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Yes. It did so because it pitted a leftist government which supported Socialism and increased multiculturalism (the Second Republic) against a rightist military coalition that supported the old Monarchical ways and the Catholic Church (the Nationalists).

The Soviet Union actively supported the Second Republic as did many volunteers from the USA and Western European countries. They saw their fight as a defense of freedom and liberty that had only been recently gained for all Spaniards as well as the cultural recognition of minorities (Catalonians and Basques) that had historically been repressed. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy supported the Nationalists and saw it as an ideological ally. The Nationalists, led by Franco wanted to restore Spain to the way it had been under the monarchy, giving the Church priority and trying to create a unitary and unified Spanish identity.

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