Franco's international brigades : foreign volunteers and fascist dictators in the Spanish Civil War

"The International Brigades who fought for the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War received a hero's welcome when they returned home. But the 90,000 foreign volunteers, including 15,000 Germans and 70,000 Italians, who fought for General Franco - three times the number who joined the International Brigades - crept home in silence." "Franco, who dared not admit he had needed foreigners to help win his patriotric crusade, erased them from history." "American adventurers, British aristocrats, Peruvian poets, Finnish film stars, Irish Catholics, White Russions, Romanian fascists, French monarchists and Moroccan nationalists were all drawn to Spain to fight for an extraordinary variety of causes that often had little to do with the fate of the Spanish people. Christopher Othen gives a crucial insight into a divided and confused continent on the brink of world war."--BOOK JACKET. Ninety Thousand Foreign Volunteers Fought For Franco In The Spanish Civil War - Three Times The Number Who Fought In The International Brigades In Support Of The Republican Government. This Book Features Key Moments In The Civil War To Show The Importance Of Foreign Fighters In Toppling The Spanish Government. Storm Over Europe -- Crescent And Cross -- Airlift -- Flowering Rifles -- Fellow Dictators -- The Dream And Lie Of Franco -- Holy Crusade -- The Third Greatest Man In Europe -- The Devil's Own Frying Pan -- One And Indivisible -- Hedilla At 100 Kilometres An Hour -- Jeanne D'arc -- For The Wrong Reasons -- Bullet In The Head -- Yow Hi! Brudder Europeans -- The Crimes Of Captain Courcier -- Carne De Canon -- The Horror And The Heartbreak -- Aftermath. Christopher Othen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 247-250) And Index. Contents Introduction Part 1: Mola's Coup d'état 1 Storm Over Europe 2 Crescent and Cross 3 Airlift 4 Flowering Rifles 5 Fellow Dictators 6 The Dream and Lie of Franco 7 Holy Crusade 8 The Third Greatest Man in Europe Part 2: Franco's Civil War 9 The Devil’s Own Frying Pan 10 One and Indivisible 11 Hedilla at 100 Kilometres an Hour 12 Jeanne d’Arc 13 For the Wrong Reasons 14 Bullet in the Head 15 Yow Hi! Brudder Europeans 16 The Crimes of Captain Courcier 17 Came de Canon 18 The Horror and the Heartbreak 19 Aftermath Notes to Text Select Bibliography Index