Romanian and Italian volunteers in the Spanish War Cover Image

Volontari romeni e italiani nella guerra di Spagna
Romanian and Italian volunteers in the Spanish War

Author(s): Giordano Altarozzi
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: volunteers; Spanish civil war; communism; fascism; left.

Summary/Abstract: While governments joined, in a more or less honest way, to the non-intervention Pact, a huge number of volunteers went to Spain, where in the summer of 1936 Civil War broke out. Volunteers join both sides, each according to its political and ideological preferences. Among these are the Italians - who got to face themselves in the famous battle between the Guadalajara - and Romanians. But, between volunteers, there were many differences, regarding the motivations that brought them to Spain, training and membership, the political and ideological objectives that they wanted to achieve through their struggle. In the article the author tries to highlight some of the differences between volunteers from the two countries.

  • Issue Year: 09/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-164
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Italian