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This stuff guards relation with the stuff posted on the Spanish Civil War post…

I hope that you like it

Re: Sonof Secret Origins! When did you start reading superhero comics?

The first superhero comic that I remember to have read is one of Dazzler inherited of my uncle who "already was too old to read comics"

Re: Spanish Civil War

Excellent film (saw it only recently). A Spanish Civil War with supers might be interesting. Would there be a super or two in the International Brigades ? With the Spanish Facists or would the Germans and Italians "try out" some of their supers in Spain ? If so how would other nations (The British' date=' Americans and Russians) react ? Would this posibly lead to an accelerated search for super powered individuals in those countries ? Perhaps even starting World War II early and in Spain rather than in Poland ![/quote']

 

That is the idea. First I wanted to explain the “real” historical situation. The history of supers in the war continues with Der Dämmerungprojekt that I will post soon (I am reviewing and translating the text).

But I can be advancing that Germans, Italian and of other nationalities allied to the Axis helped the national forces and Czechoslovakian, Russian and other nationalities of the International Brigades helped the Republic.

 

Later I will describe characters like Cruzado, Bastión, El Azor or Estrella Roja.

Re: Horror Character: Myrmidon

I know that is latin and I can translate it but I don´t know that this expression was used to

I know that it is Latin and I can translate it but it did not know that it was used to designate the epoch after the birth of Christ.

We used the expression DC (Después de Cristo that means After Christ)

It is the reason what it takes to me by surprise

Re: Horror Character: Myrmidon

I never knew what meant AD…

Could you excuse my ignorance?

Re: Spanish Civil War

It´s the Guillermo Del Toro´s film? I don´t seen it.

Re: Horror Character: Myrmidon

What means "Anno Domini epoch"? What epoch is that?

Lincoln Batallion

The Lincoln Batallion of the XV Brigade was one of the most destacated international batallions at the Civil War.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/abe-brigade.html

International Brigades

XI BRIGADE

XI the Brigade was first in formally constituted the 22 of October of 1936 with three battalions: Edgar André, Commune de Paris and Garibaldi, supported by a Spanish battalion. Head of the Brigade was Manfred Stern first and Jean Marie François later.

XII BRIGADE

XII the Brigade constituted the 1 of November of 1936 with the battalions Thaelman, André Marty and, from XI the Brigade, the Garibaldi. The Head of the Brigade was general Zalka Maté.

XIII BRIGADE

XIII the Brigade constituted the 1 of December of 1936 with the battalions Chapiaev, Henri Vuillemin and Lousie Michel. The head of the Brigade was Wilhelm Zaisser.

XIV BRIGADE

XIV the Brigade, to which it was known like the Marsellaise to be conformed by majority of French, was created the 1 of December of 1936. The Brigade was completely reorganized the 27 of November of 1938.

XV BRIGADE

XV the Brigade formed the 31 of January of 1937 with the Dimitrov Battalions, 6 of February, Pierre Brachet (who transfer soon to XIV the Brigade), Briton, Lincoln and Washington. The Head of the Brigade was Janos Galiez

150 BRIGADE

Formed in June of 1937.

129 BRIGADE

The 129 Brigade was constituted the 28 of April of 1937 with rest of battalions of other Brigades and members of the POUM. The different origin from its members took it to be well-known like the Brigade of the forty nations. The differences between the political forces and the conflict in Catalonia with the POUM made it little effective, having to be reorganized in February of 1938. Then Head of the Brigade to Wacek Komar.

An International Civil War

The Spanish Civil War was probably the most international of all the civil wars in the history and both sides have international support.

Spain: Facist testing field

The rise in arms of the most rightist wing of the army was supported by the European Fascist Regimes that they tried to increase the presence of fascist governments in Europe and to use Spain like testing field for their armies. The national (fascist) army was reinforced with German and Italian troops.

