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Gateway to exile: the last secret headquarters of Spain’s Civil War leaders

On April 13, 2019September 11, 2022 By viewfromlavilaIn Civil War in AlicanteLeave a comment

Just over eighty years ago, the Spanish Civil War ended and the Republican government went into exile. Its last days in Spain were spent at a secret headquarters in the hills behind Alicante.

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