Falange

Falange was also know as the Spanish Facist Party at first. They were one of the many small polictical groups in the early 1930s and was led by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the former dictator. In 1934, it joined with the JONS (Juntas de Ofensiva Nactional Sindicalista), a similar party that favored strong central government, a nationnalist forgien policy and the dissoultion of the Communist party. This party was then officially named Falange and its membership was only 2300. After the outbreak of the war, the Falange joined the Nationalists but in many areas, they were forbidden.


 * all information was obtained from the Years of Change European History 1890-1990...The Spanish Civil War