History A-Level
The significance of Sotelo’s assassination
What The significance of Sotelo’s assassination means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The July 1936 murder of the right-wing leader by leftist militants and state police outraged the right and provided the immediate justification for a military uprising.
Topics that use The significance of Sotelo’s assassination
- Creation and destabilisation of the Second Republic, 1930–36 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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