Nationalist zone

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The Nationalist zone was the area of Spain controlled by General Francisco Franco’s rebel forces during the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
territorial entity
theatre of war
administrativeBody Junta de Defensa Nacional
surface form: National Defense Junta

Junta Técnica del Estado
surface form: Technical State Junta
alsoKnownAs Francoist Spain
surface form: Francoist zone

sublevado zone
conflict Spanish Civil War
controlledBy Francisco Franco
Nationalist faction
country Spain
deFactoCapital Burgos
endTime 1939
flagUsed red-yellow-red bicolor with Saint John Eagle (from 1938)
followedBy Francoist Spain
surface form: Francoist dictatorship
governmentType military dictatorship (de facto)
hasCapital Burgos
hasLeader Emilio Mola
Francisco Franco
Queipo de Llano
ideology Spanish nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
conservatism
includesTerritory Canary Islands
Galicia
Navarre
Old Castile
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
surface form: Spanish Morocco

parts of Andalusia
parts of Aragon
languageUsed Spanish
legalSystem military law and decrees of the National Defense Junta
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
militaryForce Spanish Army of Africa
surface form: Army of Africa

Nationalist Army
notableEvent Battle of Teruel
Battle of the Ebro
Siege of the Alcázar
opposedTo Republican zone
partOf Spanish Civil War
precededBy Second Spanish Republic
surface form: Second Spanish Republic (as unified Spanish state)
religion Roman Catholicism (privileged position)
resultedIn Francoist Spain
startTime 1936
supportedBy Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
Second Republic (Portugal)
surface form: Portugal under António de Oliveira Salazar
timePeriod 20th century
usesCurrency Spanish peseta

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Nationalist forces territoryControlled Nationalist zone