Spain

Civil war between Republican and Nationalist forces in Spain, drawing extensive international involvement.

Global armed conflict from 1939 to 1945, including war in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, mass civilian suffering and major geopolitical change.

Period of European maritime exploration and overseas expansion, conventionally dated from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries; experiences and consequences differed across world regions.

Reign of Elizabeth I in England, associated with religious settlement, overseas ventures and cultural flowering.

Phase of medieval European demographic, institutional and commercial expansion, including crusading movements and growing monarchies.

A failed attempt to seize the Spanish parliament and overturn democratic government occurred in February 1981.

German and Italian aircraft bombed the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

Madrid residents rose against French occupation, with harsh reprisals that helped trigger Spain's wider resistance.

British intelligence used a corpse with forged documents to misdirect Axis planning before the invasion of Sicily.

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands directly and exposing survivors to radiation.

The 1492 Atlantic voyage initiated sustained European encounters with the Americas and colonial expansion.

Capital of Spain and central setting of the 23-F coup attempt and the 1808 Madrid uprising.

Historic and cultural land of the Basque people.

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.

Country in North Africa.

City in Andalusia, Spain.

The broad geographic setting of the story.

The principal setting, undergoing political centralization, military modernization, and the decline of the samurai order.