... volunteers from fifty-five countries served in the International Brigades during the war. This included the following: French (10,000), German (5,000), Polish (5,000), Italian (3,350), American (2,800), British (2,000), Canadian (1,000), Yugoslavian (1,500), Czech (1,500) Hungarian (1,000) and Scandinavian (1,000)(Gallo). Volunteers came from a variety of left-wing groups but the brigades were always led by Communists. This created problems ... the town of Casas Viejas after anarchist workers had seized control.(Spanish) Peasant unrest provoked greater unyieldingness from landowners, ma...

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