Barcelona May Days

Barcelona May Days
Part of the Spanish Civil War & the Spanish Revolution
Date 3–8 May 1937 Location Barcelona and wider Catalonia Result Recovery of government control in Barcelona and Catalonia
Belligerents
Spanish Republic Guardia de Asalto Generalitat of Catalonia Communist Party of Spain Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia	CNT/FAI FIJL Friends of Durruti Group POUM
Strength
Variable
Casualties and losses
500–1,000 dead 1,500 wounded

Spanish Republic

Generalitat of Catalonia
Communist Party of Spain

The May Days of 1937, sometimes also called May Events, referring to a series of clashes between 3 and 8 May 1937, were a period of civil violence in Catalonia, when factions of the Republican side engaged each other in street battles in various parts of Catalonia, in particular in the city of Barcelona, during the Spanish Civil War.

In these events the supporters of the Spanish Revolution were outmanoeuvred by the recently expropriated bourgeoisie, represented by the Comintern-affiliated P.S.U.C. (Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia) and Catalan nationalists. It would, however lead to the latter surrendering Catalan autonomy to the central government, a major factor in the collapse of the front before the Nationalist invasion the following year. It was a major turning point in the confrontation between the interests of foreign capital, especially Britain and France, supported by the Soviet Union, and the Spanish Revolution, which had been the fatal faultline in the Spanish Republic. All these powers were essentially hedging their bets with regard to fascism, as none wanted to take on Germany and Italy directly.

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