Well, that's a tricky question.
The legitimate gobernment and its defenders are called the "Republicans" and the rebels are called the "Nationals" ("Bando republicano", which then turned to be the losers and "Bando nacional", which won the war). While the formers defend the current government of the nation against the rebels, the laters go into a crusade defending their ideas of "Spanish Nation".
The Nationalists This group, which had facist tendencies, rebelled against Spain's democratic Republican Government.
Military and Economic aid from Germany and Italy.
Both sides were Spanish, and one (the Nationalists) won. The Nationalists were Fascists aligned with Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy, who seized control of Spain from the Republicans, who received aid from the Soviet Union. The victory by the Nationalists installed Francisco Franco as the military ruler of Spain from 1939 to 1975.
The Spanish Civil War was fought between the Nationalists (Spanish fascists backed by Italy and Germany) and the Loyalists (aka the Republicans, Spanish Communists backed by the USSR). The Nationalists won, and their leader Francisco Franco remained dictator of Spain until his death in the 1970's.
In the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists were fascist revolutionaries led by Francisco Franco, who were supported by Hitler and Mussolini. The Loyalists were loyal to the democratically elected government and were supported by Stalin, though he did not provide as many supplies as Italy or Germany provided the rebels. As a result, the Nationalists won and established a fascist government ruled over by Franco for decades.
Spain - the Republicans and the Nationalists
the war was between the Republicans and the nationalists
The Nationalists benefited from the new dictatorship, because Franco led the Nationalists in the Civil War against the Republicans.
General Franco, of the nationalists.
The Nationalists This group, which had facist tendencies, rebelled against Spain's democratic Republican Government.
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Military and Economic aid from Germany and Italy.
Spanish Nationalists who were supported by Nazi Germany, Italy, and Portugal against the Rebuplicans who were supported by the Soviet Union
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Both sides were Spanish, and one (the Nationalists) won. The Nationalists were Fascists aligned with Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy, who seized control of Spain from the Republicans, who received aid from the Soviet Union. The victory by the Nationalists installed Francisco Franco as the military ruler of Spain from 1939 to 1975.
The Spanish Civil War, which was a war between the Second Republic of Spain and the Nationalists (who would eventually install the Spanish State), was responsible for roughly 500,000 deaths.
The Spanish Civil War was fought between the Nationalists (Spanish fascists backed by Italy and Germany) and the Loyalists (aka the Republicans, Spanish Communists backed by the USSR). The Nationalists won, and their leader Francisco Franco remained dictator of Spain until his death in the 1970's.