Causes of War

Case Study Economic causes Ideological causes Political causes Territorial causes Short & long term effects
Chinese
Civil War

Spanish - Spain was mainly an - Regionalism vs. - Conservative forces - Spanish territories - Struggle between republican
Civil War agricultural economy localism highly overpowered highly differed (left) and nationalism (right)
- Most of Spain was in - Marxism the liberal forces Barcelona and Madrid - The monarchy was very weak
poverty and there was - Republican vs. - Liberals managed to were industrially and and democracy was incredibly
an enormous gap Nationalists maintain what little economically dynamic flawed every time a new
between the rich and - The conservatives and power they had and whilst the rural areas election occurred, the Spanish
poor Republicans supported ousted the King in of Andalusia were still would vote for one side of the
- Land was unfairly monarchists and 1931 backwards in political spectrum and then
distributed; half of the wanted a monarchy to - The PSOE was agricultural production vote for the other the next
land in Spain was owned run the country popular in the rural and industry election
by only 50,000 - The nationalists areas but had no real - - The army was a mix of
individuals supported ideologies impact different political parties and
- In the rural areas, there such as Marxism, - The UGT were much could not stay loyal to whoever
were often riots and socialism and fascism more prevalent and was in power
disorder wanting to get rid of a often organized - The Church wanted to maintain
- Many landowners were monarchy strikes and riots their power and opposed
conservatives - The church was also - A Communist Party modernizing and liberal forces,
- A form of trade union still very influential in emerged in Spain, continuing to support the elites
(anarchist-syndicalist) Spanish economy, with the support and - Spanish economy was
was developed but failed politics and education encouragement of fractured
- The workers parties had
no real power
- Anarchists wanted a
the Soviet Union and - Many regions in Spain wanted
Cominterm decentralization and
independence from the
fairer land Spanish state
distribution and were
very popular with the - Manuel Azana became
peasants president and established a
Left Republic, removing powers
from the Church and limiting
the military
- Depression escalated the
economic problems within
Spain
- Estates were taken over and
redistributed to the peasants
- The Assault Guards were
introduced to increase left-
wing military force
- In the next election, a Right
Republic was elected
- Left uprising increased
drastically
- Gil Robles tried to become an
authoritarian dictator but
failed
- The Popular Front was elected
in the next election and was an
anti-fascist pact that consisted
of various left-wing parties in
order to win against a more
unified right-wing
- Violence in the countrysides
increased
- Military officers of the left-
wing planned a coup
- Calvos was assassinated
- In Morocco, military rebels
began their revolution
 - It spread into the mainland and
the left established power over
the northern parts of Spain and
parts of Andalusia
- Industrial areas such as Madrid
and Barcelona remained under
the control of the Spanish
Republic
- Half of the army remained
loyal so the coup was
technically unsuccessful
Practices of war and their impact on the outcome

Case Study Type of War Tech. Development Mobilization of human & economic Influence or intervention by outside forces
resources
Chinese
Civil War

Spanish Civil War German and Italian

Civil War - Mussolini had had his hand in Spanish
politics prior to the civil war as he had
been providing financial support for the
monarchists
- Come the CW, Mussolini saw an
opportunity to seek an alliance with
Franco, in the chances of a war with
France. Franco agreed, provided that
 Mussolini also increase the amount of
personnel, armour and weaponry.

Effects of War

Case Study Successes & failures of Territorial Changes Political repercussions Economic, social and Changes in the role and status
peacemaking demographic impact of women
Chinese
Civil War

Spanish
Civil War