oct 29, 1933 - Falange Española

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In October of 1933 José Antonio Primo de Rivera (son of Miguel Primo de Rivera) established the Falange Española. In its manifesto published later that year the Falange condemned socialism, Marxism, republicanism and capitalism and proposed that Spain should become a Fascist state similar to the one established by Benito Mussolini in Italy. In the general election that took place in February of 1936, the Falange won only 0.7 per cent of the vote. After the victory of the Popular Front the Falange Española grew rapidly and by July had a membership of 40,000. Primo de Rivera fully supported the military rebellion in July of 1936 against the republican government and after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the Falange became the dominant political movement of the Nationalists.

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