Spanish Civil War 70th

Seventy years ago today, the Spanish Civil War started. It was a fight between the Spanish Republic and a military rebellion led by General Francisco Franco, who had the support of Germany's Hitler and Italy's Mussolini. It divided the country into left and right and those who thought the battle was between fascists and freedom...or on the other side, between communism and Christian civilization. The three year war saw the overthrow of the Spanish Republic and the establishment of a dictatorship under Franco, which many say was the beginning of both World War II and the Cold War. Seventy years later, we look at the lead up to the war, who the players were and how history viewed the outcome of this bloody and highly political civil war. Laura's guest is Antony Beevor, author of "The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939" and numerous other books. Beevor received an Honorary Doctorate from Kent University and is a Visiting Professor at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. We'll also hear from Stu Wallace, A Professor of History at the NH Technical Institute, with New Hampshire's connection to the Spanish Civil War.