Indeed, the monarchy was abolished during the Second Spanish Republic in 1931. Power was not handed back to the royal family until Francisco Franco died and made King Juan Carlos his successor.

Some 40,000 foreign men and women joined up as volunteers, fighting alongside the forces of the democratic Second Spanish Republic and against the rise of fascism in Europe in the late 1930s.

Some 40,000 foreign men and women joined up as volunteers, fighting alongside the forces of the democratic Second Spanish Republic and against the rise of fascism in Europe in late 1930s.