BRITISH VOLUNTEERS AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR: The Passionate Cause, 1936-39

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Focuses on the story of ordinary men and women who volunteered during the Spanish Civil War. Details how over 2,500 British (including Irish and Commonwealth) men and women fought in the International Brigades or served in the medical services of the Spanish Republic, and over 500 volunteers died in Spain. Other British volunteers served as mercenary pilots and in the revolutionary militias (including George Orwell); some even served on the side of the rebel forces. Further explains how thousands participated in Spanish Aid activities, raising funds for food ships and medical supplies for Republican Spain. Contains 30 mono illustrations.