The Iberian Knot - A History of the Spanish Civil War
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 18 – Franquismo to Democracy, Consequences and Conclusions
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The concluding episode of the podcast. I talk about the aftermath of the war, international treatment of Spain after WWII, the Franco years and what c...
Episode 17 – Finality
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of the war.
Episode 16 – The Ebro and Appeasement
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The historical blender on high speed that was Europe in 1938 affects the war in Spain directly and the Republicans try one last time to make a dent in...
Episode 15 – The Battle of Teruel
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we plow into 1938 and the frigid Battle of Teruel. Map of Republican and Nationalist Spain prior to The Battle of Teruel
Episode 14 – On the Ground and Around the World
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode talks about the personal experiences of George Orwell and Manuel Azaña during the Spanish Civil War and the Barcelona May D...
Episode 13 – The Fall of the North
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The battle for the Northern Republican-held territories commences in earnest and major political earthquakes take place on both sides of the war.
Episode 12 – A Nationalist Onslaught
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We head into spring 1937 and the attempt by the Nationalists and their allies to weaken the Republicans at new points around the country after realizi...
Episode 11 – Chaos, Consolidation, Conciliation
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we get right back into the situation in Spain at the end of the winter of 1936-37. We’ll finish right before the spring offensives by ...
Episode 10 – Lusitania, Porto Cale, Portugal
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Back after a very long absence, we return with a podcast about Spain’s closest neighbor, how it’s history, much like it’s architectu...
Episode 9 – A Republican Resurgence
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Russia rides in on a white horse along with thousands of international troops to support the Republicans and the battle for Madrid commences...
Episode 8 – A Fine Mess
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Nationalists advance, the Republicans fracture and are beaten back while democracies around the world fail to come to the aid of their Republican ...
Episode 7 – Let Slip the Dogs of War
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we return our focus to Spain and the immediate aftermath of the Nationalist uprising. In addition to extreme violence, we will see radical s...
Episode 6 – The World Reacts
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The great powers who had been at war less than a generation ago will react to the news of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in many different ways...
Episode 5 – The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we actually begin the Spanish Civil War and see how what was originally planned as a right wing military coup transforms into a interminable...
Episode 4 – The Third Law of Motion
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We go over the reaction of left to the right wing CEDA party entering into government after the 1933 election and how the government’s clamping ...
Episode 3 – The Pieces on the Board
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll see the fall of the monarchy, the beginning of the Second Republic, its constituent political parties, unions and ideologi...
Episode 2 – A Century of Turmoil
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We start with King Charles III’s reign of enlightened absolutism in the last decades of the 1800s through Spain losing all of their American col...
Episode 1 – Origins
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 1st episode of The Iberian Knot takes us from pre-Roman civilization through the Visigoths, the Muslim Conquest of Spain, the Reconquista up throu...