HIST 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Jeunesses Patriotes, Proxy War, Popular Consensus
13 Nov 2017
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Lecture 20 - 1939 (a) the popular front in france: organizing against fascism. Right-wing demonstrations and riot in paris, feb. 1934. Engelbert dollfuss"s assassination by nazis in vienna, july. Encouragement of popular fronts by stalin and comintern world congress, 1935 formation of popular front govt. (socialists and radicals, supported by. Agreed to fight in an election for a socialist program. Opposition from industrial workers and small businessmen: may 1936; govt. of edouard daladier from apr. Popular front won majority of seats, feb. 1936 coup by army leadership, july 17 civil war between republican govt. and the nationalists (including the falange) under gen. franciso franco. Became a proxy war between the far left and far right. Republicans supported by ussr, nationalists by italy and germany. Refused to help to sustain the legitimate government of republicans. Nationalists prevailed by 1939 dictatorship of franco: appeasement. Grounds for appeasement little political/public support for rearmament and foreign intervention.
