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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia_and_World_War_II


00:00:44 1 Prelude
00:03:28 2 Exile
00:04:50 3 Axis presence in Catalonia
00:06:08 4 Catalan participation in Allied side
00:07:29 5 Resistance
00:08:10 6 See also



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SUMMARY
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When, in 1939, World War II erupted in Europe, Catalonia was part of the Spanish State led by the dictator Francisco Franco, who declared Spain neutral in the conflict. The country was devastated by the recently finished Spanish Civil War, which resulted in the defeat of the Spanish Republic, and Catalonia, who was an autonomous region under the Republican government (1931-1939) lost the whole of its self-government when the francoist army occuped the area.
However, despite the fact that Spain was officially neutral in World War II, the conflict affected Catalan territory and Catalans who lived outside, as well its institutions in exile, in different degrees.