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Stalin did support the Republic against the fascist uprising supported by Hitler and Mussolini. And it was the only country that supported a democratic regime a

• chimeracoder 8y ago
  > Stalin did support the Republic against the fascist uprising supported by Hitler and Mussolini. And it was the only country that supported a democratic regime against a blatant fascist military coup. This phrasing implies that supporting a democratic regime (over fascism) was somehow their actual goal, which is hardly the case.
  • m0skit0 8y ago
    My phrasing implied that other democratic regimes didn't care because the republic was too left leaning.
• Synaesthesia 8y ago
  It was a complex war. I think the soviets supported people who subscribed to their ideological beliefs, which they also forced on the republic. Many say they undermined the revolution more than anyone. This is from anarchist histories I’ve read of the Revolution.
  • m0skit0 8y ago
    One could also argue it was the anarchists that undermined the revolution. Yes, it is a complex war, but the Republic bled as much internally as against the fascists.