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Falange
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Falange [ˈfælændʒ (Spanish) faˈlanxe]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Fascist movement founded in Spain in 1933; the one legal party in Spain under the regime (1939-75) of Francisco Franco (1892-1975), the Spanish general and statesman
[Spanish: phalanx]
Falangist  n & adj
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Noun1.Falange - the Spanish Nazi party under Franco
national socialism, Naziism, Nazism - a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader


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The Falangists then take over from the Guardia Civil and move all the women to the barbershop, where they suffer further atrocities.
The first opportunity for him to turn political beliefs into action happened during the Spanish Civil War, when Franco's Falangists were backed by Hitler and Mussolini against the Republicans.
It was here in 1936, early in the Spanish Civil War, that the beloved Lorca and his fellow victims who had been executed by Fascist Falangists for their liberal views were tossed into a mass grave, marking one of the darkest days in the country's history.
 
 
 
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