The Tragedy of Manuel Azaña and the Fate of the Spanish Republic"Manuel Azaña Díaz (Alcalá de Henares January 10, 1880 ? Montauban November 3, 1940) was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931?1933), and later served again as Prime Minister (1936), and then as the second and last President of the Republic (1936?1939). The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President. With the defeat of the Republic in 1939, he fled to France, resigned his office, and died in exile shortly afterwards."--Wikipedia. |
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Most of a Life 18801926 | 3 |
Advent of the Republic 19271931 | 37 |
The Republic 19311934 Rise and Fall of Azaña | 83 |
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