Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War

Combination of internal political and social crisis with armed conflict in the neighbour country behind the less dangerous frontier without any possibility of obtaining fastly any real aid from allies is one of the worst possible political scenarios in the time of peace. France faced such a situatio...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:96b15873f8b648ffa49ab919fceb15222021-11-07T14:45:03ZAgainst Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War2542-02402587-932410.23932/2542-0240-2019-12-4-166-182https://doaj.org/article/96b15873f8b648ffa49ab919fceb15222019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/509https://doaj.org/toc/2542-0240https://doaj.org/toc/2587-9324Combination of internal political and social crisis with armed conflict in the neighbour country behind the less dangerous frontier without any possibility of obtaining fastly any real aid from allies is one of the worst possible political scenarios in the time of peace. France faced such a situation in 1936 after her Popular Front’s electoral victory and the beginnig of military mutiny in Spain provoqued by further escalation of internal political struggle. Mutiny developed into civil war that, beeing local geographically, became a global political problem because it troubled many great powers and first of all France. This article depicts and analyzes position and views on Spanish civil war and its antecedents of French nationalist royalist movement «Action française» leaded by Charles Maurras (1868–1952) and her allies in next generations of French nationalists – philosopher and political writer Henri Massis (1886–1970) and novelist Robert Brasillach (1909–1945). All of them from the first day hailed Spanish Nationalist cause and were sure in her final victory so took side against any French help, first of all military, to Spanish Republican government, propagated Franco’s political program, denounced Soviet intervention into Spanish affairs and “Communist threat”. Staying for Catholic and Latin unity French nationalists were anxious to prevent Franco’s rapprochement with Nazi Germany that they regarded as France’s “hereditary emeny” notwithstanding of political regime. Trips of Maurras and Massis to Spain in 1938 and theirs meetings with Franco were aimed to demonstrate this kind of unity with silent but clear anti-German overtone. Brasillach’s “History of War in Spain” (1939) became the first French overview of the events from Nationalist point of view.V. E. MolodiakovАссоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”)articlefrancespaingermanynationalismcivil warpopular frontaction françaisefascisminterventionInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 166-182 (2019)
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topic france
spain
germany
nationalism
civil war
popular front
action française
fascism
intervention
International relations
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spain
germany
nationalism
civil war
popular front
action française
fascism
intervention
International relations
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V. E. Molodiakov
Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War
description Combination of internal political and social crisis with armed conflict in the neighbour country behind the less dangerous frontier without any possibility of obtaining fastly any real aid from allies is one of the worst possible political scenarios in the time of peace. France faced such a situation in 1936 after her Popular Front’s electoral victory and the beginnig of military mutiny in Spain provoqued by further escalation of internal political struggle. Mutiny developed into civil war that, beeing local geographically, became a global political problem because it troubled many great powers and first of all France. This article depicts and analyzes position and views on Spanish civil war and its antecedents of French nationalist royalist movement «Action française» leaded by Charles Maurras (1868–1952) and her allies in next generations of French nationalists – philosopher and political writer Henri Massis (1886–1970) and novelist Robert Brasillach (1909–1945). All of them from the first day hailed Spanish Nationalist cause and were sure in her final victory so took side against any French help, first of all military, to Spanish Republican government, propagated Franco’s political program, denounced Soviet intervention into Spanish affairs and “Communist threat”. Staying for Catholic and Latin unity French nationalists were anxious to prevent Franco’s rapprochement with Nazi Germany that they regarded as France’s “hereditary emeny” notwithstanding of political regime. Trips of Maurras and Massis to Spain in 1938 and theirs meetings with Franco were aimed to demonstrate this kind of unity with silent but clear anti-German overtone. Brasillach’s “History of War in Spain” (1939) became the first French overview of the events from Nationalist point of view.
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title Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War
title_short Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War
title_full Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War
title_fullStr Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War
title_full_unstemmed Against Anarchy and Hitler: French Nationalism and Spanish Civil War
title_sort against anarchy and hitler: french nationalism and spanish civil war
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