Spanish Civil War and Franco Regime

AD – MPE: 0.02

ND – MPE: 0.27

On his website “Necrometrics” White cites estimates for the number of civilians killed by the Nationalists and Franco’s regime from 1936 to 1975, which range from 0.1 million to 0.4 million. He cites estimates for the number of civilians killed by the Republicans, which range from 0.02 to 0.07 million.

The Republicans contained democrats, anarchists and communists. It is hard to say whether they would have re-established a liberal democracy in Spain or not, if they had won the war. I divide the number of civilians killed by Republicans into two equal parts as killed by democratic and nondemocratic forces.

Franco’s Spain became an important military ally of the US during the Cold War.

Plausible estimates for the number of civilians killed by nondemocratic forces range from 0.11 to 0.43. I choose 0.27 as the most plausible estimate. Plausible estimates for the number of civilians killed by democratic forces range from 0.01 to 0.04. I choose 0.02 as the most plausible estimate.