LOYALIST BRIGADES

the group of Spaniards loyal to the deposed Spanish government that fought against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. The Soviet Union sent aid to the Loyalists, some of whom were communists; the German and Italian fascist dictators, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, supported Franco. The Spanish fascists won the war and set up Franco's long rule as dictator of Spain. See also Franco, Mr., Hitler and Mussolini in this glossary. —SHSBC Binder 33 Approved Glossary

the group that fought against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. But outfits like the Loyalist Brigades and so on were the hardest fighting of the organizations, but these were not Russian communist type communists; they were international type communists, and there were very few Russians in the Loyalist Brigade.