What if?

What if things had gone otherwise and the forces under the Republican flag had pushed Franco and the Nationalists to the wall.

Would the anarchists and the communists - the latter fighting under Stalin's orders - have let the real republicans return to power, presiding over an unrevolutionized capitalist society and economy they loathed?

As things actually happened, Stalin's communists threw the war to Franco by attacking the anarchists.

In hindsight, it certainly looks like the Republic, both attacked and defended by enemies, was doomed the day the first troops set foot on Spanish soil, transported from Morocco.

No?

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Interesting comparison.