Hitler, due a suggestion of Herman Goering and with the clear intention to prove their new aerial tactics and their modern airplanes, sent an Air Force named Cóndor Legion. In it there were new models of airplane that passed in Spain their fire test. The German intervention in the Civil War allowed to improve the quality of its planes and to repair the defects of its aerial weapon, preparing it for the world-wide offensive that Hitler was planning. Also although in smaller number it supported to the facist rise with ground troops and military adviser as well as artillery and tanks. This way in Spain were test the tactics that years later would allow the German army to obtain fast and decisive victories in World War II.

On the other hand, the Duce sent numerous troops of infantry and tanks, as well as bomber airplanes. The national army did an extensive use of the Italian bombers although their troops of infantry were not appreciated and they stayed mostly in garrison tasks.

The International Brigades

Unlike the support of the fascist regimes most of the democratic countries denied their support to the Spanish Republic in spite of numerous requests of aid. France at the beginning of the war provide a slight support that was retired due the insistence of United Kingdom. Only the USSR and Czechoslovakia provide direct and real support. The rest of countries stayed in an not-intervention state thinking that opposing to Germany, World War II would precipitate. In those years some still thought that the Great War could be avoided.

Many volunteers of the countries that they did not want to take part in the war listed in the International Brigades with the conviction of which they fought by the freedom.

The International Brigades were units composed by foreign volunteers of 54 countries worldwide that fought next to the loyal army to the Spanish Republic. The original idea of the creation of the International Brigades appeared in Moscow in September 1936, where it was to catch communist and noncommunist volunteers to participate in support of the Spanish republicans in the war. At the beginning the government of the Republic was not decided to accept the aid but soon was evident that the Brigadistas was necessary. The first international battalion in entering into combat was the “Commune de Paris”, composed mainly of Belgian and French, commanded by Jules Dumont.

The international office of recruitment settled down in Paris under the direction of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the French Communist Party. From the government the necessary documentation was transacted, it was made arrive thence at Paris and at the volunteers who, from all Europe, arrived via railroad at Albacete.

The mobilizations extended by all Europe, but in countries as Germany and Italy identified themselves like the first step to fight the fascism and emergent nazism in both states. The first brigadistas arrived the 14 from October of 1936. The first formed Brigades (XI, XII and XIII) were compound of French, Belgian, Italian and German voluntary. Within each brigade battalions constituted themselves, of members of the same nationality generally ensure communications between the members.

Altogether they got to participate 59,380 foreign brigadistas, of which 9,934 died, although in fact the total of militants was of 35,252, not having never more than 20,000 men altogether. The most numerous nationality was always the French, with a number near the 10,000 men, good part of them of the zone of Paris. The majority was not soldiers, but workers recruited by the communist parties voluntarily or veterans of World War I.

Its base was in Albacete. The Brigades participated in the defense of Madrid in 1936, the battles of the Jarama Guadalajara, Brunete, Belchite, Teruel, Aragón and the Ebro.

The International Brigades were retired in September of 1938 when their countries of origin forced to them to return, situation that many Brigadistas considered like a treason to the cause.

Re: Spanish Civil War:Before the war: 1931-1936

Yes' date=' in fact that's where Franco hopped off from. But those are pretty close to home, think his point was the far-flung empire that included South/Central America, Cuba, Philippines, etc. was kaput.[/quote']

 

That´s ok. General Franco, one of the heads of the coup d'etat, although not the main one, and that finalized the war become in dictator, raise in arms the soldiers in the African colonies. Between these soldiers were the Legion (colonial elite troops) and moroccan mercenary soldiers (famous during the war by their cruelty and thirst of blood they were used as shock and assault troops)

Re: Spanish Civil War:Before the war: 1931-1936

Nitpick: weren't the Spanish Sahara and Spanish Morocco still Spanish colonies at this time?

 

Aside from that: keep up the good work! This stuff could really rock.

The overseas colonies, that incluian central America and south America (except exceptions like Brazil, French Guayana…)and the Philippines, were losing slowly during the previous centuries due to revolutions or treaties of independence.

The colonies of the Sahara and Morocco were very near and not overseas. Both were lost shortly after this time due the resistance of the Moroccans and the lack of interest to maintain both colonies.

In fact, still Spain has possessions in Africa (the Canary Islands, and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla although belong politically to Spain belong geographically to Africa)

Spanish Civil War:Before the war: 1931-1936

If some word can describe Spain in these years it is chaotic.

