Channel 4 News: Details published on British volunteers in Spanish civil war

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Channel 4 News: Details published on British volunteers in Spanish civil war

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Posted on YouTube: June 28, 2011
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Posted on DU: June 29, 2011
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British government has published previously classified intelligence files on British volunteers in the Spanish civil war. Article: MI5 archive shows 4,000 Britons fought Franco:

Seventy-five years ago they fought - and often died - for a cause in which they believed: combatting fascism in a foreign country.

The Spanish Civil War broke out in the 1930s when an elected left-wing government was overthrown by the army of General Franco.

Jon Snow interviewed historican Richard Baxell.

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