Spanish Civil War
“The main causes of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) were the slim victory of the Popular Front in the February 1936 elections and the political murders of socialist Jose Castillo and parliamentary member Jose Calvo Stoleto.”
The main causes of the Spanish Civil War were, on the obvious level, the shortcomings of the Nationalist party in the 1936 elections as they lost to the Popular Front by a close margin and the assassinations of a political figurehead as well as a police officer. Beyond the straight forward answers to the causes of the Spanish Civil War there were a some ‘deeper’ and more complex causes in this major 20th Century conflict. The first cause was that of the grip of the Monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church on the people of Spain. Another cause was the ideological differences inside the country as it was evenly split between the leftist and rightist ideologies. The Nationalist were a fascist party and the Republicans were on the socialist side of the war in Spain. These more complex causes were as much a part of the start of the war than the others because of the instability that they caused.