In the last 100 years Spain it had undergone a deep declivity. Being lost the overseas colonies (the last one was Cuba at the beginning of XX century) and having not known to adapt to the deep economic and social changes that the new century had brought, Spain happened to be a power to be a poor country.

In 1930 finish the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, that had promoted to the power by a coup d'etat seven years before.

In the elections of 1931 the Republicans were chosen by ample majority reflecting the wish of progress of the people. The old king, Alfonso XIII leaves the country due to the lack of support: the low class see him like a symbol of the repression and the poverty of the country, the high class do not see in him a guarantee of his rights and all blame to him for the seven years of dictatorship.

The new government initiates a series of dangerous reforms: he gives the vote to the woman, initiates reforms in the field, the army… These reforms are too radical for the land and industry owners and officials of the army, but too slow and insufficient in opinion of the working-class. This creates a deep malaise in all the levels. This malaise causes scrambled and strikes by all the country. The rebellions were hardly repressed by army and the Civil Guard.

The military officers more openly rightist are moved away of the capital with the intention to move away the danger. This action percipitate the outcome since in the distance and in spite of the distances that separate to of others manage to organize the rise in arms of an ample sector of the army.

The rebels believed to be able to give a fast coup d'etat but they did not have the sufficient force and the resistance from the loyal ones to the Republic was far beyond the awaited. On the other hand the republicans believed to be able to squash any attempt of rebellion but they were mistaken. None of sides have the force sufficient to end the other quickly. What it had begun as a coup d'etat became a long and bloody civil war.

First before anything is to excuse me by my deficient English but I will try to express the best than I can.

My intention is to post a brief history of the Spanish Civil War like introduction to data many less historical making reference to the performance of superhuman beings in the war.

I hope that it seems to you interesting

Very interesting web page about Atlantis and their colonies.

For your pulpish games

http://www.sacred-texts.com/atl/ataw/index.htm

Re: Why must wolves be evil?

2) The more important question, why are wolves always utterly evil in fantasy? The only good one I can remember is Aragh from Dickson's Dragon Knight series. Okay, and one good female werewolf from a Forgotten Realms novel.

Because the wolf is the second predator of the nutritional pyramid: intelligent, organized… for that reason the first predator (the man) must eliminate his immediate competitor.

The best form to eliminate an enemy is to give him a bad name to generate hate and injustificated deaths.

I am not going to put examples of this tactics in international politics

Re: Lost World critter

What kind of Lost World are you runnin'? Only two pound critters in mine are the fleas.

The small dinos are great tools to give a strange flavour to Lost World adventures; hunting o pet dinos are perhaps more interesant than huge Tiranosarus Rex.

Re: Pulpish tittle

I post the adventures in my own web page (a new Pulp Hero dedicated web) and perhaps also at these boards.

Re: Pulp miniatures

Wow, these miniatures are what i´m looking for...

Do you know some good pulp miniatures that are sold through Internet?

I found Copplestone Casting´s High Adventure but they don´t have exactly what i´m looking for.

I'm going to begin publishing the adventures and misfortunes of my Pulp Hero group and am looking for good tittle to publish it, some pulpish name with style like Astonishing Tales, Thrilling Tales or something like this.

I think something like "Aventuras Asombrosas" (Amazing Adventures)

Sounds well that name to you?

Re: Arrrrghhh..Pulp resource Guide

The whole line of Pulp Hero has been cancelled?

It´s one great game and I enjoyed a lot mastering adventures in that era, I have all (one still not arrive to me) the books published and anxiously wait more.

A sad moment, bad news…

Re: Lost World critter

Nice dino-bird

Re: Imperium Romanum - A fantasy campaign

Long time ago I was thinking to design a campaign based on the old world (Rome, Greece, Tartessos…) and this thread is animating to me again.

What I have read of Imperium Romanum it seems to me a great work.

Well done!

Re: What are your favourite Pulp cities?

Also i´m searching information about Madrid at early 30`s: death of dictator Primo de Rivera, the raising of Second Republic...