL ====== | ||
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- | By Dr. Strangelove, | + | ---- |
- | __** POD**__ | + | ==== Premise and POD ==== |
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+ | In June 23, 1936 Francisco Franco sends a letter to the Spanish Prime Minister Casares Quiroga, warning him that the army is very discontent with the political situation. Franco has been invited by his colleagues to join the conspiracy, but is still hesitant. | ||
+ | In our timeline, Casares never answered Franco' | ||
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+ | ==== Developments ==== | ||
- | __ **Development**__ | ||
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+ | FRANCISCO FRANCO died as a hero defending Zaragoza from the nazis in 1941. | ||
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+ | FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA kept writing poetry and novels after 1936. | ||
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+ | BENITO MUSSOLINI was exiled in Switzerland in April 1940, after the coup that put Galeazzo Ciano in charge of Italy and asked for an armistice with the allies. | ||
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+ | LEON TROTSKY moved to Barcelona in 1937 and to Havana in 1941, and will publish one of the most influential political books of the century, legitimating *anarchism as a valid politic choice. | ||
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+ | IOSIF STALIN is even more paranoid than usual, having killed Zhukov in the 1937 purge, and having started another purge in 1941. | ||
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+ | BUENAVENTURA DURRUTI is President of the Spanish Republic as of 1941. | ||
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+ | JOSE MILLÁN ASTRAY spent 6 years in a military prison before being recruited for special operations and becoming the Spanish Skorzeny, despite his reluctance and pro-German views. | ||
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+ | ==== Effects ==== | ||
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+ | Due to Dr. Strangelove' | ||
+ | * Germany was never divided, but has been an international pariah until at least 1980. | ||
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+ | * There are hints of an earlier European Union, centered around France and Britain. | ||
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+ | * After being thoroughly destroyed in 1941, Zaragoza was rebuilt in a modern style. The Pilar Basilica was left in ruins as a memorial. | ||
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+ | * Fascist Italy survived WWII in good shape. This, coupled with Durruti' | ||
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+ | * The Germans took Moscow, but were unable to hold onto it, probably suffering a terrible defeat. | ||
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+ | * The commune system in Spain survived until at least 1970, when 25 years of unprecedented economical growth made it fall back to bourgeois respetability. | ||
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+ | * The memorial to the fallen in the Great Independence War (as WWII is known in Spain) is a huge statue that can be seen from almost everywhere in Madrid. It may or may not be inspired in [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
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