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 Spanish
Civil War, 1936-1939 In
July 1936, Spanish army units stationed in
Morocco proclaimed a revolution against Spain's
government. Most army units in Spain then rose in
revolt, and they soon won control of about a
third of the country. Francisco Franco entered
Madrid in March 1939, and the remaining Loyalist
forces surrendered on April 1st. |
 Gibraltar
is a British dependency on the southern coast of
Spain. It lies on a narrow peninsula near the
entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. The Rock of
Gibraltar (shown above), a huge limestone mass,
occupies most of Gibraltar's 2.3 square miles. |
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