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Spain’s astonishing rise from the ashes after the civil war

Flying Dutchman - November 21, 2020

After the end of the three-year-long Spanish Civil War on April 1st, 1939, reconstruction under Generalissimo Francisco Franco began quickly and virtually without outside...

Asian history

80 years ago, the Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin

Flying Dutchman - September 27, 2020

The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between signed on September 27th, 1940 between Germany, Italy and Japan by...

Asian history

The ephemeral Treaty of Sèvres

Flying Dutchman - August 10, 2020

After more than fifteen months of preparations, on August 10th, 1920 the short-lived Treaty of Sèvres was signed in the Paris suburb of Sèvres...

European history

July 1945: Franco fixes the rights, liberties and duties of Spaniards

Flying Dutchman - July 18, 2020

Instead of a Constitution, from 1945 until after Franco’s death, the Fuero de los Españoles fixed the rights, liberties and duties of all Spaniards.

European history

The armistice between Italy and France in June 1940

Flying Dutchman - June 25, 2020

After just three days of actual war, Italy and France signed an armistice in June 1940.

Features

55 Days in Peking, a historical epic filmed in Spain

Flying Dutchman - June 22, 2020

55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American movie starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven. It dramatizes the siege of the Legation...

European history

The death of Mussolini and the end of fascism in Europe

Flying Dutchman - April 28, 2020

Benito Mussolini, a former Socialist and the father of Fascism, founded an ideology which is often misinterpreted by his political opponents.

Health Politics

Donald Trump and the virus-a short interim balance

Flying Dutchman - April 21, 2020

President Trump’s handling of this pandemic has been erratic, but not nearly as bad as his many critics say.

My personal experiences

A Fallas visit ruined by the coronavirus

Flying Dutchman - April 13, 2020

At the end, my friends didn't come and the money for the hotel is most probably lost.

Religion

Empty churches in Spain, only due to the coronavirus?

Flying Dutchman - April 10, 2020

Even in once fervently catholic Spain, churches are getting emptier every year.

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