Fear and Loathing in the Second Spanish Republic
"Considering the circumstances in which the country finds itself, the most conservative thing is to be a revolutionary."
- Francesc Cambó i Batlle
(Government of the Second Spanish Republic c. 1933)
The year is 1933. The Second Spanish Republic approaches her second anniversary. The last two years have not been easy for the nascent Republic and her governing Republican-socialist alliance. Every step along the way, a coalition consisting of the Catholic Church, reactionary elements within the armed forces, and the entrenched elite of old have made it their mission to bring ruin to the Republic. In spite of this, great strides forward have been made.
The Republic faces enemies on all sides. In 1932, the Sanjurjada, an attempted military coup spearheaded by the monarchist generals Emilio Barrera and José Sanjurjo, was narrowly thwarted, and less than two months ago the Republic faced an anarchist insurrection in Andalusia.
At first glance, the governing alliance appears strong, but cracks are beginning to show, President Alcalá-Zamora appears to be making moves of his own, Lerroux and the Radicals are no longer content to sit by quietly, and the once decimated conservative opposition is growing in strength with each passing day.
The Republic endures, but for how long?
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Table of Contents:
Introduction (Part 1 - Who's Who in the Second Spanish Republic?)
Introduction (Part 2 - State of the Nation)
Introduction (Part 3 - All the King's Men)
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Welcome one and all, and apologies for the lack of detail! This was only meant be a draft post, but I may have gone ahead and published it by accident.
As for what to expect: I'll be playing with a modified version of DH Full. Nearly all of the modifications relate to the vanilla Spanish content, which I've extensively overhauled. New ministers, new leaders, new events, etc; both historical and ahistorical. Things definitely won't be following a strictly historical path, but don't necessarily go expecting an early civil war either. Only time will tell just what path Spain will be taking...
"Considering the circumstances in which the country finds itself, the most conservative thing is to be a revolutionary."
- Francesc Cambó i Batlle
(Government of the Second Spanish Republic c. 1933)
The year is 1933. The Second Spanish Republic approaches her second anniversary. The last two years have not been easy for the nascent Republic and her governing Republican-socialist alliance. Every step along the way, a coalition consisting of the Catholic Church, reactionary elements within the armed forces, and the entrenched elite of old have made it their mission to bring ruin to the Republic. In spite of this, great strides forward have been made.
The Republic faces enemies on all sides. In 1932, the Sanjurjada, an attempted military coup spearheaded by the monarchist generals Emilio Barrera and José Sanjurjo, was narrowly thwarted, and less than two months ago the Republic faced an anarchist insurrection in Andalusia.
At first glance, the governing alliance appears strong, but cracks are beginning to show, President Alcalá-Zamora appears to be making moves of his own, Lerroux and the Radicals are no longer content to sit by quietly, and the once decimated conservative opposition is growing in strength with each passing day.
The Republic endures, but for how long?
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Table of Contents:
Introduction (Part 1 - Who's Who in the Second Spanish Republic?)
Introduction (Part 2 - State of the Nation)
Introduction (Part 3 - All the King's Men)
================================================================
Welcome one and all, and apologies for the lack of detail! This was only meant be a draft post, but I may have gone ahead and published it by accident.
As for what to expect: I'll be playing with a modified version of DH Full. Nearly all of the modifications relate to the vanilla Spanish content, which I've extensively overhauled. New ministers, new leaders, new events, etc; both historical and ahistorical. Things definitely won't be following a strictly historical path, but don't necessarily go expecting an early civil war either. Only time will tell just what path Spain will be taking...
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