Spanish Maquis

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The Spanish Maquis were anti-Franco guerrilla fighters, many of them former Republican combatants, who waged an armed resistance against the Francoist dictatorship in Spain from the 1930s into the 1950s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spanish Maquis canonical 2
maquis españoles 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed resistance group
guerrilla movement
activeDuring Spanish Civil War
World War II
early Cold War
alsoKnownAs guerrilleros antifranquistas
maquis españoles
linked to: Spanish Maquis
composedOf anarchist militants
communist militants
former Spanish Republican combatants
socialist militants
country Spain
declinePeriod early 1950s
endTime 1950s
fieldOfWork armed struggle
goal overthrow of Francoist regime
restoration of the Spanish Republic
hasEnemy Francoist security forces
Guardia Civil
Spanish Army
hasIdeology anti-fascism
left-wing politics
republicanism
historicalPeriod Francoist Spain
influencedBy French Maquis
linked to: French Resistance
language Spanish
legacy symbol of anti-Franco resistance
notableEvent Valle de Arán invasion
notableYear 1944
operatedIn Andalusia
Cantabrian Mountains
Pyrenees
mountainous regions of Spain
rural areas of Spain
opposedTo Francisco Franco
Francoist dictatorship
linked to: Francoist Spain
partOf anti-Francoist opposition
peakActivity 1940s
result eventual defeat
startTime 1930s
supportedBy French Resistance networks
linked to: French Resistance

Spanish Communist Party
usedTactic ambushes
assassinations
guerrilla warfare
sabotage
victimOf political repression
summary executions
torture

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Mercedes allyOf Spanish Maquis
Mercedes loyalTo Spanish Maquis
Spanish Maquis alsoKnownAs maquis españoles
linked to: Spanish Maquis