The Telephone Network of Gipuzkoa during the Spanish Civil War
While there are a number of studies on how the Spanish Civil War affected the national economy and industry, the impact on Telecomunications has not been researched in depth. In the present work we analyse the Telephone Network of Gipuzkoa, which fell to Franco's army in September 1936, with th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UPV/EHU Press
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Historia contemporánea |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/HC/article/view/20160 |
| Summary: | While there are a number of studies on how the Spanish Civil War affected the national economy and industry, the impact on Telecomunications has not been researched in depth. In the present work we analyse the Telephone Network of Gipuzkoa, which fell to Franco's army in September 1936, with the sole exception of Eibar’s telephone exchange, which remained with the republicans until March 1937.
Thanks to preserved documents in a number of archives, we discuss several issues that highlight the strategical significance of the Telephonic Networks in the Spanish Civil War.
This work shows, as a partial conclusion applicable to the Telephone Network of Gipuzkoa, the importance of assessing the Telephonic Networks in order to have a full understanding of the Civil War in Spain. Further studies on the Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España would therefore be of much needed. |
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| ISSN: | 1130-2402 2340-0277 |