Left Unity is our motto, but when unity is put into practice it can be extremely messy. The Left in the civil war was made up of many revolutionary and popular organisations, which cooperated to an extent but were divided by their divergent goals and tactics.
What are your answers for finding ways for multiple left factions to act with unity in times of crisis?
the combined allied force sent to Norway was 6000 men, that is virtually nothing. the British were uneasy about Gibraltar, because everybody thought Franco would join the Axis, and then he didn't because Spain was fucked after the war, that didn't bring about a British invasion in IRL 39 so why would it in an alternate 39. modern national security proxy war aggression is very different to being in a major war against another first rate power that's already swallowed Poland whole in weeks. there is literally no strategic reason to invade the entirety of Spain, bringing all those men and resources into the war they were not involved in, because they might invade Gibraltar, which again was already a threat IRL that was taken into consideration. if you're in a bar fight you don't punch some guy sitting on his own in the corner in case he joins the fight maybe
with italians and possibly germans engaged in the conflict. frankly the french wouldnt care sans axis support for franco, but they were so they did. they couldnt ignore a much more concerning enemy on the border than in our timeline
i'll cede that the french might be persuaded not to intervene if all italian and german units were withdrawn, franco insists neutrality, but that would open a crazy can of worms with the effective edge of the nationalist army suddenly dissappearing.
I think at that point, after the fall of France, Franco is just gonna let the Germans back in though ain't he even if Franco stays out of the axis like he did IRL, Hitler still hates communists regardless of if Franco joins the axis or not. I really don't think in the wider geo political sphere a socialist Spain could survive the way the Soviet Union could in its struggle against imperialism unless the war is avoided entirely and the soviet union and socialist spain are able to spend years building up a military ready to resist imperialism and fascism
the SCW remains a perennial tradegy
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it is, it really is. what we should take from it is a clear lesson that left unity requires unity, trust, and an actual united front. being the most pure anarchist/marxist leninist means nothing when the fascists put a bullet in your head lined up against a wall. even if the SCW was doomed all along, its mythology is a very strong pillar to modern socialist revolutionaries
well put. unity isnt just a word. its praxis.
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