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.
Franco's nationalists were commonly referred to as "Nationalists," while supporters of the republic were known as "Republicans." The Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco, sought to overthrow the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). In contrast, the Republicans were a coalition of various leftist groups, including socialists, communists, and anarchists, fighting to defend the 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.
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.
Franco's nationalists were commonly referred to as "Nationalists," while supporters of the republic were known as "Republicans." The Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco, sought to overthrow the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). In contrast, the Republicans were a coalition of various leftist groups, including socialists, communists, and anarchists, fighting to defend the 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
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.