... now willing to supply the necessary military aid to stop a fascist regime being established in Spain. Stalin encouraged the Comintern to organise the formation of International Brigades. He also sent Alexander Orlov of the NKVD to advise the Popular Front government. Orlov supervised a large-scale guerrilla operation behind Nationalist lines. He later claimed that around 14,000 people had been trained ... could not afford a rigid political stance, and its flexibility was part of its strength. Some elements in the party, however, favoured a Christian social democracy, and they took the d...

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