Belchite - Ghostly Reminder Of The Spanish Civil War

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Left as it was on the day it surrendered, Belchite is a poignant reminder of the havoc war can wreak on civilian populations. In 1937 the Nationalist town of Belchite was under attack by the forces of the Republican Army. It surrendered after two weeks of intensive fighting.

General Franco, the ultimate victor in the war, ordered that the town be left untouched and a new one built next to it. He intended it to be a reminder of the damage wrought by the forces of communism on Spain.