On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:17:40 -0700 John Norem <jnorem at cox.net> writes:
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> Spain prepares to lay bare its darkest era
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>
> By Graham Keeley in Barcelona
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> Published: 14 July 2006
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> The historian Enrique Moradiellos told the Spanish daily El Pais:
> "What
> we want to see are the files of Marshall Voroshilov on Operation X,
> the
> Soviet plan to aid the Republic. If you want to know about Russia's
> influence, you have to go there." The Russian archives also contain
> information about the International Brigades, which included British
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> volunteers such as George Orwell and detailed accounts of the
> defence of
> Madrid.
>
It is my understanding that Orwell did not join the International Brigades but rather directly joined P.O.U.M.'s milita in Spain.