Commemoration this week in Spain of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the International Brigades, made up of volunteers of all nationalities to fight in the ranks of the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, against the Nationalists of the "Caudillo". Commentary on factual images and interview Théo FRANCOS (former brigadist) and Alonzo MORCILLO (former Republican).
Testimonies of former volunteers of the International Brigades. During the Spanish War, these combat units brought together about 40,000 people of 53 different nationalities against a common enemy, fascism, in 1936. In this excerpt, Henri Rol Tangy, André Piéplu and Louis Blésy evoke the Brigades as an armed corps. Since they were made up of volunteers who had done 14-18, they were organized as combat units. There were also aviation squadrons. However, they were sorely lacking in strike power, which they lacked in the face of Franco’s troops.
Sixty years ago, the anti-fascist fighters grouped in the international brigades entered the fight against Franco alongside the Spanish republicans. Some thirty former French members were received at the French Embassy in Madrid and the Cortes granted them Spanish nationality. Images of a meeting of veterans of these Brigades.
Testimonies of former volunteers of the International Brigades. During the Spanish War, these combat units brought together about 40,000 people of 53 different nationalities against a common enemy, fascism, in 1936. In this excerpt Lise London, André Piéplu and Henri Rol Tanguy recount how after the defeat of the Spanish Republic against Franco’s troops in 1939, how the volunteers of the Brigades went to France and enlisted widely in the Resistance.
Ceremony in honour of the International Brigades in Madrid. During the Spanish War, these combat units brought together about 40,000 people of 53 different nationalities against a common enemy, fascism, in 1936. During this gathering which brought together 400 former volunteers, they chant their slogan "No passaran" and sing their songs.
Testimonies of former volunteers of the International Brigades. During the Spanish War, these fighting units brought together about 40,000 people of 53 different nationalities against a common enemy, fascism, in 1936. Lise London and Henri Rol Tanguy evoke the entry of the Brigades in Madrid and how this day was a great day of fraternity with the Madrilains.
Testimonies of former volunteers of the International Brigades. During the Spanish War, these combat units brought together about 40,000 people of 53 different nationalities against a common enemy, fascism, in 1936. Henri Rol Tangy, Lise London and André Piéplu tell how and why volunteers went to Spain to fight with the Republicans in Spain, even if it meant losing their lives in the name of Freedom.
More than 8,500 Frenchmen joined the international brigades 60 years ago to fight during the Spanish Civil War. Today they made their way to Madrid to receive the Spanish nationality. Interview Roger OSSART. Interview veterans.
Sixty years ago, the anti-fascist fighters grouped in the International Brigades entered the fight against Franco alongside the Spanish republicans. Some thirty former French members were received at the French Embassy in Madrid and the CORTES granted them Spanish nationality. Testimony of Colonel Rol Tanguy, hero of the Brigades, on the fight against fascism
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the international brigades, testimonies of Niçois who fought in Spain in 1936 to defend the republic against Franco who had just taken up arms against the Spanish Republic with the help of Hitler and Mussolini. In March 1939 the Republic was defeated. The surviving brigadists returned home. One of them recounted his incarceration upon his return.
Artur LONDON, a Czechoslovak communist politician, evokes the International Brigades during the Spanish War, of which he was a member. For him, these brigades represented a "great moral, political and military value by their courage and self-denial" when they were made up of men from different countries who did not speak the same language.