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The military revolt was started in Morocco and spread to the mainland the next day. Provincial garrison revolts were targets for the revolts. The coup failed to take the entire country by force but because of the surprise attack the republic could not create an effective resistance. The garrison attacks caused distrust between the government and the military officers. Militia were able to stop the most of the garrison revolts in industrial Spain because of the trade unions that were already set up. The revolt failed in areas with progressive political agenda. Areas that immediately went under rebel control tended to have voted conservatively in 1936 elections. Many people followed the rebels to protect them selves. The rebels had to take Madrid soon if they wanted to continue the coup; because of the communications and gold reserves in Madrid, the republic would be able to regroup stop the rebellion. The rebels received planes from Germany and Italy and began the first air lift of troops in history. The fascist powers gave the rebels their army so they could start a full-scale assault on the republic. Germany and Italy wanted to have rebel control in Spain to sever strategic interests. The new collective structures set up by the rebels shifted the balance of social, economic and political power in Spain. In some areas the lack of police forces led to criminal acts. Many conflicts in pre-war Spain were still prominent in post-coup spain. Church leaders were seen as a threat because they showed the rich and he old regime so many were killed. A tabula rasa was started to clean Spain of sources of pollution. People of all ages were subject to cleansing because they represented the changes brought on by the republic. Most of the killing was done by civilian vigilantes. The military was able to make home an unsafe place for anyone to increase fear. General Francisco Franco led the African army into the mainland of spain. Franco wanted to save Spain from Marxism at what ever cost but he was fighting a republic.