History A-Level
Political division and unity
What Political division and unity means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Political division and unity
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Divisions between communists, socialists, anarchists and POUM that weakened the war effort, culminating in the Barcelona May Days of 1937.
Topics that use Political division and unity
- The Spanish Civil War, 1936–39 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
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- Civil-military conflict
- Foreign intervention and non-intervention
- Gender roles and emancipation
- Geography and resources of war
- Ideological conflict
- Ideological fragmentation vs. unity
- International diplomacy and appeasement
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