Party that wanted to restore the monarchy in Spain with Alfonso XIII as king.
Carlists
Party that wanted to reinstate the Spanish monarchy with a descendant of Don Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón as king.
CEDA
Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas (Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Rightist Groups), confederation of Catholic parties that made up the largest right-wing group in Spain.
Falange
Falange (Phalanx), pro-fascist group founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933.
FET/JONS
Falange Española Tradicionalista de las JONS (Traditional Spanish Phalanx of the JONS), party formed by Generalísimo Franco's Decree of Unification in 1937, which merged all the Nationalist parties under his control.
UME
Unión Militar Española (Spanish Military Union), military officers who plotted to overthrow Spain's Second Republic.
Loyalists
CNT
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labor), anarchist trade union that favored radical social change, rather than the moderate Second Republic.
FAI
Federación Anarquista Ibérica (Iberian Anarchist Federation), radical anarchist militia affiliated with the CNT.
PCE
Partido Comunista de España (Communist Party of Spain), Spain's branch of the Communist Party, which received support from Soviet Communists under Joseph Stalin and the Comintern.
POUM
Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (Unified Marxist Workers' Party), militant Marxist party that opposed Soviet leader Joseph Stalin; it therefore opposed the PCE.
PSOE
Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Party), socialist party in Spain, which opposed the radical social revolution and eventually allied itself with the PCE.
PSUC
Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña (United Socialist Party of Catalonia), Catalan socialist party, which came under the control of the PCE and Soviet Communists.
UGT
Unión General de Trabajadores (General Union of Workers), trade union organization affiliated with the PSOE.
Sources:
Spain at War: The Spanish Civil War in Context, 1931-1939; George Esenwein and Adrian Shubert, Longman, 1995; Spain's Civil War, second edition; Harry Browne, Longman, 1996.
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