Basques Are Granted Home Rule but Continue to Fight for Independence
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Human Rights, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: 1980
Article abstract: Spain’s long-repressed Basque population was granted limited autonomy, but militant Basques continued to fight for full independence.
Summary of Event
Basque nationalism won its first major victory during the Spanish Civil War, which pitted the elected Popular Front government against right-wing military units led by Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Although at first hesitant to back the elected leftist government, the vast majority of Basque nationalists were won to the side of the Popular Front by a...
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