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7/6/2025, 9:59:35 PM
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>Were the Falangists really that much of a factor on the Spanish right?
Yes, at the start they were enough to be considered to be involved in the planning the coup, but they were never as big as the Nazis, or Italian Fascists. However, once the Civil War started membership exploded in popularity with overly zealous recruits desperate to prove fanatical loyalty to the cause. Most of the prewar Falange leadership was executed or imprisoned by the Republicans, which made it easy for Franco to do the forced merger of the all the right wing political parties and replace the party leadership with those loyal to Franco. Also those with left wing backgrounds joined the Falange to avoid suspicion of being communists and often proved to be the most fanatic falangists during and after the war with the blue shirt being known as the "blue life jacket" among the anti falangist wing of the Nationalists.
>Were the Falangists really that much of a factor on the Spanish right?
Yes, at the start they were enough to be considered to be involved in the planning the coup, but they were never as big as the Nazis, or Italian Fascists. However, once the Civil War started membership exploded in popularity with overly zealous recruits desperate to prove fanatical loyalty to the cause. Most of the prewar Falange leadership was executed or imprisoned by the Republicans, which made it easy for Franco to do the forced merger of the all the right wing political parties and replace the party leadership with those loyal to Franco. Also those with left wing backgrounds joined the Falange to avoid suspicion of being communists and often proved to be the most fanatic falangists during and after the war with the blue shirt being known as the "blue life jacket" among the anti falangist wing of the Nationalists.
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