The callous betrayal of anti-Franco forces
By Antony Beevor, the author or 'The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939', published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (THE TIMES, 24/05/06):
Newly unearthed reports reveal how the Soviet Union was bent on destroying its allies in the Spanish Civil War.
FOR MANY PEOPLE in many countries, the heroic myth of the Spanish Republic is closely linked to the International Brigades. Nobody can doubt the idealism and self-sacrifice of the volunteers from 52 nations who went in the belief that they could defeat fascism in Spain, yet recent discoveries in Russian archives cast a chilling light on the Comintern organisers who threw away their lives so callously in futile attacks.Even… Seguir leyendo »