Patricia Martínez Fernández | Who made up the rebellious army? Until a few years ago no one in the historiographical and social world asked this question. It was assumed that they were militarists and counterrevolutionaries from reactionary right-wing parties and the cause of the repression. The citizens had the same impression in which it was taken for granted that the army was fascist and the mantra of “my grandfather or father had to go because he lived here” was repeated. There was a vague idea of who they were but their history was unknown. The previous investigation of Franco's Soldiers. Forced recruitment war experience and military demobilization st century Spain by Francisco J. Leira focuses on answering that question without suspecting that the answer was very complex.
Let's go back in time. Starting on August thousands of young people were sent to the front to fight in a civil war that they had not provoked and that they did not understand or want an armed confrontation that broke life patterns and future plans. The mobilization developed as a consequence of the failed coup d'état of July led by a part of the military hierarchy. The forced mobilization began due to the need to increase the troops UAE Phone Number to fight in a fight of unknown duration whose objective was to control society in the rear. The recruitment extended from August to January and included all men born between and . Forced recruitment and terror were part of a single body that served to feed the army with men preventing escapes and keeping the rear guard under control in a clear connection between repression and war needs. The repressive machinery developed by the coup plotters is notable both through the summary trials that were launched both by the declaration of the state of war and by the civil militias formed in the heat of the coup all of this always controlled by the insurgent army.
The goal was to break the bonds of solidarity of a complex civil society. Forced recruitment and terror were part of a single body that served to feed the army with men avoiding as far as possible escapes and keeping the rear guard under control a clear connection between repression and war needs. All families were related to the new powers for reasons such as forced mobilization death prosecution or being a witness or informer. This phenomenon was accompanied by a civil mobilization that was organized around militias which was insufficient for the coup to succeed but relevant in numerical terms and which helped to intensify social pressure and repression. The idea of the scenario of violence is crucial as it reveals that the apparent – only in insurgent rhetoric – massive and enthusiastic recruitment was actually a survival mechanism for all types of individuals.
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